Sora yori mo Tooi Basho (A Place Further Than The Universe)

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Synonyms: Uchuu yori mo Tooi Basho, A Story That Leads to the Antarctica, Yorimoi

Japanese: 宇宙よりも遠い場所

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 2, 2018 to Mar 27, 2018

Premiered: Winter 2018

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 20:30 (JST)

Producers: Media Factory, Movic, AT-X, Sony Music Communications, Docomo Anime Store, Kadokawa Media House, Kadokawa, NewGin, Crunchyroll SC Anime Fund

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Original

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Theme: CGDCT

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.52¹ (scored by 206,079 users)

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Ranked: #117²

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Popularity: #429

Members: 476,919

Favorites: 13,524

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Filled with an overwhelming sense of wonder for the world around her, Mari Tamaki has always dreamt of what lies beyond the reaches of the universe. However, despite harboring such large aspirations on the inside, her fear of the unknown and anxiety over her own possible limitations have always held her back from chasing them. But now, in her second year of high school, Mari is more determined than ever to not let any more of her youth go to waste. Still, her fear continues to prevent her from taking that ambitious step forward—that is, until she has a chance encounter with a girl who has grand dreams of her own.

Spurred by her mother's disappearance, Shirase Kobuchizawa has been working hard to fund her trip to Antarctica. Despite facing doubt and ridicule from virtually everyone, Shirase is determined to embark on this expedition to search for her mother in a place further than the universe itself. Inspired by Shirase's resolve, Mari jumps at the chance to join her. Soon, their efforts attract the attention of the bubbly Hinata Miyake, who is eager to stand out, and Yuzuki Shiraishi, a polite girl from a high class background. Together, they set sail toward the frozen south.

Sora yori mo Tooi Basho follows the captivating journey of four spirited girls, all in search of something great.

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Ohara, Sayaka
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"The Girls Are Alright!" by saya

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"Koko kara, Koko kara (ここから、ここから)" by Mari Tamaki (Inori Minase), Shirase Kobuchizawa (Kana Hanazawa), Hinata Miyake (Yuka Iguchi), Yuzuki Shiraishi (Saori Hayami)

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Mar 29, 2018

TakaCode

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Winter 18 anime season was honestly a pretty underwhelming season overall because unlike the Fall 17 anime season didn’t feature a lot of good shows that are not 2nd seasons or leftovers from the Fall 17 season.
The problem that I have with this season that many of the shows are nothing more style over substance meme feasts.

A1+ Trigger mecha show Darling in the Franxx is the worst example of this because not only in my opinion bad at storytelling it also allowed the memes and reference to older shows to take over the actual story to a point where you're literally only watching it ...

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May 22, 2018

Azuno-san

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Yorimoi Review (edited; slight revision to character's overview to reduce spoilers; 2023)

//I just wanted to say that this is my first ever review on MAL and I really felt the urge to discuss the greatness of this Anime.//
( and probably my last. even after 5 years, I haven't felt the same inspiration that YoriMoi gave me with newer shows, not to say they aren't good/better. Still one of my favorites to date! )

//Spoiler Free (As much as possible)//

Never judge a book by its cover. It's something I'm trying to get over because this happens most of the time, we judge everything based on first impressions. ... My initial judgment of the cover was my greatest downfall because it just looked like a Moe/Slice of Life anime, which was a genre I never understood/appreciated up until now. I judged it, so much so that I didn't even read the title, "A Place Further Than The Universe", which certainly does sound like an interesting adventure anime title. Oh was I wrong! Well, not entirely because this WAS a fun Slice of Life Anime with high school girls doing EXTREMELY fun things. Like going to Antarctica.

Story (10/10):
The story starts off with four high school girls who are total strangers and have problems that are related to one another. In the first few episodes, these problems were presented and used to connect these characters together, to build a friendship based on related problems, and to have an end goal of going to Antarctica, which satisfied all of their problems in the end. I won't be diving into these problems in the story aspect of Yorimoi but rather, the characters aspect. During the journey of preparing and going to Antarctica, they're faced with many problems in between that are usually resolved within each episode, but in the end, it creates the atmosphere of resolution and serves to strengthen their friendship. When the girls finally arrive in Antarctica, they were able to experience “A Place Further Than The Universe”, an entirely new experience, the things they’ve learned for the first time, seeing the distinctive scenery, creating and experiencing friendship throughout a journey. You feel like you’re experiencing the journey and feeling their emotions with them.
Overall, the story is very unique, emotional, and adventurous to the max! I feel that adventure animes are either being buried by shonen animes or we just don’t see enough adventure animes that can make you feel some type of way, the way this anime makes me feel, relatable and connected to the characters.

Visuals (9/10):
Honestly, nothing too much to say about the visuals except that it is phenomenal. I mean, it's Studio Madhouse. They never cease to amaze me with the direction of their animes, including their art and music, which were always perfectly timed for an epic experience. Most of my, and probably a lot others’, favorite anime are produced by Studio Madhouse. After finishing the series, I saw in some forums and comments that the Syowa Station was actually a real thing and was linked to google maps, where I was able to view a 3D image of Showa Station and their ship, Icebreaker Shirase, in real life and they were strikingly similar. The visuals of Antarctica was definitely something new for us anime viewers since we don’t see a lot of animes take place in Antarctica. Overall, beautiful.

Sound (9/10):
Although the soundtrack wasn’t anything special, I believe the direction of the OST was what made the sound as impactful as it was throughout Yorimoi. At first, I didn’t find the opening, “The Girls Are Alright”, to be anything special. As time went on though, I found it ‘Alright’ then started to find it catchy and by the end, I felt something every time this OP played. Now every time I listen to this OP, I feel happy and remember the great experience I had with Yorimoi, it's very connecting. The ED was always emotional for me and I feel it is largely due to the fact it is sung by the four main characters. Also, each, if not most, episodes end with a happy, resolved ending and when the ED comes up, it just hits you hard in the feels. As for the OST, the great timing of the legendary OST at the right time—Legendary. Every time an emotional scene comes up, the sad music makes it way more emotional. When they’re enjoying their time with each other or a problem is resolved, the happy and inspirational OST kicks in. Every time this happened, I was on the brink of shedding so many tears. Actually, many tears were shedded ;_;. Overall, I think the soundtrack and the timing were extremely essential to my Yorimoi experience.

Characters (10/10): //Might be spoiler-ish; editing after 5 years to reduce spoilers (2023)//
I’m going to start off by saying that all four of the main characters are very relatable. Their problems are of what regular people would have.
Tamaki Mari is a typical high school student who has a typical problem: wanting to make the most of her youth but doesn’t act upon their wants. She feels as if she hasn’t done anything impactful in her life and now in high school, must do something before it's too late but she is indecisive. Relatable.
Kobuchizawa Shirase was initially the one to wanted to travel to Antarctica and brought it up to her friend, Mari, in hopes of following in her Mother's footsteps, who was also intrigued about the idea of exploring Antarctica. Oh, and she also wanted to prove and say “In your faces!” to the haters who told her it was impossible for a high school girl to go to Antarctica. All in all, she is the type that doesn’t like to give up, stubborn but is very passionate.
Miyake Hinata, the third girl, caught wind of Mari and Shirase’s trip to Antarctica and asked if she could join their journey. Her problem was that she quit school because of her "friends", wanting to be alone, and ended up working at a convenience store. Out of the four, her reasoning for going was the most confusing for me. It seemed out of the blue, overhearing the two girls talk while working her job, then suddenly wanting to go too. But, I think she wanted to go for the same reason as first girl Mari: wanting to do something interesting. She's the genki girl of the group, very uplifting and comedic relief character. Even if her conviction to go isn't on par with the other two, the energy she brings to the group is just as important, regardless.
The last girl, Shiraishi Yuzuki, is a child actress/idol who doesn’t have real friends, due to the overload of work as an actress. She doesn't understand real friendships because of this, which is a reoccurring theme for her character, but as she grows closer to the others throughout the show, she begins to understand the meaning of true friendship. Very wholesome.
They all first come together with a similar problem: Antarctica. Yuzuki is being forced to go and doesn't want to but Mari, Shirase, and Hinata want to go, but cannot. The girls find a way that satisfies their problems and end up going together on this beautiful journey. As the story goes on, each of their problems is slowly being resolved and their friendship becomes stronger as they help each other through tough situations. Overall, the characters are loveable and quite relatable. They all have different problems that they work out in the end. Beautiful.

Enjoyment (10/10):
Yorimoi was such a great adventure and had such a blast experiencing their journey to Antarctica. It showed how the characters had many problems when experiencing something new, something totally different, and how they learned from it and overcome the many problems they experience throughout the process. But in the end, after all these problems, these hardships, they build friendship. They have fun, they experience something new, something memorable that they can look back to, just like how we would look back to Yorimoi and think: “Wow, I would love to have my own adventure with people I enjoy being with”. This taught me, through Mari’s eyes, that if you want to do something, if you want to make the most of your youth, act now. Do something extreme. Something you don’t do, either from fear, laziness, or time. Like adventuring. Like Antarctica.

Overall, 9.6. Such a great anime that I wanted to write my first review on. I hope you enjoyed reading this review and are going to watch it right now if you haven't already. Like RIGHT NOW! I look forward to doing more reviews on great animes like Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho!!

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Mar 28, 2018

AAFan10

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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS
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A Place Further Than the Universe was a show I almost skipped out on. I was just starting to get into seasonal anime for the first time. As I perused through the Winter 2018 anime list, I noticed this show. At first, I was going to pass on it, as like most others, it just seemed like an average cute girls slice of life show. But I noticed a little something about it that intrigued me to no end, the promise of an adventure to Antarctica. So I went with my gut, and gave it a shot. This gut feeling turned ...

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