This is the entirety of the 2013 TV show, "Beyond the Boundary". This is the first in my Streamliné series, in which I rip, mux, trim, and remux the content of a given work in order to enhance the (binge-)viewing experience. This includes removing most instances of openings and endings; removing filler arcs, episodes, and segments (where the unoffending content of a given "half-filler" episode would be merged into another canon episode in the least awkward way possible); removing recapitulation episodes and arcs; cutting last-episode reviews, repeated scenes (not including flashbacks), mid-episode intermission cards, and next-episode previews; and sorting all episodes in chronological order (which becomes relevant when dealing with post-series OVA's and other "special episodes"). To put it another way, content released in this series has been given the proverbial "'Kai' treatment", albeit without any cleanup, re-encoding, or remastering. I do this primarily for the sake of my own viewing preferences, not to mention the space it saves in my RAID array, but figured the anime community at large might be interested.
Note, however, that none of these releases are fansubs. Content is sourced directly from official, licensed releases and any subtitles included are also from those sources. In addition, these releases have not been re-encoded/transcoded in any way, and were simply ripped and remuxed into Matroska containers. Therefore, if you have a problem with the localised translations and/or the licensor's encoding job, I am afraid I cannot help you. If you are a fansubber or fansub group and you think your translations and/or encoding skills are better than that of the official fare, then you can go right ahead and modify these for your own purposes. It's not like I can file any copyright claim, even if I wanted to. ;P
Speaking of copyright, while these releases are from official sources, any relevant English dub track(s) (unless the work is available ONLY in English), commentary track(s), and other supplementary audio material, have been intentionally omitted. Those of you wishing to watch any of these in English--or even those of you who do not--are strongly encouraged to invest in an officially licensed release and support the industry, or at least to partake in a legal stream. To make this slightly easier, links have been provided below.
Here is a list of changes specific to this release:
\* The OVA, "Daybreak" (Episode "0"), has been moved to the front because the events it depicts occur before the series proper.
\* All iterations of the opening theme sequence have been removed, except in the aforementioned OVA.
\* All next-episode previews have been removed.
\* Though not particularly common in this particular show, any repeated scenes or last-episode reviews have been removed.
Changes that could not be made:
\* The ending theme sequences could not be removed because the music always begins before said sequence occurs. Thus, cutting the sequence would cause a very awkward audio cutoff that would be very difficult to ignore or forgive.
\* There were no outstanding filler arcs, episodes, or segments to cut.
\* There were no recapitulation arcs or episodes to cut.
\* This is one of the few anime works not to feature mid-episode intermission cards of any kind.
Content not included:
"Kyōkai no Kanata: Idol Saiban! - Mayoi Nagara mo Kimi o Sabaku Tami" (ONA spinoff/parody)
"Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- Past" (feature-length recapitulation film)
"Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- Future" (feature-length sequel film)
All content was sourced from the Beyond the Boundary Premium Box (specifically, the Blu-ray portion), released by Sentai Filmworks. Because the audio/video data itself was not tampered with, the content specifications will be consistent with that release, except for the runtime. See here for a partial rundown of the specifications of that particular release:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Beyond-The-Boundary-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/135175/
Tools Used:
Ripping/muxing: MakeMKV
http://www.makemkv.com/
Chapter/timecode referencing: MediaInfo
http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
Trim location/timecode determination and retrieval: Subtitle Edit
http://www.nikse.dk/SubtitleEdit/
Trimming/remuxing: MKVToolNix GUI
https://mkvtoolnix.download/
Post-trim/remux testing and metadata/tagging: JRiver Media Center
http://jriver.com/
Relevant links:
Sentai Filmworks' official series page (including links to their purchase pages for their licensed home video releases, as well as legal streaming links and downloads): http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/beyond-the-boundary
Buy from Right Stuf Anime:
DVD: http://www.rightstufanime.com/Beyond-the-Boundary-DVD?\_ga=1.187951080.1707769388.1473412667
BD: http://www.rightstufanime.com/Beyond-the-Boundary-BD?\_ga=1.187951080.1707769388.1473412667
Premium Box (DVD, BD): http://www.rightstufanime.com/Beyond-the-Boundary-Collectors-Edition-BD-DVD?\_ga=1.192463594.1707769388.1473412667
Buy from Amazon:
DVD: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Boundary-Complete-Collection-Kenn/dp/B010CVV07S/ref=sr\_1\_2\_twi\_dvd\_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1473412780&sr=1-2&keywords=beyond+the+boundary
BD: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Boundary-Complete-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B010CVUXY4/ref=sr\_1\_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1473412780&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+the+boundary
Premium Box (DVD, BD): https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Boundary-Collectors-Blu-ray-Kenn/dp/B010CVUYKM/ref=sr\_1\_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1473412780&sr=1-2&keywords=beyond+the+boundary
Please report any errors (stray frames, missing/wrong audio tracks, etc.) to me; I will do my best to fix them as quickly as possible.
And without further ado: Enjoy!
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