Series synopsis
Elfen Lied, also known as エルフェンリート is a Japanese action & adventure animation drama mystery sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on AT-X on July 25, 2004. It ended on October 17, 2004. It stars Chihiro Suzuki, Sanae Kobayashi, Emiko Hagiwara and Hiroaki Hirata.
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 mak ...
Premise
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...
Premise: If only they didn't share the same body!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Chihiro Suzuki as Kouta (voice)
- Sanae Kobayashi as Lucy / Nyuu (voice)
- Emiko Hagiwara as Mayu (voice)
- Hiroaki Hirata as Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice)
- Hitomi Nabatame as Kouta (child) / Shirakawa (voice)
- Jouji Nakata as Bandou (voice)
- Kinryu Arimoto as Chief Kakuzawa (voice)
- Maria Yamamoto as Kanae (voice)
Supporting cast
- Osamu Hosoi as Kurama (voice)
- Tomoko Kawakami as Mariko (voice)
- Yuki Matsuoka as Nana (voice)
- Eriko Ishihara as Arakawa (voice)
- Mamiko Noto as Yuka (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 14 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | April 21, 2005 | April 21, 2005 |
| Season 1 | 13 | July 25, 2004 | October 17, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
In the Passing Rain 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. |
April 21, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Chance Encounter 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 anything about her, the two cousins take her in. Kurama, the head scientist from th efacility where she escaped, has sent a merciless man, Bando, after her. |
July 25, 2004 |
| 2 |
Annihilation 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" state. She is hit over the head by Bando. Bando then tells his partner to finish Nyu off, but the hit reverts Nyu back to Lucy, who kills Bando's partner, and goes after Bando. Lucy uses a firearm to shoot and injure Bando. In the end, Bando has been dismembered and blinded. Lucy reverts to Nyu before she is able to kill Bando. It is seen here that Lucy and Nyu switch between each other depending on the events surrounding them. After being injured by Bando, Kohta is put in the hospital, but is not severely injured, and is released hours later while Yuka goes looking for Lucy. He encounters her back at the house and forgives her. |
August 1, 2004 |
| 3 |
Deep Feelings 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 and a homeless girl named Mayu talk about the events that happened two nights ago at the beach. All of a sudden, Nyuu slips and falls. She bangs her head and Lucy awakens inside of her. |
August 8, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 25, 2004 |
| Last aired | October 17, 2004 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:30:00 |