RahXephon

RahXephon

2002
RahXephon
RahXephon

RahXephon

7.2 | en | Animation

In a world where time passes at a crawl and the blood of your neighbor runs blue, 17 year old high school student Ayato Kamina goes about his daily life within Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been educated with the fact that the all civilization but Tokyo has been destroyed. But all that changes when the mysterious civilization "MU" invades his home, raining destruction down from the sky in the form of strange monsters called Dolems. The events that occur next will lead Ayato to the mysterious woman named Reika Mishima, to the truth of their existence, the discovery of what and who he is, and to the powerful angelic robot RahXephon.

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EP26  Far Beyond Eternity
Sep. 10,2002
Far Beyond Eternity

The RahXephon has transformed into its final state and the battle between the Xephons has begun. The outcome will not only determine the fate of Ayato and his loved ones but also the world.

EP25  God's Uncertain Music
Aug. 27,2002
God's Uncertain Music

Tensions mount as the survivors struggle to rebuild their lives among the ruins of Japan. As arguments become heated, Haruka questions her sanity as she begins to see Ayato in various places. Meanwhile, Quon prepares to make her final move.

EP24  Doorway to the Tuning
Aug. 20,2002
Doorway to the Tuning

The fight with the Dolems begins. Many human lives are lost, including Cathy and John. Ayato joins with Ixtli and the RahXephon transforms.

EP23  From Here to Eternity
Aug. 13,2002
From Here to Eternity

The aerial cities continue to multiply. Kunugi decides to evacuate everyone from the island and stay by himself to try to stop the D1 headed their way. TERRA leaves with everyone else. The D1 is the Dolem of Kuki, Kunugi's former superior officer that gave him the order to kill his own daughter. It reaches the island of Narai Kanai and starts destroying cities. Kunugi sends some missiles and remote control fighter jets, but they do no good. The D1 attacks the building he's in while Kuki taunts him. Kunugi is injured, and Kuki says it's over. But Kunugi tells him that the entertainment has yet to begin, and activates the barrier creating thing. The barrier destroys everything in it's path, including the cities, Kunugi, Kuki, and the D1. Ayato makes a choice to join with Ixtli in order to protect Haruka.

EP22  Operation Jupiter Obliteration
Aug. 06,2002
Operation Jupiter Obliteration

Eager to prove himself, Ishiki fires Haruka over a trivial matter and takes control of the attack on Tokyo Jupiter. Against orders, he moves the attack up one hour. The attack commences with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Ayato is busy finishing up his painting when he receives a call from Kunugi to pick up Mamoru's cat. While there, he learns how Haruka saved him from the concentration camps. Returning home, he finishes his painting. He is about to show Haruka when Mishima appears and reveals her true purpose for her existence and Ayato's destiny with the RahXephon.

EP21  The Carved Seal of Xephon
Jul. 30,2002
The Carved Seal of Xephon

Ishiki plans to destroy the barrier around Tokyo Jupiter. Souichi is planning on tricking him somehow. Ayato finds out from Itsuki that Haruka is in love with him, and is hurt that he didn't even know and he's been avoiding her. Mamoru has been going through Ayato's stuff and has found out that he's close to Megu by listening to his cell phone message. He spends more time with her. He also finds Hiroko's diary, with the blue blood and the good-bye message. Later, he walks outside with Megumi. Ayato finds them. Mamoru grabs Megu around the neck and says that Ayato killed Hiroko, even though he knew she loved him. He says that Ayato will have to make a choice soon, and he will no longer be human. He punches Megu in the face.

EP20  The Artisan's Battle
Jul. 02,2002
The Artisan's Battle

Ayato returns to TERRA amidst many changes: Isshiki is in charge, the mysterious Mishima is now a part of TERRA, and Mamoru has arrived from Tokyo Jupiter and is willing to live in the real world.

EP19  Blue Friend
Jun. 25,2002
Blue Friend

While on the run from the authorities, Ayato and Asahina grow closer as they start a life together and try to blend into the rest of society. Free of Tokyo Jupiter effects, though, Asahina soon discovers something about herself that frightens her. Fearing that Ayato would leave her if he knew her secret, she decides to keep the news to herself.

EP18  The Bond of Blue Blood
Jun. 18,2002
The Bond of Blue Blood

All that Ayato has known about his life proves to be a lie: his mother is not who he thought she was, his old friends are spies and Tokyo Jupiter is infested with Mu. The only person he can trust is his old school friend, Hiroko Asahina. Together they decide to escape the city for the real world

EP17  Return to the Labyrinth
Jun. 11,2002
Return to the Labyrinth

Ayato and Quon are headed back to Tokyo Jupiter. Elvy is ordered to go out and bring them back, using the Vermillion, at any cost. Even if Ayato comes back peacefully, Iishiki plans to charge him for treason. Haruka asks to go with Elvy secretly, and she lets her. Ayato is almost to Tokyo Jupiter when Elvy catches up, and the two are about to fight when a Dolem appears to help Ayato. It distracts Elvy long enough for him to get through, then goes through too. Elvy also goes in after them. Ayato awakes in the hospital. His mom comes to get him and Quon stays there. On the way home, Ayato sees his friends and talks to them. Asahina freaks out, saying something's wrong and she's forgetting things. Mamoru tells her she's being paranoid. When Ayato gets home, he checks his blood, which is red. His mother shows him hers, which is blue. He starts to scream, and Quon wakes up.

EP16  Island of Others
Jun. 04,2002
Island of Others

Megu is going through a test to become a full-fledged member of TERRA. Ayato is still depressed because he's a Mulian and everyone was keeping it from him. He's going around biting people's heads off, accusing them of laughing about him behind his back. Haruka is worried about telling Ayato some secret. The two of them talk. Haruka says that it doesn't matter that Ayato is a Mulian, but he doesn't listen. Sayoko breaks it off with Iishiki, saying that he was using her, but she was also using him. She gives him a dress as a token, because she no longer has anyone to wear it for. And Quon is about to be moved to her new home. Megu passes her test and she is going to meet someone to tell him about her feelings for him. But when she goes to meet him, she finds that Souichi is already in a relationship with Kim. She's upset at first, but Kim starts to cry, so Megu forgives her. Quon asks Ayato to take her to Tokyo and he agrees, flying off in the RahXephon.

EP15  The Children's Night
May. 28,2002
The Children's Night

Itsuki, Helena and Isshiki grew up together as students of the Bohbem Foundation. While many of the other students exhibited special abilities, Isshiki showed little talent and was considered to be normal. When Isshiki finds a stone-like creature, his desire to protect it awakens something within him that he never realized he had.

EP14  The Boy in the Mirror
May. 21,2002
The Boy in the Mirror

Despite Itsuki's report saying Quon has not yet awakened, Helena has "reliable information disputing that," namely the disc that Sayoko gave to Makoto. Itsuki is mad at Sayoko for this betrayal. Futagami reveals an odd family secret.

EP13  Human Specimen #1
May. 07,2002
Human Specimen #1

Haruka visits the Great War Memorial Hall, where an unidentified source informs her documents showing Quon was in Sendai are probably fakes, and at dinner, we get hints that Ayato likes Haruka. A Dolem appears, but since it is too high up to effectively attack, and hasn't made any offensive moves, and TERRA lets it be. Sayoko spends most of this episode sneaking around, trying to get information out of people, with varying success.

EP12  The Black Egg
Apr. 30,2002
The Black Egg

A photographer heads out to a mysterious archeological site, but is promptly shot to death by the very woman who brought him there. At Nirai Kanai, Sayoko and Mokoto are getting together. Haruka is shocked when she walks by and sees him leaving. Helena, of the Barbem Foundation sends Doctors to investigate Quon, who is in a deep sleep. A new Dolem attacks, and both RahXephon and the Alpha Squad is sent out, but Ayato becomes distracted when he finds Quon inside RahXephon with him...

EP11  Kyoja Circuit
Apr. 23,2002
Kyoja Circuit

A dolem is beating RahXephon, and Ayato is writhing on the floor of the cockpit, and is in a dream state where, Toyko is much different, there are flashes of a Murian, Mamoru, Hiroko, Haruka Mishima and his mother.

EP10  Sonata of Recollection
Apr. 16,2002
Sonata of Recollection

Kunugi takes the day off. Quon visits him and plays some music for him, but its incomplete. She goes a little crazy because the song doesn't have an end. Meanwhile, Kunugi goes on a ship for a birthday date, talking to his former wife. She says that he didn't spend enough time with his daughter, using work as an excuse. She gives him the last part of the music. His daughter wrote the music for him. It's her birthday, but she's dead. He visits her grave. Quon finishes the song.

EP9  Small Shrine of Time
Mar. 25,2002
Small Shrine of Time

After Celebrating New Years, it's back to the beach. Quon wanders off, and Ayato follows her. They come up to ruins located in the forest. Apparently Quon and Ayato go missing, and and Haruka starts a search to find them. Quon and Ayato are off somewhere, and Haruka's search was stopped due to the fact they were no where to be found. Haruka ends up back at the ruins, where Quon and Ayato reappear in front of her again. B-story line: While Ayato and Quon are missing, Itsuki tries to pilot the RahXephon, but fails to do so.

EP8  Bitterly Cold Holy Night
Mar. 18,2002
Bitterly Cold Holy Night

Itsuki finds a stone, while examining the Dolem that was defeated in the prior episode. Itsuki takes that stone and gives it as a gift to Sayoko, for Christmas. After, he goes to the beach and invites Ayato, Megu, and Haruka and the others to a Christmas Eve Party. And it begins to snow. While Megu and Kim are shopping Megu talks about Haruka, while Haruka gives Ayato gloves. And a Dolem appears to freeze everything. And RahXephon and Ayato must defeat it, but there's a problem, Sayoko is a part of it. And it's up to Ayato to save christmas for Nirai Kanai. When it looks in doubt, Ayato thinks of Haruka and the gloves he gave her, and saves the day. B-Storyline: Quon stays in bed under her blanket, because she hates the snow.

EP7  Day of Assembly
Mar. 11,2002
Day of Assembly

Watari and Kunugi are coming back to Nirai Kanai, with an Yamato Communcations reporter, Futagami. While coming to Terra is the Alpha Squad, who join with Elvy to take the place of her killed/wounded colleagues. Meanwhile, Futagami goes to Rikudo's place, to find information for Ayato. And when Alpha Squad and RahXephon attack a giant Dolem, it releases smaller dolems. And Ayato must defeat it and does.

EP6  Obliterated Cities
Mar. 04,2002
Obliterated Cities

14 Years ago a Dolem apppeared. Now the same dolem is back, and killing people in Australia. Kim Hotal get's an unauthorized sound bite due to the fact that Dolems use these sounds for their attack patterns! Now, Terra must wait for the Dolem to appear, and Ayato must be ready to attack. And when it does, Can Ayato win? Ayato comes out the winner!

EP5  Nirai-Kanai
Feb. 25,2002
Nirai-Kanai

Ayato is tested and found out to be normal, minus the symbol on his torso, Quon has one as well. While Ayato meets, Soyoko a co-worker and finds out he will be living with Haruko and her sister Megumi, and their uncle Rikudo. Meanwhile Itsuki finds out, that Quon is his sister. When Ayato is unpacking, he finds Buchi, which Quon packs for him. And after the dinner Rikudo gives Ayato a name plate.

EP4  His own Watch
Feb. 18,2002
His own Watch

Ayato and Haruka now arrives in Litya City, along with RahXephon, and now Ayato and RahXephon are being researched, while Ayato Meets Quon. Meanwhile Haruko is confronted by Elvy, the only other survivor from the Battle on Tokyo Jupiter. During the test Ayato is found our to be a Murian and is locked up for it by order of King Kunugi. And then Litya gets attacked by a Dolem. And Ayato must save Terra from the Dolem. After eliminating the Dolem, Ayato hands over the Rahxephon to Terra where it can be taken care of by Dr. Itsuki

EP3  City of Two
Feb. 04,2002
City of Two

Suddenly Ayato is surprised to see his mother and two of her Dolems attack. Ayato leaves Tokyo Jupiter, and one of the Dolems kills Ayato's mother, Mishima. Ayato, kills the Dolems and leaves Tokyo Jupiter. Meanwhile, Haruka joins an organization called Terra.

EP2  God and Man Awaken
Jan. 28,2002
God and Man Awaken

RahXephon is awaken by Mishima Reika, he helps out by battleling the D-1. Ayato woke up at the hospital forgetting what has happened. His mother pretends to not know what he talked about. When the D-1 was recovering in the labotory, Ayato met Haruka to know the truth, Haruka wanted to go back to the real world, but Mishima summoned RahXephon. RahXephon destroyed the D-1, discover that her mother has blue blood and went to the real world by passing the barrier. (Sypnosis came from www.animeinfo.com)

EP1  Invasion of the Capital
Jan. 21,2002
Invasion of the Capital

On Tokyo Jupiter, a 17yr old boy, name Ayato, is living a normal life until, Tokyo Jupiter is attacked. When Ayato is saved by Haruka, Ayato cracks an egg which released a structure, known as RahXephon, to fight against Mu.

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7.2 | en | Animation , Action & Adventure , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 2002-01-21 | Released Producted By: BONES , Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/rahxephon/
Synopsis

In a world where time passes at a crawl and the blood of your neighbor runs blue, 17 year old high school student Ayato Kamina goes about his daily life within Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been educated with the fact that the all civilization but Tokyo has been destroyed. But all that changes when the mysterious civilization "MU" invades his home, raining destruction down from the sky in the form of strange monsters called Dolems. The events that occur next will lead Ayato to the mysterious woman named Reika Mishima, to the truth of their existence, the discovery of what and who he is, and to the powerful angelic robot RahXephon.

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Cast

Hiro Shimono , Aya Hisakawa , Houko Kuwashima

Director

Junichi Higashi

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ebiros2 According to the director of this series Yutaka Izubuchi, Rahxephon is an homage to Brave Raideen, but I also see strong influence of Neon Genesis Evangelion throughout this series. It's almost as though the series is is an amalgamation of the two. Ayato Kamina was a teenager living a normal life in Tokyo. What he didn't know was that he was a descendant of interdimentional race of Mulians, and Tokyo was encapsulated in an energy field which the outsiders called Tokyo Jupiter where time passed at a slower rate than the outside world. Earth is under attack by Dolems - a quasi robot created by the Mulians. Ayato Kamina is lead by his classmate Reika Mishima to an egg containing Rahxephon. Rahxephon only accepts Ayato as its pilot due to his genetic ties with the Mulians. The plot of Rahxephon and its pilot having ties with the Mulians is strait off of Brave Raideen, and also the design of Rahxephon takes from Raideen. The main character who is an introverted in the closet type individual is similar to that of Neon Genesis Evangelion. People in this story seems to use "official assignment" as an excuse to forward their motives and importance within the organization. The story is rather dark with apocalyptic theme running through its plot, and introverted characters that fills the roster doesn't make the story any more uplifting. Artistry is high, and there is an experimental aspect of using music as main ingredient of the story. Bolodin's Polovetsian Dances is played in many sequences. The story progresses slowly, and that takes away from the excitement of action that should be the main focus of super robot anime of this type. Also the characters appearing in this series are mostly unattractive individuals as human beings, and takes away from the plot. The style of the story - a dark apocalyptic sci-fi with introverted main character which was popular in the early 2000s, is somewhat passé by now. Watch this series for its artistry and its somewhat mysterious mood. But don't expect much action in each episodes.
Peter Barnes 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.
Merlins_hohler_Backenzahn Pretty disappointing series which really started to annoy me towards the end. Although some of the concepts were quite nice (singing mechas! Heh!), the story behind it stood on very wobbly ground, with a lot of plot-points which didn't make any sense or had no relevance at all. If there's anyone out there who could explain to me why the Mu put Tokyo into a timebubble in the first place, I would be very happy. The only use I could find in it, was that they would have a plot-device to create the Haruka/Ajato-Storyline. Apart from that it was very unclear to me what the Mu were trying to achieve ("We want to tune the world!" doesn't say anything to me) or what their whole war with TERRA was actually about. And why exactly were they a threat to humanity and how did TERRA know? Information that was simply missing.Then there were quite a lot of subplots which sat there totally independent of the main-story. Most of them felt pretty useless in retrospective (especially the two Megumi-Lovestories) and made the impression that they were just there so that they had enough material to fill 26 episodes. And... keyword "lovestories"... there were too many going on at the same time. Especially in the last few episodes it started to become really ridiculous when there were about 5 or 6 women (maybe even more) in love with Ajato at the same time or had at least a crush on him.A lot of people made a comment about how rich and well fleshed out the characters are. Well, my impression was the exact opposite. Almost everyone in the series seemed very flat and uninteresting to me. And yep, underdeveloped. Maybe it's because they had just too much characters on board, so that it was too hard to focus on everyone. But when I take at the "X"-TV-series where they had a LOT more characters to work with and yet they were all more than your usual stereotype... and considering that they had fewer episodes to offer... Hm.Even some of the main-characters had their flaws, especially Ajato, whose characterization seemed to flip around from now and then and suffered from inexplicable mood-swings. When it was necessary for the main-story Ajato was an angry, impulsive guy. But then he could be very understanding and calm although the situation was (still) the same. And these irritating mood-swings could happen within minutes. VERY inconsistent writing, in my opinion...The other thing I was wondering about was why so many people are persistently proclaiming that this is NOT a copy of "Evangelion"... and how much it stands on its own feet and how much more it is different from the GAINAX-series. Well, hum... Apart from the very similar character-designs (watch out for the twins of Misato, Asuka, Commander Ikari and Ritsukos brother) and yep, even set-designs (hello, pyramid!), "RahXephon" copies entire episodes from its predecessor. Here we have the "hero gets unconscious in the mecha and has surreal dreams"-ep, there is the "evil mecha who sucks his enemy into another dimension"-ep, and so on... The same goes for some of the plot-lines, like the one about the old guy who pulls all the strings in the background to achieve his own personal goals (he even has a German name - like in "Evangelion"). But the most obvious rip-off of them all can be witnessed in the last two episodes when everything goes "End of Evangelion", but in a very stale, shallow and meaningless way, lacking the philosophy and the depth which made the EVA-series and -films great. And when most of the questions are left being unanswered it doesn't feel mysterious or exciting in any way. They're just gaps which result from bad editing and even worse scriptwriting.The only good positive aspects were the great animation and the decent soundtrack (lovely title-song). But that alone doesn't make a good show.All in all an anime-series which wants to be important and meaningful at all costs but actually doesn't have anything to say. Underneath the pseudo-complicated plots and the pseudo-intellectual psycho-babble there is nothing more than hot air and a lot of steam. Very disappointing and not worth a second watch.
smirre44 I watched this show last summer/fall and it is one of the top three animes on my favourite list.*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*A story about a boy called Ayato, who lives with his mother in the japanese capital of Tokyo in a world where few people have survived a war, or at least that is what he and the inhabitants of Toyko are told.One day alien ships attack the city, he meets a mysterious girls who leads him to an unknown place, where he finds the mecha RahXephon inside a large egg. From now on Ayatos world is turned upside down forever. So begins the story one of the best mecha-animes since Neon Genesis Evangelion.I cannot emphasize enough how much of a must-see this series is. It's out on DVD, so go get it now!