Last Exile | |
Cover art of the Japanese volume 1 compilation DVD for Last Exile, featuring main characters Lavie Head and Claus Valca
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ラストエグザイル (Rasuto Eguzairu) |
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Genre | Adventure, Steampunk, Dieselpunk |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Koichi Chigira |
Written by | Koichi Chigira |
Music by | Hitomi Kuroishi |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | April 7, 2003 – September 29, 2003 |
Episodes | 26 |
Manga | |
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing | |
Written by | Gonzo |
Illustrated by | Robo Miyamoto |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Ace |
Original run | Jul 4, 2011 – Oct 4, 2012 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing | |
Directed by | Koichi Chigira |
Written by | Kiyoko Yoshimura |
Music by | Hitomi Kuroishi |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | CBC |
Original run | October 15, 2011 – March 23, 2012 |
Episodes | 21 |
Manga | |
Last Exile: Travelers from the Hourglass | |
Written by | Gonzo |
Illustrated by | Minoru Murao |
Published by | Kadokawa |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Newtype Ace |
Original run | Sep 10, 2011 – Jun 10, 2012 |
Volumes | 1 |
Last Exile (ラストエグザイル Rasuto Eguzairu?) is a Japanese animated television series created by Gonzo. It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda. The three had previously worked together in Blue Submarine No. 6, one of the first CG anime series. Last Exile aired on TV Tokyo between April 7, 2003 and September 29, 2003. A sequel series, Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- (ラストエグザイル~銀翼のファム~ Rasuto Eguzairu Gin'yoku no Famu?), aired between October 15, 2011 and March 23, 2012. A film adaptation of the series, Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-: Over the Wishes, was released on February 6, 2016.
The story is set on the fictional world of Prester, where its inhabitants use aerial vehicles known as vanships as a means of transportation. On this world which is divided in eternal conflict between the nations of Anatoray and Disith, sky couriers Claus Valca and Lavie Head must deliver a girl who holds the key to uniting the two factions. Although Prester itself is not a representation of Earth, it features technology reminiscent of nineteenth-century Europe at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Many of its designs were also inspired by Germany's technological advances during the interwar period.