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TV PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Fafner
Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor · 蒼穹のファフナーDead Aggressor · 2004
Isolate island youths pilot bio-mechanical mecha against enigmatic golden aliens.
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StatusFinished Airing
SeasonSummer 2004
StudioXebec
SourceOriginal
Episodes25
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Synopsis
Tatsumiyajima is an idyllic, isolated Japanese island whose inhabitants live in peaceful ignorance of an apocalyptic global reality: Earth has been ravaged by the Festum, a silicon-based alien collective seeking to assimilate human consciousness. When a Festum assailant breaches the island's cloaking barrier, teenage resident Kazuki Makabe is forced into the cockpit of the Fafner Mark Elf, a bio-mechanical titan that demands severe physical assimilation from its pilot. Learning that their peaceful paradise is a militarized fortress, Kazuki and his school classmates sacrifice their physical health to pilot Fafners, defending their sanctuary while searching for mutual understanding with their alien foes.
Background (may contain spoilers)
Produced by Xebec and directed by Nobuyoshi Habara with series composition by Souki Tsukishima and Tow Ubukata, *Fafner* debuted in 2004 across twenty-six episodes. Known formally as Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor, the anime earned profound acclaim for its bleak psychological drama, visceral mecha combat, and philosophical explorations of communication between disparate life forms. Supported by an iconic orchestral soundtrack by Tsuneyoshi Saito and theme songs by angela, the series spawned an extensive, critically praised multimedia franchise spanning two decades.
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Episodes
25- 1 Jul 4, 2004
- 2 Jul 11, 2004
- 3 Jul 18, 2004
- 4 Jul 25, 2004
- 5 Aug 1, 2004
- 6 Aug 15, 2004
- 7 Aug 22, 2004
- 8 Aug 29, 2004
- 9 Sep 5, 2004
- 10 Sep 12, 2004
- 11 Sep 19, 2004
- 12 Sep 26, 2004
- 13 Oct 3, 2004
- 14 Oct 10, 2004
- 15 Oct 17, 2004
- 16 Oct 24, 2004
- 17 Oct 31, 2004
- 18 Nov 7, 2004
- 19 Nov 14, 2004
- 20 Nov 21, 2004
- 21 Nov 28, 2004
- 22 Dec 5, 2004
- 23 Dec 12, 2004
- 24 Dec 19, 2004
- 25 Dec 26, 2004
Characters
40
B
Bertrand, Mitsuhiro
Supporting 
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Douma, Ryouhei
Supporting 
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Hino, Megumi
Supporting 
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Hino, Youji
Supporting
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Idun
Supporting 
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Kasugai, Masahiro
Supporting
K
Kasugai, Ryouko
Supporting 
K
Kondou, Ayano
Supporting 
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Tezuka, Kazuhira
Supporting 
Staff
105Animation Director9
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Akio Takami
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Hasebe, Atsushi
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Hori, Taeko
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Kikuchi, Toshihiro
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Kondou, Genichirou
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Maeda, Meiju
O
Oonami, Futoshi
T
Takahashi, Akira
Art Director1
K
Koyama, Toshihisa
Assistant Animation Director1
Background Art1
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Nagasawa, Junko
Character Design1
H
Hirai, Hisashi
Chief Animation Director1
M
Maeda, Meiju
Color Design1
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Sekimoto, Mitsuko
Director1
Episode Director7
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Enomoto, Akihiro
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Son, Seung-Hui
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Yoshikawa, Kouji
eps 21
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Takahashi, Akira
In-Between Animation5
Key Animation49
A
Akio Takami
C
Chiba, Michinori
C
Chiba, Shigeru
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Emori, Mariko
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Fukushima, Yoshiharu
H
Hagio, Keita
H
Hazaka, Hidenori
H
Higuchi, Satomi
H
Hori, Taeko
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Iida, Hiroyoshi
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Ikeda, Tomomi
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Ishida, Kenji
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Ishikawa, Taketomo
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Kanazawa, Hidemi
K
Kaori
K
Katou, Tsurugi
K
Kikuchi, Katsuya
K
Kudou, Shiori
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Maeda, Meiju
M
Matsuda, Hiroshi
M
Matsuo, Shin
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Nakajima, Chuuji
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Nishiyama, Shinobu
O
Ooshita, Tomoyuki
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Sakuma, Shinichi
S
Satou, Tenshou
S
Shimizu, Miyuki
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Takagi, Jun
T
Takahashi, Akira
T
Takahashi, Kumiko
T
Takahashi, Naruse
T
Takeya, Kyouko
T
Tanaka, Tomoko
T
Tomioka, Takashi
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Tsukimisato, Tomohiro
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Uchiyama, Midori
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Yamamoto, Hisashi
Y
Yamamoto, Yoshiya
Y
Yamasawa, Minoru
Y
Yamashita, Toshinari
Y
Yasaki, Yuuko
Y
Yokomine, Katsumasa
Mechanical Design1
Music1
Planning2
O
Ootsuki, Toshimichi
S
Shimoji, Yukinao
Producer4
Script2
Series Composition2
Sound Director1
Storyboard9
E
Enomoto, Akihiro
H
Habara, Kumiko
Theme Song Arrangement1
Theme Song Composition2
Theme Song Lyrics1
Theme Song Performance1
Studios
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Producer
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“Unutterably sad in places, thoughtful in others, and filled with mecha battles and the harsher realities of war, Fafner takes a more serious look at what happens when only children can pilot machines of war than the wish-fulfillment variety of giant robot shows.”
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