Elfen Lied (2004)

07/25/2004 (JP) • 25m

Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

If only they didn't share the same body!

Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

Chihiro Suzuki

Kouta (voice)

13 Episodes

Sanae Kobayashi

Lucy / Nyuu (voice)

13 Episodes

Emiko Hagiwara

Mayu (voice)

13 Episodes

Hiroaki Hirata

Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice)

13 Episodes

Hitomi Nabatame

Kouta (child) / Shirakawa (voice)

13 Episodes

Jouji Nakata

Bandou (voice)

13 Episodes

Kinryu Arimoto

Chief Kakuzawa (voice)

13 Episodes

Maria Yamamoto

Kanae (voice)

13 Episodes

Osamu Hosoi

Kurama (voice)

13 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2004 | 13 Episodes

Season 1 of Elfen Lied premiered on July 25, 2004.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

child abuse

amnesia

sadness

mutant

greek mythology

affectation

childhood trauma

supernatural

bullying

romance

gore

tragedy

decapitation

gunfight

based on manga

massacre

evil

split personality

bdsm

multiple personality

dark fantasy

bloodbath

angst

seinen

ecchi

anime

love polygon

psychological

suspense

horror

awestruck

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