Beyond the Boundary

Beyond the Boundary (境界の彼方 Kyōkai no Kanata) is an anime television series adaptation based off of the light novel series of the same name, written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The anime was produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Taichi Ishidate. It originally aired in Japan from October 2, 2013 to December 18, 2013.

The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America for a home video release with an English dub. It was released on October 13, 2015.

Synopsis

Akihito Kanbara is a high school sophomore in the literature club who believes himself to be a "Meganest", and although he appears to be human, he is actually half Yōmu, which makes him invulnerable to wounds, due to the fact that he can heal so quickly, and also immortal. One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it appears as if she is about to attempt suicide by jumping off of the school rooftop. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is considered heresy even among other members of the underworld, so she is shunned. Soon after Akihito saves Mirai, disturbing events begin to arise.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Akihito Kanbara	Kenn	Clint Bickham
	Akihito Kanbara	Mei Tanaka (young)	Clint Bickham
	Mirai Kuriyama	Risa Taneda	Krystal LaPorte
	Mitsuki Nase	Minori Chihara	Monica Rial
	Hiroomi Nase	Tatsuhisa Suzuki	Adam Gibbs
Spirit World Warriors
	Shizuku Ninomiya	Akeno Watanabe	Amelia Fischer
	Yayoi Kanbara	Hiromi Konno	Luci Christian
	Izumi Nase	Ayako Kawasumi	Carli Mosier
Observation Department
	Miroku Fujima	Masaya Matsukaze	Houston Hayes
Others
	Ayaka Shindō	Naomi Shindō	Molly Searcy
	Ai Shindō	Yuri Yamaoka	Brittney Karbowski
	Yui Inami	Sayuri Yahagi	Sara Ornelas
	Sakura Inami	Moe Toyota	Caitlynn French
	Grandfather Nase	Ikuya Sawaki	John Swasey

Additional Voices[]

Cast (Blu-Ray Steelbook)[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Mirai Kuriyama	Risa Taneda	Kira Vincent-Davis

Notes[]

On August 18, 2020, the steelbook Blu-ray edition was released which featured the unannounced redubbing of Mirai, with Kira Vincent-Davis replacing Krystal LaPorte (the former had already replaced LaPorte as Mirai for the dubs of the films). LaPorte had been mysteriously blacklisted by Sentai since the dub of the series. The decision to redub LaPorte has received significant backlash from fans of the dub, many referring to this decision as "cruel" and "petty".^[1]

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Content	Region	Country
Sentai Filmworks	2015	The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
		3 Discs	1 NTSC
		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
		2 Discs	A DVB-T
Animatsu	2016	The Complete Series	2 PAL	United Kingdom
		3 Discs	2 PAL
		The Complete Series	B DVB-T
		2 Discs	B DVB-T
Sentai Filmworks	2020	The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
Sentai Filmworks	2020	2 Discs	A DVB-T	United States

References[]

↑ B Cranell (August 1, 2020). Sentai Filmworks licenses Beyond the Boundary. The Fandom Post. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

External Links[]

Beyond the Boundary at the Internet Movie Database.
Beyond the Boundary (anime) at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
Beyond the Boundary on Behind The Voice Actors.