Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood- (2025)
bâan - 大人の彊界 -
A story of two people in search of a new life, who leave their birthplaces - traveling to a whole different world trying to find a place where they truly belong. Set in the fictional world of Euthania, a land rich in nature with various magical races based on South East Asian Mythology, which is connected to Japan via a warp gate.
- Date of release
- 2025-08-24
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Animation, Fantasy
- Director
- Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Casting
- Haruna Mikawa — Rinrada Ratchamanee (voice)
- Shoya Ishige — Arai Daichi (voice)
- Hitomi Nabatame — An (voice)
- Wataru Tsuyuzaki — Rin's Father (voice)
- Yukako Kiuchi — Rin's Mother / Female Portal Attendant (voice)
- Riho Sugiyama — Daichi's Mother / Rin's Friend 1 (voice)
- Haruka Minami — Luna (voice)
- Shinya Takahashi — An's Husband / Warrior (voice)
- Yuji Kameyama — Daichi's Friend 1 / Station Announcement / Warrior (voice)
- Naoto Kobayashi — Daichi's Friend 2 / Male Portal Attendant / Warrior (voice)
- Yukako Kiuchi — Rin's Friend 1 (voice)
- Kazuyoshi Hayashi — Video Narration / Warrior (voice)
Interesting facts
Bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood is a 2025 Japanese animated fantasy short film produced by Studio Daisy and GeeXPlus. The film is directed by Yoshimitsu Ōhashi and based on an original story by Garnt Maneetapho (Gigguk), with music composed by Kevin Penkin, and is one of the first projects to be created in association with GeeXProduction. The film premiered theatrically in Tokyo on 24 August 2025, and later premiered on Gigguk's YouTube channel on 20 September 2025.
Production
In an interview with The Japan Times, Maneetapho stated that he first realized he could create his own film after watching the music video for "Shelter" by Porter Robinson and Madeon, produced by A-1 Pictures and Crunchyroll, which he had previously praised upon its release. On his podcast Trash Taste, Maneetapho explained that Bâan was a fully independent production with no plans to develop it into a larger franchise.
On 3 July 2025, during a panel at Anime Expo, Maneetapho announced the production of Bâan, with the film being produced by Studio Daisy and directed by Yoshimitsu Ōhashi. Kevin Penkin was confirmed to compose the film's music. The project was introduced as part of GeeXPlus's new production division, GeeXProductions, alongside other titles.
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