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Produced jointly by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and the New Zealand Natural History Company (NHNZ) in 2010, it won the "Highly Recommended Best Documentary Series Award" at the 16th Asia Television Festival in 2011, the "Special Jury Award" at the 9th Matsalu Nature Film Festival in 2011, the "Best Documentary Award in the Natural Geography Category" at the 1st Beijing International Film Festival in 2011, and the "Best Scientific Content Award" at the 34th International Wildlife Film Festival in 2011. Prologue: Earth - The Story of Life Episode 1: Madagascar - The Ancient Island of Life's Residence Episode 2: Brazil's Cerrado - The Mystery of the Land of Light Episode 3: Australia - The Miracle on the Barren Land Episode 4: New Zealand - The Kingdom of Flightless Birds Episode 5: The Mysterious Ancient Lakes of East Africa - The Great Evolution of Strange Fish Episode 6: Japan - Our Miraculous Island Episode 1: Madagascar 60 million years ago, Madagascar became a paradise for lemurs with the arrival of a small group of primates. The varied geological environment and climate gave rise to the basic family of lemurs, and through a series of mutations, the number of lemur species increased to 100. Episode 2: Brazil's Cerrado Grasslands Brazil's Cerrado is a vast grassland where life is defined by close relationships and synchronized life cycles. The extreme climate has turned the Cerrado into a theater of evolution, where the animals have remarkable abilities, unique appearances, and unusual habits: carnivores eat ants, wolves eat fruit, swallows build nests on termite mounds, and monkeys walk like humans... Episode 3: Australia Australia is a drifting laboratory, and its ancient origins, continental drift, and varied climate have forced the animals here to evolve and adapt, ultimately resulting in 200 species of marsupials. Here, the iconic red kangaroo is the most representative. How did they evolve and thrive in this desert? The evolutionary story of the red kangaroo represents the journey of other marsupial species, all of which possess remarkable survival traits and behaviors, allowing them to dominate every corner of this vast continent. Episode 4: New Zealand New Zealand, a fairytale archipelago with a turbulent geological history. A land with remarkable biodiversity, including flightless birds, nocturnal creatures, living fossils, and dinosaurs... The isolated evolution of this land has run wild like a runaway horse, and today, many world-class rare animals can only be found in New Zealand. Episode 5: The African Rift Three African lakes, are vibrant, colorful, and thriving aquatic worlds.Over 1,000 species of fish live in this body of water, all of which have evolved from the same family. The rate of evolution of these fish surpasses that of any vertebrate on Earth, enough to astonish Darwin. Episode 6: The construction power of Japan's strong biological chain and the impact of the most extreme climate have shaped the land of Japan. This episode tells the story of how ancient animals and newly migrated animals evolved to overcome the most severe geographical environment and climate here, and survive on this most dramatic and breathtakingly beautiful island arc.