Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners Movie 5, Borderline of Emptiness: Paradox Spiral, The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Paradigm Japanese: 劇場版 空の境界 the Garden of sinners 第五章『矛盾螺旋』 English: The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral German: the Garden of Sinners Film 5: Paradoxe Helix French: the Garden of sinners Film 5: Spirale Contradictoire More titles InformationType: Movie Episodes: 1 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Aug 16, 2008 Producers: Notes Licensors: Aniplex of America Studios: ufotable Source: Light novel Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Theme: Urban Fantasy Duration: 1 hr. 54 min. Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity) StatisticsScore: 8.511 (scored by 134,736 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #1372 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1042 Members: 243,822 Favorites: 4,620 Available AtResources |
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Feb 6, 2009 Archaeon Recommended Kara no Kyoukai review Part 5 Wow. I have to say that this movie is enough to leave one speechless at times, and for a variety of reasons. The fifth installment of the Kara no Kyoukai series, Mujun Rasen (Paradox Spiral), is somewhat of a departure from the previous four outings not just in terms of its running time (almost two hours), but also in terms of art direction and story. Set around two months after Fukan Fuukei, the tale begins with a disjointed sequence of events that are gradually cleared up as the movie continues. The story itself centres around a boy named Enjou Tomoe, who is ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 1, 2009 LemonLyme Recommended *Some of the review got deleted... wtf? I'll try rewriting a little, but I can't guarantee success. OK, so this is version 3 of my KnK 5 review after watching the movie for the second time and getting part of my first review deleted. The full summary part has been taken off to keep the size down (I spent a lot of time on that too). I will be more in-depth and critical this time around. Before you read this review or watch the movie, make sure you've watched the first 4 KnK movies. Scores are based on 2nd time around. Comments and private messages are ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 19, 2013 Unchou Recommended The Garden Of Sinners Movie 5. After having watched the four prequels of the series and finishing the fifth just now, I will write this review based on the information we have up to now for the characters, storyline and so on. Not for what this series could be or how the adaptation should have been either. Ok, let's begin! I'll seperate this into 5 parts. First off; The story. 9/10 The 5th part of the series does not fail to deliver yet another storyline that will not confuse the ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 10, 2014 unfocused13 Recommended Overall: 9 This is a great film that I can recommend to almost any anime watcher, even those who have yet to see any of the other Kara no Kyoukai movies. Mujun Rasen (Paradox Spiral) has a lot of "popcorn" action and suspense while still being fully immersed in Kara no Kyoukai's dark world. Be sure to watch it on Blu-ray quality video. Story: 8 The story is much faster paced than the first four movies, which was sorely needed. One fault of the Nasuverse (the deep and underlying mythos of Fate, Tsukihime, and KnK) is that some concepts (such as the "counter-force") are hard to grasp, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 30, 2015 RakiRaki Mixed Feelings Given that I haven't rated any of the other Kara no Kyoukai movies below an 8, the harsh drop here certainly disturbs the graph. Indeed, a 6 might seem incongruous—and for the acclaimed fifth movie of all things! Rather than waste everyone's time by ill-advisedly trying to compress this movie's problems into a pithy introductory hook, I'll simply quote the antagonist, Souren Araya, as he expounds upon his villainous motivations in a dying speech near the end of this movie, the second-lengthiest in the Kara no Kyoukai franchise. Read aloud in sonorous tones for full impact. "Humans are hopeless. This is a story from long ago. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 2, 2009 ArtimesGamer Recommended The 5th chapter of Kara no Kyoukai brings a new level of epicness to the series. Chapter 5 is arguably the most exciting chapter of the movie series, it surely lived up to its expectations! Like how it was mentioned previously, this was a good long 2 hour movie. A major villain of the series is actually featured here, and it was packed with impressive action and drama. The camera works of the action scenes were the best in the series yet. At the same time, it talks about one of deepest concepts at the center of the series. What the main villain is trying to accomplish. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 25, 2020 okwhynot Mixed Feelings idk man i watched that movie now and i feel weirdly depressed after that. i dont know what it is about those movies but they just leave me confused and unsatisfied. when i watched the first 3 movies i still had hope, educated myself on the storyline, tried to see through all this mess and understand the plot better. but now after the 5th movie where you would expect some kind of satisfaction and knowledge, it still feels unfamiliar and strange to me. Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 28, 2011 movoning Recommended I watched this movie two times. The first time I thought it was very impressive, from the animation to the story itself. After the second time, however, I have a very different opinion. I didn't find the character Tomoe very appealing at first, but after watching it again, I found him to be the only redeeming factor that makes the movie at least worth watching. The story is confusing, not really because the events are hard to understand. If you piece the story together in chronological order, it's a rather simply story. However, the themes are all over the place. That's what makes the story so ... Read more Open Gift Report
Sep 21, 2020 Nivo3041 Recommended When I started watching Kara no Kyoukai I just thought "oh wel...these movies are entertaining" and nothing more but it was until I watched the movie 5 that I understand the concepts and elements that this movie series really has to offer. It's in this point that I actually thought that Kara no Kyoukai, with all its flaws, it's a really good franchise of movies. This review will contain spoilers This movie is centred In a case that occurred in an apartment where Tomoe Enjou claims to have murdered his mother, in his escape and dealing with his old friends he manages to meet the protagonist, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 21, 2020 Zelas01 Mixed Feelings First four movies left us guessing a lot, so I expected a final info of some sort but didn't happen. A lot of raw information was displayed and it didn't quite catch my attention, as a result I wasn't fully invested. Animation and Sound were amazing in this movie, there are some very nicely animated scenes and the music was straight outta SAO which is really good, the relationship between the characters wasn't so bad either. Overall, it's a 6 (fine) for me, because I didn't understand the motives of the main villains, the magic powers of magus weren't explained at any point, but were ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 13, 2014 ktulu007 Recommended Welcome, My Friends to film festival week. For those of you who don't remember, I did this in February of last year looking at Kara no Kyoukai 2 & 3, Ghost in the Shell, Animal Crossing, Blood the last Vampire, Night on the Galactic Railroad & End of Evangelion. This year I'm going to start out the same way I did last year, with another look at Kara no Kyoukai. To give a brief recap of how the series has scored so far, the first film was slow and incredibly stupid. The second film was suspenseful and good. The third film was okay but could ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 12, 2009 game8910 Recommended ***I have decided to change the format of my reviews to provide more to-the-point ups and downs of the subject in review. I hope people like this new style since the old essay style reviews are tl;dr and just take too long to write. Anyways here is the second anime I'll review under this new format*** I had made a review of this before but i lost it on the MAL crash a while ago ;-; so here it goes again. Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen is the fifth and currently the longest running KnK movie to date. This movie really is something special for ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 20, 2015 jc9622 Recommended This is part 5 of the KnK series [Story]: (10/10) Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 27, 2023 MrRedMage Recommended Wow. Just... Wow. The Kara no Kyoukai series has been on my radar for quite some time, mostly due to its connection with Tsukihime and the rest of the Nasuverse. Up until this point, the series as a whole had been a solid 8, something I'll remember going forward but nothing to write home about. Mujun Rasen, or Paradox Spiral, is another matter. This movie is smarter than I am, and I don't say that lightly or to make fun of it. I sincerely mean that this film is more thought-provoking than I was able to comprehend. As far as the writing goes, this is ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 25, 2013 werelf Recommended If you are looking for something that could blow your mind away, this is what you WANT to check out. First thing that sticks out a mile is blood. Blood and gore. But unlike previous Kara no Kyoukai movies Mujun Rasen is a little bit less bloody and is more focused on action and story, which as I dare to think, makes it a lot more attractive. But it definetly kept that dark ambience of predecessors, and it is still Kara no Kyoukai. So It seems like after four inconsequent movies which made a sort of introduction, we finally got a perfect complete movie. Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 8, 2020 JusticeInSwords Recommended This review is focused solely on "Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen", not on "KnK" anime adaptation in general. As with every other "KnK" movie, Part 5 follows the storyline as it is in the light novel. Thus, this film takes place after the events of the "Kara no Kyoukai 1". However, the events of the following movies(Part 6-7 with the exception of Part 8) start to go in a proper chronological order. Now, a brief characteristic of the storyline so far. When watching the film for the first time, it may seem very confusing, as in the very beginning they give us a quick slideshow ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 17, 2010 davieboy232 Mixed Feelings ive been watching these series of movies when i get the chance and my first thought was that it was kinda sketchy at first with the whole intention of episodes seeming out of place, but that's how it was meant to be and could not ask for any other way for it to be presented. this episode-movie whatever you want to call it seemed to set a spark of enjoyment that was rather entertainable from the beginning to the end. the story was interesting with the idea of the building and the way it was layed out to make people go crazy is something ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 25, 2015 Daakuma Recommended This anime in particular managed to get a 10/10 compared the to rest of this series. The series while great (disregarding 6), had multiple issues that were much less present in Paradox spiral. Story: 10/10 Firstly the story is told a way that at times is confusing, is still understandable. you may not be able to tell entirely whats going on, you still have a general idea. As a result this show also has a ton of re-watchability. The story also does a lot of this series typical philosophy that in pretty much every other episode in this series tried, but ended up pretentious. The others try to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 13, 2009 ProTeaDrinker Recommended ~ Enchanting, contemplative, deep, exciting, fantastic... Kara no Kyoukai 5: Musen Rasen is a rare kind of work among the other movies from the series and even anime in general. Right from the get-go, the viewer gets immersed in a story so deep and enticing that it becomes almost impossible to pause. Now, it's rather complex, without a doubt, but answers slowly find their way out as everything seemingly connects to each other. As incredible as this movie is, there are a few bits and pieces that need work, giving it a 9/10. Story: The most impressive aspect of this work, the story begins with a scramble ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 16, 2021 K_I_N_O Recommended After 4 movies of flat characters and incomprehensible plotlines, I am happy to say that knk 5 is actually good. This is the first knk with: 1. An actual not trash antagonist 2. Engaging characters 3.Interesting fights 4. dark themes that are actually conveyed well rather than unrelatable boring characters just suffering (fujino). However, I honestly don't think the first 4 movies added anything to this. The best character here, discount shirou, only appears in this movie and carries it pretty hard. If I had knew beforehand about this series' nonsensical organization and pacing, I would have just read plot summaries of the first four ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
