A Place Further Than the Universe Review

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">With the Winter season drawing to a close&comma; there are a lot of shows that haven’t received the recognition they deserve&period; One such show is <em>A Place Further Than the Universe<&sol;em>&comma; a sweet show about a girl with an impossible dream and her three friends who help her make it come true&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Plot<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Kimari wants to go on a journey&comma; but every time she gets an opportunity she inevitably gets scared and gives up&period; After one such failed attempt&comma; she has a chance encounter with Shirase Kobuchizawa&comma; a girl derisively called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Antarctica” by her classmates&period; Shirase’s mother went missing during an Antarctic expedition many years previous&period; Shirase is determined to make it to Antarctica&comma; no matter how impossible it seems&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Moved by Shirase’s determination&comma; Kimari decides to team up with Shirase and go with her to that Place Further Than the Universe&period; Along the way&comma; they make friends with the high-school dropout Hinata Miyake and the young idol Yuzuki Shiraishi&period; The anime follows their journey together&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">This show isn’t exactly action-packed&period; Each episode focuses on one of the girls and the reasons that would push them to join an expedition to the ends of the earth&period; More importantly&comma; it focuses on the four girls&&num;8217&semi; attempts to better understand each other&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Although they get along well enough&comma; the girls don’t believe themselves to be friends at the beginning of the series&period; They had only just met and just happened to be on a journey to the same place&period; The emotional throughline of the series is them establishing themselves as best friends&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;136843" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-136843" style&equals;"width&colon; 957px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-136843 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;20195923&sol;girlsgirlsgirls&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The girls are color-coded for your convenience&period;" width&equals;"957" height&equals;"537" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-136843" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;A Place Further Than The Universe&comma; Studio Madhouse&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The girls are all likable and genuine&period; The writing and strong characters even manage to keep the episode where they spend the majority of it sick in bed entertaining to watch&period; I found it difficult not to root for these girls’ success and cry along with their failures&period; Even the minor characters feel multi-dimensional and well rounded despite comparatively little screen time&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Production<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">    The voice acting in this show is really emotive&comma; especially for the main four girls&period; The animation is also very well executed&period; The scenery&comma; in particular&comma; has been given a lot of time and attention&period; It’s clear that the people working on this series really cared about and appreciated the Antarctic landscape&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">One of my favorite details about the animation is the Ghibli-esque way the animation team draws the tears when the girls cry&period; I’ve always really liked the big Ghibli-style tears&period; They might not be the most realistic&comma; but they really sell the emotions the characters are feeling in a way that more realistic looking tears wouldn’t be able to&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The latest episode&comma; in particular&comma; felt like an emotional rollercoaster&period; I’m not going to spoil it&comma; but the final scene was one of the most emotionally satisfying things I’ve seen this season&period; I can’t wait for the final episode to air next week&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">You can catch the entire series on Crunchyroll&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>What do you think of the show&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;