High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Toward the Terra is a Japanese science fiction manga series, authored by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Sh nen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980. In 1978, it won the very first Seiun Award for manga, and subsequently, in 1980, also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for sh nen/sh jo manga (along with Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta).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 a TV anime series, co-animated by Minamimachi Bugy sho and Tokyo Kids, and produced by Aniplex, SKY Perfect Well Think, and Mainichi Broadcasting System.