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Elfen Lied (2004-2004)

Premiere:
July 25, 2004

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 13

Finale:
October 17, 2004

Creators:
Lynn Okamoto

Original Title:
エルフェンリート

Alternate Titles:
Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied - In the Passing Rain
Elfen_Lied
Elfia pieśń
Erufen rîto
אלפן ליד
エルフェンリート

Genres:
Action & Adventure | Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Production Companies:
ARMS
GENCO
Studio Guts
VAP

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

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...

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Art Designer:
Tomoyuki Aoki

Art Direction:
Akira Ito

Character Designer:
Seiji Kishimoto

Co-Director:
Kobun Shizuno

Comic Book:
Lynn Okamoto

Director of Photography:
Hisao Shirai

Original Music Composer:
Yukio Kondo
Kayo Konishi

Original Series Design:
Lynn Okamoto

Original Story:
Lynn Okamoto

Producer:
Kazuaki Morijiri
Manabu Tamura

Series Composition:
Takawo Yoshioka

Series Director:
Mamoru Kanbe

Sound Director:
Katsunori Shimizu

Supervising Animation Director:
Seiji Kishimoto

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