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When humans came down from the sky they brought with them the
Testament, the guide to the path they must follow if they wish to
return to the skies again. Now, in a strange world where only the
islands of Japan are inhabitable, the nations of the world vie
for power and protect the portions of Japan that they have
cled. And each is armed with its own ultimate weapon: a
Roysmoi Opro, an Armor of Deadly Sins. But there may be a far
greater threat to mankind than the Roysomi Opro, for the
Testament ends abruptly, and it is now the last year. Is this the
end of humanity, or can Tori Aoi and his fellow students from the
aerial metropolitan ship Musashi somehow affect the course of
destiny? Who and what is the HORIZON IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
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Based on the light novels of Minoru Kawakami, the sci-fi/fantasy
series Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011) takes place in the
far future, when Earth has become uninhabitable, except for the
islands of Japan. Various nations vie to control chunks of the
archipelago, guided by the holy book The Testament; what's left
of the native population of Japan travels around in the city-ship
Musashi. As a predicted apocalypse approaches, Tori Aoi, the
president of the Musashi Ariadust Academy student council, leads
his classmates on a quest to recapture their ancestral homeland.
The crisis begins with Tori's decision to announce his
long-standing affection for Horizon Ariadust, although she died
10 years earlier. But she's also a robot "Auto Doll" working at a
nearby coffee shop. Until he can make his declaration, Tori
busies himself groping the other overendowed female characters.
Horizon is tied to the Armor of the Deadly Sins, which rank as
the most powerful weapons in the arsenals of the various nations.
When their rulers order Horizon to commit suicide, Tori rallies
the Academy students to defend her in an all-out battle involving
magic, Shinto spells, mecha, hi- and lo-tech weapons, psychic
powers, and more. Despite the many Morris the Explainer scenes,
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere makes virtually no sense. After
noodling around for nine episodes, director Manabu Ono turns the
last four into an elaborate, drawn-out battle, but he stages the
conflict so badly, it's hard to follow and unexciting. Most of
the characters suffer from both underdevelopment and
overdevelopment. There are so many students with minimal
personalities, they're difficult to sort out; but all the girls
have enormous hairdos and outsize s. Tori lacks the goofy
charm needed in the harem comedy segments: he comes off as such
an empty-headed lecher, no sane student would follow him into a
game of tag, let alone a war. Perhaps the filmmakers get
everything sorted out in the second season of Horizon in the
Middle of Nowhere, but it seems unlikely. (Rated TV 14VD:
violence, violence against women, risqué humor, nudity,
potentially offensive racial and religious imagery, alcohol and
use) --Charles Solomon
(1. Those Lined Up Before the Horizon, 2. Innocents at the
Table, 3. Commandos in Town, 4. Covert Ops Under the Night's Sky,
5. Graduates Under the Moon, 6. Advocate at the Confession
Grounds, 7. Musashi's Knights, 8. Ruler of the Land, 9. The
Summit's Flower, 10. The Trumpeter at the Start Line, 11.
Musashi's Mr. Impossible, 12. sition Against Crossing Over
the Parallel Lines, 13. Those Lined Up Above the Horizon)