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COLLECTION · Series · 2004

Fafner

蒼穹のファフナー Dead Aggressor

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.

Source: TMDB
* 6.5 (16)AnimationDramaFantasyScience FictionWarJapan
Directors
Nobuyoshi Habara
Countries
Japan
Studios
TV Tokyo · MBS · TBS · XEBEC
Runtime
25 min/ep
Release
05/07/2004
Score
6.5 / 10 (16)
Where to watch
Streaming
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
6 episodes · 2005
Right of Left
Episode 1. Right of Left
2005-12-30 · 25 min

Yumi and Kyo are children who have been selected to take part in a top secret mission, to be the pilots of the first Fafner combat units; the last chance of survival for the human race. The enemy is ruthless, remorseless and is able to…

Arcadian Memory 1
Episode 2. Arcadian Memory 1
2005-11-02 · 25 min

No synopsis

Arcadian Memory 2
Episode 3. Arcadian Memory 2
2006-01-12 · 25 min

No synopsis

Heaven and Earth
Episode 4. Heaven and Earth
2010-12-25 · 25 min

The year is 2148. Two years after the end of the original Fafner in the Azure TV series, Tatsumiya Island and its surviving residents have returned to some semblance of recovery. However, things have become desperate for our hero, Kazuki;…

Episode 5. Symbiosis (The Final Battle) (BD ver)
24 min

Kazuki, Maya, Kenji, and Canon, all accompanied by Kyouhei, charge straight towards the entrance of the core in order to rescue Soushi, who is revealed to be inside the core. During the operation, Tsubaki is experiencing the death process…

Episode 6. The Sky (Azure) (BD ver)
24 min

The four pilots all reunite and defeat Idun together. Meanwhile, Tsubaki struggles with her emotions at leaving to synchronize with the island core. Kazuki, with the help of Akane, manages to rescue Soushi, bearing the assimilation. As…

Season 1
Season 1
25 episodes · 2004
Paradise ~ The Beginning
Episode 1. Paradise ~ The Beginning
2004-07-05 · 25 min

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.

Confession ~ Life
Episode 2. Confession ~ Life
2004-07-05 · 25 min

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…

Labyrinth ~ Truth
Episode 3. Labyrinth ~ Truth
2004-07-19 · 25 min

A probe from the New 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.

Escape ~ Departure
Episode 4. Escape ~ Departure
2004-07-26 · 25 min

Kazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a New United Nations unit interferes with the plans, moving the battle directly into the island's path.

Promise ~ Pledge
Episode 5. Promise ~ Pledge
2004-08-02 · 25 min

After their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the New United Nations 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.

Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice
Episode 6. Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice
2004-08-16 · 25 min

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.

Family ~ Parents and Children
Episode 7. Family ~ Parents and Children
2004-08-23 · 25 min

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.

Strife ~ Kouyou
Episode 8. Strife ~ Kouyou
2004-08-30 · 25 min

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…

Assimilation ~ Parting
Episode 9. Assimilation ~ Parting
2004-09-06 · 25 min

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.

Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths
Episode 10. Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths
2004-09-13 · 25 min

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.

Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force
Episode 11. Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force
2004-09-20 · 25 min

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.

Absence ~ Desperation
Episode 12. Absence ~ Desperation
2004-09-27 · 25 min

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.

Erosion ~ Festum
Episode 13. Erosion ~ Festum
2004-10-04 · 25 min

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.

Awakening ~ Occupation
Episode 14. Awakening ~ Occupation
2004-10-11 · 25 min

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.

Memory ~ Scream
Episode 15. Memory ~ Scream
2004-10-18 · 25 min

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.

Friends ~ Welcome Home
Episode 16. Friends ~ Welcome Home
2004-10-25 · 25 min

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…

Survival ~ Device
Episode 17. Survival ~ Device
2004-11-01 · 25 min

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.

Father ~ Memory
Episode 18. Father ~ Memory
2004-11-08 · 25 min

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.

Maya ~ Sight
Episode 19. Maya ~ Sight
2004-11-15 · 25 min

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.

Lantern ~ Light
Episode 20. Lantern ~ Light
2004-11-22 · 25 min

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.

Sakura ~ Future
Episode 21. Sakura ~ Future
2004-11-29 · 25 min

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.

Protection ~ Power
Episode 22. Protection ~ Power
2004-12-06 · 25 min

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…

Pillage ~ Decoy
Episode 23. Pillage ~ Decoy
2004-12-13 · 25 min

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.

Conversation ~ Mir
Episode 24. Conversation ~ Mir
2004-12-20 · 25 min

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.

Azure ~ The Sky
Episode 25. Azure ~ The Sky
2004-12-27 · 25 min

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.

Cast by season
Marika Matsumoto
Marika Matsumoto
Toomi Maya (voice)
Kohei Kiyasu
Kohei Kiyasu
Minashiro Soushi (voice)
Satomi Arai
Satomi Arai
Kaname Sakura (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi
Hazama Kanon (voice)
Minoru Shiraishi
Minoru Shiraishi
Kenji Kondō (voice)
Misato Fukuen
Misato Fukuen
Tatekami Seri (voice)
Miyu Matsuki
Miyu Matsuki
Hazama Shouko (voice)
Makoto Ishii
Makoto Ishii
Makabe Kazuki (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
Ryoko Shiraishi
Nishio Rina (voice)
Tamaki Nakanishi
Tamaki Nakanishi
Minashiro Tsubaki (voice)
Nanaho Katsuragi
Nanaho Katsuragi
Youko Hazama (voice)
Rio Sasaki
Rio Sasaki
Emery Almond (voice)
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