"Soukyû no fafunâ" (2004) TV series 2004-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 July 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The youth of Tatsumiya Island believed that they had ordinary lives... until the advent of the Festum...

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Mari Devon	...	Yoko Hazama (24 episodes, 2004)
Chris Kent	...	Yoji Hino (24 episodes, 2004)

Series Directed by
Akihiro Enomoto		(6 episodes, 2004)
Naoki Hishikawa		(5 episodes, 2004)
Shigeru Ueda		(4 episodes, 2004)
Tamaki Nakatsu		(2 episodes, 2004)
Yûichi Nihei		(2 episodes, 2004)

Series Writing credits
Kazuki Yamanobe		(15 episodes, 2004)
Tow Ubukata		(9 episodes, 2004)

Series Produced by
Satoshi Fujii	....	producer (24 episodes, 2004)
Takatoshi Chino	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Akihiro Enomoto	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2004)
Nobuyoshi Habara	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Naoki Hishikawa	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Yûichi Nihei	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Shin Nishizawa	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2004)
Ken Ootsuka	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2004)
Shigeru Ueda	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Sound Department
Rick Hart	....	sound re-recording mixer (24 episodes, 2004)
Deb Munini	....	sound editor / dialogue editor / ... (18 episodes, 2004)
Pat Rodman	....	adr engineer (10 episodes, 2004)
Sean Foye	....	adr engineer / dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2004)
Kevin Patzelt	....	dialogue editor / adr engineer (8 episodes, 2004)
Marco Bustos	....	adr engineer (4 episodes, 2004)

Series Animation Department
Akira Takahashi	....	animation director (7 episodes, 2004)
Akio Takami	....	animation director (6 episodes, 2004)
Takuya Matsumura	....	mechanical animation director / animation director (5 episodes, 2004)
Akitoshi Maeda	....	animation director / mechanical animation director (3 episodes, 2004)
Shin'ichi Yamaoka	....	animation director / character animation director (3 episodes, 2004)
Hideyuki Motohashi	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2004)
Hisashi Hirai	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Kumiko Takahashi	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Xebec

Also Known As:

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

Xebec

Soundtrack:

Separation

Lost innocence, but not dreams

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This series reminds me of a mix between Evangelion, RahXephon, and Stellvia. We have this secret paradise-like island where the peace is shattered by the invasion of an alien drone called a Festum. Only a handful of the children on the island are capable of piloting Fafner, a special giant robot with the ability to defeat the Festum. For now, the only pilot is the leading candidate Kazuki who is helped by another boy -Soushi- who handles a supplementary system.

The series has a great musical score sung by Angela (who also sings the songs for 'Stellvia') and seamless animation that does a good job of blending the CGI for the mech fights with the standard animation of the characters and environment.

Definitely worth a try!