Kyōkai no Kanata
| Kyōkai no Kanata | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 境界 の 彼方 |
| transcription | Kyōkai no Kanata |
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| Logo of the anime | |
| genre | Action, fantasy, romance |
| Light novel | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Nagomu Torii |
| illustrator | Tomoyo Kamoi |
| publishing company | Kyōto animation |
| First publication | June 9, 2012 - ... |
| expenditure | 3+ |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Beyond the Boundary - Kyoukai no Kanata |
| Original title | 境界 の 彼方 |
| transcription | Kyōkai no Kanata |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2013 |
| Studio | Kyōto animation |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 + 1 bonus episode |
| Director | Taichi Ishidate |
| music | Hikaru Nanase |
| First broadcast | October 3 - December 20, 2013 on Tokyo MX |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Kyōkai no Kanata - I'll Be Here |
| Original title | 劇場版 境界 の 彼方 -I'LL BE HERE- |
| transcription | Gekijōban Kyōkai no Kanata - I'll Be Here |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| Studio | Kyōto animation |
| length | Kako-hen: 85 minutes Mirai-hen: 90 minutes |
| Director | Taichi Ishidate |
| script | Jukki Hanada |
| music | Hikaru Nanase |
Kyōkai no Kanata ( Japanese 境界 の 彼方 , dt. " Beyond the Boundary ") or in English Beyond the Boundary is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagomu Torii and illustrated by Tomoyo Kamoi. Kyōto Animation published the series since June 2012 and adapted it as an anime television series in 2013 and in two anime films in 2015.
action
In a world where supernatural beings live among people, the high school student Akihito Kanbara leads a quite normal life for his standards. Because although he looks like a person at first glance, he too belongs in the world of the supernatural. Akihito is half a youmu, a being that gives him the ability to regenerate wounds so quickly that he is immortal. One day he sees that a young girl is about to throw herself off the school roof. But he successfully prevents them and ends up in a dangerous situation. Because Mirai Kuriyama belongs to the clan with the cursed blood, a very rare class of the spirit world that is hated and persecuted by other supernatural beings. Akihito gets into this fight by saving Mirai and tries to protect her from then on.
characters
- Akihito Kanbara ( 神 原 秋 人 , Kanbara Akihito )
- Speaker: Kenn (Japanese), Tim Kreuer (German)
- Akihito is a Japanese high school student in 11th grade. He has blonde hair and brown eyes. Outwardly he looks like a normal boy, but is half human, half youmu, which gives him very strong regeneration abilities. But in the case of extreme wounds, his Youmu subconscious is activated, which makes him a supernatural creature. Akihito has a glasses fetish.
- Mirai Kuriyama ( 栗 山 未来 , Kuriyama Mirai )
- Speaker: Risa Taneda (Japanese), Saskia Bellahn (German)
- Mirai is the last spirit warrior in her clan. She has strawberry blonde hair and wears red rimmed glasses. She has the gift of bringing her blood into any desired shape. She often uses them to make a sword out of it. Your blood appears to be cursed and is corrosive on direct contact. It is characterized by its often used saying “How inappropriate” ( 「不 愉快 で す」 , “Fuyukai desu”).
- Mitsuki nose ( 名 瀬 美 月 , nose Mitsuki )
- Speaker: Minori Chihara (Japanese), Merete Brettschneider (German)
- Mitsuki is a student of the same level as Akihito. She has black hair. She comes from a powerful family of ghost warriors and runs the literature club with Akihito, where she often teases him. Her brother is Hiroomi Nose.
- Hiroomi nose ( 名 瀬 博 臣 , Hiroomi nose )
- Speaker: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Jesse Grimm (German)
- Hiroomi Nase is the big brother of Mitsuki Nase. He also has black hair and comes from the Nase family. Hiroomi has a special fetish for his little sister and always wants to protect her. He struggles with a scarf that he always wears.
- Shizuku Ninomiya ( 二 ノ 宮 雫 , Ninomiya Shizuku )
- Speaker: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Jennifer Böttcher (German)
publication
Light novel
Nagomu Torii submitted the work for the 2nd Kyoto Animation Prize, which again did not award a main prize, but the work was next to High Speed! Received an Honorable Mention and is published by Kyōto Animations Light Novel Imprint . The accompanying illustrations are by Tomoyo Kamoi. The first volume was published on June 9, 2012, with three volumes published so far (as of April 2016).
Anime
Television series
Kyōto Animation adapted the novel series in 2013 as an anime television series directed by Taichi Ishidate and the character design by Miku Kadowaki. The series script comes from Jukki Hanada, which partly deviates from the novel and introduces some new characters. The 12 episodes were broadcast from October 3 to December 20, 2013 after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) on TV Tokyo , as well as on TV Aichi , Asahi Hōsō , BS11 and Animax Japan and Korea , with an offset of up to two weeks . The episodes were released on six DVDs and Blu-rays between January 8 and June 4, 2014. On July 2nd, an additional 0. episode followed, which is scheduled two years earlier in terms of the plot.
Crunchyroll streamed the series as a simulcast parallel to the Japanese broadcast with English subtitles as Beyond the Boundary . Sentai Filmworks released the series on Blu-ray on October 13, 2015.
In German-speaking countries, the series was published under the title Beyond the Boundary - Kyoukai no Kanata including bonus episode by Kazé Germany in four volumes between October 30, 2015 and May 27, 2016 on Blu-ray in a normal and limited version.
Movies
A two-part film project called Gekijōban Kyōkai no Kanata - I'll Be Here ( 劇場版 境界 の 彼方 -I'LL BE HERE-) was also produced by Kyoto Animation under the direction of Taichi Ishidate. The first film Kako-hen ( 過去 篇 , German "Past Chapter ") was released on March 14, 2015 in Japanese cinemas and the second film Mirai-hen ( 未来 篇 , German "Future Chapter") was released on April 25, 2015.
music
The series and film music comes from Hikaru Nanase . The opening credits used in the series Kyōkai no Kanata by Chihara Misato and the credits include the song Daisy by Stereo Dive Foundation. The movie title song was Aitakatta Sora ( 会 い た か っ た 空 ) by Minori Chihara.
Web links
- Novel series website (Japanese)
- Anime series website (Japanese)
- Anime Movies Website (Japanese)
- Entry in the Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ No Grand Prizes Given for 2nd Kyoto Animation Award (Updated). In: Anime News Network. May 12, 2011, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Beyond the Boundary Blu-ray / DVD to Include Episode 0. In: Anime News Network. March 24, 2014, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Crunchyroll to Stream "Beyond the Boundary" Anime. In: Crunchyroll. October 1, 2013, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ KAZÉ | Beyond the Boundary - Kyōkai no Kanata - Blu-ray Vol. 4 Blu-ray | Simple Edition. Kazé, accessed April 9, 2016 .