Beyond the Boundary
Beyond the Boundary (Japanese: 境界の彼方, Hepburn: Kyōkai no Kanata) is a Japanese light novel series. It was written by Nagomu Torii with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. There is an anime television series based on this light novel series. It was produced by Kyoto Animation. It aired in Japan between October and December 2013. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. A two-part anime movie was released in March and April 2015.
| Beyond the Boundary | |
| 境界の彼方 (Kyōkai no Kanata) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Dark fantasy,[1] romance, supernatural[2] |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Nagomu Torii |
| Illustrated by | Tomoyo Kamoi |
| Published by | Kyoto Animation |
| Imprint | KA Esuma Bunko |
| Original run | June 9, 2012 – December 18, 2013 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Taichi Ishidate |
| Produced by | Gou Tanaka Riri Senami Shigeru Saitō Shinichi Nakamura |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS, Tokyo MX, TVA, ABC, BS11, Animax |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 2013 – December 18, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original net animation | |
| Beyond the Boundary Idol Trial! | |
| Directed by | Taichi Ishidate |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | November 18, 2013 – July 2, 2014 |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Original video animation | |
| Daybreak | |
| Directed by | Taichi Ishidate |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | July 2, 2014 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Anime movie | |
| Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- Past | |
| Directed by | Taichi Ishidate |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Masumi Ito |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 14, 2015 |
| Runtime | 82 minutes |
| Anime movie | |
| Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- Future | |
| Directed by | Taichi Ishidate |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 25, 2015 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Light novels
changeBeyond the Boundary began as a light novel written by Nagomu Torii. Torii entered the first novel in the series into the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011. It won an honorable mention in the novel category.[3] The studio later published the first volume on June 9, 2012. Three volumes have been released as of October 2, 2013.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 9, 2012[4] | ISBN 978-4-9905812-4-4 |
| 2 | April 8, 2013[4] | ISBN 978-4-907064-04-4 |
| 3 | October 2, 2013[4] | ISBN 978-4-907064-07-5 |
References
change- ↑ "Kyoto Animation's Beyond the Boundary Gets Web Anime Shorts". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Beyond the Boundary". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ↑ "No Grand Prizes Given for 2nd Kyoto Animation Award". Anime News Network. May 12, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Kyokai no Kanata/Product/Novel". Kyōkai no Kanata Production Committee (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
