Kyoukai no Kanata [KyoAni]

[rtil]

TVアニメ『境界の彼方』PV第2弾
The dark fantasy follows a high school sophomore named Akihito Kanbara. Although the boy appears human, he is half youmu and invulnerable to wounds because he can heal quickly. One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it seems she is about to jump from the school rooftop. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is unique even among members of the spirit world. Disturbing events begin to unfold after Akihito saves Mirai.

Hyouka meets the supernatural? that's what it looks like to me. Starts Fall (October)

[zwimmy]

it's like... a moenen

[Kött]

Oh, the glasses girl trailer thing! Right!
KyoAni released a short clip advertising for their animation in general, featuring material from this particular light novel. It was aired around the same time as the Free clip and back then people didn't know whether or not this would become an anime.
It's good to see that they are adapting a story with some action and supernatural elements again rather than more of the usual moe/slice of life stuff that they have seemed to prefer lately.

Unfortunately I have no idea about the quality or popularity of this particular series, but it seems to be concluded, which usually is a good sign. The biggest problem that many recent anime adaptations have is based on the fact that their original stories have no conclusion yet and often turn pretty horrible after gaining popularity through an animated series due to the fact that their authors simply try to extend the plot to milk the a cash cow while doing a poor job at it or just don't manage to meet the expectations of their fans in the end and generally fuck up the conclusion of a fine story. It's kinda like building a memorial for a living person...

The animation will be top notch as always... It would be nice if story had some good old-school drama like Clannad or Kanon, but I kinda think they are trying to pick up the Bakemono-fad (action plus comedy, mystery and a bit of romance minus the fanservice because KyoAni) or trying to find a replacement for Haruhi. In any case, this might be interesting.

[rtil]

i remember that clip as well. ah back when people thought that sexy swimming would never be an anime.. fun times

[cipher]

I wonder if kyoani will every release anything again that is not set in a highschool

[dilly]

it looks interesting enough. the animation looks pretty fluid and i'm sure kyoto fans will be happy to not see half naked boys for a while

also claiming waifus now

[Kött]

They kinda have a limited and fixed set of eyetypes ever since they did K-On!
It makes half of their characters look like those from previous shows with silly wigs and contact lenses.

[rtil]

the MC imo looks pretty unique for a kyoani character, she doesn't remind me of anyone. it's probably because of the pink hair for a lead.

but this boy reminds me of satoshi from hyouka, except with blonde hair.

and this gal has the same demanor and looks as fuyumi, also from hyouka.

the rest of the cast look pretty fresh to me, minus the black haired buy because he kind of has a generic anime protag feel to him (even though he's not the mc). i'm looking forward to the action in this, as kyoani has always been very good at animating action scenes. we got a taste of it in chuuni, but this time it's a real part of the story.

[rtil]

ep 1 is out
480p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478900
720p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478901
1080p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478903
cr: http://www.crunchyroll.com/beyond-the-boundary/episode-1-carmine-645125

[Gilthwixt]

It's cute, pretty, and well animated, but so was Bakemonogatari and that series didn't really hold my interest for very long. The action and the pacing on this one look a bit more intense though so it has my interest for now. Female MC is a qt3.14

[rtil]

she sure is




i'm also loving the whole "i stab you because i like you" thing... pretty good first episode although it felt a bit all over the place. they introduced a lot of characters. normally kyoani goes at a more relaxed pace. they must have a lot to cover.

animation is gorgeous as always.

[rtil]

three episode rule my friend

[Bamyasi]

Pretty palette and nice animation as always but I don't like MC sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lasse]

bakemonogatari for the moe generation

[rtil]

bakemonogatari for the moe generation

how is bakemonogatari:
1. not moe
2. not around during the "moe generation"

[Bamyasi]

Checkmate

[lasse]

ok bakemonogatari for the i can only watch kyoani crowd

[Kött]

More like chuuni with real magic.

[zwimmy]

Watched the first episode. I don't really dig it. Might watch a couple more to see if it gets more interesting.

[Gilthwixt]

Ep. 2 is out. Thoughts? I'm pretty much 95% sold on the series if the current pacing keeps up. It's funny and the cuteness factor is at 11 so it'll be a good way to balance out Kill La Kill's insanity this season.