Originally airing in July 2004, Fafner is a sci-fi mecha anime. The story follows Kazuki Makabe, pilot of the giant robot Fafner. Using the Fafner, he must protect his home, the secluded Tatsumiya Island, from alien invaders called Festum. Many challenges arise and only Kazuki and his friends can make their island a paradise once again. Produced by Studio XEBEC (Love Hina, Nadesico) and directed by Nobuyoshi Habara (DN Angel), with character designs by Hisashi Hirai (Gundam SEED, Infinite Ryvius) and mechanical designs by Naohiro Washio (Stellvia). The TV series was initially released on DVD in the U.S. by Geneon Entertainment, but has since been re-released by FUNimation. The prequel OVA Right of Left was released in 2005 in Japan only. In 2010, the movie Heaven and Earth debuted in Japanese theaters and has since been released by FUNimation. A new movie entitled Exodus is currently in the works.
Synopsis
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Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught...but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.
Anime Information
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2004 to Dec 26, 2004
Producers: XEBEC
Genres: Sci-Fi, Mecha, Drama
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Kohei Kiyasu as Soushi Minashiro
Makoto Ishii as Kazuki Makabe
Marika Matsumoto as Maya Tōmi
Akimitsu Takase as Tamotsu Kodate
Masayuki Tanaka as Fumihiko Makabe
Mitsuki Saiga as Mamoru Kodate
Miyu Irino as Kouyou Kasugai
Miyu Matsuki as Shouko Hazama
Sakiko Tamagawa as Ayano Kondou
Takaya Hashi as Kyouhei Mizoguchi
Tamaki Nakanishi as Tsubaki Minashiro
Yoko Soumi as Yukie Kariya
Ai Satou as Chisato Kodate
Akeno Watanabe as Alberhido Staff(ep 9)
Asami Mukaidono as Juvenile Reform Squad Member(ep 8)
Asuka Tanii as Female Student(ep 21)
Eisuke Asakura as Fish Dealer(ep 10)
Emi Shinohara as Chizuru Toomi
Gô Shinomiya as Controller(ep 13)
Hideyuki Hori as Michio Hino
Hiroshi Shirokuma as
Staff(ep 16)
Worker(ep 8)
Hisako Kyouda as Ikumi Nishio
Ichirota Koizumi as Male Student(ep 21)
Jin Horikawa as Staff(ep 13)
Jiro Saito as Pilot(ep 4)
Jouji Nakata as Kouzou Minashiro
Juurouta Kosugi as Youji Hino
Katsuji Mori as
Mitsuhiro Bartland
Mysterious Man(ep 5)
Kazue Komiya as Megumi Hino
Kazuki Ogawa as Squad Member(ep 8)
Kei Kurita as group member(ep 8)
Keiichi Sonobe as
Man(ep 23)
Staff(ep 4)
Kenji Katoki as Correspondance Man(ep 8)
Kimitake Kakegawa as Squad Member(ep 8)
Kiyonobu Suzuki as Ryouhei Douma
Koichi Sakaguchi as Control Commander(ep 13)
Masaaki Kouda as Worker(ep 8)
Masakazu Kohara as
Mechanic(ep 7)
Operator(ep 4)
Masao Harada as Worker(ep 23)
Masato Funaki as Soldier(ep 11)
Mayumi Ichikawa as Kouyou(young)
Megumi Toyoguchi as
Kazuki(young)
Myorunia/Akane Makabe
Minoru Shiraishi as Kenji Kondou
Misato Fukuen as Seri Tatekami
Mitsuaki Madono as Idun (Festum)
Mitsuru Ogata as Pilot(ep 4)
Miwa Kouzuki as Broadcaster(ep 13)
Nanaho Katsuragi as Youko Hazama
Naoya Uchida as Duddley Burns
Nobuyuki Tanaka as Mechanic(ep 7)
Nozomu Sasaki as Hiroto Douma
Osamu Ryuutani as Researcher(ep 13)
Rikiya Koyama as Seiichirou Kaname
Risa Hayamizu as Alberhido Staff(ep 9)
Ryoko Shiraishi as
Karin Kuramae
Rina Nishio
Shokora(ep 7)
Sanae Kobayashi as Kanon Memphis
Satomi Arai as Sakura Kaname
Satsuki Yukino as Pilot(ep 16)
Shigeomi Yamaguchi as Squad Member(ep 8)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Mankind Army Soldier(ep 25)
Shizuka Ishikawa as Kiyomi Kaname
Shoko Tsuda as Ryouko Kasugai
Takahiro Imamura as A Plan Staff(eps 7-8)
Takashi Kondo as
Correspondance Man(ep 25)
Crew(ep 14)
Takayuki Kondou as Staff(ep 17)
Takehiro Murozono as Staff(eps 15-16)
Takuo Kawamura as Staff(eps 15-16)
Tamaki Nakanishi as Girl(eps 1, 3)
Tarusuke Shingaki as
Kazuhira Tezuka
Surveillance Man(ep 5)
Tomo Saeki as Housewife(ep 9)
Tomo Shigematsu as Broadcaster(ep 13)
Tomoya Kawai as Masahiro Kasugai
Tomoyuki Shimura as A Plan staff(ep 7)
Toshiko Fujita as Hestor Gallop
Tsuguo Mogami as
Operator(ep 4)
Staff(ep 23)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Male Student(ep 21)
Yukana as Yumiko Toomi
Yuri Shiratori as Boy(ep 8)
Yuuto Kazama as Pilot(ep 13)
Spoiler for theme song:
Opening Theme
"Shangri-La" by angela
Ending Theme
#1: "Separation" by angela (eps 01-14,16-24)
#2: "Proof" by angela (ep 15)
#3: "Shangri-La" by angela (ep 25)
Episode Titles
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1# Beginning (Paradise)
2# Life (Confession)
3# Truth (Labyrinth)
4# Departure (Escape)
5# Pledge (Promise)
6# Sacrifice (Soaring Sky)
7# Parent & Children (Family)
8# Koyo (Strife)
9# Separation (Assimilation)
10# Disintegration (Crossing Paths)
11# Human Force (Old & New)
12# Desperation (Absence)
13# Festum (Erosion)
14# Occupation (Awakening)
15# Scream (Memory)
16# Welcome Home (Friends)
17# Device (Survival)
18# Memory (Father)
19# Sight (Maya)
20# Light (Lantern)
21# Future (Sakura)
22# Power (Protection)
23# Decoy (Pillage)
24# MIR (Conversation)
25# The Sky (Azure)
