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COLLECTION · Series · 2004

Elfen Lied

エルフェンリート

The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

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* 8.3 (1,448)ActionAdventureAnimationDramaFantasyMysteryScience FictionJapan
Countries
Japan
Studios
AT-X · ARMS · GENCO · VAP
Runtime
25 min/ep
Age rating
TV-MA
Release
25/07/2004
Score
8.3 / 10 (1,448)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
1 episodes · 2005
In the Passing Rain
Episode 1. In the Passing Rain
2005-04-21 · 25 min

Trying to fit in, Nana gets scolded and runs off. She meets Bantou and promises to bring him Nyuu. But when it begins to rain and Nyu hits her head, will Nana survive? Parts of Lucy’s past are revealed, including her connection with Kurama.

Season 1
Season 1
13 episodes · 2004
A Chance Encounter
Episode 1. A Chance Encounter
2004-07-25 · 25 min

An unknown girl with invisible hands, or vectors, and telepathic powers escapes from a secret facility. The next day two cousins, Kouta and Yuka, find her. But she is different from before. She can only say one word, nyuu. Not knowing…

Annihilation
Episode 2. Annihilation
2004-08-01 · 25 min

The offshore facility, headed by the scientist Kurama, sends a special task force, headed by the ruthless, cold-hearted assassin Bando, to hunt down Lucy at a beach in Kamakura. However, they only encounter her in her innocent "Nyu"…

Deep Feelings
Episode 3. Deep Feelings
2004-08-08 · 25 min

It’s the calm after the storm... but the calm won’t last long. Kurama and the secret facility are sending two people after Lucy. One is the newly healed and stronger Bando. The other is a diclonius just like Lucy. At Kouta’s house, Yuka…

Attack
Episode 4. Attack
2004-08-15 · 25 min

After alerting the soldiers and Kurama to Lucy’s whereabouts, Nana confronts her and the two begin to fight in a cemetery. Can Nana hold Lucy off long enough for Kurama and the others to arrive? Meanwhile, hearing loud noises in the…

Receipt
Episode 5. Receipt
2004-08-22 · 25 min

Mayu’s tragic past is revealed. She remembers back to when she ran away from home. At school, Yuka and Kouta’s new professor is none other than Yu Kakuzawa, Chief Kakuzawa’s son. He instantly notices Nyuu as Lucy and tricks Kouta into…

Innermost Feelings
Episode 6. Innermost Feelings
2004-08-29 · 25 min

Bando escapes from the hospital, still trying to find Lucy to satisfy his grudge against her. Professor Kakuzawa Yū's decapitated body is found by his assistant and Kohta. While searching for Lucy, Kohta and Yuka develop a fondness for…

Confrontation
Episode 7. Confrontation
2004-09-05 · 25 min

After fighting, Bando and Nana realize that they are allies and not enemies. Nana agrees to bring Lucy to the beach when she senses her. Meanwhile, at the temple, Mayu meets Nana. The two become friends and Mayu agrees to bring Nana back…

The Beginning
Episode 8. The Beginning
2004-09-12 · 25 min

After Lucy is knocked out by Nana Kouta tends to her. She sleeps and relives her childhood in a dream, revealing many things about her. Meanwhile, Nana tells Mayu about Lucy and the diclonius and Arakawa is called in to work for Director…

Reminiscence
Episode 9. Reminiscence
2004-09-19 · 25 min

More of Lucy's past is revealed: Her meeting with Kouta, their friendship that will end in tragedy, and the reason why Lucy became the killer she is today.

Infant
Episode 10. Infant
2004-09-26 · 25 min

Lucy and Nana start to fight, but Mayu stops them and Lucy turns back to Nyuu, hugging Kouta and telling him she likes him. Later, Kurama's past is revealed and so is more about the dicloniuses.

Complication
Episode 11. Complication
2004-10-03 · 25 min

Number 35, Mariko, is released and immediately kills the soldiers around her. The professors, who were prepared for this, set off one of the explosives inside her, destroying her arm. Later, they fly her to where Nyuu and Nana are.…

Quagmire
Episode 12. Quagmire
2004-10-10 · 25 min

Mariko is torturing and playing with Nana like an insect while Kouta runs to her to protect her. Mariko temporally looses her vectors, thanks to Nana, and has to be sent back. Nyuu follows Kouta, but when the soldiers start to shoot at…

No Return
Episode 13. No Return
2004-10-17 · 25 min

Yuka informs Mayu of Kouta's past. Meanwhile, Lucy and Mariko find each other and face off in a fight. Now, Nana and Kurama have to find Mariko because Kurama needs to kill her...

Cast by season
Chihiro Suzuki
Chihiro Suzuki
Kouta (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi
Lucy / Nyuu (voice)
Emiko Hagiwara
Emiko Hagiwara
Mayu (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata
Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice)
Hitomi Nabatame
Hitomi Nabatame
Kouta (child) / Shirakawa (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Jouji Nakata
Bandou (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Kinryu Arimoto
Chief Kakuzawa (voice)
Maria Yamamoto
Maria Yamamoto
Kanae (voice)
Osamu Hosoi
Osamu Hosoi
Kurama (voice)
Tomoko Kawakami
Tomoko Kawakami
Mariko (voice)
Yuki Matsuoka
Yuki Matsuoka
Nana (voice)
Eriko Ishihara
Eriko Ishihara
Arakawa (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Mamiko Noto
Yuka (voice)
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