Fafner
Fafner

Fafner

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught...but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught...but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Paradise ~ The Beginning

When an enormous golden being attacks the peaceful Tatsumiya Island, citizens evacuate the surface to underground protec

EP 2

Confession ~ Life

Aboard the Mark XI, Kazuki has a brush with death in his first battle to save the island from the Festum. Soshi tells Ka

EP 3

Labyrinth ~ Truth

A probe from the New United Nations has threatened to reveal Tatsumiya. As Alvis prepares to move the island to the nort

EP 4

Escape ~ Departure

Kazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a New United Nations unit interfere

EP 5

Promise ~ Pledge

After their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the New United Nations forces Makabe to hand over the Mark VI. Shoko p

EP 6

Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice

As the second Festum breaks through both of the island's shields and starts to ravage Alvis' underground shelters, Shoko

EP 7

Family ~ Parents and Children

While the pilots mourn over the devastating loss of their friend, others lament her recklessness. After a combat field t

EP 8

Strife ~ Kouyou

Troops sent to probe the new island's core fall under attack by an army of Festums. When Mizoguchi receives orders to de

EP 9

Assimilation ~ Parting

Koyo manages to save the two soldiers, but fate doesn't find him so fortunate. Two pilots confront Soshi over whether he

EP 10

Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths

Kazuki receives an answer from Soshi. Later, a student locks himself in the school broadcast room to protest the Arcadia

EP 11

Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force

Kazuki takes in a bird's eye view of the outside world for the first time. His refuge from the island quickly takes a tu

EP 12

Absence ~ Desperation

With Kazuki gone MIA, Kenji and Mamoru are recruited as pilots, just as a long-range firing Festum begins to attack. Mam

EP 13

Erosion ~ Festum

At the Neo U.N. underground base, Kazuki is told he has the choice to fight or save the human race without fighting. Jus

EP 14

Awakening ~ Occupation

While Kazuki and the Human Army battle hordes of Festum, the Neo U.N. invades Tatsumiya--only to find that the island's

EP 15

Memory ~ Scream

Someone who Kazuki thought he'd never see again returns to give him Hino's powerful Mark Sein. During battle with a mass

EP 16

Friends ~ Welcome Home

A flock of Pleidaes Festum begins to wreak havoc on the island. As controls in the base start to seemingly move on their

EP 17

Survival ~ Device

Makabe finally has the upper hand and recovers the island from the Neo U.N., but the Human Army's Colonel leaves Canon b

EP 18

Father ~ Memory

Maya's father returns to discover her medical files had been falsified, preventing her from piloting Fafner. His wife an

EP 19

Maya ~ Sight

Maya displays impressive stability and sharp-shooting skills during her first test flight, but Soshi is reluctant to all

EP 20

Lantern ~ Light

The island commemorates those who've lost their lives fighting for peace at the Bon Festival. Then, when Koyo mysterious

EP 21

Sakura ~ Future

The pilots are stronger than they've ever been. After another battle, an unexplainable phenomenon takes the island by su

EP 22

Protection ~ Power

After collapsing in the yard, Sakura is rushed to the medical ward. Makabe approaches Tsubaki to confirm that the patter

EP 23

Pillage ~ Decoy

Tatsumiya suffers more casualties when a spy sabotages the Human Army's experiments with a new Fafner model and attacks

EP 24

Conversation ~ Mir

Makabe receives a message and vital data from someone who has learned to understand the enemy. The remaining four pilots

EP 25

Azure ~ The Sky

Kazuki and his fleet take off to face the North Pole Mir. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, their success i

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