![]() The first trailer for the anime was released on Youtube. Disturbing events begin to unfold after Akihito saves Mirai. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is unique even among members of the spirit world. ![]() One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it seems she is about to jump from the school rooftop. Although the boy appears human, he is half yōmu and invulnerable to wounds because he can heal quickly. The story follows a high school junior named Akihito Kanbara. The novel was adapted into an anime, also by Kyoto Ani, for the fall 2013 Anime Season. The light novel was published in June 2012 by Kyoto Animation as part of the prize for winning note technically an honorable mention as they couldn't decide on a single winner that year, so each member of the four-way tie was published and the cash prize was equally split amongst them a writing contest they held. The animation is top-notch, but you can give Beyond the Boundary, and its movies, a hard miss.Left to right: Mitsuki, Mirai, Hiroomi, and Akihito.īeyond the Boundary (also known in Japanese as Kyōkai no Kanata) is a Japanese light novel series by Nagomu Torii, with art by Tomoyo Kamoi. Without a cast of likeable characters and a coherent story to enrapture you, Beyond the Boundary fails to captivate and entertain. Kyoto Animation are capable of far better, but Beyond the Boundary doesn’t know if it wants to be a comedy slice-of-life or tell a serious story, but it fails to blend the two together well. I can’t really knock the soundtrack though, especially its vocal tracks, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them.īeyond the Boundary fails to captivate and entertain.īeyond the Boundary, both the series and movies, aren’t something I could get behind. It’s far from an awful dub, but it’s not one I can rave about either. It’s not as if Christopher Ayres is a bad voice-director either as he’s got some brilliant works under his belt, so maybe the issue lies with the original Japanese voice-over and how it’s been adapted into English. I’m not a big fan of the English dub for Beyond the Boundary across the board , and Krystal LaPorte has a nice voice which, again, seems to not have been directed well. in Gatchaman Crowds, so I can only assume that his nasally and grating performance here is down to voice direction. There’s very little to fault when it comes to the animation, other than this level of effort was put into Beyond the Boundary.Ĭlint Bickham is superb as O.D. Colourful and expressive, KyoAni does it’s best to bring these characters to life, and the action scenes are fluid and generally pretty large on scale. It’s a shame that such incredible art was wasted on an uninspired script which doesn’t deserve such great treatment but, regardless, KyoAni have done fantastic work here. ![]() There’s very little to fault when it comes to the animation.Īs with most KyoAni works, both of these movies are gorgeous. It’s hard to say whether this movie is the series at its peak or not, but if you like the series then you’ll like the movie. I’m very tired of hearing about Akihito’s glasses fetish, honestly - it was simply never funny nor endearing. At its core Beyond the Boundary is a love story, but both Mirai and Akihito are irritating characters and I never cared for their relationship.įans should be pleased with its conclusion, especially as it makes up for how the original series ended, but overall it’s still made up of a flimsy narrative and characters who are incredibly hard to like. Mirai realises that people are hiding the truth from her and despite everyone’s best intentions, Mirai and the others are thrust into another battle where everything will come to light. Mirai has lost her memories and Akihito, who feels that her remembering past ordeals would hurt her, decides that she’s better off not remembering. The movie takes place one year after the ending of the TV series which left several questions unanswered. This is KyoAni’s dud work, more so than Glasslip is for P.A.Works.įlimsy narrative and characters who are incredibly hard to like. There will be some slight series spoilers here as I’m going to speak mostly about the sequel movie, so just in case you decide to close this review right now, just know that the conclusion is you shouldn’t bother with this collection of movies. A few minutes at the end lead into the movie though, so you might want to skip ahead before making a start on the second movie. The recap movie shouldn’t be watched in place of the main series, and it moves at a blisteringly fast pace and does a poor job of explaining the series’ events.
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