Episode guide
Fafner: Season 1
25 episodes · premiered Jul 5, 2004
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- Episode 1: Paradise ~ The Beginning Jul 5, 2004 · 25m 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 adversary…
- Episode 2: Confession ~ Life Jul 5, 2004 · 25m 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, Tatsumiya is…
- Episode 3: Labyrinth ~ Truth Jul 19, 2004 · 25m 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 training.
- Episode 4: Escape ~ Departure Jul 26, 2004 · 25m 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's path.
- Episode 5: Promise ~ Pledge Aug 2, 2004 · 25m 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 for…
- Episode 6: Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice Aug 16, 2004 · 25m 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 boards Mark…
- Episode 7: Family ~ Parents and Children Aug 23, 2004 · 25m 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 a…
- Episode 8: Strife ~ Kouyou Aug 30, 2004 · 25m 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 Fafner…
- Episode 9: Assimilation ~ Parting Sep 6, 2004 · 25m 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.
- Episode 10: Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths Sep 13, 2004 · 25m 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 in…
- Episode 11: Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force Sep 20, 2004 · 25m 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 foreign…
- Episode 12: Absence ~ Desperation Sep 27, 2004 · 25m 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…
- Episode 13: Erosion ~ Festum Oct 4, 2004 · 25m 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 the Mark…
- Episode 14: Awakening ~ Occupation Oct 11, 2004 · 25m 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 Fafner to…
- Episode 15: Memory ~ Scream Oct 18, 2004 · 25m 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 his role…
- Episode 16: Friends ~ Welcome Home Oct 25, 2004 · 25m 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. The…
- Episode 17: Survival ~ Device Nov 1, 2004 · 25m 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 to defuse…
- Episode 18: Father ~ Memory Nov 8, 2004 · 25m 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--but…
- Episode 19: Maya ~ Sight Nov 15, 2004 · 25m 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 shield…
- Episode 20: Lantern ~ Light Nov 22, 2004 · 25m 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 him from…
- Episode 21: Sakura ~ Future Nov 29, 2004 · 25m 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 warriors…
- Episode 22: Protection ~ Power Dec 6, 2004 · 25m 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 the Mir's…
- Episode 23: Pillage ~ Decoy Dec 13, 2004 · 25m 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 from the…
- Episode 24: Conversation ~ Mir Dec 20, 2004 · 25m 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 the…
- Episode 25: Azure ~ The Sky Dec 27, 2004 · 25m 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 killed…