In 1978, it won the very first Seiun Award for manga, and in 1980 also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga (along with Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta).
It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shōnen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980.
Toward the Terra (Japanese: 地球 ( テラ )へ…Hepburn: Tera e.) is a Japanese science fictionmanga series by Keiko Takemiya. Science Fiction, supernatural, psychological Cover of laserdisc release of Toward the Terra depicting Soldier SHIN (The Chosen Soldier of Soldier BLUE)