ANIME REVIEW: SORA YORI NO TOOI BASHO( A PLACE FURTHER THAN THE UNIVERSE)

ANIME REVIEW: SORA YORI NO TOOI BASHO(A PLACE FURTHER THAN THE UNIVERSE).

TYPE: TV.

EPISODE: 13.

STATUS: FINISHED AIRING.

AIRED: JAN,2,2018 TO MAR,27,2018.

PREMIERED: WINTER 2018. 

BROADCAST: TUESDAYS AT 20:30 (JST).

PRODUCERS: MENIA FACTORY, MOVIC, A-X, SONY MUSIC COMMUNICATIONS, DOCOMO ANIME STORE, KADOKAWA MEDIA HOUSE, KADOKAWA, NEWGIN, CRUNCHYROLL, SC ANIME FUND.

LICENSORS: NOT FOUND.

STUDIO: MADHOUSE.

SOURCE: ORIGINAL.

GENRES: SLICE OF LIFE, ADVENTURE.

DURATION: 23 MIN PER EPISODE.

RATING: PG 13 - TEENS 13 OR OLDER.

STATISTICS

SCORE: 8.45  (SCORE BY 12,383 USER).

RANKED: #132.

POPULARITY: #1033.

MEMBERS: 79,988

FAVORITES: 1,059

PLOT

FILLED WITH AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF WONDER FOR THE WORLD AROUND HER, MARI TAMAKI HES ALWAYS DREAMT OF WHAT LIES BEYOND THE REACHES OF THE UNIVERSE. HOWEVER DESPITE HARBORING SUCH LARGE ASPIRATIONS ONE THE INSIDE, HER FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND ANXIETY OVER HER OWN POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS HAVE ALWAYS HELD HER FROM CACING THAM. BUT NWO NI HER SECOND YEAR SCHOOL, MARI IS MORE  DETERMINED THAN EVER TO NOT LET WNY MORE OF HER YOUTH GO TO WASTE. STILL, HER FEAR CONTINUES TO PREVENT HER TO TAKING THAT AMBITIONS STAP FORWARD-THAT IS UNTIL SHE HAS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A GIRL 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 JUMP 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 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.

CHARACTERS 

1) MARI TAMAKI VOICED BY INORI MINASE.

A GIRL WHO ATTENDS TACHIBANA WEST HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS OFTEN CALL KIMARI BY HER FRIENDS. SHE ALWAYS HAVEiNG CURIOS ABOUT THING THAT SHE DON'T KNOW WHILE HAVING INTERESTS VARIOUS THING. EVENTUALLY, SHE MET SHIRASE TO RETURN HER 1 MILLION YEN WHICH LED BOTH OF THAM TO BECOME MORE CLOSER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ANTARCTICA. SHE IMPRESSED BY SHIRASE'S ANTARCTIC PLAN AND DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD TOGETHER.

2) SHIRASE KOBUCHZAWA VOICED BY KANA HANAZAWA.

SHE IS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GOING TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS KIMARI, A SHY AND QUIET GIRL, SHE IS ALSO THE DAUGHTER OF TAKAKO KOBUCHIZAWA, AN ANTARCTIC OBSERVATION CREW MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN SEEN SINCE HER LAST EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA. SHIRASE HAS BEEN DREAMING TO GO ANTARCTICA TO LOOK FOR HER MOTHER, A SHE BELIEVERS HER NOTHER IS STILL ALIVE EMPRESS AND BELIEVE THAT SHE WON'T MAKE IT TO ANTARCTICA, SOON SHE MET KIMARI AND HINATA AND MADE THEIR MOVE TO HER PLAN WORK. THEIR HARD WORK EVENTUALLY LED THEM TO MEET YUZUKI SHIRAISHI. 

3) HINATA MIYAKE VOICED BY YUKA IGUCHI 

A BRIGHT AN FRIENDLY GIRL WHO WORKS PART-TIME AT CONVENIENCE STORE NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE KIMARI ATTENDS. SHE IS THE SAME ANE AS KIMARI, BUT SHE DROPPED OUT HIGH SCHOOL AND NEW PREPARING TO TAKE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. HER DREAM IS TO ACE THE EXAMS. SHE DECIDED TO JOIN THE EXPEDITION SINCE SHE WANTED TO SOMETHING SPECIAL.SHE HAS BEEN WATCHING KIMARI AND SHIRASE AND HAS BEEN ENVIOUS OF BOTH OF THEM FOR A LONG TIME, BUT SHE ALSO LIKES THEIR HONESTY. 

4) YUZUKI SHIRAISHI VOICED BY SAORI HAYAMI.

SHE IS A FIRST-YEARS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM HOKKAIDO, WHO HAS CLAM AND COOL PERSONALITY COMPARED TO TE OTHERS. SHE IS AN ACTRESS WHO STARTED IN ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMERCIALS AT THE AGE FOUR AND HAS NEVER HAD FRIENDS SINCE SHE WAS CHILD DUE, TO HER WORK, SHE INITIALLY REFUSED TO GO ANTARCTICA TO DO ONLINE STREAMS ABOUT THE TRIP, BUT LATER CHANGED HER MIND AFTER BEING CONVINCED BY KIMARI, SHIRAISHI, AND HINATA. SHE IS INITIALLY JEALOUS OF KIMARI, SHIRASE AND HINATA'S FRIENDSHIP, BUT SHE LATER REALIZES THAT OF THAM ARE HER BEST FRIENDS EVER THOUGH THEY HAD ONLY KNOW EACH OTHER FOR LESS THAN A MONTH.

STAFF

ISHIZUKA ATSUKO AS DIRECTOR.

AKETAGAWA JIN AS SOUND DIRECTOR.

HANADA JUKKI AS SCRIPT, SERIES COMPOSITION.

HANAZAWA KANA AS THEME SONG PERFORMANCE

OPENING THEME 

"THE GIRL ARE ALRIGHT!" BY SAYA 

ENDING THEME

"KOKO KARA KOKO KARA" BY MARI TAMAKI( INORI MINASE), SHIRASE KOBUCHIZAWA(KANA HANAZAWA), HINATA MIYAKE (YUKA IGUCHI), YUZUKI SHIRAISHI (SAORI HAYAMI).