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Kara no Kyōkai

The Garden of Sinners
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Cover of the first Kara no Kyōkai novel.
空の境界
(Kara no Kyōkai)
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 1998August 1999
Volumes 2 (2004 printing)
3 (2007–2008 printing) (List of volumes)
Anime film series
Directed by
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, 2007September 28, 2013
Runtime
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
Madman Entertainment
Aniplex of America
MVM Films
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
Madman Entertainment
Aniplex of America
MVM Films
Released February 2, 2011
Runtime 33 minutes
Anime television series
Kara no Kyoukai
(TV edition)
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, 2013September 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
Madman Entertainment
Aniplex of America
Released September 28, 2013
Runtime 32 minutes
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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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