Anime Spotlight - Beyond the Boundary
by Justin Sevakis,Key Staff
- Director: Taichi Ishidate
- (Episode director on Clannad, Full Metal Panci! The Second Raid, K-ON!)
- Series Composition: Jukki Hanada
- (Level E, Nichijou – My Ordinary Life, Princess Jellyfish)
- Music: Hikaru Nanase
- (Galaxy Angel, Chrono Crusade)
- Animation Production
- Kyoto Animation
Story
It all began quite suddenly. Akihito, who appears human but is actually half yōmu with the power to quickly heal himself, sees a freshman girl who appears ready to jump from the school rooftop. The girl, Mirai, who has the ability to manipulate blood, which is unique even among members of the spirit world, continues to fight her isolation. Akihito decides in that moment to save Mirai, but disturbing events soon begin to unfold.
Characters
Mirai Kuriyama
VA: Risa Taneda Height: 152cm The heroine of this work. A Ikaishi (soldier fighting against Yomu) from a line capable of manipulating blood. However, her ability is considered a heresy amongst Ikaishi, and she's kept at a distance. After certain events it became hard for her to deal with yomu, so she lost her source of income, and now she lives in poverty. Her hobbies are bonsai and unpleasant blogs. She's a high school freshman. A girl who manipulates blood. |
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Akihito Kanbara
VA: KENN Height: 171cm The protagonist of this story, a half-yomu with immortality. Because he's such a rare being, he's unable to be either a medium or a yomu, leaving him isolated, but he lives his life turning his eyes away from that fact. He really likes glasses, and fashions himself a glasses-lover. Half-yomu |
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Mitsuki Nase
VA: Minori Chihara Height: 165cm The second child of the Nase family, a well known family of mediums. She's with Akihito to keep an eye on him, but she's actually very worried about Akihito. She's able to talk openly and frankly with Akihito, but her behavior is sadistic by default. She's president of the literature club and a high school sophomore. Sadist. |
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Hiroomi Nase
VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki Height: 178cm The oldest child of the Nase family, a well known family of mediums, and Mitsuki's older brother. There was an incident between him and Akihito in the past, but now the two of them joke together. He's a big siscon. As a bad side-effect of his spiritual powers, he's very sensitive to cold, and always wears a muffler. He's a high school senior. The man who watches over others. |
Cast
- Mirai Kuriyama
- Risa Taneda
- Akihito Kanbara
- KENN
- Mitsuki Nase
- Minori Chihara
- Hiroomi Nase
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Staff
- Original Creator
- Nagomu Torii
- Original Illustrator
- Chise Kamoi
(KA Esuma Bunko,
Kyoto Animation) - Director
- Taichi Ishidate
- Series Composition
- Jukki Hanada
- Character Design
- Miku Kadowaki
- Art Director
- Mikiko Watanabe
- Color Design
- Kana Miyata
- Accessory Design
- Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Yomu Design
- Seiichi Akitake
- Director of Photography
- Ryuuta Nakagami
- Sound Director
- Yota Tsuruoka
- Music
- Hikaru Nanase
- OP Theme “Beyond the Boundary”
Vocals - Minori Chihara
- Animation Production
- Kyoto Animation
- Production
- ProjectBB
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