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I've seen the hour and a half movie called Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin and
the story seemed very incomplete. Later I discovered that it was a compilation
of longer episodes of a series. I'm not sure how I can fix my experience and
in what order to watch the other animes with this title.


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How do I watch Kara no Kyoukai?


Seems like only the first 4 movies are out of chronological order.

To watch it in chronological order you would have to watch it like this:

  * Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 1) (1995-1996)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou (June 1998)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu (July 1998)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei (September 1998)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen (November 1998)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon (January 1999)
  * Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2)
  * Kara no Kyoukai - Epilogue 

Al tough personally I enjoyed the story more watching it in release order
instead. I don't think watching it in chronological order will fix your
experience to much as said on
[MaL](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=484111#heTjBH1AFyY3RkvM.99)

> you won't gain any better understanding by viewing them in the chronological
> order because each is first and foremost a story closed in itself.


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There are 7 anime movies of Kara no Kyoukai, in order of **release date**
(which is the same as the order or the Light Novel's chapter/book):  
1\. Fukan Fuukei - released May 21, 2008  
2\. Satsujin Kousatsu - released June 25, 2008  
3\. Tsuukaku Zanryuu - released July 23, 2008  
4\. Garan no Dou - released December 17, 2008  
5\. Mujun Rasen - released January 28, 2009  
6\. Boukyaku Rokuon - released July 29, 2009  
7\. Satsujin Kousatsu - released December 9, 2009  
Source: [Wikipedia - Kara no
Kyoukai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_no_Ky%C5%8Dkai)

But if we're to order the movie based on **actual timeline of events**
happening in Kara no Kyoukai's it will be:

> 1\. Satsujin Kōsatsu (Zen) - August 1995 - March 1996  
>  2\. Garan no Dō - March 1996- June 1998  
>  3\. Tsūkaku Zanryū - July 1998  
>  4\. Fukan Fūkei - September 1998  
>  5\. Mujun Rasen - November 1998  
>  6\. Bōkyaku Rokuon - January 1999  
>  7\. Satsujin Kōsatsu (Go) - February 1999

Source: [Wikipedia - List of kara no Kyoukai
Films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kara_no_Ky%C5%8Dkai_films)

I strongly suggest just watch it in order of its release to get the full
experience :)


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Since the other answers don't appear to address Mirai Fukuin, I will do that
here.

First, you **must** watch Kara no Kyoukai in release order. That is, 1 through
7 in numerical order, then the epilogue, followed by Mirai Fukuin, and finally
Mirai Fukuin: Extra Chorus (a half-hour bonus episode included with the BD/DVD
release of Mirai Fukuin). To do otherwise is downright ridiculous - this isn't
one of those cases like Haruhi where both release and chronological order have
their merits.

Since Mirai Fukuin assumes knowledge of the rest of the series, it obviously
doesn't make any sense as a standalone anime. Luckily for you, the sort-of
disjointed, vignettish nature of Mirai Fukuin is such that you haven't really
had the rest of the series spoiled for you. If you knew what you were looking
for, perhaps, but the KnK storyline is sufficiently convoluted that you
probably weren't able to pick up on any of the aspects of Mirai Fukuin that
spoil the earlier movies. Go ahead and pick up the first movie (Fukan Fuukei /
Overlooking View) and start from there.

> Later I discovered that [Mirai Fukuin] was a compilation of longer episodes
> of a series.

This isn't actually the case. Mirai Fukuin is basically an extra, original
pair of short stories, not a compilation of the previous movies or anything
like that.

Note that there _is_ a compilation movie for KnK, titled "[Kara no Kyoukai
Remix: Gate of Seventh
Heaven](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6624/Kara_no_Kyoukai_Remix%3a_Gate_of_Seventh_Heaven)",
but that's neither here nor there. If, after watching movies 1-6, you find
yourself confused about how everything plays out chronologically, watch Remix,
which contains short recaps of each episode, in chronological order.

> ...the story seemed very incomplete.

I should point out that even after watching everything in the right order,
Mirai Fukuin will probably still seem incomplete. This is partly because Mirai
Fukuin adapts only two out of five short stories in the original Mirai Fukuin
novel on which it is based. I haven't read the novel myself, but I hear that
the remaining three stories help make everything seem more complete.


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