Elfen Lied (エルフェンリート Erufen Rīto) is an anime based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was directed by Mamoru Kanbe, animated by Arms and produced by Genco and VAP. The series originally aired in Japan between July 25, 2004 and October 17, 2004 on AT-X. The anime began airing before the manga was complete; as a result, the plot differed between the two, especially the ending.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Lucy/Nyu/Kaede | Sanae Kobayashi | Kira Vincent-Davis |
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Kōta | Chihiro Suzuki | Adam Conlon |
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Hitomi Nabatame (young) |
Christine Auten | |
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Yuka | Mamiko Noto | Nancy Novotny |
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Mayu | Emiko Hagiwara | Cynthia Martinez |
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Nana | Yuki Matsuoka | Sasha Paysinger |
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Mariko | Tomoko Kawakami | Luci Christian |
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Kurama | Osamu Hosoi | Jay Hickman |
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Shirakawa | Hitomi Nabatame | Shelley Calene-Black |
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Bandō | Jōji Nakata | Jason Douglas |
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Director Kakuzawa | Kinryū Arimoto | Andy McAvin |
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Professor Yu Kakuzawa | Hiroaki Hirata | John Swasey |
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Arakawa | Eriko Ishihara | Jessica Boone |
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Kanae | Maria Yamamoto | Monica Rial |
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Isobe | Naoki Kinoshita | Rick Piersall |
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Narrator | Osamu Hosoi | Marty Fleck |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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| Guard | Yūki Tai | Xero Reynolds | 1 | |
| Sniper | Hajime Iijima | Christopher Ayres | ||
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Kisaragi | Maria Yamamoto | Tiffany Grant | 1, 10 |
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Satō | Ken Takeuchi | Xero Reynolds | 2 |
| Bakery Woman | Fumiko Osaka | Kelly Manison | 4 - 5 | |
| Crepe Seller | Hajime Iijima | Ty Mahany | 7 | |
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Tomō | Reiko Takagi | Chris Patton | 8 |
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Girl | Noriko Shitaya | Allison Sumrall | |
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Hiromi Kurama | Akemi Kanda | Luci Christian | 10 |
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Number 3 | Mikako Takahashi | Allison Sumrall | |
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Ōmori | Kazuma Horie | David Matranga | |
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Saitō | Maria Yamamoto | Allison Sumrall | 11 |
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Kōta's Father | Daisuke Ono | John Swasey | 12 |
Additional Voices[]
- Christine Auten
- Christopher Ayres
- Matt Crawford
- Tiffany Grant
- Afshar Kharat
- Ty Mahany
- Kelly Manison
- George Manley
- David Matranga
- Andy McAvin
- Kathlen McElfresh
- Nancy Novotny
- Chris Patton
- Brandon Peters
- Xero Reynolds
- Monica Rial
- Allison Sumrall
- John Swasey
- Kira Vincent-Davis
Elfen Lied (OVA)[]
A year after the anime broadcast, a special episode with a story that chronologically takes place between episode 10 and 11 was created separately and released on April 21, 2005 in Japan. For that reason, fans call it 'Episode 10.5'.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Lucy/Nyu/Kaede | Sanae Kobayashi | Carli Mosier |
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Kōta | Chihiro Suzuki | Blake Shepard |
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Yuka | Mamiko Noto | Nancy Novotny |
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Mayu | Emiko Hagiwara | Cynthia Martinez |
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Nana | Yuki Matsuoka | Sasha Paysinger |
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Kurama | Osamu Hosoi | Jay Hickman |
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Bandō | Jōji Nakata | David Wald |
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Profesor Yu Kakuzawa | Hiroaki Hirata | John Swasey |
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Aiko Takada | Maria Yamamoto | Allison Sumrall |
Notes[]
- The OVA was never originally dubbed alongside the series, never being released on ADV's original releases. It was finally dubbed by Sentai Filmworks for their Blu-Ray release. Due to the 8 year gap, some voice actors did not reprise their roles; most notably Nyu/Lucy and Kōta.
- Blake Shepard replaced Adam Conlon as Kōta, due to Conlon's retirement.
- Carli Mosier and David Wald replaced Kira Vincent-Davis and Jason Douglas as Nyu/Lucy and Bandō respectively. While the two voice actors are still active, they were unable to reprise the role for whatever reason; both likely being busy voice acting in Dallas.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
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| ADV Films | 2005 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States | 
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| 4 Volumes | ||||||
| 2006 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2009 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| Sentai Filmworks* | 2011 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2013 | The Complete Series / OVA | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
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The Complete Series / OVA | A DVB-T | ||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
| 2019 | The Complete Series / OVA Steelbook
OST CD, Booklet and Manga Short | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2021 | The Complete Series / OVA | |||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
*Under the ADV Films label
External Links[]
- Elfen Lied at the Internet Movie Database
- Elfen Lied (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia