RahXephon
| RahXephon | |||||||
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| Original title | ラ ー ゼ フ ォ ン | ||||||
| transcription | Rāzefon | ||||||
| genre | Science fiction , mecha , romance , mystery | ||||||
| Anime television series | |||||||
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese | ||||||
| year | 2002 | ||||||
| Studio | Bones | ||||||
| length | 23 minutes | ||||||
| Episodes | 26th | ||||||
| Director | Yutaka Izubuchi | ||||||
| production | Daisuke Kawakami, Go Haruna, Masahiko Minami, Katsuji Nagata | ||||||
| music | Ichiko Hashimoto | ||||||
| First broadcast | January 21, 2002 - September 11, 2002 on Fuji TV | ||||||
| German-language first broadcast |
June 7, 2010 - July 13, 2010 on Animax | ||||||
| Manga | |||||||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Takeaki Momose | ||||||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | ||||||
| magazine | Monthly Sunday Gene-X | ||||||
| First publication | September 2001 - November 2002 | ||||||
| expenditure | 3 | ||||||
| novel | |||||||
| country | Japan | ||||||
| author | Hiroshi Ohnogi | ||||||
| publishing company | Media Factory | ||||||
| First publication | July 2002 - February 2003 | ||||||
| expenditure | 5 | ||||||
| Animes | |||||||
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RahXephon ( Japanese ラ ー ゼ フ ォ ン , Rāzefon ) is an anime series from 2002. It was adapted as a manga , novel and computer game , and other animes were also released. The work can be classified into the genres of science fiction , mecha , romance and mystery .
content
The story begins in Tokyo at the beginning of the 21st century. The student Ayato Kamina discovers his ability to control the godlike Mecha RahXephon. So far, the 17-year-old believed that he was living in 2015 and that the world outside of Tokyo was destroyed. But people also live outside of Tokyo, the city itself is ruled by the aliens Mu , who seal it off from the rest of the world. Ayato ends up in the fight between the Mu and the UN organization TERRA, which is carried out with combat robots.
Production and publications
In RahXephon the designer led Yutaka Izubuchi first time directing. The series was produced by Studio Bones , the character design was created by Akihiro Yamada and the artistic direction was held by Junichi Higashi. Yoshinori Sayama and Michiaki Satō were responsible for the mecha design.
From January 21 to September 11, 2002, the series ran for the first time on Japanese television on Fuji TV . The anime has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, among others. A German version was published on six DVDs by Panini Video .
synchronization
The German dubbed version was made by the Circle of arts studio.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Ayato Kamina | Hiro Shimono | Daniel Krause |
| Haruka Shitow | Aya Hisakawa | Tolilah Jolas |
| Reika Mishima | Maaya Sakamoto | Maren Rainer |
| Quon Kisaragi | Hoko Kuwashima | Beate Pfeiffer |
| Maya Kamina | Ichiko Hashimoto | Susanne von Medvey |
| Itsuki Kisaragi | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Johannes Raspe |
| Hiroko Asahina | Yumi Kakazu | Caroline Combrinck |
| Mamoru Torigai | Hirofumi Nojima | Manuel von Radvanyi |
| Megumi Shitow | Ayako Kawasumi | Kathrin Gaube |
| Kim Hotal | Fumiko Orikasa | Catherine May |
| Sōichi Yakumo | Kōki Miyata | Clemens Ostermann |
| Jin Kunugi | Jōji Nakata | Walter von Hauff |
| Elvy Hadhiyat | Yū Sugimoto | Michaela Degen |
| Makoto Isshiki | Toshihiko Seki | Armin Berger |
| Masayoshi Kuki | Takehito Koyasu | Manfred Trilling |
| Helena Bähbem | Mako Hyōdō | Christine Stichler |
music
The music for the series was composed by Ichiko Hashimoto . The opening credits were underlaid with the song Hemisphere ( ヘ ミ ソ フ ィ ア ), composed by Yōko Kanno and sung by Maaya Sakamoto, partly in an instrumental version. Yume no Tamago ( 夢 の 卵 ) by Ichiko Hashimoto and Mayumi Hashimoto and Before You Know by Ichiko Hashimoto were used for the two end credits .
Adaptations
Mangas
Even before the television series began broadcasting, the first manga adaptation of RahXephon began to be released in Japan in September 2001 . The series by illustrator Takeaki Momose was published by Shogakukan in Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine . The last chapter came out in November 2002, the chapters have been summarized in three anthologies . In addition to translations into English, Spanish and French, a German translation was also published. This was published from 2004 by Planet Manga .
Furthermore, a one-volume manga was published in 2003 under the title Rahxephon BIBLE 【Analysis Phase】 .
Animes
The original video animation RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself / Thatness and Thereness was published in 2003 as a spin-off for the series . It only has a 15-minute episode. In the same year came the film RahXephon: Days of Hensōkyoku ( ラ ー ゼ フ ォ ン 多元 変 奏 曲 ) in Japanese cinemas.
Further adaptations
A total of three computer games appeared for the anime series , for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable . A five-part series of novels by Hiroshi Ohnogi appeared for the light novel imprint MF Bunko J by Media Factory.
A radio play and illustrated books were also published.
reception
The German magazine AnimaniA praises the “perfect balance between animation and CG sequences” and the successful character and mecha design, the latter being “aesthetic and inspiring” . The series is visibly based on Neon Genesis Evangelion , but in contrast has a closed story and understandable characters. The anime offers tension and action and can be seen as a whole, but it is not the revolution of the genre aimed at by the studio.
AnimaniA rates the manga rather negatively. He is drawn lovelessly and the plot revolves mainly around the relationship between Ayato and Reika.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official Site (Japanese)
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
- RahXephon in the Internet Movie Database (English)