TV series

Magma

2012 · 1 season

A slow-burning corporate drama that pits personal ambition against community ideals, with a quiet, serious tone and mounting tension.

Overview: Taeko, works at a foreign-affiliated financial firm. Takeo finds herself rebuilding a small company that was recently taken over. She soon encounters conflicts with the workers there, who are working to develop geothermal power as a future energy source. Takeo at first views her assignment as a demotion, but she devotes her in making the small company profitable. The drama is based on the novel "Maguma" written by Jin Mayama.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Power, corruption, ambition, work
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
corruption
ambition
work
environment
Places: workplace
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none