Toward the Terra

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Toward the Terra
Cover of LaserDisc release of the film depicting Soldier Blue
地球へ… (Tera e...)
Genre	Space opera[1]
Manga
Written by	Keiko Takemiya
Published by	Asahi Sonorama (original) Square Enix (reprint)
English publisher	NA: Manga Planet (digital) US: Vertical
Magazine	Gekkan Manga Shōnen [jp]
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1977 – May 1980
Volumes	5 (3 in English)
Audio drama
Station	NHK-FM
Original run	July 23, 1979 – July 28, 1979
Anime film
Directed by	Hideo Onchi
Written by	Chiho Shioda Hideo Onchi
Music by	Masaru Sato
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Crunchyroll
Released	April 26, 1980
Runtime	115 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Yamazaki
Produced by	Hirofumi Morotomi Ai Abe Norihiro Hayashida
Written by	Satoru Nishizono
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	Tokyo Kids Minamimachi Bugyōsho
Licensed by	NA: Bandai Entertainment
Original network	JNN (MBS TV)
English network	SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	April 7, 2007 – September 22, 2007
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Manga
Terra e... ~Keith of the Blue Light~
Written by	Fumino Hayashi
Published by	Square Enix
Magazine	GFantasy
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 2007 – March 2008
Volumes	2

Toward the Terra (Japanese: 地球(テラ)へ…, Hepburn: Tera e...) is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shōnen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980. In 1978, it won the first Seiun Award for manga,^[2] and in 1980 also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga (along with Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta).^[3]

In 1980, it was adapted into an anime movie, produced by Toei Animation and directed by Hideo Onchi. In 2007, the manga was adapted into an anime television series, co-animated by Minamimachi Bugyōsho and Tokyo Kids, and produced by Aniplex, SKY Perfect Well Think, and Mainichi Broadcasting System. Directed by Osamu Yamazaki and featuring character designs by Nobuteru Yuki, it premiered in Japan on MBS-TBS's Saturday 6:00pm doroku time slot (previously occupied by other notable anime series such as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Fullmetal Alchemist and Blood+) on April 7, 2007, and ended on September 22, 2007, replacing the canceled Bones series Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi.