Beyond the Boundary

Beyond the Boundary
Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Mirai Kuriyama (left) and Akihito Kanbara (right)
境界の彼方
(Kyōkai no Kanata)
Genre
Light novel
Written byNagomu Torii
Illustrated byTomoyo Kamoi
Published byKyoto Animation
ImprintKA Esuma Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJune 9, 2012December 18, 2013
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byTaichi Ishidate
Produced by
  • Gou Tanaka
  • Riri Senami
  • Shigeru Saitō
  • Shinichi Nakamura
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byHikaru Nanase
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, TVA, ABC, BS11, Animax
English network
Original run October 2, 2013 December 18, 2013
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Original net animation
Beyond the Boundary: Idol Trial!
Directed byTaichi Ishidate
Written byJukki Hanada
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
Released November 18, 2013 July 2, 2014
Episodes5 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Daybreak
Directed byTaichi Ishidate
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byHikaru Nanase
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
  • AUS: Hanabee
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
ReleasedJuly 2, 2014
Runtime23 minutes
Anime film

Beyond the Boundary (Japanese: 境界の彼方, Hepburn: Kyōkai no Kanata) is a Japanese light novel series 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. Set in Kashihara, Nara, this story follows a young boy named Akihito Kanbara who is an immortal being and half a spirit. After Akihito saved a girl named Mirai Kuriyama from committing suicide, he learned that she is a spirit world warrior their lives become intertwined.

An anime television series adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation, aired in Japan between October and December 2013. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. A two-part anime film premiered in March and April 2015. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for North American audiences with an English dub released in 2015.

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (November 12, 2013). "Kyoto Animation's Beyond the Boundary Gets Web Anime Shorts". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 27, 2018. The dark fantasy story of the main Beyond the Boundary anime follows a high school second-year student named Akihito Kanbara
  2. ^ a b "Beyond the Boundary". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.