Kara no Kyōkai
| The Garden of Sinners | |
Cover of the first Kara no Kyōkai novel.
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空の境界 (Kara no Kyōkai) |
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| Genre | Action, Romance, Supernatural, Thriller |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kinoko Nasu |
| Illustrated by | Takashi Takeuchi |
| Published by |
Type-Moon (original creator) Kodansha (commercial publisher) |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | October 1998 – August 1999 |
| Volumes | 2 (2004 printing) 3 (2007–2008 printing) |
| Anime film series | |
| Directed by |
Various
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| Produced by | Hikaru Kondo Atsuhiro Iwakami Takashi Takeuchi |
| Written by | Masaki Hiramatsu (ep. 1–7) Akira Hiyama (ep. 8) |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 1, 2007 – September 28, 2013 |
| Runtime |
590 minutes (total)
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| Films | 8 |
| Films | |
| Original video animation | |
| Gate of 7th Heaven | |
| Directed by | Various |
| Produced by | Hikaru Kondo Atsuhiro Iwakami Takashi Takeuchi |
| Written by | Masaki Hiramatsu |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 14, 2009 |
| Runtime | 61 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Epilogue | |
| Directed by | Hikaru Kondo |
| Produced by | Hikaru Kondo Atsuhiro Iwakami Takashi Takeuchi |
| Written by | Masaki Hiramatsu |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | February 2, 2011 |
| Runtime | 33 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Kara no Kyoukai (TV edition) |
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| Directed by | Various |
| Produced by | Toukubo Eita Ishikawa Takaki Kodama Yoshie |
| Written by | Masaki Hiramatsu |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, NicoNico, BS11, Bandai Channel, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Animax |
| Original run | July 6, 2013 – September 28, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Anime film | |
| Future Gospel: Extra Chorus | |
| Directed by | Tomonori Sudou |
| Produced by | Hikaru Kondo Atsuhiro Iwakami Takashi Takeuchi |
| Written by | Akira Hiyama |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 28, 2013 |
| Runtime | 32 minutes |
The Garden of Sinners, known in Japan as Boundary of Emptiness (空の境界 Kara no Kyōkai?) and sometimes referred as Rakkyo (らっきょ?), is a Japanese light novel series, authored by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. Originally released as a series of chapters released independently online or at Comiket between October 1998 and August 1999, the chapters were later republished by Kodansha into two volumes in 2004, and again in three volumes between 2007 and 2008. Ufotable produced a series of seven anime films based on the series between 2007 and 2009, and also produced an original video animation episode in 2011. A final anime film was produced and released in 2013. A manga adaptation illustrated by Sphere Tenku started serialization in September 2010 in Seikaisha's online magazine Saizensen.
Set in Japan predominantly during the late 1990s, the series chronicles the life of Ryōgi clan-heiress Shiki Ryōgi, and her relationship with classmate Mikiya Kokutō. Both the light novel and the films are depicted in anachronical order with each chapter/film serving as part of one collective narrative. The series deals with the paranormal and tackles mature themes such as suicide, rape, patricide, incest and murder. Its lore and story draws inspiration from various religious philosophies and psychological concepts such as multiple personalities; the anima and animus; the nature of sin; life, death and reincarnation; and the paradoxical nature of the Taiji.
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