“Future refugees on city-ship Musashi fight to reclaim Japan after history reenactment halts at 1648.”
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
境界線上のホライゾン
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Synopsis
Future refugees on city-ship Musashi fight to reclaim Japan after history reenactment halts at 1648.
In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and traveled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from traveling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan. To accommodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave. It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumors of an apocalypse and war begin to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648. Taking advantage of this situation, Toori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his fellow classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Derived from 51 sampled reviews
What 51 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.14 · split reception
5.1 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.3
↓ 0.90
Running avg · Oct 2011 → Mar 2026
- 10 “Brilliant show with decent plot and many interesting characters that creates an intangible, hard-to-pin-down intrigue. It's the kind of series you simply have to experience yourself to understand...”
- 9 “This is honestly one of the most complicated animes you'll ever watch, I think with in the first episode you're introduced to at least 30 characters, but none the less it's one of my favorite, the...”
- 9 “Despite being confusing as hell with a plot that's difficult to follow, this is genuinely a good show that I enjoyed. The historical basis for the characters shows real thought went into the...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 Fall 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6197 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Lantis Producer
- ASCII Media Works Producer
- Sony PCL Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor