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The Garden of Sinners (movie series)

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© KINOKO NASU/Kodansha•Aniplex•Notes•ufotable


Alternative title:
Kara no Kyōkai - the Garden of sinners (Japanese)
Граница пустоты: Сад грешников (Russian)
空の境界 (Japanese)
空之境界 (Chinese (Taiwan))
공의 경계 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Mikiya Kokuto finds himself intrigued by two things. The first is by Shiki Ryougi a beautiful, yet rather unsociable, girl and the other is the strange series of violent deaths that start occuring in his town. As he attempts to get closer to Shiki, he soon learns that the two are connected and that there are many supernatural forces at work which could very likely get him killed as well.
User Ratings: 1747 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 687 votes (sub:620, dub:15, raw:14, ?:4, others:34
19 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 German subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Mandarin Chinese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 452 votes (sub:401, dub:22, raw:4, ?:2, others:23
9 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 295 votes (sub:257, dub:18, raw:1, others:19
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 German subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 159 votes (sub:124, dub:25, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 68 votes (sub:61, dub:3, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:36, dub:2, others:2
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:13, dub:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2767 users, rank: #394 (of 9535)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.671 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.6038, rank: #117 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.575 (Excellent−), rank: #129 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.67 / seen some: 8.21 / won't finish: 4.48)
Bayesian estimate: 8.566 (Excellent−), rank: #44 (of 7243)
Vintage: 2007-12-01
Premiere date:
2007-12-01 (Japan, Part 1 - Fukan Fūkei)
2007-12-29 (Japan, Part 2 - Satsujin Kōsatsu)
2008-01-26 (Japan, Part 3 - Tsūkaku Zanryū)
2008-05-24 (Japan, Part 4 - Garan no Dō)
2008-08-16 (Japan, Part 5 - Mujun Rasen)
2008-12-20 (Japan, Part 6 - Bōkyaku Rokuon)
2009-08-08 (Japan, Part 7 - Satsujin Kōsatsu [conclusion])
Release dates: We have 19
Ending Theme:
#1: "oblivious" by Kalafina
#2: "Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete yuku" by Kalafina
#3: "Kizuato" by Kalafina
#4: "ARIA" by Kalafina
#5: "sprinter" by Kalafina
#6: "fairytale" by Kalafina
#7: "Seventh Heaven" by Kalafina
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 11
Comment:
Movies are 48, 58, 56, 46, 112, 60 and 119 min long respectively (from 1st to 7th).
News: Show:
MVM Q4 Schedule (Jul 23, 2019)
MVM Q3 Schedule (May 8, 2019)
MVM Schedule Changes (Sep 16, 2014)
Kalafina Panel (Jul 1, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Garden of Sinners - Blu-ray Disc Box [Import] [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2011-02-08 (from $735.88)
    The Garden of Sinners - Blu-ray Disc Box [Import] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2015-11-10
    The Garden of Sinners - Blu-ray Disc Box (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-09-11 (from $349.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    The Garden of Sinners - DVD Box Set [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-12-13
DVD (Region 2)
    Garden of Sinners - Movie Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-12-15

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script: Masaki Hiramatsu (ufotable)
Storyboard:
Hikaru Kondo (eps 7-8)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 7)
Takayuki Hirao (eps 5, 7)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 7)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (part of movie 5)
Unit Director:
Ei Aoki (ep 7)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 7)
Takayuki Hirao (ep 7)
Takuya Nonaka (eps 7-8)
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Original creator: Kinoko Nasu
Original Character Design: Takashi Takeuchi
Character Design:
Atsushi Ogasawara (eps 4, 6)
Mitsuru Obunai (eps 3, 7)
Takuro Takahashi (eps 1-2, 5, 7)
Teiichi Takiguchi (ep 4)
Tomonori Sudō (eps 1-8)
Art Director:
Kazuo Ebisawa (ep 4)
Kazuo Ogura (ep 3)
Koji Eto (eps 6-7)
Nobutaka Ike (eps 1-2, 5)
Satoru Hirayanagi (ep 8)
Animation Director:
Atsushi Ogasawara (eps 4, 6)
Mitsuru Obunai (eps 3, 7)
Takuro Takahashi (eps 1-2, 5, 7)
Teiichi Takiguchi (ep 4)
Tomonori Sudō (eps 1-8)
3D Director: Shintaro Nakamura
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography:
Seiji Matsuda
Yuichi Terao
2nd Key Animation:
Akira Ono (eps 2, 4)
Ato Nonaka (eps 5-6)
Atsushi Satō (ep 5)
Dai Fukuyama (ep 5)
Hiromi Taniguchi (ep 4)
Hitomi Odashima (ep 2)
Kan Terada (ep 4)
Kaori Ogawa (ep 1)
Keiko Nakaji (ep 4)
Kenrō Tokuda (ep 4)
Kōsuke Uto (eps 6-7)
Kōta Michishita (ep 4)
Masato Nagamori (eps 1-5)
Mitsuaki Takabe (Wish; ep 1)
Narumi Hara (eps 6-7)
Ryota Hayazu (ep 4)
Sachiko Oniwa (eps 4-5)
Saori Yanaga (ep 5)
Satomi Igarashi (eps 5-6)
Shuntaro Ichimura (ep 5)
Shunya Kikuchi (ep 1)
Takashi Suhara (eps 1-2)
Takayuki Mogi (eps 1-5)
Takefumi Hiramatsu (ep 1)
Takeyoshi Omagari (eps 1-2)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 3)
Tetsurō Nireki (eps 1-2)
Tomomi Kamiya (ep 2)
Yasutoshi Niwa (ep 3)
Yoshihiro Maeda (eps 1-2, 4)
Yuka Seriguchi (ep 4)
Yukio Araie (ep 5)
Yuna Takase (ep 5)
Yurie Kuniyuki (ep 2)
Yutaka Sugiura (eps 1-2)
Animation Director Cooperation: Masaru Kimura (ep 4) 
Assistant: Keiko Nobuoka (eps 1-5)
Assistant Animation Director:
Atsushi Ogasawara (ep 3)
Kei Ajiki (ep 2)
Masaru Kimura (eps 4, 7)
Masumi Fujii (eps 1-3)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 5)
Ryūnosuke Murakami (eps 6-7)
Shinsuke Yasuda (eps 6-7)
Takahiro Miura (eps 2-3, 7)
Yasutoshi Niwa (eps 5-6)
Assistant Director: Takuro Takahashi (ep 5)
Assistant Unit Director:
Ei Aoki (ep 3)
Kei Tsunematsu (ep 5)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 5)
Color design: Emi Chiba
Finish Animation:
Asami Maruyama (A-Line; eps 3, 5-7)
Mika Matsuoka (ufotable; eps 3-8)
Finish Check: Mika Matsuoka (eps 6-7)
In-Between Animation:
Chie Yamamoto (ufotable; eps 4-8)
Dai Fukuyama (ufotable; eps 1-6)
Kayo Onizawa (ufotable; eps 7-8)
Masashi Takeuchi (ufotable; eps 1-7)
Mitsuaki Takabe (Wish; ep 2)
Miyuki Ishizuka (ufotable; eps 7-8)
Narumi Hara (ufotable; eps 1-6)
Takashi Suhara (ufotable; eps 1-6)
Takuya Aoki (ufotable; eps 1-7)
In-Between Check: Dai Fukuyama (eps 1-8)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Uda (eps 3-4)
Akiko Seki (ep 7)
Akio Shimotsukasa (eps 1-3, 5-7)
Ato Nonaka (ep 7)
Atsushi Itagaki (eps 1, 6-7)
Atsushi Ogasawara (eps 1, 3, 6-7)
Bu Kyung Choi (ep 6)
Chikashi Kadekaru (eps 1, 5-6)
Dai Fukuyama (ep 7)
Daisuke Mataga (ep 1)
Eiji Abiko (ep 3)
Hideaki Isa (eps 1, 7)
Hideki Harada (ep 3)
Hisayuki Tabata (eps 1, 7)
Hitomi Odashima (eps 1, 5)
Hitoshi Yoshida (ep 1)
Hokuto Sakiyama (ep 1)
Junpei Mikuriya (ep 5)
Kan Ogawa (ep 2)
Katsuya Kikuchi (eps 1, 5)
Kazuyuki Matsubara (ep 2)
Kei Ajiki (eps 2, 5-7)
Keiichi Sasajima (eps 3, 6-7)
Keisuke Watabe (ep 3)
Keita Shimizu (eps 6-7)
Ken Mori (eps 6-7)
Ken Ōtsuka (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Komatsubara (eps 3, 5)
Kiyoshi Tateishi (eps 2, 5-6)
Kōichi Motomura (eps 1, 5, 7)
Koichi Yagami (eps 3, 5-6)
Makoto Nakamura (eps 1, 3, 5-7)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 5)
Masakazu Saitō (ep 3)
Masaru Kimura (eps 1-8)
Masato Nagamori (eps 6-7)
Masayuki Kunihiro (eps 1-7)
Masumi Fujii (eps 2-6)
Mieko Kamiyama (ep 5)
Mitsuru Obunai (eps 1, 3, 5-7)
Nobuyuki Yoshihama (ep 5)
Nozomu Abe (eps 1, 3)
Ryōta Furukawa (eps 5-6)
Ryouichi Kaida (ep 5)
Ryūnosuke Murakami (eps 1-7)
Saburou Mochizuki (ep 5)
Satoshi Takahashi (eps 2-3, 5-7)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 6)
Shinsuke Yasuda (eps 1-2, 5-8)
Shinya Asanuma (eps 1, 3)
Shunya Kikuchi (eps 2-3, 5-7)
Soichiro Matsuda (ep 3)
Tadashi Shida (ep 3)
Tadashi Sugita (eps 6-7)
Takahiro Miura (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Takashi Suhara (ep 7)
Takayuki Hirao (ep 7 NC)
Takayuki Mogi (eps 6-7)
Takeshi Yoshioka (ep 3)
Takeyoshi Omagari (eps 2-3, 5-7)
Takuro Takahashi (eps 2-3, 6-7)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 2)
Teiichi Takiguchi (ep 4)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (movie 5; ep 7)
Tomonori Sudō (eps 6, 8)
Toshiharu Kudō (eps 5-6)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 1, 3)
Toshiyuki Shirai (白飯俊之; ep 7)
Yasutoshi Niwa (eps 4-7)
Yoko Kojo (ep 6)
Yoshihide Yuuzumi (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Maeda (ep 3)
Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 3)
Yuka Shibata (eps 3, 5)
Yukiko Kobayashi (eps 3, 5)
Yurie Kuniyuki (ep 5)
Line Producer: Ryu Suzuki
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Sachie Ōnuma (Viola)
Music Vocals:
Wakana Ootaki (movie 2, song "M29")
Yuriko Kaida (songs "M01", "M13", "M15+16+17")
Photography: Sae Yoshikawa (eps 1-8)
Production Advancement: Yū Takanaka (eps 3, 7)
Production Setting: Masasuke Nakazawa
Support:
Fumikazu Ozaki (ufotable; eps 7-8)
Yū Takanaka (eps 1-2, 4-6, 8)
Theme Song Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song Composition: Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song Performance:
Kalafina (ED)
Keiko Kubota (ED, as Kalafina)
Wakana Ootaki (ED, as Kalafina)
Kenichi Suzumura as Mikiya Kokutō
Maaya Sakamoto as Shiki Ryōgi
Takako Honda as Tōko Aosaki

Ayumi Fujimura as Azaka Kokutō
Hiroki Tōchi as Daisuke Akimi
Jōji Nakata as Souren Araya
Mamiko Noto as Fujino Asagami
Rie Tanaka as Kirie Fujō
Sōichiro Hoshi as Lio Shirazumi
Tetsuya Kakihara as Tomoe Enjō

Daisuke Matsuo as Man (Part 5)
Eri Kitamura as Mikiya Kokutō (child)
Eri Nakao as Reporter (Part 1)
Hiroki Yasumoto as Leeder (Part 3)
Hiromi Igarashi as Tomoe Enjō (child)
Hiroshi Iida as Akino (Part 3)
Jin Yamanoi as Tomoe's father (Part 5)
Kana Akutsu as Nurse C (Part 4)
Kaori Akashi as Kokutō's mother (Part 2)
Kenichi Saeki as Man (Part 5)
Kenji Takahashi as Gakuto (Part 2, 3)
Kōji Yusa as Cornelius Alba (Part 5)
Makiko Nabei as Sister (ep 6)
Makiko Nitta as Mother (Part 3)
Makoto Yasumura as Akitaka Suzurigi (Part 2)
Manabu Sakamaki as Detective (Part 5)
Miki Itō as Tomoe's mother (Part 5)
Miyu Ootake as Female High School Student (Part 3)
Nana Mizuki as Misaya Ōji (ep 6)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Satsuki Kurogiri (ep 6)
Ryou Sugisaki as Shiki's father (Part 2)
Seiko Yoshida as
Newscaster (Part 5)
Nurse B (Part 4)
Shintarō Asanuma as Keita Minato (Part 3)
Shuuzou Nakamura as Announcer (Part 1)
Takayuki Masuda as Detective (Part 2, 5)
Tatsuya Kamijō as Salaryman (Part 5)
Yūdai Satō as Man (Part 5)
Yūichi Ishigami as
Doctor (Part 4)
Hideo Hayama (ep 6)
Yūichi Nakamura as Kouhei (Part 3)
Yuka Iguchi as
Nurse A (Part 4)
Shizune Seo (ep 6)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Brain's Base (ep 5)
feel. (ep 5)
GAINAX (ep 4)
Animation Production: ufotable
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (ep 3)
Studio Easter
Distributor: Aniplex
Finish Animation:
A-Line (eps 1, 3-7)
AIC (ep 7)
AIC Takarazuka (ep 1)
Asahi Production (eps 5, 7)
Chaos Project (ep 7)
cube A motion (eps 1-2, 4)
Fanout Studio B2 (eps 2-5, 7)
Frontline (eps 5, 7)
Jinbun (eps 5-7)
Mook Animation (ep 7)
Studio Elle
Studio Road (eps 1, 5)
Triple A
ufotable
HD Video Editing: Sony PCL
In-Between Animation:
A-Line (eps 5, 7)
AIC (ep 7)
AIC Spirits (ep 5)
Animation Planet (ep 5)
Anime Spot (ep 5)
Asahi Production (eps 5, 7)
asread (eps 5-6)
AZETA PICTURES (ep 7)
Bee Train (ep 6)
Buyuu (ep 5)
cube A motion (eps 1-2, 4)
Doga Kobo (ep 6)
Fanout Studio B2 (eps 2-7)
feel. (eps 2, 5-6)
Frontline (eps 5, 7)
ingresA (eps 6-7)
Jinbun (eps 5-7)
Mook Animation (ep 7)
Telecom Animation Film (ep 7)
Tokyo Kids (eps 1-2)
Triple A
ufotable
ufotable Tokushima (ep 7)
Wish (eps 2, 7)
Original Creator: Type-Moon
English companies
English staff
Key Animation: Masayuki Kunihiro (ep 6) 
Special Thanks To:
Akiko Yodo (Aniplex)
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Distributor:
Aniplex of America
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
DVD Authoring: Imagica
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video 
Anime Strike (United States)
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Bruno Meyere
Translation: Yukio Reuter

Adaptation: Marie Ryckebusch
Sound Engineer: Erwan Le Gall
Bérangère Jean as Tōko Aozaki
Helene Bizot as Shiki Ryōgi
Yannick Blivet as Mikiya Kokutō

Fily Keita as Fujino Asagami
François Siener as Soren Araya
Frederic Popovic as Satsuki Kurogiri
Isabelle Volpe as Kirie Fujō
Jennifer Fauveau as Azaka Kokutō
Jessica Barrier as Misaya Oji
Mathieu Rivolier as Takuyaki Enjoh
Odile Schmitt as Kaede Enjoh
Tony Marot as Tomoe Enjoh

Bruno Meyere as
Ashitaka
Keita Minato
Catherine Lafond as Dealeuse
Charlaine Maillol as Seo Shizune
Eric Peter as Cornelius Alba
Gilbert Levy as Grand-Père
Grégory Laisné as Policier
Julien Chatelet as Gakuto
Laura Zichy as Mère de Mikiya
Maïa Michaud as Reporter (Part 1)
Yann Guillemot as
Daisuke Akimi
Hideo Hayama

French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: WanTake
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Aniplex of America (Latin America)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Latin America)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Director: Reinhold Kospach
Christin Marquitan as Toko Aozaki
Petra Barthel as Shiki Ryougi
Tobias Nath as Mikiya Koukuto

Bernd Vollbrecht as Satsuki Kurogiri (Movie 6-7)
Cathlen Gawlich as Kirie Fujo
Filipe Pirl as Tomoe Enjou (Movie 5)
Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Lio Shirazumi (Movie 6-7)
Ilona Otto as Fujino Asagami
Julia Ziffer as Azaka Kokuto
Melanie Pukaß as Misaya Ouji (Movie 6)
Michael Iwannek as Cornelius Alba (Movie 5)
Stefan Staudinger as Daisuke Akimi (Movie 2, 5, 7)
Tilo Schmitz as Souren Araya

Anja Rybiczka as Krankenschwester A (Movie 4)
Bernd Vollbrecht as
Begutachter (Movie 7)
Kouhei (Movie 3)
Shiki Ryougis Großvater (Movie 7)
Cathlen Gawlich as
Feen (Movie 6)
Kaori Tachibana (Movie 6)
Schwester (Movie 6)
Shiki Ryougi (Movie 7; young)
Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Dealerin (Movie 7)
Jaron Löwenberg as Gakuto
Julia Ziffer as Shizune Seo (Movie 6)
Michael Pan as Tomoes Vater (Movie 5)
Oliver Siebeck as
Akitaka Suzurigi (Movie 2)
Kommissar (Movie 2)
Sabine Arnhold as
Mikiyas Mutter (Movie 2)
Reporterin
Stefan Staudinger as
Hideo Hiyama (Movie 6)
Nachrichtensprecher (Movie 7)
TV-Sprecher
Steven Merting as Keita Minato (Movie 3)
Tobias Nath as Mikiya Kokutou (Movie 6; young)
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: VSI Berlin
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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