• 2004
  • TV-14
Fafner

Summary The youth of Tatsumiya Island believed that they had ordinary lives... until the advent of the Festum, extraterrestrial intelligent life forms intent on assimilating all humans. Abruptly, their once peaceful island transforms into a high-tech military fortress to counter-attack the hostile aliens. Their shock intensifies when they learn that only they can pilot the Fafner, a class of humanoid-type robots that represent the final and only weapon against the Festums and their divine powers. View more details

  • 2004
  • TV-14

Fafner

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Johnny Yong Bosch Yuri Lowenthal Kirk Thornton Karen Strassman

All cast & crew

6.9

Details

Genres : Action Sci-Fi Drama Animation

Release date : Jul 3, 2004

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official site TV Tokyo

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Xebec

Summary The youth of Tatsumiya Island believed that they had ordinary lives... until the advent of the Festum, extraterrestrial intelligent life forms intent on assimilating all humans. Abruptly, their once peaceful island transforms into a high-tech military fortress to counter-attack the hostile aliens. Their shock intensifies when they learn that only they can pilot the Fafner, a class of humanoid-type robots that represent the final and only weapon against the Festums and their divine powers. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Sci-Fi Drama Animation

Release date : Jul 3, 2004

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official site TV Tokyo

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Xebec

Photos

Makoto Ishii in Soukyû no fafunâ (2004) Johnny Yong Bosch and Makoto Ishii in Soukyû no fafunâ (2004) Tamaki Nakanishi and Kôhei Kiyasu in Soukyû no fafunâ (2004) Marika Matsumoto and Makoto Ishii in Soukyû no fafunâ (2004) Makoto Ishii and Kôhei Kiyasu in Soukyû no fafunâ (2004)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jul 03, 2004
Paradise: The Beginning
When an enormous golden being attacks the peaceful Tatsumiya Island, citizens evacuate the surface to underground protective shelters. Soshi urges Kazuki to fight this horrifying adversary by piloting the Fafner Mark XI.
Episode 2 • Jul 03, 2004
Notice: Life
Aboard the Mark XI, Kazuki has a brush with death in his first battle to save the island from the Festum. Soshi tells Kazuki about the secrets of the island. Once a paradise, Tatsumiya is no longer safe from the dangers wrought on the rest of the planet.
Episode 3 • Jul 17, 2004
Mystery ~ Truth
A probe from the Neo United Nations has threatened to reveal Tatsumiya. As Alvis prepares to move the island to the northwest, students are drafted as new pilots and begin grueling training.
Episode 4 • Jul 24, 2004
Fleeing Sail ~ Setting Sail
Kazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a Neo U.N. unit interferes with the plans, moving the battle directly into the island's path.
Episode 5 • Jul 31, 2004
Promise ~ Oath
After their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the Neo U.N. forces Makabe to hand over the Mark VI. Shoko promises Kazuki that she will protect the island as he leaves for battle. Suddenly, another Festum attacks.
Episode 6 • Aug 14, 2004
Short Sky ~ Lie
As the second Festum breaks through both of the island's shields and starts to ravage Alvis' underground shelters, Shoko reacts. Determined to keep her promise to Kazuki, she boards Mark VI to save the island.
Episode 7 • Aug 21, 2004
House Thief: Parent and Child
While the pilots mourn over the devastating loss of their friend, others lament her recklessness. After a combat field test, two pilots are chosen to be a part of a fleet exploring a newly-discovered island almost exactly like their own.
Episode 8 • Aug 28, 2004
Discord: Kouyou
Troops sent to probe the new island's core fall under attack by an army of Festums. When Mizoguchi receives orders to destroy the island with him and Maya trapped underground, one Fafner must fight while the other risks an underwater rescue mission.
Episode 9 • Sep 04, 2004
Farewell: Assimilate
Koyo manages to save the two soldiers, but fate doesn't find him so fortunate. Two pilots confront Soshi over whether he is more concerned for Fafner or his friends.
Episode 10 • Sep 11, 2004
Chance Encounter: Disassemble
Kazuki receives an answer from Soshi. Later, a student locks himself in the school broadcast room to protest the Arcadian Project after learning his aspirations to leave the island in hopes of fame are dashed.
Episode 11 • Sep 18, 2004
Old & New: Human Forces
Kazuki takes in a bird's eye view of the outside world for the first time. His refuge from the island quickly takes a turn for the worse when a Festum approaches followed by two foreign mechs--neither party showing peaceful intentions.
Episode 12 • Sep 25, 2004
Nonexistence: Impatience
With Kazuki gone MIA, Kenji and Mamoru are recruited as pilots, just as a long-range firing Festum begins to attack. Mamoru boldly leads the defense with a plan that risks his own safety--but gains his commander's trust.
Episode 13 • Oct 02, 2004
Erosion: Festum
At the Neo U.N. underground base, Kazuki is told he has the choice to fight or save the human race without fighting. Just as they discover new data and broadcast their plan to use the Mark XI, the base falls under attack.
Episode 14 • Oct 09, 2004
Awakening: Capture
While Kazuki and the Human Army battle hordes of Festum, the Neo U.N. invades Tatsumiya--only to find that the island's core has vanished. Hino entrusts data on his most advanced Fafner to Maya, who has arrived to bring Kazuki back.
Episode 15 • Oct 16, 2004
Memories: Scream
Someone who Kazuki thought he'd never see again returns to give him Hino's powerful Mark Sein. During battle with a massive Festum, a childhood memory of Soshi helps him realize his role in protecting Tatsumiya Island.
Episode 16 • Oct 23, 2004
Welcome Back: Friends
A flock of Pleidaes Festum begins to wreak havoc on the island. As controls in the base start to seemingly move on their own, Makabe and his crew are lead to a second control room. The Fafner are grossly overpowered, but one pilot makes a timely return.
Episode 17 • Oct 30, 2004
Trick: Survival Group
Makabe finally has the upper hand and recovers the island from the Neo U.N., but the Human Army's Colonel leaves Canon behind with orders to destroy the island. It's up to Kazuki to defuse the detached kamikaze pilot.
Episode 18 • Nov 06, 2004
Memories: Father
Maya's father returns to discover her medical files had been falsified, preventing her from piloting Fafner. His wife and Yumiko stand trial, facing possible exile from the island--but they aren't the only ones guilty of the offense.
Episode 19 • Nov 13, 2004
Look: Maya
Maya displays impressive stability and sharp-shooting skills during her first test flight, but Soshi is reluctant to allow her to fight. But when 5 rare Festum breech the island's shield, the newest pilot gets a chance to prove her worth.
Episode 20 • Nov 20, 2004
Light ~ Lamp Light
The island commemorates those who've lost their lives fighting for peace at the Bon Festival. Then, when Koyo mysteriously wakes up from his coma, his friends step in to protect him from termination.
Episode 21 • Nov 27, 2004
Future: Sakura
The pilots are stronger than they've ever been. After another battle, an unexplainable phenomenon takes the island by surprise. Then, Yumiko and Michio lead a camp for the young warriors, but it's for more than just combat training.
Episode 22 • Dec 04, 2004
Power ~ Protect
After collapsing in the yard, Sakura is rushed to the medical ward. Makabe approaches Tsubaki to confirm that the pattern in enemy attacks and recent phenomenon shows progress in the Mir's agenda--foretelling a potentially devastating next move.
Episode 23 • Dec 11, 2004
Pillage ~ Decoy
Tatsumiya suffers more casualties when a spy sabotages the Human Army's experiments with a new Fafner model and attacks the island--disrupting a critical operation to save Soshi from the Festum.
Episode 24 • Dec 18, 2004
Dialogue - Mir
Makabe receives a message and vital data from someone who has learned to understand the enemy. The remaining four pilots prepare for Operation Azure to save Soshi, the island, and the future of humankind.
Episode 25 • Dec 25, 2004
The Final Battle ~ Symbiosis
Kazuki and his fleet take off to face the North Pole Mir. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, their success in the do or die mission is imperative-if one of them is killed, everyone's chances of survival are close to nothing.
Episode 26 • Dec 25, 2004
Azure ~ the Sky
As Tsubaki rejoins the island's core, Kazuki and the pilots pull together their remaining strength to save Soshi. Through the struggle to show the Festum the cycle of life, coming to terms with loss ultimately restores hope for the survival of humankind.

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