Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou

Alternative Titles

English: the Garden of sinners Chapter 4: The Hollow Shrine

Synonyms: Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners Movie 4, Borderline of Emptiness: The Hollow Shrine, The Garden of Sinners: garan-no-dou

Japanese: 劇場版空の境界 the Garden of sinners 第四章『伽藍の洞』

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 24, 2008

Producers: Notes

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: ufotable

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller

Duration: 46 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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June 1998: After spending two years in a coma caused by a traffic accident, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. She is visited by Touko Aozaki, a wizard and proprietor of a studio called Garan no Dou. Shiki has lost not only the memory of her accident, but also any real sense that she's even alive. Strangely, enigmatic beings begin to attack her...

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Includes claymation short which was shown before the movie in theaters.

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Adaptation:	Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners
Prequel:	Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu
Sequel:	Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen
Summary:	Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of Seventh Heaven
Other:	Kara no Kyoukai: Manner Movies

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ryougi, Shiki

Main

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

Aozaki, Touko

Main

Honda, Takako
Japanese

Kokutou, Mikiya

Main

Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Asagami, Fujino

Supporting

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Araya, Souren

Supporting

Nakata, Jouji
Japanese

Shirazumi, Lio

Supporting

Hoshi, Soichiro
Japanese

Fujou, Kirie

Supporting

Tanaka, Rie
Japanese

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Iwakami, Atsuhiro

Producer

Kondou, Hikaru

Producer

Takiguchi, Teiichi

Director, Character Design, Animation Director

Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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"Aria" by Kalafina

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Feb 4, 2009

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Archaeon (All reviews)

179 people found this review helpful

Kara no Kyoukai review Part 4

One of the hallmarks of a good story is the ease with which it can suspend the disbelief of the reader or viewer, and in that respect the Kara no Kyoukai franchise has been good, but not truly great. That said, the fourth installment, Garan no Dou (The Hollow Shrine), is a tad more introspective than previous outings, and it may signify a shift into a higher gear for the series.

The story begins directly after the end of the second movie, with the unconscious Ryougi Shiki being transported to hospital in an ambulance accompanied by Kokutou Mikiya. When she finally read more

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Jan 10, 2012

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

arichan20 (All reviews)

28 people found this review helpful

I really like many of the TYPE MOON series and one of them is Kara no Kyoukai. And this chapter is very interesting and fascinating.

First at all, I was delighted with the graphics. They are very cool, and well done. The animation is very clear, many scenes were dark but this just add more mystery and thrill, just what this anime is. There are many abstrac obscure scenes and in this time, you're not going to see many bloody scenes, however, routine scenes are intriguing, too. I like the character design but I think is kind of little cliche, both of the main characters read more

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Aug 19, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

jc9622 (All reviews)

13 people found this review helpful

This is part 4 of the KnK movie series
This movie is basically one big character development but I still enjoyed this movie.

(There will be some SPOILERS in my review)

[Story]: (8/10)
The story of KnK 4 now takes place 2 months before the events of the 1st KnK and immediately after the events of the 2nd movie. I was actually hoping for the 4th movie to take place after the events of the 1st KnK but I'm glad they didn't.
After Shiki got involved in a traffic accident, she spent 2 years in a coma and what's worse is she now has an amnesia. She is visited by a redheaded girl named Aozaki, a magus and works for a company called Garan no Dou.
Like I said above, I was hoping for the 4th KnK to move on past KnK 1 but I'm glad they didn't. This pretty much shows what happened to Shiki after she woke up from a coma after being involved in an accident 2 years ago. They showed us at the end of KnK 2 that she was being transported to the hospital but we didn't really know what exactly happened to her. The story tells us why and how Shiki got hurt. Not only that, it also shows us how and why Mikiya is working for Touko. In short, the story just tells us more about the main characters and why they are at that situation now which is not a bad thing.
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[Art/Animation]: (10/10)
The Animation is exactly the same as the previous 3 movies which is already a perfect and visually stunning animation.
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[Sound]: (9/10)
If my ears aren't broken, the soundtrack is exactly the same as the previous 3 movies. They were already great to begin with so I'm not going to complain that they re-used background themes. Another new ED theme song is used for this movie called "Aria" by Kalafina. In my opinion, it's a good song but not better than the ED used in 1st and 2nd movie.
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[Characters]: (9/10) (SPOILERS)
No new characters were introduced as the focus of this movie is the development of the main characters. The movie shows us that Mikiya has been visiting Shiki for the past 2 years, non-stop. He truly has feelings for Shiki and still does. Hell, even the nurses know him by now because he kept visiting the hospital. We also get to learn more about Mikiya, Shiki and Touko. I want to focus first on Mikiya. We learn that Mikiya didn't graduate college, had a fight with his parents and now lives alone and works for a dead end job (looks like a dead end job to me). Now focusing on Shiki, we learn that she now has an amnesia after waking up from an accident which means she doesn't remember mostly everything including the day of the accident. She somehow remembers the face of Mikiya but not his name though. We also learn more about her magic eye and how her second personality is now gone. Finally, focusing on Touko. The movie didn't really tell us anything about her that much in the previous 3 movies so I didn't find her an interesting character. Now, she seems like an interesting character to me. The movie shows us that she's a freaking Magus. That explains why she has knowledge to mysterious things that's going on around her. It also shows us what Touko is really capable of after they showed us the battle scene at the near-end of the movie. I'm starting to like these main characters.
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[Enjoyment]: (8/10)
This movie is just a big character development for 3 of the main characters but I still enjoyed it. It's giving us more reasons on why I should give a crap about these characters. That last battle scene was quite rewarding, showing us what Touko is capable of.
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[OVERALL]: (8.5/10)
The 4th movie didn't really go past the events of KnK 1 but this was still a great movie to watch. Learning more about the main characters is quite interesting. People tell me that the 5th movie will be a lot better than the previous 4 so I guess I'll be watching the 5th movie soon.

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Oct 23, 2014

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

xsis (All reviews)

10 people found this review helpful

In the chronological of kara no kyoukai this should be the second episode to watch..continued from kara no kyoukai 2:Satsujin Kōsatsu from this episode it will answered most of the question that involved to other episode,its answered why Shiki got the eyes and what the eyes ability was and also introduction or why Touko want to involved to Shiki and this movies also how Shiki want to work or to used his ability by working under Touko and the last credit its show who was the person that responsibility for all the case that Touka involved to..
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