境界線上のホライゾン

KYOUKAISENJOU NO HORIZON

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
December 25, 2011
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and traveled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from traveling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan.

To accomodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave.

It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumors of an apocalypse and war begins to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648.

Taking advantage of this situation, Toori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his fellow classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland.

(Source: Wikipedia)

CAST

Tori Aoi
Jun Fukuyama
Horizon Ariadust
Minori Chihara
Masazumi Honda
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kimi Aoi
Chiwa Saitou
Nate Mitotsudaira
Marina Inoue
Tomo Asama
Ami Koshimizu
Futayo Honda
Yuu Kobayashi
Tenzou Crossunite
Daisuke Ono
Naomasa
Kei Shindou
Suzu Mukai
Aoi Yuuki
Malga Naruze
Emi Nitta
Gin Tachibana
Minako Kotobuki
Margot Knight
Nao Touyama
Makiko Oriotorai
Ryouko Shiraishi
Musashi
Mai Nakahara
Juana
Rie Tanaka
Adele Balfetto
Ayuru Ohashi
Heidi Augesvarer
Kaori Nazuka
Shinagawa
Mai Nakahara
Mitsuki Sanyou
Ai Shimizu
Noriki
Daisuke Hirakawa
Miriam Polk
Ai Matayoshi
Muneshige Tachibana
Tomokazu Sugita
Toussaint Neshinbara
Mutsumi Tamura
Kazuno
Ryouko Shintani

EPISODES

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REVIEWS

aabir
79/100
Still a work in progress-ish
Edited the entire review, apparently I was too sleepy to write coherent shit.

Moving on, Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon (or Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) is a rather difficult series to review. It clearly has a lot of plus points, the artwork, the characters, the music, and so on. But even so, it has some massive holes that all but ruin the entire series. My opinion of this series is mixed (though the score may suggest otherwise) and I really don't know where I stand on it.
The review will be completely spoiler free, but I would love it if you read the description first before reading the review, I will not go into any details about the plot.
That said, let's move on to the main review.

Artwork (17/20)
The artwork was quite stunning when it came out (Dec 2011), but as time has passed it has gained "everyday" looks. Way back then, I could only gawk at the scream when I saw the animation work its nifty little magic, it was something I had never seen before. Almost fell in love with horizon too.

But as it is with all good things, there is a downside -and I never thought I'd say this- breasts. They are quite the distraction, mostly because they are so stupidly big.

The breasts aren't the only problem though, most girls wear clothes that will put TERA to shame (I guess that's an exaggeration, but you get the point) and their hairstyle will make you want to shoot yourself, I'm not even joking here.
But overall, the artwork is quite the beauty, even three years later.

Music and Sound (16/20)
The music is just beautiful. It really is. Even if you figure you don't want to watch KSnH, listen to Stardust Melodia (ED01), its quite the masterpiece in itself.

Then there is the OP, and you get to listen to Horizon sing pretty much every episode, both of which are quite good and addable to your playlist. The voice acting is fair enough.

Plot (11/20)
Ah, the weakest link. Don't let the rating get to you, the plot is actually quite good, just that you will be pissing in the wind until episode 9~ give or take a few. The plot is quite complex, and most people are unable to grasp it on the fly. If you do want to thoroughly understand and enjoy the plot, reading the novel or the Manga is a must. I myself was just fumbling in the dark all the way upto episode 8, and only when I watched the first episode again did some semblance of normalcy return. The story never once holds your hand, it never stops to explain itself, it just keeps going and you keep looking at the screen wondering what the exact fuck happened.

The one thing the plot gets worked out right is the politics. Yes, you read that right, politics. In an anime. This happens to be quite the plus point, but its just basic politics, and its not like you will understand what is happening since the powers and the system of governance is never really explained. Who controls the country? who is the executive? Who is that crazy guy with a uni hat? Is the king above the student council? Is he above the guy with the hat? These are just some of the questions that arise due to the rudimentary politics applied. I don't usually question the governance in animes, but if you are gonna do something, do it right or don't do it.

The other failure in the plot stems from its battle system. Over six years of watching anime, I have seen every possible type of fighting possible (from using soaps to fight in Little Busters, to Elfen lied's I-blow-your-head-up) and I have never seen a more detailed attempt to copy real fights, and that's when the trouble kicks in. Since it does it better than most, it is only natural for me to assume it will actually be closer to reality, but it soon shows it true colors, the fights have no idea in hell how real fights are done. Look at these masterpieces for example -

I don't exactly know how fights will be done in an alternate dimension that I don't fully understand, but they sure as hell won't be this way, that's for sure.

/Gonna take a break now, will write the rest of the review tomorrow, sorry for the inconvenience :P
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