You NEED to Watch A Place Further than the Universe 

Violet evergarden: “these are the saddest letters you’ll ever see in an anime” Sora Yori: “Hold my beer while I open this laptop”

I was in a stagnant place in my life for a while after graduating from college. I was without a job, my relationship was failing, and I had very few friends. When the first day the Winter 2018 season started and I watched episode 1 of A Place Further than the Universe, I related tremendously to the desire to do something more with my life. The next week, watching the fantastic chase sequence, it triggered something in me that pushed my youth into motion. I started to become more open with people, making new friends while traveling around to events and places I have never been to. I started to become more successful in my job search, proven by how I now have a confirmed start date as a Mechanical Engineer in a few weeks at one of the largest machine tool manufacturing companies in the United States. There is no other piece of media that has helped stir my life in such an impactful manner. A Place Further than the Universe is really something special, and to me it is my favorite anime of all-time. I'm really excited for my own adventures to come. Thanks Geoff for making this video so I can further revel in its glory, and I really liked the timing of Haru ka Tooku with your end card ;)

I *still* tear up just thinking about the ending of A Place Further Than the Universe. I loved every minute of this show and I really wish literally every human being ever could see it.

*before watching the show* "Do I need to?" *after watching the show* "I needed to."

Oh my God episode 12. No more words needed

a place further than the universe is a masterpiece. you cant change my mind.

I'm usually an action anime guy (shouen?) But this show legit had me crying! I'm a 29 year old guy who works in a factory and I never thought a show would hit me like this one did. BEAUTIFULLY animated and on point voice acting just made this in my top 3 Anime. To people reading this comment: WATCH this show!

The scene where Shirase laid into Hinata’s former teammates cemented this series in my heart as one the best anime I have ever seen!

you forgot the penguins

As a teenager who doesn't admit to crying, this masterpiece made me admit

I have been watching anime since 1976, and this anime has already made my top 10 of all time. It is THAT good. Storytelling, character designs, quality animation throughout, character development, great intro, it is all there. Makes you laugh out loud, makes you cry, makes you mad... this is truly a masterpiece. I would go as far as to say if you introduce friends to anime through this show, they will get hooked, but cursed with continuous disappointment as well as very few shows will measure to the level of artistry this show achieved.

*[SPOILER]* I was holding back tears throughout the whole series, but as soon as Shirase had a mental breakdown in EP 12, I just had to push it all out.

The whole thing about Shirase sending her dead mom emails throughout the course of the show and then the final pay off in episode 12 was amazing! I haven't cried like that since A Girl and Her Cat.

This may be my favorite anime I've ever watched. It reminded me of all of my feelings I had while studying abroad in Australia. Every lesson the girls learned in this show is an exact replica of what every person experiences when going on a big journey

I actually loved the repetition of the insert songs as it allowed the later scenes to have an even more powerful emotional attachment since the songs had previously been played at other impactful moments in the earlier episodes

one of the things i love about this series, is that its a MODERN 21st century adventure thats grounded that is relatable and achievable within the target audience especially considering young teens to young adults in there twenties are trying to find themselves and make something out of their life by traveling/exploring the world meeting new people and gaining new experiences. I hope anime do more modern adventures that can replace our escapism fantasies of isekai. Forget game based world already theres plenty of adventures to be had in our own world.

It honestly hurts me how much this show has gone unappreciated. I cannot get over how beautiful it is.

I couldn't even remember the last time I cried before episode 12. Until proven otherwise this is my show of the year, I absolutely love this show man oh my god.

I don't need to watch A Place Further than the Universe. . . . . Because I finished it.

This show actually managed to hook one of my friends and he did not even watch the all time favourites to the end. It's insane how good this show is and I'm really glad it was one of the earliest to air this season, bc otherwise I would have probably missed it. A really amazing show.

8:34 I may not be the only one who noticed but dang the metaphor in this shot. Megumi's shown as if she was in a cage trapped and isolated while Kimari finally breaks away from it. This scene really embodies what Megumi didn't know that she feels.

I watched this show because I wanted some light-hearted entertainment from cute girls doing cute things. NOONE prepared me for the heart-wrenching ending. I was sobbing like a little baby. The writing in this show is unparalleld in my opinion. You can see, hear and feel the love that went into that show and all shows that are coming up this year will have to work fucking hard to reach this level.

I give APFTTU a special place in my heart, that scene at the end of ep 12 made me cry for the first time EVER watching an anime. Just... beautiful

This anime inspired me to do things that ive never done before, see things that ive never seen and go forwards to places that i dont know thanks

This series made me cry, which doesn't happen often. But man it's a good show. Really like how they handled something that most shows don't cover or gloss over with how someone deals with grief and finding closure

It took me a year. One whole year to start this anime. Honestly, I was scared. I knew that is was going to be one of my favorite anime of all time, I knew it was going to hit right in my heart and punch it like a boxing bag. I knew that if I watched it, I was going to feel forced to move, to break the motionless life I've been having for a while and the simple thought of that scared the shit out of me. I attempted to start it a lot of times, and I always chickened out. But I did it. I watched it, from top to bottom. God, it hit me harder than I thought. Not only it made me cry, but it broke me. In a good way. It showed me how truly unhappy I am with my current life and that I can't keep living like that. It made me see that I need to break the ice that I've been stuck in for years. That I have to stop thinking I don't have goals or dreams or things to chase. To stop lying to myself to just sit comfortable and not needing anything new. I just finished the last episode like half an hour ago. I wanna re-do my entire life with this same feeling I have right now. With this new found force that makes me want to achieve what I want, no matter how difficult it may be, or how stupid some people might find it. Its what I want, and I wanna go get it. Since I can't restart my life, I made a promise to myself: I will stop living for the sake of living, and will live to achieve my dreams

This show is so good! SO GOOD! One reason I watch anime is to find the best of the best in hours of mediocre and forgettable garbage, and after laughing and crying through so many episodes, I knew that I had found an unforgettable gem. THIS is a truly amazing anime that does everything right! It deserves legendary status and is as good as FMA, Cowboy Bebop or any other anime that gets listed as a 'must watch'. I LOVE this anime!

As soon as this gets a dub, I'm showing this to my Dad (he's into anime but he has problems with subtitles).

Not much I can really add to this. I went into the anime, after I first saw a preview of the opening and thought, "hehe cute. I like the gag where the one girl pretends to eat their friends.. I'll have to check it out." Starting from episode 2, I found myself finishing an episode right when it aired, and already counting down the time until I could continue watching. I can honestly say, no show has moved me in such a constant matter as much as this one has. By episode 12, I was saying to myself.. "Yup.. new favorite anime. But I'm not making it official until the finale". It has now become my favorite anime. I know I'm just some rando commenter, and my opinion does not mean as much as MB or other anime reviewers.. But if you like a show with a strong drive and you're okay with a tear or two...hundred... Watch this show!

I've watched a lot of painful anime in my time (Anohana, Made in Abyss, Your Lie in April, Monogatari (you know which arc), and more) but A Place Further than the Universe is the first anime to outright make me bawl. A no warning gut punch that crushed my heart. And I love this show so very much for it. A Place Further than the Universe is the best of the season, and an easy contender for of the year. Better even than Devilman. Yes. Better than Devilman. Fight me.

Whenever I tell people who haven't watched a place further than the universe that it's my favourite anime, they normally just look at the description and laugh. But what they don't know is how special it is to me. I will always remain my favourite anime becuase sometimes, anime doesn't need unrealistic magical elements to make it magical. I've always in my life had this urge to just..... Do something. Everyday is like the other, I don't want it anymore. Someday I just want to, whitout a plan, go somewhere with someone and experience something I will never forget. And once I watched a place further than universe, honestly I wasn't expecting much but it really made me realise all the little things that I always forget and I really related to the main character. It made my urge to do something extra ordinary even higher. Even though I live in Japan, my family has never been able to go somewhere special, we don't live in a very big city either. I've always wanted to see fuji San someday and camp with my friends. My goal right now is to complete my studies so that I can complete my only wish in life. To do something that I'll remember for the rest of my life.

Man, even just watching bits of this show without the original audio and mostly out of context makes me misty-eyed. I don't even know these characters beyond what we're told in this video, and still, even so, I almost cried for them once or twice over the course of this. Impressive.

I’m three episodes in and I already love it. Edit: I finished it in a day. It quickly became one of my favorites. I was wiping tears out of my eyes at the end. Thanks so much for bringing this masterpiece to my attention.

7 months later, the sight of the girls frantically looking for a sign of Shirase's mother literally drove me to tears. No context. No build up. Just one 15 second clip and I'm in tears.

The word masterpiece is to easily thrown around Not in this case, Sora Yori is a fucking masterpiece!

Just finished the show an hour or two ago and thought of why noone's talking about it...thank you anime pope...thy light hast saved me..

This is something you only find every four years. It is pure. Loved it

This show hit me especially hard. The one thing about shows about tight friendships that develop like this over time tends to make me as a person feel the greatest strains of bittersweet. But this one had the extra fact of being about girls who decide to go on an impulsive trip to a faraway land. In highschool, I decided to join my friends on the grad trip to Ireland that year. So much of the small parts of these episodes spoke to me. The running around and preparing. The working hard and to the last minute (literally just made the deadline for the last payment). The packing and the cheers. The school meetings and parent talks. The running around the airport, the ...just so much. So much of this felt so real to me. IT hit me hard. But...the biggest issue I've had is that I can't discuss this with anyone. I've tried to get folks to try it, but yes, they brush it off as a cute girls doing cute things show without trying it. I can't talk about the parts that made me laugh, the amazing comedic timing, anything. This is the show that truly makes me regret having migrated unknowingly out of the anime community. I thought it was stronger, but everyone else seems to have left is behind. I don't know what to do about it anymore. Sorry, I know this video isn't the place for this, maybe, but this show has affected me in so many ways and this melancholic bitterness is a part of that. It doesn't change my love for this show. I will do what I can to showcase that love as loud as possible; I will buy the dvds. I will buy the nendroids (please good smile gods). I will do what I can. I just wish I had people irl to ...to...love it with me. I want to cosplay this with friends. Sorry, I'll end this late night tirade here. Bleh. Watching MB and Digi's videos are the closest things I get to any sort of real discussion with anime, so...I'm doing what I can.

If you are a fan of A Place Further Than A Universe then i suggest you try Space Brothers as well, both maybe look different in many things like characters and animation but they both share same story about people who want to reach their long time dream by breaking the hard wall and still in realistic way.. It's a shame both of the anime are truly underwatched by many people, they deserve much and much recognition..

This is probably the most charming thing I've ever seen

It’s one in the morning and I just watched the entire series in one sitting. I’ve never felt so motivated by a work of fiction before

My favorite use of their soundtrack is in the end of Episode six when Shirase finds out the passport was in her purse the whole time and it started playing horror music. Cracks me up every time.

As a 17 year old with a feeling of wasted childhood and teen-years, this anime really spoke to me on such a deep level i still start crying just thinking about it. The wish for an adventure larger than anyone around me could imagine now stands stronger than ever thanks to this show, and i would cry in the streets if it were to be forgotten! But it is one of the few pieces of media i can genuinly say moved me, and it will forever have a place in my heart!

Thank you for introducing me to this anime. I would have skipped over it, but your "What's in an OP?" for A Place Further than the Universe got me hooked. My one criticism of this anime would be that it made me dehydrated and sodium deficient.

God now I wish I had real friends T_T

I've been hiking the Appalachian trail for the last 2 months and this show hit in the feels too hard. Not knowing which way is home, and being completely across the country away from all my normal comforts is a completely new experience. Keep on moving until you see something you've never seen before, to feel a way you've never felt before

I've seen a ton of shows, and movies. But "A Place Further than the Universe" is the only media that has ever made me cry. Episode 12 broke me

Best anime in Antarctica since Happy Feet. 10/10

It's on CR... okay, pausing and will come back after checking it out.

This is really the first anime that has made me laugh AND cry so much. Honestly, I kept crying like 10 minutes after episode 12. Absolute masterpiece.

I finally got the chance to see this awe-inspiring anime today and I watched the whole thing! I just wanted to thank you for doing a video on A Place Further Than the Universe, otherwise I may have never heard of it! I'm still slightly crying from the final episode!!! If I cry it means it's beyond great!!!

I was totally unprepared for how good this show was when I watched it, thanks for bringing back fond memories.

The series was a masterpiece. I love it too bits.

I ended up watching this anime because of your recommendation. That might be the show I've ever seen. The way it connected with me on a personal level was like no other show ever I just wanna say thank you for making this video and all your other ones because you really do these shows justice and quite frankly a lot of our lives would be different without So thank you for highlighting this inspirational, heart warming, and life changing show I would have never found without you!

Thanks for bringing some attention to this underrated gem

Me: Okay, I've been looking for something to watch anyway, so why not some moe tra-... *Episode 1 hits really close to home* Me: Yup, this is gonna be good.

Absolutely loved this show! Amazing directing and so many feels. I'm really happy you made a video about it because I feel like shows of this kind of category often get brushed aside by the anime youtuber community.

I have to agree with you, A Place Further than the Universe is one of my all time favorites! It IS a brilliant animation, everything of it. I cried through the whole journey and even wanted to cry watching this video.

A Place Further than The Universe is a beautiful masterpiece

Honestly I myself thought that they were being ridiculous. Like Antarctica seriously? But this anime was so moving. I almost decided to go there myself

I started watching this show when 4 episodes were out and religiously followed the Tuesday releases all the way to the end. Pretty much every episode managed to make me cry like a bitch and yet somehow feel stronger and happier for having seen it. I left the first season feeling a greater appreciation of my friends and like a better friend myself. I cannot recommend this show enough.

their stories are so real and relatable it was 13 episode of feels and amazing visuals i think i also ran out of tears. It's also my favourite show so far this year

I feel old saying this, but I really hope this anime inspires more teenagers and young adults to travel more. I've had the good fortune in my life to have traveled to so many different places in the world. But so many get caught up in school, work, and material stuff that they never work toward traveling. They get caught in a "never enough money, never enough time" cycle and dont get to experience more, especially in Japan. The times I've traveled are some of the best times in my life, and I really hope more young people get to have those same life changing events happen. I hope it inspires people to save up and work hard to go on these kinds of adventures.

I've spent the last four years traveling while finishing my degree, and this video really resounded with me The only thing I've regretting about the journey has been leaving behind friends at every location and moving forward alone, and this seems like just the anime I need to cry over Thanks for another amazing video!

Yep, I think this is my AOTY if nothing else comes close to this show.

Four years later, I finally watched it. When I first heard about the show, I had only watched a handful of anime (FMAB, AoT, Mob Psycho, Promised Neverland) and was convinced I would hate it because of the genre. I’ve since watched and enjoyed a lot of anime I thought I would hate, and finally decided to give this show a try. What an incredible experience! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen something so well thought out and meaningful, and it had me bawling in the twelfth episode, I can’t even remember the last time I cried watching anime, let alone got upset because I cried so hard the salt started to burn my skin.

A Place Further Than Universe saved anime (and seriously, watch it)

I loved every episode. I was either grinning ear to ear with how much fun the show is, or almost in tears when it strikes you in the feels. It is sad that it is over. Would have loved to have seen much more of it. I probably would have been in tears had I not also been watching Violet Evergarden along side this, which kind of built a tolerance for it.

Dude I remember when I saw this show and I thought it was going to be bad but after giving it a chance I got to say its in my top 3 best anime of this season. Its more than cute girls doing cute things. It has a deeper meaning to it

This sounds AMAZING! Geoff you can hook me on almost anything!!! I'm insanely busy with college senior stuff right now but I am TOTALLY going to watch this on Saturday, my one free day. Pausing at 3:55! I'll be back!!! I have a feeling I'll like it; really hope I do cuz nothing is better than gushing about new, really great shows!!!!!!! Thank you Geoff!!!

Man I fucking loved this show. Definitely the best of the season.

Am I really about to start watching this anime just now in 2020? Yes, yes I am. Better late than never tbh XD

My friends initially didn't think much of this show, but after ep 2 I told them "This is smth special" and now they love it (almost) as much as I do

This show is one of the best things I have ever seen. I wouldn't have known about were it not for you and your channel. So thank you very much. A Place Further than the Universe is supreme art.

Right when I finish this anime you go and make another video about it. What an amazing show~ Hinata best girl.

This is my new favourite series of all time. It literally made me cry every episode which no other show has ever made me do. Furthermore the crying wasn't even always because of sadness the episode that made me cry the most was episode 9 which I'll just say made me cry tears of happiness/content to not spoil anything anything

This became my favorite show this season and candidate for anime of the year. Few shows make me cry of joy by the ending, and of course not the last third had me weeping each week

It was such a great surprise! When I first learned about this anime I thought it would be just a fun adventure between the four girls, I did not expect so much dept ad such a beautiful execution. This anime is just really REAL and HUMAN. And the way the story is told truly makes you feel part of it. You laught when they laught and you will cry when they cry. like really. I cried like a baby. I know grown up dudes who cried like babies watching this. It's absolutely beautiful.

usually i just watch these types of "you need to watch" videos and don't really do anything. Today, however, i decided to watch the first episode just out of curiosity. Brilliant.

Winter had some great shows, with this one included. And with how fun the spring season is shaping up to be, what a great start to the year.

I’m on the last episode and honestly yes to everything you’ve said about it. Really enjoyed the ride to Antarctica 🤙🏽

You know I recently saw your Anime of the Decade vid, where you mentioned it. I was kind interested in watching it before. And I did. Just finished it. And I really enjoyed it. Kinda late to the party, but whatever.

Yeah that anime really made me cry

I actually wrote it off as just another moe show when I first saw it, not to mention seeing all the orange immediately made me think that it was a crunchyroll original, and seeing as I still use netflix quite a bit, I have iffy connotations with streaming service originals in general. Then during a period where nothing was really jumping out at me I decided that I might as well start watching it and put it on a streqaming channel over discord, Best decision I have made in quite a while.

God, I loved this show so damn much.

Just finished watching "A Place Farther than the Universe" and many, many tears were shed

Winter Anime 2018 really gave you the Feels.

Just finished watching the last episode and it was amazing. When I watched the first episode, I didn't find it amazing but I did feel it to be relatable and inspiring. I rarely get to watch shows that motivate me to do something. The last show that made me feel this way was when I watched Gurren Lagann, AND THAT WAS A SHOW THAT SHOUTED "DO THE IMPOSSIBLE" IN ONE OF ITS SONG! (a good song btw). It may be early for it to be anime of the year, but its definitely anime of the season for me.

I watched it and i just want to linger to its brilliance a lil bit more XD I would love to share this anime to my friends,sadly most of them are shounenfags who doesn't give chances to anime like these..i myself love some shounen anime but i definitely can enjoy anime things like these. I will try to show this video to one of my shounenfag friend..hope that changes his mind ~

I struggled between putting this and Yuru Camp as my AOTS. Yuru Camp had me smiling from ear to ear more than any show in recent memory but Sora Yori was so well put together that it had to win in the end. The tears played a roll in that too.

Just watched the anime then saw this review...masterpiece indeed. To anyone reading this I hope we all can find our something our "a place further than the universe"

I can't believe how much I cried on episode 11. Even thinking back on it get's the water works running.

Wait wait wait... Naruto? I only know of Boruto's Dad.

I was so damn amazed how much of an emotional response every single episode of this show got out of me. Every singe episode, in one way or the other, really hit me. Absolutely loved this series. Great vid!

gonna be honest, the is the first anime I've cried over since madoka magica back when i first wanted it in 2013. it is definitely in my top 5 favorite animes and i am so incredibly glad i decided to give it a chance after your what's in an op on it. I'm hesitant with moe style shows so i had been putting it off but it was so, so worth it. i really implore everyone to watch it, it is simply fantastic.

I just finished marathoning this over the past few days. One hell of a ride. Got to admit it had me tearing up more than once.

No you don’t, there are no repercussions for not watching it. Misleading

Madhouse had been laying low for a while but I'm glad to see they are coming back in full force.

This show is phenomenal! First episode was okay but didn't make me go WOW. However, episode 2 was perfection. I sat in awe after watching it because I can't remember the last time I watched something that great. It was a great kind of feeling to experience. I loved it so much. This show is one everybody needs to check out for sure.

Over my spring break I went to a place with no wifi, so I downloaded episode 1 and 2 to fill the time. I enjoyed it, and I wanted to see more, but school took up my time. This video reminded me to continue watching this beautifully crafted, underwatched anime. Thanks!