I'll just quote the analysis and summary done by a friend of mine elsewhere. He put into words the awesomeness of this movie series better than I ever could.
Running time: Dec 1st 2007 - ? ? 2009
Episodes: 7
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Supernatural, Fantasy
Studio: ufotable
Website: http://www.karanokyoukai.comStory summary wrote:
When an odd string of suicides begins to occur at a local high rise building, most of the townsfolk treat it as an unfortunate series of events. One girl, however, senses something more sinister at work - especially when a close friend of hers falls mysteriously ill. After witnessing one of the deaths for herself, Shiki begins to realize that a strange connection exists between each of the girls, and predicts a total of eight will die. With seven dead and the accuracy of her prediction unclear, she sets out to put an end to the killings. Yet, as she nears the truth, she finds herself closer and closer to the brink of death; will Shiki become the town's savior, or the next victim?
Since last year, the earlierst work of TYPE-MOON head author Nasu Kinoko is being turned into a seven part anime movie series. And it's one hell of a series. Having not read the two volumes of the original work, I can't really comment on how faithful the adaption is like with Tsukihime and Fate/stay night, but to me, KnK pretty much is the production of the year so far. These three movies that have been released on DVD so far and have been fansubbed (part four having been just released today, December 17th, subbed, and part five set for release in January) have been quite mindblowing. The animation is the best from any studio in a long time, the atmosphere is quite tense and the music is nothing short but awesome.
Freshmen to TYPE-MOON works probably may have some problems with Kara no Kyoukai, not only because they might not get the references or connections to the other works of Nasu but also because the movies, like the books, are not in chronological order, kinda like the TV broadcast of Suzumiya Haruhi. The actual chronological order is 2-4-3-1-5-6-7.
So, who's also watching this? What are your thoughts and impressions?
I'm currently downloading the fourth movie torrent like the freaking Fist of the North Star, and can't wait until it's done, since it's threatening to be just as freaking awesome as the three before it. =D