A Place Farther Than the Universe", Episode 5 advance cut, synopsis & preview video!

The TV anime "A Place Farther Than the Sky" has released an advance cut, synopsis, and preview video for episode 5.

Farther Than the Universe" is an original TV animation that depicts the adolescence of four girls who continue their journey to Antarctica, which is "farther than the universe," about 14,000 km away from Japan. Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, series composition and script by Juki Hanada, and animation production by MADHOUSE, this is a highly anticipated new work by the "No Game, No Life" animation team, who have teamed up again.
⇒ The newwork is a highly anticipated new work by the "No Game No Life" team, which hasonce again joined forces with the " No Game No Life" anime team ! A Place Farther Than the Sky" will start airing in January 2018.
⇒2018 Winter Anime List

The following is an advance cut and synopsis of the fifth episode "Dear my friend" which will be aired sequentially from January 30 (Tue.).

STAGE05 "Dear my friend" Synopsis] (*Honorifics omitted)
Staff】Screenplay：Juki Hanada Storyboard・Direction：Koji Sawai Animation Director：Masaki Hyuga

A few months have passed since they finished their training, and one day, the day of their departure for the Antarctic is approaching. With Lynn's help, Kimari somehow manages to finish packing her belongings for the trip to the South Pole and finds a game that she had borrowed from Megumi and thought she had lost. While returning the game to Megumi, Kimari starts playing with it for the first time in a long time and begins to talk about her childhood memories, but Megumi doesn't seem to remember. ......

[Film information] (*Honorifics omitted.)
A Place Farther Than the Universe
AT-X: Every Tuesday from 20:30
　＜ Repeat broadcasts on AT-X:Every Thursday at 12:30 p.m.Every Sunday at 4:30 p.m.Every Sunday at 27:00 p.m.
TOKYO MX: From January 2, every Tuesday at 23:00～ ・ BS11: From January 2, every Tuesday at 23:00
BS11: Every Tuesday from January 2 at 23:30
MBS: From January 9, every Tuesday at 27:00

Broadcast dates and times are subject to change without notice.

＜STORY
It is a place farther away than the universe. Kimari, a.k.a. Tamaki Mari, a girl in her second year of high school who has always wanted to start something but has never been able to take the first step, meets Kobuchizawa Shirase, a girl who is aiming for the South Pole. Kimari is moved by Hose's refusal to give up, even when told that there is no way a high school student can go to the South Pole, and she vows to go with Hose to the South Pole. ......

＜Staff
Original Story : Yoroi
Director : Atsuko Ishizuka
Series composition/Screenplay : Juki Hanada
Character design/ Chief Animation Director：Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Art director：Akihiro Hirasawa
Art Director：Saho Yamane
Color Designer：Harue Ohno
Director of Photography：Hiroki Kawashita
3D Director: Daisuke Kusaka
Editing: Yoshiko Kimura
Sound Director: Hitoshi Akutagawa
Sound Effects: Tsutomu Ueno
Music: Keisho Fujisawa
Music Production: KADOKAWA
Animation Production: MADHOUSE
Cooperation: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, SHIRASE5002 (WNI)
Production: "A Place Further Away than Space" Production Committee

<Cast
Tamaki Mari: Minase Inori
Kobuchizawa Hose: Hanazawa Kana
Hinata Miyake: Yuka Iguchi
Yuzuki Shiraishi: Saori Hayami
Todo Gin: Noto Mamiko
Kanae Maekawa: Yoko Hikasa
Yumiko Samejima: Lynn
Megumi Takahashi: Hisako Kanemoto
Tamaki Lynn: Motowatari Kaede
Tamiko Shiraishi: Sayaka Ohara