"RahXephon" (2002) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Yutaka Izubuchi

Writers:

Yutaka Izubuchi (writer)
Chiaki Konaka (writer)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Action

Tagline:

Enter the new reality.

Plot:

Kamina Ayato lives an ordinary life. He goes to school. He lives with his mother. He has schoolmates...

Plot Keywords:

Dolem | Rahxephon | Rah | Anime | Xephon

Cast

Jason Douglas

...

Masaru Gomi / ... (15 episodes, 2002)

(more)

Series Directed by
Ikuro Sato		(1 episode, 2002)
Yutaka Izubuchi		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Yoji Enokido		(1 episode, 2002)
Yutaka Izubuchi		(unknown episodes)
Chiaki Konaka		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Matt Greenfield	....	producer (15 episodes, 2002)
John Ledford	....	executive producer (15 episodes, 2002)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (15 episodes, 2002)

Series Original Music by
Ichiko Hashimoto		(unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Hirotoshi Sano	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2002)

Production Companies

• Bones
• Rahxephon Project
• Studio BONES

Distributors

• ADV Films
• Selecta Vision (2004) (Spain) (video)

Runtime:

Japan:650 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | USA:Unrated | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Company:

Bones

Trivia:

Ayato's alternate title "ollin" in the Nahuatl language of the native Mexica people of Mesoamerica means "movement". The word also forms part of the name of their sun god, Ollin Tonatiuh. Compare this with RahXephon, Rah (or Ra) being the Egyptian sun god.

Quotes:

Quon: The world, suffused in sound.

Movie Connections:

Remade as RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) (TV)

I really enjoyed this series.

OK, I have just finished watching RahXephon and I mean it when I say that RahXephon is a show that should not be missed by anybody who's a mecha fan, a drama type fan or an anime fan in general cause the show is just that good. The story is such an incredibly detailed story, every character is likable and has a story to tell, the art is fantastic and the animation for a lot of the battle sequences are great also. The music is wonderful and addictive and I have both the opening and closing themes. The extras on the all seven volumes are really detailed with interviews with a lot of the English and Japanese cast. Lots of production sketches that are great and a nice music video as well. A lot of fans will say that RahXephon is similar to Evangelion, in a way its similar but its a lot more of a joyful series than Evangelion, I mean Evangelion is like the black series while RahXephon is the white series. Well thats the best way I can compare it. At this point cause no doubt I will have to watch the series again to fully understand the series cause it is mind boggling like Evangelion accept no religious questions thank goodness but still I would love to watch it again.

So right now I give it a 9 out of 10 but who knows it could be the only series that I own to get a 10 out of 10 and I find it very hard to give something that but RahXephon is very close.