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“Family survives Japan's catastrophic earthquake and sinking, struggling with loss in apocalyptic aftermath.”
Japan Sinks: 2020
日本沈没2020
6.46
7,965 rank · 157,087 viewers · 431 favorites
Drama
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Family survives Japan's catastrophic earthquake and sinking, struggling with loss in apocalyptic aftermath.
The Mutou family leads a peaceful life: Kouichirou works at a construction site and his wife Mari is returning from an overseas trip. Their daughter Ayumu has just finished her track practice while their son Gou is playing video games at home. However, life as they know it is flipped upside down when a calamitous earthquake strikes the entire Japanese archipelago—obliterating the face of the country in an instant. With society crumbling around them and their nation gradually sinking into the ocean, the Mutou family must band together to survive the catastrophe. Treading the near-apocalyptic setting, they struggle not only to stay alive, but also to learn the difficulty of coping with loss.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 162 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 162 viewers settled on.
46%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 5
σ 2.60
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.60 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.8
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No
Score over time
↑ 2.31
Running avg · Jul 2020 → Sep 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I loved the anime on it's own ! Rare animes about natural disasters and i loved it ! It's not perfect as they could have made some things better and Ayumu less annoying but too sad this website is...”
- 10 “After fully finishing this 10 episode series, I knew I had to write a review on it. This series touched me in the same way that 'Terror In Resonance" did. Of course, I have never experienced...”
- 7 “Pretty sure watching this in 2020 of all years has something to do with this, so I won't count how depressing this was against it. That said, I think the biggest issues I had with this show were...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 32%
Long · 35%
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A Ona Production
Science SARU.- Format 10 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 10m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2020 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-15755 catalog