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RahXephon (TV)

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©2001 BONES • Yutaka Izubuchi/RahXephon Project


Related anime:
    RahXephon (manga) (alternate retelling)
    Rahxephon BIBLE 【Analysis Phase】 (Resource Book manga)
    RahXephon OVA (spinoff)
    RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (movie) (remix)

Alternative title:
РаЗефон (Russian)
ラーゼフォン (Japanese)
翼神世音 (Chinese (Taiwan))
라제폰 (Korean)
Themes: Mecha, Military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In a world where time passes at a crawl and the blood of your neighbor runs blue, 17 year old high school student Ayato Kamina goes about his daily life within Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been educated with the fact that the all civilization but Tokyo has been destroyed. But all that changes when the mysterious civilization "MU" invades his home, raining destruction down from the sky in the form of strange monsters called Dolems. The events that occur next will lead Ayato to the mysterious woman named Reika Mishima, to the truth of their existence, the discovery of what and who he is, and to the powerful angelic robot RahXephon.
User Ratings: 2437 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 615 votes (sub:341, dub:238, ?:12, raw:7, Fre.sub:4, edit.dub:4, Spa.sub:3, Por.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Excellent: 642 votes (sub:388, dub:233, Por.sub:5, ?:4, Spa.sub:3, Spa.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Pol.sub:2, raw:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 496 votes (sub:338, dub:137, ?:9, raw:3, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 292 votes (sub:192, dub:81, edit.dub:5, ?:4, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 180 votes (sub:132, dub:41, Por.sub:2, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 94 votes (sub:70, dub:23, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 33 votes (sub:23, dub:8, Rus.sub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 48 votes (sub:32, dub:14, Rus.sub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:7, Fre.sub:1)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4332 users, rank: #80
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.1288 (Very good+.12), std. dev.: 1.8509, rank: #329
Weighted mean: 8.0177 (Very good+.01), rank: #301
Bayesian estimate: 8.0157 (Very good+.01), rank: #216
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-01-21 to 2002-09-10
2005-01-21 (Ep 1-4, Italy - Future Film Festival)
2005-09-03 to 2005-11-26 (U.S. Broadcast - G4)
2006-03-20 (Spain, Cuatroº)
Releases: We have 17
Opening Theme:
#1: "「ヘミソフィア」 Hemisphere" by Maaya Sakamoto (eps 2-3,5-25)
#2: "「ヘミソフィア」 Hemisphere (Instrumental)" by [Instrumental] (ep 4)
Ending Theme:
#1: "「夢の卵」 Yume no Tamago (Fledgling Dream)" by Ichiko Hashimoto and Mayumi Hashimoto (eps 1-25)
#2: "Before You Know" by Ichiko Hashimoto (ep 26)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 17
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Related reviews:
    RahXephon Novel 1
    RahXephon DVD 7
    RahXephon DVD 2
    RahXephon DVD 1

Related releases:
    Rahxephon - Grand Canon Collection (Thinpak) (DVD) 2008-09-02 (from $84.87)
    RahXephon - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $44.99)
    RahXephon - Box Set + T-SHirt + DVD 1 (DVD 1) 2003-03-25 (from $29.74)
    RahXephon - Orchestration One: Threshold (DVD 1) 2003-03-25 (from $5.00)
    RahXephon - Tonal Pattern (DVD 2) 2003-05-06 (from $5.00)
    RahXephon - Harmonic Convergence (DVD 3) 2003-06-17 (from $16.99)
    RahXephon - Dissonance (DVD 4) 2003-07-29 (from $16.99)
    RahXephon - Synaesthesia (DVD 5) 2003-09-09
    RahXephon - Aria (DVD 6) 2003-10-21 (from $5.00)
    RahXephon - Crescendo (DVD 7) 2003-12-02
    RahXephon - Complete Collection DVD (DVD 1-7) 2005-05-17 (from $52.99)
    RahXephon - (Novel 1) 2005-06-10 (from $5.96)
    RahXephon - (Novel 2) 2005-09-09 (from $3.18)
    RahXephon (Novel 3) 2005-12-19 (from $4.77)
    RahXephon - CD Soundtrack 2 (OST) 2005-04-05 (from $4.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Yutaka Izubuchi

Screenplay:
Chiaki J. Konaka (Eps 11-12, 17-18, 24-25)
Fumihiko Takayama (Eps 19)
Hiroshi Ohnogi (Eps 14, 21-22, 26)
Ichiro Okouchi (Eps 6-7, 13, 16, 23)
Mitsuo Iso (Ep 15)
Shou Aikawa
Yoji Enokido (eps 04, 05, 08, 20)
Yukari Kiryu
Yutaka Izubuchi

Storyboard:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (Eps 18, 24)
Go Sakamoto (ep 5)
Masahiro Ando (Eps 20, 23)
Mitsuo Iso (Ep 15)
Satoru Sakamoto
Shoji Kawamori (Ep 9)
Soichi Masui (Eps 17, 21, 25)
Tensai Okamura
Tetsu Shimaiya (Ep 22)
Tomoki Kyoda (Eps 16, 19, 22)
Yasushi Muraki
Yutaka Izubuchi

Episode Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (Eps 18, 24)
Ikuro Sato (Eps 13, 21)
Masahiro Ando (Eps 14, 23)
Mitsuo Iso (Ep 15)
Soichi Masui (Eps 17, 25)
Susumu Kudo (Ep 20)
Tomoki Kyoda (Eps 16, 22, 26)
Yasuhiro Irie (Ep 19)
Yasushi Muraki (Ep 4)

Music: Ichiko Hashimoto

Original creator: Yutaka Izubuchi

Character Design: Akihiro Yamada

Art director: Junichi Higashi

Animation director:
Hiroki Kanno (Eps 15, 21, 26)
Hiroshi Osaka
Hirotoshi Sano
Ikuo Kuwana (Ep 20)
Kenji Mizuhata (Eps 17, 24)
Koichi Horikawa
Takahiro Komori
Takashi Tomioka (Eps 16, 23)
Tsunenori Saito (Eps 16, 25)
Yasuhiro Irie (Eps 19)
Yoshiyuki Ito (Eps 22)
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (Ep 18)

Animation Character Design: Hiroki Kanno

Mechanical design:
Michiaki SATO
Yoshinori Sayama

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Naoyuki Ohba

Producer:
Daisuke Kawakami (Fuji Television Network, Inc.)
Go Haruna (Fuji Television Network, Inc)
Katsuji Nagata (Media Factory, Inc.)
Masahiko Minami (BONES, Inc.)
Shiro Sasaki (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)

Artistic Concept: Kazutaka Miyatake

Assistant Animation Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (Ep 25)
Atsushi Hasebe (Ep 25)
Ayumi Kurashima (Eps 21, 23-26)
Hiroki Kanno (Ep 18)
Hiroshi Osaka (Eps 19, 22-23, 25)
Kaichiro Terada
Kenji Mizuhata (Ep 25)
Takashi Tomioka (Eps 18, 26)
Takeshi Matsuda (Ep 25)
Tsunenori Saito (Eps 18, 21)
Yoshiyuki Ito (Eps 15, 18, 26)
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (Ep 25)

Assistant Art Director: Atsushi Morikawa

Assistant director:
Soichi Masui
Tomoki Kyoda

Assistant producer: Maki Horiuchi

Color design: Shihoko Nakayama

Design Research:
Ryuichi Kaneko
Toru Nozaki

Design Work: Shingo Takeba

Digital Works: Mitsuo Iso

Editing: Shigeyuki Yamamori (Jay Film)

Key Animation:
Ai Ishimori
Atsushi Hasebe
Hiromi Kawamoto
Kazumi Inadome (ep 12, 18, 23, 25)
Mai Ishii
Minako Ebihara
Rie Shirai
Toshihiro Kawamoto (OP eps 15)
Yutaka Nakamura

Mechanical animation director: Shiho Takeuchi

Music producer: Yoshimoto Ishikawa

Publicity:
Kimikazu Obata (BONES, Inc.)
Takako Masaoka (Fuji Television Network, Inc.)
Toshiaki Asaka (Media Factory, Inc.)

Recording engineer: Satoshi Yano

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Production Desk: Yoshimi Sugiyama

Theme Song Composition:
Ichiko Hashimoto (ED)
Yoko Kanno

Theme Song Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato

Theme Song Performance:
Ichiko Hashimoto (ED)
Maaya Sakamoto (OP)
Mayumi Hashimoto (ED)

 

Aya Hisakawa as Haruka Shitow

Hiro Shimono as Ayato Kamina (Debut Role)

Houko Kuwashima as Quon Kisaragi

Atsuko Tanaka as Sayoko Nanamori

Ayako Kawasumi as Megumi Shitow

Chikao Ohtsuka as Shougo Rikudoh

Fumiko Orikasa as Kim Hotaru

Hirofumi Nojima as Mamoru Torigai

Houchu Ohtsuka as Masayoshi Kuki

Ichiko Hashimoto as Maya Kamina

Iemasa Kayumi as Ernst Von Bähbem

Jouji Nakata as Jin Kunugi

Katsuhiro Harasawa as Youhei Yomoda

Katsunosuke Hori as Johji Futagami

Kenji Utsumi as Shirow Watari

Kouki Miyata as Souichi Yagumo

Maaya Sakamoto as Reika Mishima

Mako Hyoudou as Helena Bähbem

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Itsuki Kisaragi

Toshihiko Seki as Makoto Isshiki

Yumi Kakazu as Hiroko Asahina

Yuu Asakawa as Shinobu Miwa

Yuu Sugimoto as Elvy Hadhiyat

Akiko Hiramatsu as young Itsuki Kisaragi (Ep 15)

Eiji Maruyama as Butler (Ep 15)

Eisuke Asakura as Soldier (Ep 18)

Fumioki as
Jean-Patrick Shapplin
Operator A (Eps 4, 22, 25)
Pawn Broker (Ep 19)
Public Safety B (Ep 1)
Reporter A (Ep 6)
Security Agent B (Eps 2-3)

Hideki Tasaka as Masaru Gomi

Hiroshi Matsumoto as
Doctor (Ep 5)
Donny Wong
Intelligence Officer (Ep 13)
Operator A (Ep 24)
Operator B (Eps 4, 22, 25)
Public Safety A (Ep 1)
Reporter B (Ep 6)
Security Agent A (Ep 2)
Underling A (Ep 19)

Isao Yamagishi as
Newscaster (Ep 8)
Operator (Eps 1-2)

Junko Minagawa as Woman (Ep 2)

Kae Araki as Cathy MacMahon

Kaoru Morota as Mother (Ep 2)

Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Communications Officer (Ep 4)
TERRA Unit Comm (Ep 2)

Kazusa Murai as Nurse (Ep 2)

Ken Taira as Radio Announcer (Ep 3)

Kiriko Aoyama as Relative A (Ep 13)

Mako Hyoudou as young Helena Bähbem (Ep 15)

Maria Kawamura as Mariko (Eps 10, 23)

Masaaki Okabe as Captain Nomad (Eps 4, 24-25)

Masanobu Kariya as
Defense Force Soldier (Ep 1)
Hospital Director (Ep 17)
Male Newscaster (Ep 2)
Newscaster (Eps 6, 13, 23)
Operator B (Ep 24)
Operator C (Eps 22, 25)
Squad Member (Ep 15)
Station Personnel (Ep 19)
Storekeeper (Ep 10)

Masaru Ikeda as Ulysses Captain (Ep 4)

Masumi Asano as Girl (Ep 10)

Romi Paku as young Makoto Isshiki (Ep 15)

Takayasu Usui as Underling B (Ep 19)

Takayuki Fujimoto as Sportscaster (Ep 18)

Takeshi Kuwabara as Teacher (Ep 2)

Yoshino Ohtori as Nanny (Ep 15)

Yuka Komatsu as Operator (Ep 18)

Yuko Fukushima as
Nurse (Ep 17)
Relative B (Ep 13)

Yuriko Yamaguchi as Relative (Ep 6)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: BONES

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
Fuji TV

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original Creator: BONES

Production:
Asatsu DK
BONES
Fuji TV
Media Factory
RahXephon Project
Victor Entertainment

Recording Studio: Studio Gong

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

Title Design: These Days

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Matt Greenfield

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Matt Greenfield

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Matt Greenfield

Additional ADR Recording:
Henry Rogers
Jason Grundy
Matt Wittmeyer

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Menus & Graphics:
Chris Hawley
Patrick Givens

DVD Producer:
David Williams
Thomas Meerbott

Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya

Production Coordination: Shelly Thomas

Project Translator: Shoko Oono

Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny
Jason Grundy

Sound Design:
Christopher Bourque
Wade Shemwell

Subtitle Script & Timing: Andrew Kent

Chris Patton as Ayato Kamina

Kira Vincent-Davis as Quon Kisaragi

Monica Rial as Haruka Shitow

Allison Keith as Cathy McMahon

Andy McAvin as Johji Futagami

Christine M. Auten as Elvy Hadhiyat

Cynthia Martinez as Hiroko Asahina

Heather Bryson LeMaster as Shinobu Miwa

Hilary Haag as Megumi Shitow

Illich Guardiola as Makoto Isshiki

Jay Hickman as Itsuki Kisaragi

John Gremillion as Jin Kunugi

John Swasey as Shougo Rikudoh

Kelli Cousins as Helena Bähbem

Kelly Manison as Sayoko Nanamori

Laura Chapman as Maya Kamina

Mandy Clark as Reika Mishima

Mark X. Laskowski as Souichi Yagumo

Mike Kleinhenz as Shirow Watari

Mike Vance as Masayoshi Kuki

Randy Sparks as Youhei Yomoda

Ted Pfister as Ernst Von Bähbem

Tiffany Grant as Kim Hotaru

Vic Mignogna as Mamoru Torigai

Allison Sumrall as
Female Relative B (Ep 13)
Nurse (Ep 17)

Bob Biggerstaff as
Newscaster B (Ep 6)
Store clerk (Ep 10)

Charles Kennedy as
Hospital Director (Ep 17)
Male relative (Ep 6)
Newscaster A (Ep 6)
Pawn Broker (Ep 19)
Store manager (Ep 10)

Christopher Riley as young Itsuki Kisaragi (Ep 15)

Emily Carter as
Female Train Announcer
Mariko (Eps 10, 23)
Nanny (Ep 15)

Emily Carter-Essex as Computer System (Ep 23)

George Manley as
Captain Nomad (Eps 4, 24-25)
Intelligence Officer (Ep 13)
Male Relative (Ep 13)
Soldier 1 (Ep 18)
Underling B (Ep 19)

Illich Guardiola as Teacher (Ep 15)

James Faulkner as
Jean-Patrick Shapplin
Sports Analyst (Ep 18)

James Marshall as Security Agent A

Jason Douglas as
Masaru Gomi
Squad Captain (Ep 15)

Jay Hickman as Bus Driver (Ep 19)

John Gremillion as Sportscaster (Ep 18)

John Swasey as Tank Driver

John Tyson as
Butler (Eps 15, 24)
Newscaster (Ep 23)

Kelli Cousins as young Helena Bähbem (Ep 15)

Kevin Charles as Male Train Announcer

Kevin Corn as young Makoto Isshiki (Ep 15)

Kurt Stoll as
Station Attendant (Ep 19)
Underling C (Ep 19)

Marcy Rae as
Female relative (Ep 6)
Game System (Ep 10)

Matt Culpepper as Operator B (Eps 22, 24-25)

Melissa Cybele as
Haruka's Mother (Ep 13)
Shinobu Miwa (Eps 17-26)

Paul Locklear as Donny Wong

Randy Sparks as Squad Member (Ep 15)

Sasha Paysinger as Movie Narrator (Ep 19)

Scott White as Operator C (Eps 22, 24-25)

Shawn Taylor as
Female Relative A (Ep 13)
Museum Narrator (Ep 13)

Sheri Sims as Kim's mother (Ep 6)

Tiffany Terrell as Leila (Ep 25)

Victor Carsrud as
Kim's father (Ep 6)
Newscaster (Ep 13)
Operator A (Eps 22, 24-25)
Soldier 2 (Ep 18)
Spy (Ep 12)
Underling A (Ep 19)
Waiter (Ep 10)

David LeMaster

Jessica Boone

John Kaiser

Larry Hermes

Laura Martin

Laura Scott (20, 22-25)

Lauren Goodnight

Robert Anderson

Sean O'Neel

English companies 

Broadcaster:
G4 (Anime Unleashed)
The Anime Network

Distributor: ADV Films (UK) (UK)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by:
ADV Films
DrMaster (novels)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Authoring: Philippe Verhelst

Coordination: Bruno Parent

DVD Menu Design: Benjamin Cohen-Jonathan

Production Assistant:
Manu Roy
Stephanie Leempoels

Voice Direction: Thierry Kazazian

 

Agnes Manaury as Haruka Shitow

Agnès Manoury as Hakura Shitow

Celia Charpentier as Quon Kisaragi

Fabien Briche as Ayato Kamina

Alexandre Olivier as Souichi Yagumo

Bérangère Jean as
Megumi Shitow
Sayoko Nanamori

Cyril Artaix as Makoto Isshiki

Cyrille Artaux as Makoto Isshiki

Eric Peter as Jin Kunugi

Martial Leminoux as Itsuki Kisaragi

Nathalie Homs as
Maya Kamina
Reika Mishima

Patrick Bethune as Johji Futagami

Susan Sindberg as Elvy Hadhiyat

Suzanne Sindberg as Elvy Hadhiyat

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Game one
Mangas

Distributor: Dybex (France)

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)

Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Massimo De Ambrosis

Translation: Laura Valentini

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Valerio Manenti

Dubbing Assistant: Elena Masini

Production Director: Jessica Poce

 

Davide Perino as Ayato Kamina

Domitilla D'Amico as Quon Kisaragi

Laura Lenghi as Haruka Shitow

Gianluca Tosco as Masayoshi Kuki

Giò Giò Rapattoni as Shinobu Miwa

Ilaria Latini as Reika Mishima

Melina Martello as Maya Kamina

Perla Liberatori as Hiroko Asahina

Stefano Crescentini as Mamoru Torigai

Tiziana Avarista as Elvy Hadhiyat

Carlo Scipioni as Security B (ep.1)

Gianluca Tusco as Kuki Masayoshi

Gio'-Gio' Rapattoni as Miwa Shinobu

Giovanna Martinuzzi as Infermiera (ep.2)

Maurizio Fiorentini as Professore (ep.2)

Michele D'Anca as Security A (ep.1)

Alessandro Ballico

Claudia Mazza

Gabriele Lopez

Gianfranco Miranda

Marella Jacobacci

Maria Grazia Dominici

Marina Locchi

Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

German staff 
German cast 

Animation/DVD Layout: Holger Paetznick

Authoring/Conception: Tobias Löffler

Casting: Nina Marschke

Conception/organization: Matthias Heer

Coordination: Tobias Trummer

Dialogue Direction/audio Technology: Sascha Kaufmann

Editing: Christian Schmidt

Management: Johannes Bauer

Post Production: Johannes Luff

Sound Editor/Cutter: Jusuf Ismaili

Special Effects/Compositing: Gerhard Buchner

Subtitling: Johann Heidinger

 

Beate Pfeiffer as Quon Kisaragi

Daniel Krause as Ayato Kamina

Tolilah Jolas as Haruka Shitow

Alisa Palmer as Sayoko Nanamori

Armin Berger as Makoto Isshiki

Caroline Combrinck as Hiroko Asahina

Christine Stichler as Helena Bähbem

Clemens Ostermann as Souichi Yagumo

Johannes Raspe as Itsuki Kisaragi

Katharina Mai as Kim Hotaru

Kathi Gaube as Megumi Shitow

Manuel von Radvanyi as Mamoru Torigai

Maren Reiner as Reika Mishima

Michaela Degen as Elvy Hadhiyat

Susanne von Medvey as Maya Kamina

Thomas Reiner as Ernst von Bähbem

Torsten Münchow as Johji Futagami

Ulf Söhmisch as Shougo Rikudoh

Walter von Hauff as Jin Kunugi

Andreas Borcherding as Masaru Gomi

Christoph Jablonka as Shirow Watari

Denise Strey as Cathy MacMahon

Kathrin Gaube as Megumi Shitow

Manfred Trilling as Masayoshi Kuki

Maren Rainer as Reika Mishima

Simone Brahmann as Shinobu Miwa

Thorsten Münchow as Jouji Futagami

German companies 

Distributor: Panini Video

Dubbing: Circle of Arts

DVD Authoring & Encoding: Aaron-Films

Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Coordination: Jeroen Schiffer

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Released by: Dybex

Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 

Distributor: Mega-Anime

Russian cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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