Elfen Lied (2004) - Credits and Details

Elfen Lied Credits and Details

Episodes
	Encounter After escaping from her prison in a bloody rampage, murderous diclonious Lucy is shot in the head. She survives, but suffers brain damage, causing her to become...	July 24, 2004
	Wipe Out Regretting his angry outburst, Kota sets out to find Nyu and bring her back. Meanwhile, the ruthless mercenary Bando searches for Lucy with orders to kill her (and any...	August 1, 2004
	Within Heart Kohta takes Nyu in with him while Yuka decides to move in with them. Yuka reminds Kohta of a festival he forgot about, which he remembers ended in a vague tragedy....	August 8, 2004
	Meeting Nana gets into a deadly fight with Lucy after tracking her down. Meanwhile, Kota suffers a diminishing relationship with Yuka, who has become jealous of Nyu. Yuka...	August 15, 2004
	Reception Kota and Yuka get custody of Mayu and start school. While at the University, a strange professor recognizes Nyu and, pretending to be her uncle, forces Yuka and Kota...	August 22, 2004
	Inner Feelings Kurama asks Nana to find Lucy with her powers of Diclonius. Yuka realizes Kohta does not remember his father died in a car accident or that they went to a festival...	August 29, 2004
	Chance Meeting Nana returns to Kamakura after Kurama disobeys orders to kill her. While there, she runs into Mayu and soon becomes friends with her.	September 5, 2004
	The Very Beginning After being briefly attacked by Nana, Nyu reverts to Lucy and catches a fever. While Nana tries to convince Mayu that she's dangerous, Lucy remembers her past as an...	September 12, 2004
	Reminiscence Still in her fever dream, Lucy remembers more of her past. By chance she met Kohta, the first human being to treat her with compassion and truly be her friend.	September 19, 2004
	Suckling Kurama remembers his past. After graduating college, professor Kakuzawa offers him a chance at top secret research. While at the offshore facility, Kurama witnesses...	September 26, 2004
	Complication Kurama leaves the facility to talk to Bandoh; they make a deal that involves the destruction of Mariko.	October 3, 2004
	Quagmire Mariko enjoys playing around with Nana since she is only allowed to kill her. Kohta arrives at the scene and Nana saves him by falling into the ocean	October 10, 2004
	No Return Nana almost falls into the ocean, but Kurama arrives to save her. Kurama tells Nana that he must kill Mariko and they go search for her.	October 17, 2004
	In the Passing Rain Lucy and Nana draw closer together.	April 21, 2005

Directed by
	Mamoru Kanbe	...	opening & ending animation
	Kôbun Shizuno
	Sumio Watanabe
	Takeyuki Sadohara
	Akira Iwanaga
	Keisuke Onishi
	Keizô Kusakawa
Written by
	Lynn Okamoto	...	manga / creator
	Takao Yoshioka	...	script
Cast
	Sanae Kobayashi	...	Nyu / Lucy (14 episodes)
	Chihiro Suzuki	...	Kota (14 episodes)
	Mamiko Noto	...	Yuka (14 episodes)
	Cynthia Martinez	...	Mayu (14 episodes)
	Nancy Novotny	...	Yuka (14 episodes)
	Sam Saletta	...	Kohta (14 episodes)
	Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Lucy / Nyu (14 episodes)
	Adam Conlon	...	Kohta (13 episodes)
	Hitomi Nabatame	...	Shirakawa (12 episodes)
	Emiko Hagiwara	...	Mayu (12 episodes)
	Yuki Matsuoka	...	Nana (12 episodes)
	Osamu Hosoi	...	Kurama (11 episodes)
	Masakazu Kohara	...	SAT Taicho (10 episodes)
	Jôji Nakata	...	Bando (8 episodes)
	Kinryû Arimoto	...	Chief Kakuzawa (7 episodes)
	Maria Yamamoto	...	Kisaragi (6 episodes)
	Eriko Ishihara	...	Arakawa (4 episodes)
	Brandon Scott Peters	...	Additional Voices (3 episodes)
	Ken Takeuchi	...	Sto (3 episodes)
	Hideo Watanabe	...	Keiji B (3 episodes)
	Hiroaki Hirata	...	Professor Kakuzawa (3 episodes)
	Luci Christian	...	Mariko (3 episodes)
	Tomoko Kawakami	...	Mariko (3 episodes)
	Hajime Iijima	...	Shugekishu (2 episodes)
	Yuuki Tai	...	Keibiin (2 episodes)
	Toshihiko Kojima	...	Keiji A (2 episodes)
	Fumiko Ôsaka	...	Bakery Employee (2 episodes)
	Chris Patton	...	Tomoo (2 episodes)
	Noriko Shitaya	...	Girl (2 episodes)
	Allison L. Sumrall	...	Orphanage Girl (2 episodes)
	Reiko Takagi	...	Tomoo (2 episodes)
	Naoki Kinoshita	...	Sebiro no Otoko (voice)
	Asuka Tanii	...	Hisho (voice)
	Christine M. Auten	...	Kid Kohta / Additional Voices (English version), (voice)
	Chris Ayres	...	Sharpshooter (English version), (voice)
	Shannon Chan-Kent	...	Lucy (voice)
	Jason Douglas	...	Bandoh (English version), (voice)
	Tiffany Grant	...	Kisaragi (English version), (voice)
	Jay Hickman	...	Kurama (English version), (voice)
	Kelly Manison	...	Secretary / Additional Voices (English version), (voice)
	George Manley	...	SAT Captain (English version), (voice)
	Xero Reynolds	...	Man / Additional Voices (English version), (voice)
	Monica Rial	...	Kanae (English version), (voice)
	John Swasey	...	Additional Voices (English version), (voice)
	Kimitake Kakegawa	...	Sniper (voice)
	Kathleen Barr	...	Bully #2 (voice)
	Ben Ziff	...	Bully #1 (voice)
	Kazuma Horie	...	Ômori (voice)
	Akemi Kanda	...	Kurama's Wife (voice)
	David Matranga	...	Ohmori (voice)
	Keijin Okuda	...	Member A (voice)
	Mikako Takahashi	...	No. 3 (voice)
	Lynn Okamoto	...	Special Guest (voice)
	Daisuke Ono	...	Kôta's Father (voice)
	Kenneth Miller	...	Kudosai (voice) (as Kenny Miller)
Produced by
	Osamu Koshinaka	...	producer
	Kazuaki Morijiri	...	producer
	Manabu Tamura	...	producer
	Mark Williams	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Yukio Kondô
	Kayo Konishi
	Moka
Special Effects by
	Toshio Hasegawa	...	special effects artist: Marix

Additional Info
Premiere:	July 24, 2004
DVD Release:	September 03, 2013
Blu-ray Release:	July 30, 2019
Country:
Distributor:	Section 23
Websites:

Ratings
7.9 / 10

Alternate Titles
Erufen Rîto

Production Companies
Arms

Distributors
ADV Films (2004) (United States) (DVD)

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