Fafner — Season 1
Episodes
E01 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 by piloting the Fafner Mark XI.
E02 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 no longer safe from the dangers wrought on the rest of the planet.
E03 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.
E04 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.
E05 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 battle. Suddenly, another Festum attacks.
E06 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 VI to save the island.
E07 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 newly-discovered island almost exactly like their own.
E08 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 must fight while the other risks an underwater rescue mission.
E09 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.
E10 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 hopes of fame are dashed.
E11 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 mechs--neither party showing peaceful intentions.
E12 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 safety--but gains his commander's trust.
E13 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 XI, the base falls under attack.
E14 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 Maya, who has arrived to bring Kazuki back.
E15 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 in protecting Tatsumiya Island.
E16 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 Fafner are grossly overpowered, but one pilot makes a timely return.
E17 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 the detached kamikaze pilot.
E18 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 they aren't the only ones guilty of the offense.
E19 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, the newest pilot gets a chance to prove her worth.
E20 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 termination.
E21 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, but it's for more than just combat training.
E22 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 agenda--foretelling a potentially devastating next move.
E23 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 Festum.
E24 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 future of humankind.
E25 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, everyone's chances of survival are close to nothing.