Fafner: Season 1
Episodes
Paradise ~ The Beginning
Jul 5, 2004 · 25 min
When an enormous golden being attacks the peaceful Tatsumiya Island, citizens evacuate the surface to underground protective shelters. Soshi urges Kazuki to fight this horrifying a
Confession ~ Life
Jul 5, 2004 · 25 min
Aboard the Mark XI, Kazuki has a brush with death in his first battle to save the island from the Festum. Soshi tells Kazuki about the secrets of the island. Once a paradise, Tatsu
Labyrinth ~ Truth
Jul 19, 2004 · 25 min
A probe from the New United Nations has threatened to reveal Tatsumiya. As Alvis prepares to move the island to the northwest, students are drafted as new pilots and begin grueling
Escape ~ Departure
Jul 26, 2004 · 25 min
Kazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a New United Nations unit interferes with the plans, moving the battle directly into the island
Promise ~ Pledge
Aug 2, 2004 · 25 min
After their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the New United Nations forces Makabe to hand over the Mark VI. Shoko promises Kazuki that she will protect the island as he leaves
Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice
Aug 16, 2004 · 25 min
As the second Festum breaks through both of the island's shields and starts to ravage Alvis' underground shelters, Shoko reacts. Determined to keep her promise to Kazuki, she board
Family ~ Parents and Children
Aug 23, 2004 · 25 min
While the pilots mourn over the devastating loss of their friend, others lament her recklessness. After a combat field test, two pilots are chosen to be a part of a fleet exploring
Strife ~ Kouyou
Aug 30, 2004 · 25 min
Troops sent to probe the new island's core fall under attack by an army of Festums. When Mizoguchi receives orders to destroy the island with him and Maya trapped underground, one
Assimilation ~ Parting
Sep 6, 2004 · 25 min
Koyo manages to save the two soldiers, but fate doesn't find him so fortunate. Two pilots confront Soshi over whether he is more concerned for Fafner or his friends.
Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths
Sep 13, 2004 · 25 min
Kazuki receives an answer from Soshi. Later, a student locks himself in the school broadcast room to protest the Arcadian Project after learning his aspirations to leave the island
Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force
Sep 20, 2004 · 25 min
Kazuki takes in a bird's eye view of the outside world for the first time. His refuge from the island quickly takes a turn for the worse when a Festum approaches followed by two fo
Absence ~ Desperation
Sep 27, 2004 · 25 min
With Kazuki gone MIA, Kenji and Mamoru are recruited as pilots, just as a long-range firing Festum begins to attack. Mamoru boldly leads the defense with a plan that risks his own
Erosion ~ Festum
Oct 4, 2004 · 25 min
At the Neo U.N. underground base, Kazuki is told he has the choice to fight or save the human race without fighting. Just as they discover new data and broadcast their plan to use
Awakening ~ Occupation
Oct 11, 2004 · 25 min
While Kazuki and the Human Army battle hordes of Festum, the Neo U.N. invades Tatsumiya--only to find that the island's core has vanished. Hino entrusts data on his most advanced F
Memory ~ Scream
Oct 18, 2004 · 25 min
Someone who Kazuki thought he'd never see again returns to give him Hino's powerful Mark Sein. During battle with a massive Festum, a childhood memory of Soshi helps him realize hi
Friends ~ Welcome Home
Oct 25, 2004 · 25 min
A flock of Pleidaes Festum begins to wreak havoc on the island. As controls in the base start to seemingly move on their own, Makabe and his crew are lead to a second control room.
Survival ~ Device
Nov 1, 2004 · 25 min
Makabe finally has the upper hand and recovers the island from the Neo U.N., but the Human Army's Colonel leaves Canon behind with orders to destroy the island. It's up to Kazuki t
Father ~ Memory
Nov 8, 2004 · 25 min
Maya's father returns to discover her medical files had been falsified, preventing her from piloting Fafner. His wife and Yumiko stand trial, facing possible exile from the island-
Maya ~ Sight
Nov 15, 2004 · 25 min
Maya displays impressive stability and sharp-shooting skills during her first test flight, but Soshi is reluctant to allow her to fight. But when 5 rare Festum breech the island's
Lantern ~ Light
Nov 22, 2004 · 25 min
The island commemorates those who've lost their lives fighting for peace at the Bon Festival. Then, when Koyo mysteriously wakes up from his coma, his friends step in to protect hi
Sakura ~ Future
Nov 29, 2004 · 25 min
The pilots are stronger than they've ever been. After another battle, an unexplainable phenomenon takes the island by surprise. Then, Yumiko and Michio lead a camp for the young wa
Protection ~ Power
Dec 6, 2004 · 25 min
After collapsing in the yard, Sakura is rushed to the medical ward. Makabe approaches Tsubaki to confirm that the pattern in enemy attacks and recent phenomenon shows progress in t
Pillage ~ Decoy
Dec 13, 2004 · 25 min
Tatsumiya suffers more casualties when a spy sabotages the Human Army's experiments with a new Fafner model and attacks the island--disrupting a critical operation to save Soshi fr
Conversation ~ Mir
Dec 20, 2004 · 25 min
Makabe receives a message and vital data from someone who has learned to understand the enemy. The remaining four pilots prepare for Operation Azure to save Soshi, the island, and
Azure ~ The Sky
Dec 27, 2004 · 25 min
Kazuki and his fleet take off to face the North Pole Mir. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, their success in the do or die mission is imperative--if one of them is kil