Kara no Kyoukai: Fukan Fuukei Episode 1 Discussion

-Houkiboshi- said:
4th movie was aired yesterday (if i'm not mistaken) but we've got only 1st one :( Somebody save me from my impatience

dtshyk said:
4th movie is not "aired" for free, it's available only at one theater.

-Houkiboshi- said:

i didn't know that's theatrical premiere. searched a little bit more and found dates of DVD releases
2008-05-21 (Japan DVD 1: 俯瞰風景 - Thanatos)
2008-06-25 (Japan DVD 2: 殺人考察(前) - ...and nothing heart)
2008-07-23 (Japan DVD 3: 痛覚残留 - ever cry, never life)
so it's still several monthes to wait :(

Zhao_Yun said:
I liked the movie very much. The animation and the soundtrack are awesome and I can't wait to watch the next movie.
I would like to ask the ones who have already read the novels whether they would recommend me to read the novel before watching the next movies. o.o

isacchi said:
the 2nd movie will released next week, on 22th June, i guess x3

dtshyk said:

oops, sorry. My words are too harsh. Kara no Kyoukai is an OVA. There are only two ways to watch this anime: go to a theater (only two or three play this movie across the country) or buy extremely expensive DVD. I don't wanna say "Don't download illegal copy of DVD." but I want you guys to keep it in mind that Kara no Kyoukai movies are made with enormous amount of time, money and human resources, and the price of the DVD is incredibly high as a consequence. This anime is not something we can taste and throw away like we do for many TV anime.

Kayro said:
Awesome animation, great soundtrack and great voice acting. My only complain was that the story was a bit confusing, though it's understandable since this is a 5 episode movie.
I'm giving it a 9/10.

Jacut said:
Wow, awesome music, background art and character design... Also, the movie totally does the novel justice, I recalled everything I read some years ago when I watched this movie, it's absolutely on par with the original work, even though I think the atmosphere feels a bit darker in the movie !

On a side note, I'm a big fan of Shiki in the novel and I guess she's even more awesome on the movies now ;) Well, I have a lot of spoilers in mind but I'll refrain for now I think ! The only thing you should know (because it isn't exactly explained in the novel or in the games so it shouldn't be included in the movies anyway) is that Touko is the sister of Aoko Aozaki, the girl in the prologue of Tsukihime that saves Shiki and gives him his very special glasses (and who is a magi, one of the greatest wizards in the world of Typemoon but that's another story).

And yep Sobzob, I saw that the former design of Touko was with blue short hair, that was probably prettier but I think it made more sense to design her with red hair to match with her sister's, don't you think?

Well, to sum it up : I loved it, it's really similar to the novel, and with great art, voice acting and music on top of that. 9/10

angel999 said:

I want to know something from you. Please tell me, will I get more information from this series about Shingetsutan Tsukihime and about the ability of seeing life lines???? I need to know so please answer.

Sobzob said:


No, not really. I don't remember clearly, but the fourth chapter should have some kind of description of the chokushi no magan.
If you want to know more about the chokushi no magan you can always check http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Mystic_Eyes_of_Death_Perception

^Spoiler just in case?

Kokuto: "Um... I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about."
Touka: "Oh. There was a floating person at the Fujyou Building, and the ghosts of eight girls who commmitted suicide were flying around her. The question is, were they flying or falling? It's actually a simple story."
Kokuto: "Okay. That sounds like something from a cheap novel."
Touka: "Doesn't it?"

naikou said:
Okay, how in the world is this so highly rated. I mean seriously, what. I hate inconsistencies, and this movie was full of them.

First of all, we have Touko giving an explanation for why the girls didn't leave suicide notes. She claims "They committed suicide in an obvious way, but didn't leave a note. Therefore, they must not have intended to die."

IS THIS THE CLAIM OF A SANE PERSON!? Off the top of my head, maybe one girl was crazy and killed herself like that. The rest just copied her. Or maybe there's some stupid high school rumor that if you kill yourself that way, you'll be reincarnated as someone beautiful. I mean, come on, why would you jump to murder, or even worse, "the supernatural". There are a million reasons why a bunch of teenage girls would commit suicide without leaving a note. Literally, a million.

Next, we're expected to believe that every night for 8 nights in a row, a teenage girl kills herself by jumping off the same building (or building complex, I'm not sure). You're telling me that the police don't do a damn thing about it? I mean, because that would be the obvious thing to do... send a guard up there until the insanity dies down. Apparently the parents of the girls who died were content to let the same thing happen 8 times in a row, I guess.

And another thing - why does Shiki go around wearing a kimono everywhere? I mean, I'm not an expert on Japanese culture, but I'd think that kind of thing would stand out. Plus it looks pretty tough to move in.

Cihan already covered the mornoic philosophy they littered the movie with, so I won't go into that. Let me just quote the end of the movie, because it sums up my opinion perfectly:

See, that's what gets me. The writers knew they were making up total bullshit, but they decided that, rather than fix it, they would just throw in a joke about it at the end.

I'll leave it at that, even though the whole ghost/out-of-body-experience thing also makes no sense. There's a chance it will be explained in the sequels. 4/10 for the soundtrack and the fact it looks pretty.

APepper said:
It seems yout don´t know too much about suicide...Suicide it´s a thing that goes against the instinct of every live being, don´t matter who is the person they have the urge to leave something behind, it´s absolutely not normal commiting suicide without leaving a note or a sign.

wikipedia said:
A suicide note or death note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. It is estimated that 12-20% of suicides are accompanied by a note.

APepper said:
The speak of Kokutou in the end is very normal normal in a lot of novels, he is only making a fanservice refering to the novel in a funny way, you need to be very naive to thing that he´s serious about that, or searching for a reason to dislike the movie.

wikipedia said:
A suicide note or death note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. It is estimated that 12-20% of suicides are accompanied by a note.

naikou said:
Oh, I agree, it was obviously supposed to be a joke. In my opinion, though, they were right on. The whole movie does come off like a cheap novel.

yakyuu-addict said:
Decided to watch this one since the 5th movie is now the current king here at MAL