Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Recap

This is the movie that should not have existed in the first place. This is the black spot on the Tokyo Magnitude series. This movie ruined everything that the main series was known for.

Even though the artwork is more or less same but animation is improved a little bit specially during some destruction scenes. The sound effect is as great as the original series. For the most part (around 90% or so), it is just taken from the main series itself.

If sound effects, artwork & animation was on par with the main series and this is just a recap special than what could have gone ... wrong here? Well the answer is every other thing. I acknowledge that retelling the story of around 4hrs in just under 1 hour will require major plot gaps and a little fast pace. But they ruined the complete story.

The direction ruins everything the main series was known for: the careful pacing, the emotional connection with the characters (both main and secondary). The story in itself was nothing special nor the characters had something special in them. Its the careful pacing & good direction that binded the story. This special ruined that.

I was very disappointed with how the movie came out to be. I didn't feel any connection with the MC inspite of the fact that they were the same where I cried with them at some point (and felt a hole in my heart). In TV series, I felt like I was literally there inside the plot along with other characters but movie failed to established that connection.

Apart from that there were some major blunders in the plotline due to haphazard compilation. For example:
[SPOILER ALERT]
1. How come they forget to remove the conversation between the two siblings regarding her stomach ache when movie skipped the everything about the same till that reference. [If you had watched the main series, you already know how bad was the situation].
2. Similarly, how come Maki was shown crying in the shelter when they clearly skipped the part where she presumed that her family died (due to a confusion)? Shouldn't she be shown looking for them in the shelter?

Similarly there are many more unjustifiable blunders/plotholes.

Conclusion: I would advise anyone not to watch this shit even for the sake of marking it as watched. Better to mark it was watched just after completing the main series, which is everybit worth watching.

This review contains spoilers for Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

This anime is just 11 episodes long. It shouldn't need a recap since it's already so short and doesn't have any sort of sequels.
But still I'd say this recap is above average. It's only like 50 minutes long, not 20 minutes like a typical episode, but it's not exactly movie size either. And I think this recap benefitted from the length.

Sure, a lot of stuff got cut. But what I liked was that it cut right after the Tokyo Tower collapsing incident. Not necessarily the cut itself but it showed that Yuuki was suffering from a headache caused ... by the incident till he collapsed due to sunstroke. At first it seemed as if he died solely because of his weakness.
Another thing that you'll notice if you watch this recap (or rewatching the 11 episodes) is Mari's treatment towards Mirai after the death of Yuuki. Mirai was obviously coping hard with her loss so her mind was blocking out the memory of Yuuki's death announcement to keep her sane. Along with that she was also hallucinating a living Yuuki. When I first watched it I thought Mari had a darker face because she was worried about her daughter Hina, not Mirai. But this digest proved me wrong.

I should add that this recap skips episodes 5,6,7 completely. It continues from Yuuki saving Mirai from the falling Tokyo Tower debris in episode 4 to episode 8 where they have to take him to a hospital for losing consciousness in the road, so this recap makes it seem like he was taken to the hospital for getting hit by small debris when in actuality it was a much slower process that took time.

Anyways this is good for a quick rewatch. But if you think you remember the storyline of the 11 episodes then it's unnecessary. But then again if you read this review you can probably imagine what exactly this has in store so (re)watching it would be totally useless.