TVアニメ『境界の彼方』PV第2弾 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnfeVrAAS2k#)
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)
it's like... a moenen
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.
i remember that clip as well. ah back when people thought that sexy swimming would never be an anime.. fun times
I wonder if kyoani will every release anything again that is not set in a highschool
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
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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.
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 (https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFn7XmX5.png&hash=478b752f325a275b79dee960427be95cba871a88) reminds me of satoshi (https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fth02.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2F200H%2Ff%2F2012%2F266%2F1%2F2%2Ffukube_satoshi_by_keit45-d5fmvel.png&hash=3443f16568eeba66d7ffffaff240ad9f3f194ced) from hyouka, except with blonde hair.
and this gal (https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwX3JBM6.png&hash=2ba95d55e619509f19eba6840e2ddc7aab23d857) has the same demanor and looks as (https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.wikia.com%2Fhyouka%2Fimages%2F0%2F01%2FFuyumi.png&hash=2ac628fa8767da1cbd82a051f2d994e3ad6fba60) 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.
ep 1 is out
480p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478900 (http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478900)
720p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478901 (http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478901)
1080p: http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478903 (http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=478903)
cr: http://www.crunchyroll.com/beyond-the-boundary/episode-1-carmine-645125 (http://www.crunchyroll.com/beyond-the-boundary/episode-1-carmine-645125)
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
she sure is
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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.
three episode rule my friend
Pretty palette and nice animation as always but I don't like MC sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bakemonogatari for the moe generation
Quote from: lasse on October 6, 2013 10:51 PM
bakemonogatari for the moe generation
how is bakemonogatari:
1. not moe
2. not around during the "moe generation"
Checkmate
ok bakemonogatari for the i can only watch kyoani crowd
More like chuuni with real magic.
Watched the first episode. I don't really dig it. Might watch a couple more to see if it gets more interesting.
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.
yea the pacing of the 2nd episode was a lot better. aki and mirai both seem to have some similar dark pasts, i'm curious about it now.
[spoiler]This series is really snowballing. She beat the Hollow Shadow that they've been playing up as a big bad/key to her past at halfway into the episode, then immediately dove into MC's "I'm just as much a monster as you" background. I feel that if this were any other series, we'd be 6-10 episodes in at this point, but I guess since it's only a 13 episode series they're hauling ass on the plot. Also, that post credits scene. Now I have no clue where the plot's going. The factions seem to be the Society of SWW, MC and the Megane, their "friends" from the town, the imouto of the girl Megane killed, and the onee-chan that stole the Hollow Shadow and delivered it to mysterious old guy. Looks like the SSWW and the Old Guy are the two big opposing powers, with MC and friends caught somewhere in the middle, and the imouto as a wild card.
I'm enjoying the series so far but damn the pacing is fast.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Gilthwixt on October 24, 2013 09:30 AM
[spoiler]This series is really snowballing. She beat the Hollow Shadow that they've been playing up as a big bad/key to her past at halfway into the episode, then immediately dove into MC's "I'm just as much a monster as you" background. I feel that if this were any other series, we'd be 6-10 episodes in at this point, but I guess since it's only a 13 episode series they're hauling ass on the plot. Also, that post credits scene. Now I have no clue where the plot's going. The factions seem to be the Society of SWW, MC and the Megane, their "friends" from the town, the imouto of the girl Megane killed, and the onee-chan that stole the Hollow Shadow and delivered it to mysterious old guy. Looks like the SSWW and the Old Guy are the two big opposing powers, with MC and friends caught somewhere in the middle, and the imouto as a wild card.
I'm enjoying the series so far but damn the pacing is fast.[/spoiler]
now that i'm finally caught up on this i can contribute again
this is definitely lighting fast pace for kyoani considering how easy-going their shows tend to flow. i don't mind it , although at times it can be hard to keep up as there is so much going on at once.
too many characters and alliances for me to keep track of, but there is one thing they still haven't touched on, and that is the implication that [spoiler]mc killed someone in his past as well, possibly as a result of his darker half[/spoiler]
Did anyone notice that almost all of the spirit hunters seem to have at least one funny quirk? For instance, the black haired girl from the protagonist's club has her lollipop, her brother has his weird armpit fetish and the guy from the spirit hunter association seems to be a juice addict. This is just a dumb theory and I might be a little biased as I have watched Darker than Black just a while ago but these quirks might in fact be related to their special powers in some way. On the other hand, they might as well just be funny quirks to make the characters seem more interesting...
We know that both main characters have killed someone since episode 2. I guess I didn't pay attention at the part when it was cleared up that Megane killed that Chainsaw-staff girl's brother, but I have to admit that the viewer is fed a ton of information and hints at the same time in this show. In fact, I always liked about KyoAni's shows that the pacing was so laid back in the beginning, but this show is indeed very different. But I won't complain about that after Tamako Market and Chuuni.
Quote from: Kött on November 3, 2013 07:04 PM
Did anyone notice that almost all of the spirit hunters seem to have at least one funny quirk? For instance, the black haired girl from the protagonist's club has her lollipop, her brother has his weird armpit fetish and the guy from the spirit hunter association seems to be a juice addict. This is just a dumb theory and I might be a little biased as I have watched Darker than Black just a while ago but these quirks might in fact be related to their special powers in some way. On the other hand, they might as well just be funny quirks to make the characters seem more interesting...
We know that both main characters have killed someone since episode 2. I guess I didn't pay attention at the part when it was cleared up that Megane killed that Chainsaw-staff girl's brother, but I have to admit that the viewer is fed a ton of information and hints at the same time in this show. In fact, I always liked about KyoAni's shows that the pacing was so laid back in the beginning, but this show is indeed very different. But I won't complain about that after Tamako Market and Chuuni.
Pretty sure she killed gun-spear girl's sister, did't she?
Akihito might have killed someone but I think the only thing he's done is heavily injure the kid with the scarf, which is where his scars are from. It's interesting that they're all so friendly/touchy feely with him despite being prepared to kill him at any given time. It's simultaneously cute and unsettling.
i-it's not like i'm killing you because i like you or anything.. b-baka....
Today's episode was super cute, and it had me laughing through the whole thing.
seriously my waifu...
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episode 6 was one of the most fun filler episodes i've ever seen in an anime
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Haruhi Suzimia all over da place
knk is way better than harushit
Pretty sure a lot of people would disagree there but let's just wait and see for now...
KnK has been much more entertaining for me than Haruhi. Everything about it is solid, even the silly filler episode. Haruhi couldn't hold my interest and I stopped watching halfway through the first season, and while the nonlinear narrative was interesting at first it made it hard to follow.
Quote from: Kött on November 19, 2013 01:34 AM
Pretty sure a lot of people would disagree there but let's just wait and see for now...
oh i would certainly not disagree with you. haruhi has a huge fandom , but honestly i think most people love it moreso for the movie. the movie was excellent. however the movie has the prerequisite of seeing the 1st mediocre season and the 2nd terrible season in order for you to get the most out of it. if you look at only the series, i don't see how anyone could say that it is good. maybe the 1st season, and the 2nd if you removed 2/3rds of it, but that's stretching it.
of course, knk isn't over, and the ending might end up being crap. but so far it is much better than haruhi ever could have hoped to be.
Episode 8 is out. All aboard the hype train, no stops until the climax.
[spoiler]I still haven't figured out what Izumi did to the teacher and Akkey. If it's just a spell to put people to sleep and have them forget anything happened, then I wonder what she did to cause his transformation at the end of the episode. On the other hand, the sleep spell itself could have suppressed his human-half to the point that his youmu-half has awakened, but if this is The Calm then wouldn't that half be suppressed too? Maybe it has something to do with the gem from the Hollow Shadow. Bahh I honestly have no idea what's really happening with the two factions, but this episode was great.[/spoiler]
Quote from: rtil on October 3, 2013 05:10 AM
"i stab you because i like you"
[spoiler]pretty much the plot now[/spoiler]
Quote from: rtil on November 28, 2013 06:40 AM
Quote from: rtil on October 3, 2013 05:10 AM
"i stab you because i like you"
[spoiler]pretty much the plot now[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Fixed. This fucking series. I don't know about you guys but I'm really enjoying this. That twist halfway through this weeks episode was great.[/spoiler]
most rushed ending i've ever seen. 5/10 overall .. pretty disappointed.
[spoiler]so many things unexplained and the plot just ended up being a complete mess. so many things were glossed over or just dropped and never mentioned again. it's a shame because the premise was interesting and there could have been a lot more to the universe. they ran out of time, and the pacing never really got better. there were so many weird jump cuts during the last episode, and then the last bit was just the cheapest way to wrap everything up. oh well, the animation was still great , but other than that it's overall just average.[/spoiler]
Quote from: rtil on December 21, 2013 12:05 PM
most rushed ending i've ever seen. 5/10 overall .. pretty disappointed.
[spoiler]so many things unexplained and the plot just ended up being a complete mess. so many things were glossed over or just dropped and never mentioned again. it's a shame because the premise was interesting and there could have been a lot more to the universe. they ran out of time, and the pacing never really got better. there were so many weird jump cuts during the last episode, and then the last bit was just the cheapest way to wrap everything up. oh well, the animation was still great , but other than that it's overall just average.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Idunno... 5/10 seems pretty hard but I cannot say that I am really satisfied with the way it ended either...
First of all I'd like to say that I really liked the way the final 3 episodes started. I watched all of them in a row yesterday with a couple of friends and at first they really had us guessing what had happened after the male lead got stabbed and what was actually going on at the moment. Also the battle scenes were pretty epic, hands down.
My main problem is the way they let it end as well as the drama. The scene where Akihito received Mirai's text message was directed well and so was the later scene where she finally dissolved after the battle and his reunification with KnK... but it simply wasn't a Kyoani level of feels imo... and it was even further weakened with the final scenes (her just reappearing out of nowhere with no proper explanation, completely setting everything back to the way it started).
This typical mix of forced drama and deus ex machina happy ending... it's simply something that should have been avoided. The ending would have been a lot stronger if Mirai had been left dead/vanished in my opinion.
Second issue is based on the loose ends, as you have already mentioned... bit I figure that it's merely a way of hinting at a second season as the novel that this show is based on is still unfinished.
It is true that this show definitely had its flaws, but all in all it was still a rather enjoyable anime imo.[/spoiler]
honestly i think the best episode was the filler ep. makes me wonder if this show would have been a lot better if it hadn't taken itself so seriously.
[spoiler]Gonna echo Kott on this one. I really enjoyed the final arc up until this episode. I think the disappointment on my end is partially my fault, since I started setting my expectations so high once the twist happened, but honestly that deus ex machina crap at the end was just terrible. And the way they tried to mirror the dialogue at the end with the dialogue from episode 1 just came off as lazy rather than smart. All of the loose plot threads just smells of obvious sequel bait, which I have mixed feelings about. If they do run a sequel I'll probably watch it, but after this ending it'd be hard to expect much, despite the series as a whole being pretty solid.
I think what really makes the ending bad is that in the end, nothing really changed, apart from the older sister running off and MC getting power over the KnK. If they do a new series I think they're more likely to be back at square one rather than upset the status quo (by having MC actively hunting youmu with the cast, having him and Mirai actually dating, etc.)[/spoiler]