Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon is the Japanese light novel series written by Kawakami Minori and illustrated by Satoyasu. Sunrise produced the anime series splitted into two seasons. This anime is also known as “Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere” in English version. Both season have 13 episodes, so in total this anime has 26 episodes. Long enough to kill your time in weekend.
After the light novel series released, and before the anime was produced, there are 5 volumes manga still written by Kawakami Minori with the illustrator Takenaka Hideo. But in this review, I won’t talk too much about manga because I never read them.
I watched the second season of anime in summer 2012 and I think this anime is good enough. Then I watch it again by buying the blu ray to make sure I get the story well, because the story was little confusing until I re-watched it.
Thank to sci-fi and fantasy genre fans, this anime becomes popular around that circle. And thanks to them again this anime second season sits in 7th position in Anime Bibly for the best anime summer 2012. If you want to give it a try, you can watch it online before buying DVD or Blu-ray. But because watching streaming online or download it for free are an illegal way, I prefer you buy DVD or Blu-ray via amazon or other online shop out there. Or maybe you can watch it on Crunchyroll, but I don’t know whether Crunchyroll streaming it or not, and it stricted to some countries.
CHARACTERS
In this anime, there are a lot of girls with huge b**bs, no, too big for high school girls. Even though there are some girls with flat-chested like a wall. While their teacher has normal size. If I can choose, I prefer teacher’s, I don’t like massive size. And also you can find another normal size girl like Nate Mitotsudaira.
One of girl who is awarded with huge mountains is Asama Tomo. Well, she’s also my favorite one. She has calm nature, maybe because she is an archer. It’s same with the main heroine Horizon Ariadust, she has huge twin mountains although she is an android girl with real human soul.
But my most favorite girl in this anime is Aoi Kimi. She is Tori’s older sister with also huge b**bs. Her voice is also great (voiced by Saito Chiwa) and has elegant manner. I’ve searched a girl look like her in real life, but still can’t find her anywhere.
Okay, enough with girls. Now I want to jump to male character. For male I prefer the ninja Tenzou Crossunite instead Tori. Yups, he just a supporting character in season 1, but in season 2 he becomes the coolest one! He’s good at fighting and a gentle guy. Luckily, he met with hot girl and they become a lover.
If you love some characters in this anime, I recommend you buy an artbook which available online. But I won’t give you some links because I don’t want to promoting people business directly, lol.
SOUND
There is one song that becomes my most favorite OST in anime 2012 line-up. It’s the ending of second season titled “Sora no Uta” by “Masami Okui”, the music is beat and cheerful. For the rest, such as OP (opening them) and ED (ending theme) season 1, they don’t catch my attention too much. Hey, I also have the soundtrack (Sora no Uta) in CD version!
SPOILER
In Season 1 episode 1, here is my impression about this anime. At first, I felt confuse about the story. The year is 1648 of testament era, not in current A.D., it means this anime sets in very far future. In early season 1 I’ve introduced to the many characters in a school with their teacher Makiko sensei. They are conducting some kind of practice with unknown technology and weapons. But, there some familiars ones such as sword, dagger and bow. In the last minute of first episode, the main character Aoi Tori shows up and reveal that he would confess his love towards Horizon Ariadust, a girl who died ten years ago.
In episode 2, here is the vital one! We can now where they are because the student learn about history. We will also be introduced with cute android girl called P-01s which later she becomes the main character of this anime. And also in the next episodes we will know that P-01s is Horizon Ariadust. Yes, she died 10 years ago, but she turns into an automaton girl. Her soul is put into android body to keep her alive.
If the season 1 tells about Aoi Tori with his romantic story, the Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Season 2 his friend Tenzou also becomes main character with his lover Mary Stuart. The plot is slightly different but the case is same, Tenzou tried to save Mary just like Tori saved Ariadust in the first season. To find another spoiler, you can go to the wiki.
OPINION
If you don’t watch it well, or don’t have some kind of interest to the sci-fi or fantasy, you won’t understand this anime and can’t enjoy the story well. Since I know the story, it becomes my favorite anime in 2012. I personally love Horizon Ariadust and bought her figure and become one of my collection. There are also 2 poster wallpaper hung in my room. Sounds great, right?
When I went to the comicon, I met with Horizon and Asama Tomo cosplay. I don’t believe they could cosplaying them so well. But not with their b**bs. It’s okay, I still can tolerate it because real girls won’t have that things so big.
Someone ask me about season 3 anime series, but I’m not sure about this. The possibility maybe 65% since the light novel still active till now. So far, the light novel itself has 21 volumes. And also about the movie, there is no movie has been released so far.
But if you watched the both season of anime, and still want to cling around it, maybe you can try the game. The developer Tenky and Kadokawa Shoten as its publisher released the Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon game for playstation portable.
After the light novel series released, and before the anime was produced, there are 5 volumes manga still written by Kawakami Minori with the illustrator Takenaka Hideo. But in this review, I won’t talk too much about manga because I never read them.
I watched the second season of anime in summer 2012 and I think this anime is good enough. Then I watch it again by buying the blu ray to make sure I get the story well, because the story was little confusing until I re-watched it.
Thank to sci-fi and fantasy genre fans, this anime becomes popular around that circle. And thanks to them again this anime second season sits in 7th position in Anime Bibly for the best anime summer 2012. If you want to give it a try, you can watch it online before buying DVD or Blu-ray. But because watching streaming online or download it for free are an illegal way, I prefer you buy DVD or Blu-ray via amazon or other online shop out there. Or maybe you can watch it on Crunchyroll, but I don’t know whether Crunchyroll streaming it or not, and it stricted to some countries.
CHARACTERS
In this anime, there are a lot of girls with huge b**bs, no, too big for high school girls. Even though there are some girls with flat-chested like a wall. While their teacher has normal size. If I can choose, I prefer teacher’s, I don’t like massive size. And also you can find another normal size girl like Nate Mitotsudaira.
One of girl who is awarded with huge mountains is Asama Tomo. Well, she’s also my favorite one. She has calm nature, maybe because she is an archer. It’s same with the main heroine Horizon Ariadust, she has huge twin mountains although she is an android girl with real human soul.
But my most favorite girl in this anime is Aoi Kimi. She is Tori’s older sister with also huge b**bs. Her voice is also great (voiced by Saito Chiwa) and has elegant manner. I’ve searched a girl look like her in real life, but still can’t find her anywhere.
Okay, enough with girls. Now I want to jump to male character. For male I prefer the ninja Tenzou Crossunite instead Tori. Yups, he just a supporting character in season 1, but in season 2 he becomes the coolest one! He’s good at fighting and a gentle guy. Luckily, he met with hot girl and they become a lover.
If you love some characters in this anime, I recommend you buy an artbook which available online. But I won’t give you some links because I don’t want to promoting people business directly, lol.
SOUND
There is one song that becomes my most favorite OST in anime 2012 line-up. It’s the ending of second season titled “Sora no Uta” by “Masami Okui”, the music is beat and cheerful. For the rest, such as OP (opening them) and ED (ending theme) season 1, they don’t catch my attention too much. Hey, I also have the soundtrack (Sora no Uta) in CD version!
SPOILER
In Season 1 episode 1, here is my impression about this anime. At first, I felt confuse about the story. The year is 1648 of testament era, not in current A.D., it means this anime sets in very far future. In early season 1 I’ve introduced to the many characters in a school with their teacher Makiko sensei. They are conducting some kind of practice with unknown technology and weapons. But, there some familiars ones such as sword, dagger and bow. In the last minute of first episode, the main character Aoi Tori shows up and reveal that he would confess his love towards Horizon Ariadust, a girl who died ten years ago.
In episode 2, here is the vital one! We can now where they are because the student learn about history. We will also be introduced with cute android girl called P-01s which later she becomes the main character of this anime. And also in the next episodes we will know that P-01s is Horizon Ariadust. Yes, she died 10 years ago, but she turns into an automaton girl. Her soul is put into android body to keep her alive.
If the season 1 tells about Aoi Tori with his romantic story, the Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Season 2 his friend Tenzou also becomes main character with his lover Mary Stuart. The plot is slightly different but the case is same, Tenzou tried to save Mary just like Tori saved Ariadust in the first season. To find another spoiler, you can go to the wiki.
OPINION
If you don’t watch it well, or don’t have some kind of interest to the sci-fi or fantasy, you won’t understand this anime and can’t enjoy the story well. Since I know the story, it becomes my favorite anime in 2012. I personally love Horizon Ariadust and bought her figure and become one of my collection. There are also 2 poster wallpaper hung in my room. Sounds great, right?
When I went to the comicon, I met with Horizon and Asama Tomo cosplay. I don’t believe they could cosplaying them so well. But not with their b**bs. It’s okay, I still can tolerate it because real girls won’t have that things so big.
Someone ask me about season 3 anime series, but I’m not sure about this. The possibility maybe 65% since the light novel still active till now. So far, the light novel itself has 21 volumes. And also about the movie, there is no movie has been released so far.
But if you watched the both season of anime, and still want to cling around it, maybe you can try the game. The developer Tenky and Kadokawa Shoten as its publisher released the Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon game for playstation portable.