Fafner in the Azure
| Fafner in the Azure | |
Japanese DVD cover art of the first volume
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蒼穹のファフナー (Sōkyū no Fafner) |
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| Genre | Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi |
| Anime television series | |
| Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor | |
| Directed by | Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanishi Takashi Noto Takatoshi Chino |
| Written by | Yasuo Yamabe (Series Composition) Kazuki Yamanobe (Script, episodes 1-15) Tow Ubukata (Script, episodes 12-25) |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 4, 2004 – December 26, 2004 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Illustrated by | Hisashi Hirai |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Published | January 10, 2005 |
| Original video animation | |
| Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left | |
| Directed by | Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 29, 2005 |
| Runtime | 51 Minutes |
| Manga | |
| Illustrated by | Mikami Akitsu |
| Published by | Mediaworks |
| English publisher | Digital Manga Publishing |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | April 27, 2005 – January 27, 2006 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
| Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth | |
| Directed by | Toshimasa Suzuki |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanashi |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 25, 2010 |
| Runtime | 88 Minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Fafner in the Azure: Exodus | |
| Directed by | Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanishi Kotaro Sudo Ryu Hashimoto |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec, XEBECzwei |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 8, 2015 – December 26, 2015 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Xebec |
| Illustrated by | Tomomi Matsushita |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
| Original run | Fall 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond | |
| Directed by | Takashi Noto |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanishi |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec, XEBECzwei |
| Original run | 2017 – scheduled |
Fafner in the Azure (Japanese: 蒼穹のファフナー Hepburn: Sōkyū no Fafunā?) is a 2004 Japanese mecha drama anime series produced by Xebec in collaboration with Starchild Records. It is directed by Nobuyoshi Habara and written by Yasuo Yamabe, Kazuki Yamanobe and Tow Ubukata (Le Chevalier D'Eon, Mardock Scramble) with character designs from Hisashi Hirai (Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, Linebarrels of Iron) and mecha designs by Naohiro Washio. It aired in TV Tokyo from July 4, 2004 to December 26, 2004 for 26 episodes.
The story focuses on a group of children who pilot the titular Fafners in an escalating war against giant aliens called Festum. The anime is subtitled Dead Aggressor. A television special subtitled RIGHT OF LEFT aired on December 29, 2005, a feature film subtitled HEAVEN AND EARTH had a theatrical release in Japan on December 25, 2010 and a sequel subtitled EXODUS, which aired in MBS and several stations on January 8, 2015. The series heavily borrow elements from Norse Mythology, referencing some of the terminology used.
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