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<onlyinclude>In keeping with the musical theme of ''RahXephon'', episodes are called "[[movement (music)|movement]]s"<includeonly>.</includeonly></onlyinclude> and each volume of DVD is called an "[[orchestration]]". Each episode has a title screen that provides an English title for that episode, which generally does not correspond to a translation from the Japanese title.
<onlyinclude>In keeping with the musical theme of ''RahXephon'', episodes are called "[[movement (music)|movement]]s"<includeonly>.</includeonly></onlyinclude> and each volume of DVD is called an "[[orchestration]]". Each episode has a title screen that provides an English title for that episode, which generally does not correspond to a translation from the Japanese title.

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The original air dates on [[Fuji Television]] are schedule dates, but the calendar date of the airing is one day later. The [[late night anime]] block lasts until far after midnight, and ''RahXephon'' episodes were scheduled to start at 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. the following date.<ref name="fujitvrah">{{cite web| year = 2001-2003| url = http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/rahxe/| title = RahXephon| publisher = [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]] | language = Japanese}} Retrieved [[4 June]] [[2002]] and [[20 July]] [[2006]]</ref> This means that the calendar dates of the first and last episode airings are [[January 22]] [[2002]] and [[September 11]] [[2002]], respectively.


The episode list contains 26 regular episodes, one recapitulation episode and one extra episode that was originally released on video (OVA).
The episode list contains 26 regular episodes, one recapitulation episode and one extra episode that was originally released on video (OVA).

The original air dates are schedule dates; these are calendar dates until the April series break, when [[Fuji Television]] moved ''RahXephon'' from Monday afternoons into a Tuesday [[late night anime]] block. Episodes 10 through 26 started at 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/tvguide/vhf/tokyo/table/2002020416.html
|title = 2月4日(月)の番組表 [東京／16時]
|work = Yahoo!テレビ
|publisher = Internet TV Guide, Yahoo Japan Corporation
|language = Japanese
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20020203225638/tv.yahoo.co.jp/tvguide/vhf/tokyo/table/2002020416.html
|archivedate = 2002-02-03
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}}</ref><ref name="fujitvrah">{{cite web| year = 2001-2003| url = http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/rahxe/| title = RahXephon| publisher = [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]] | language = Japanese}} Retrieved [[4 June]] [[2002]] and [[20 July]] [[2006]]</ref> This means that the calendar dates of the first and last episode airings are [[January 21]] [[2002]] and [[September 11]] [[2002]], respectively. Stations in the Fuji Network System affiliate [[Tōkai Television Broadcasting]] network started airing the series in the late night but moved it to late afternoons after the same series break.<ref>Late night: {{cite web
|url = http://www.tokai-tv.com/timetable/0215.html
|title = ２００２年　２月１５日（金
|work = 番組表
|publisher =
|language = Japanese
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20020220055055/www.tokai-tv.com/timetable/0215.html
|archivedate = 2002-02-20
}}
Afternoon: {{cite web
|url = http://www.tokai-tv.com/timetable/0808.html
|title = 2002年 8月 8日(木)
|work = 番組表
|publisher =
|language = Japanese
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20020806183336/http://www.tokai-tv.com/timetable/0808.html
|archivedate = 2002-08-06
}}</ref> ''RahXephon'' thus remained both a late night and late afternoon anime series throughout its original run.


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Revision as of 11:03, 13 October 2007

This is a list of episodes and media from the Japanese science fiction series RahXephon.

RahXephon began production as an anime television series in 2001. A manga version, a novelization, soundtracks and an audio drama were published during and after the original broadcast, which lasted from January to September 2002. The series was released on DVD in Japan during its original broadcast, and was subsequently translated and both broadcast and released on DVD in other countries.

A television movie, a RahXephon video game, and an OVA episode were released a year later, in 2003. Characters, mecha and story from RahXephon were featured in a game in the Super Robot Wars series. Art books, guide books and additional novels were also released. This list includes video games and music, but not toys, hobby articles and other merchandise.

Anime

Episodes

In keeping with the musical theme of RahXephon, episodes are called "movements" and each volume of DVD is called an "orchestration". Each episode has a title screen that provides an English title for that episode, which generally does not correspond to a translation from the Japanese title.

The episode list contains 26 regular episodes, one recapitulation episode and one extra episode that was originally released on video (OVA).

The original air dates are schedule dates; these are calendar dates until the April series break, when Fuji Television moved RahXephon from Monday afternoons into a Tuesday late night anime block. Episodes 10 through 26 started at 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday.[1][2] This means that the calendar dates of the first and last episode airings are January 21 2002 and September 11 2002, respectively. Stations in the Fuji Network System affiliate Tōkai Television Broadcasting network started airing the series in the late night but moved it to late afternoons after the same series break.[3] RahXephon thus remained both a late night and late afternoon anime series throughout its original run.

Episode type Number Starting time Approx. length
   Normal episode 26 25:55 23 minutes
   Recapitulation episode 1 26:15 23 minutes
   Original video episode 1 N/A 15 minutes


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Other anime

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
(2003), 116 minutes, television movie. An alternative version of the story, with substantial plot changes and some new scenes. Original release dates: 19 April 2003 (TV) 25 September 2003 (DVD)
RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness
(2003), 15 minutes, OVA. The special Plusculus edition of the RahXephon video game contains a bonus episode called RahXephon Interlude: "Her and Herself" (ラーゼフォン間奏曲「彼女と彼女自身と」, RahXephon kansōkyoku: Kanojo to kanojo jishin to)/"Thatness and Thereness". It was re-released in Japan in 2007.[4] Chronologically, this episode fits somewhere in the middle of the series, though it was released a year after the series broadcast. This episode shows Quon Kisaragi's dialogue with her other self as a series of dream sequences. By the end of the episode, Quon remembers something crucial about her past and makes a decision for the future.

Anime distribution

Television broadcast and Video on demand

Among the television networks and video on demand (VOD) services that have broadcast or streamed RahXephon are:

Region Network, station or service
Japan Fuji Television [2] and its FNS affiliate networks, except in the Kansai region.[5]
Bandai Channel (VOD)[6]
Kansai region of Japan Sun[5] (Kobe, Osaka)
KBS[5] (Kyoto Prefecture)
TVN[5] (Nara Prefecture)
BBC[5] (Shiga Prefecture)
WTV[5] (Wakayama Prefecture)
United States, Canada Anime Network (Both broadcast and VOD)[7]
United States G4 TV [8] (USA: Anime Unleashed. CAN: Not broadcast)[9]
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium (French) Game One [10]
Mangas [11]
Spain Cuatro [12]
Buzz[13]
Portugal SIC Radical [14]
Republic of China Animax [15][16]
The initial nine volume Japanese release had DVD covers with art by Akihiro Yamada.
The first seven volume ADV release had covers designed by ADV, based on artwork provided by Bones.
DVD video

Depending on the distributor, DVDs were packaged individually with comprehensive liner notes, with an optional collecting box, as a full box, and in "thin" box collections without the liner notes. The number of episodes per disc also varies between distributors and between editions. Early box sets did not include the movie, but some of the later sets did.

In Japan, the Media Factory DVD release started while the series was still airing. RahXephon a prelude (ラーゼフォン a prelude 前奏曲), containing a "making-of" documentary and trailers, was released as a prelude on 29 March 2002. Its content was used as bonus material in the international releases. The series itself was released on nine volumes of DVD, the first one on 31 May 2002.

The series and the movie were licensed internationally. ADV Films released the show on seven volumes of DVD in the United States and United Kingdom. In addition to the Japanese bonus materials, ADV included interviews with some of their voice actors. Other distributors released the show in other regions and languages.

ADV Films announced new High-Definition DVDs for release in 2005; each volume would have one disc of HD video and another with both DTS 5.1 and Dolby 5.1 audio for the standard definition video,[17] but these were delayed[18] and failed to materialise in both 2005 and 2006. Media Factory released a DVD box in spring 2007 which included a HD DVD edition of the movie, new art by Akihiro Yamada, and a re-release of the OVA episode.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The first chapter, or "mission", appeared in the magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in the October 2001 issue[19] (released 19 September 2001); the final chapter was released two months after the airing of the last anime episode, in the December 2002 issue (released 19 November 2002).[20][21]

The chapters were subsequently released in three compilation volumes which were translated and published internationally. These volumes contain the following chapters and extras. In addition, each publisher may have added certain notes and advertisements in the front and back of the volumes.

Volume 1
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 1: "Birth"
  • Mission 2: "The Real World"
  • Mission 3: "Ally"
  • Mission 4: "Awakening"
  • Mission 5: "Trust"
  • Afterword (by Yutaka Izubuchi)
  • "Making of RahXephon" comic (an omake)
Volume 2
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 6: "Alone"
  • Mission 7: "Choice"
  • Mission 8: "Decision"
  • Mission 9: "Paradise"
  • Mission 10: "Destiny"
  • "Making of RahXephon" comic 2
Volume 3
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 11: "Promise"
  • Mission 12: "Prayer"
  • Mission 13: "Summer Snow"
  • Mission 14: "Destruction"
  • Mission 15: "Holy One"
  • Final mission: "Over the Rainbow"[22]
  • "Making of RahXephon" last

Available editions

Publisher Language Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Shogakukan[23] Japan Japanese ISBN 4-09-157131-X ISBN 4-09-157132-8 ISBN 4-09-157133-6
VIZ Media[24] United States Canada English ISBN 1-59116-407-9 ISBN 1-59116-427-3 ISBN 1-59116-428-1
Chuang Yi Singapore English No ISBN listed No ISBN listed ISBN 981-260-099-X
Madman Entertainment Australia New Zealand English # 1978 # 1979 # 1980
Panini Comics (Planet Manga) Italy Italian # 37 # 38 # 39
Panini Comics (Génération Comics) France French ISBN 2-84538-230-8 ISBN 2-84538-284-7 ISBN 2-84538-322-3
Panini Comics Germany German ISBN 3-89921-557-5 ISBN 3-89921-558-3 ISBN 3-89921-677-6
Norma Editorial Spain Spanish ISBN 84-8431-853-2 ISBN 84-8431-854-0 ISBN 84-8431-855-9
Haksan Publishing South Korea Korean ISBN 89-529-7302-X ISBN 89-529-7368-2 ISBN 89-529-7711-4
M&C Comics[25]Indonesia Indonesian # 1327 # 1328 # 1329

Novelization

See also: RahXephon § Book reviews

Hiroshi Ohnogi, one of the screenwriters on the TV series, has written a novelization in five volumes. These are published in English by DrMaster.

Volume Japanese English
Release ISBN Release ISBN
01 July 2002 ISBN 4-8401-0598-7 2005-08-25 ISBN 1-59796-000-4
02 August 2002 ISBN 4-8401-0615-0 2005-12-21 ISBN 1-59796-001-2
03 October 2002 ISBN 4-8401-0653-3 2006-02-25 ISBN 1-59796-002-0
04 December 2002 ISBN 4-8401-0687-8 2006-06-25 ISBN 1-59796-003-9
05 February 2003 ISBN 4-8401-0719-X 2006-11-15 ISBN 1-59796-004-7

Guide books

Two different illustrated guide books have been published.

  • RahXephon Bible: Analysis Phase : English : ISBN 1-4139-0026-7, October 14 2003. Japanese : ISBN 4-0485-3518-8, June 2002. Contains information from the 19 first episodes, with summaries of the first 15. It contains episode notes, character pages and brief profiles of staff members.
  • RahXephon Complete : Japanese : ISBN 4-8401-1019-0‚ March 2003. Covers all episodes, the OVA, movie and video game; in addition to character and episode guides, it contains longer interviews with staff members and a pair interview with directors Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon) and Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion); this book is only available in Japanese.

There are also two guide books which go more into details.

  • Ryusuke Hikawa : RahXephon Complete Capture[26] (ラーゼフォン完全攻略, Rāzefon kanzen kōrya ku) : Japanese : ISBN 4-19-861675-2, April 2003. This book contains essays about RahXephon. The author is an anime critic and hosts the Anime Maestro television segment for NHK.
  • Bandai: RahXephon Blue Sky Fantasia Official Guide Book[26] (ラーゼフォン 蒼穹幻想曲 公式ガイドブック, Rāzefon soukyū gensokyoku kōshiki guidebook): Japanese: ISBN 4-75-422025-0, September 2003. Official guide to the RahXephon video game.

Art books

There are also art books available.

  • RahXephon Official Illustration Collection : Japanese : ISBN 4-8401-0744-0, 18 April 2003. Contains illustrations made for magazines, DVD covers, soundtracks and other works, concept art, as well as some images made to appear in the series itself.
  • RahXephon Art Works : Japanese : ISBN 4-7973-2316-7, 1 July 2003. Contains more illustrations by Akihiro Yamada. These are mostly character design line drawings, with some location, interior and prop concept art. The book also contains Yamada's DVD cover front images (used in Japan).

Other books

  • Chouhei Kanbayashi : RahXephon - The Time Controller[27] (ラーゼフォン - 時間調律師, Rāzefon - jikan chouritsu shi) : Japanese : ISBN 4-19-905120-1, September 2002. A novel set in the RahXephon universe; written by a veteran, award-winning, science fiction and horror writer.
  • Hiroshi Ohnogi : RahXephon - The Dreaming Egg[26] (ラーゼフォン―夢みる卵, Rāzefon - yumemiru tamago) : Japanese: ISBN 4-8401-1001-8, November 2003. This book contains six short stories, close to novella length, each focusing on past events in the lives of selected characters, like Jin Kunugi, Itsuki and Haruka.

Computer and video games

RahXephon video game

RahXephon for PS2, regular edition cover

The RahXephon video game, Blue Sky Fantasia[26] ([ラーゼフォン 蒼穹幻想曲] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help), Rāzefon Soukyū Gensokyoku), was released for the PlayStation 2 by Bandai Japan on 7 August 2003; there is no English version. The game is mainly an adventure game with some action sequences. The player moves around in a 3D environment, learning about places and relationships, and moving the story toward one of forty different endings. In-game characters are voiced by their original seiyū and are animated while speaking. Cut scenes feature hand-drawn animation, some of which was made for the game. In the action sequences the player fights Dolems with the RahXephon; weapons and other RahXephon variants can be un-locked.

The special Plusculus edition of the video game contains an extra booklet and a DVD with the RahXephon OVA episode.

Super Robot Wars

The RahXephon characters and mecha have appeared in the game Super Robot Wars MX, mixed with those from other shows. RahXephon's story-line also had a major role in the game's overall mixed plot, as the series' climax was also the climax of the game. In the game, the RahXephon is a very powerful unit, with the power of a Super Robot but much of the agility of a Real Robot; although not quite as overwhelming as the Zeorymer, it is one of the more effective units.

Audio

Theme songs

Production Song name Credit
RahXephon (TV series) opening "ヘミソフィア" ("Hemisphere") By Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno. Performed by Maaya Sakamoto for episodes 2-3 and 5-25. Instrumental version for episode 4.
RahXephon (TV series) ending "夢の卵" ("Yume no Tamago", "Fledgling Dream") By Ichiko Hashimoto. Different verses from the Japanese and English versions performed by Ichiko and Mayumi Hashimoto for episodes 1 through 25.
RahXephon (TV series) final episode ending "Before you Know" Instrumental by Ichiko Hashimoto.
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (movie) ending "Tune the Rainbow" By Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno. Performed by Maaya Sakamoto.

Albums

Singles

Audio drama

An audio drama titled RahXephon Sound Drama was released on CD in Japan in September 2002. It consists of 1 teaser track, 13 scene tracks, 2 music tracks and 1 "preview" track. The story is about Ayato receiving a box of chocolates as an anonymous Valentine's Day gift, and the quest to find out who sent it.

Notes and references

General references
  • Template:Ja icon "Official list of goods". Media Factory. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  • RahXephon translated episodes from A.D. Vision.
  • Template:Ja icon "Official episode list". Media Factory. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  • Template:En icon "Unofficial episode list". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  • Template:Ja icon "TV series discography". Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  • Template:Ja icon "Movie discography". Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
Specific references and notes
  1. ^ "2月4日(月)の番組表 [東京／16時]". Yahoo!テレビ (in Japanese). Internet TV Guide, Yahoo Japan Corporation. Archived from the original on 2002-02-03.
  2. ^ a b "RahXephon" (in Japanese). Fuji TV. 2001–2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) Retrieved 4 June 2002 and 20 July 2006
  3. ^ Late night: "２００２年　２月１５日（金". 番組表 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-02-20. Afternoon: "2002年 8月 8日(木)". 番組表 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-08-06.
  4. ^ "RahXephon DVD box. On sale Fri. 3.23" (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  5. ^ a b c d e f See TV series discography. Additional reference: "Animation Data ラーゼフォン". Victor Animation Network (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ "Free Online: RahXephon Episode One". Anime News Network. 2003-04-08. Retrieved 2006-07-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "24/7 Anime Network Schedule, Monday, February 28, 2005". Retrieved 2006-07-11. Note: This is the cable schedule, and not a "video on demand" listing.
  8. ^ "RahXephon". 2005-08-23. Retrieved 2006-07-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ G4techTV Canada could not air anime until 2006; before that it could only refer to streaming solutions online. "G4TechTV Canada Able to Broadcast Anime". Anime News Network. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2007-01-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Game One" (in French). Archived from the original on 2005-03-23.
  11. ^ "Mangas - Programmes" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-04-07.
  12. ^ "Rahxephon: Más anime para las noches de Cuatro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2006-08-13.
  13. ^ "Octubre en BUZZ" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  14. ^ "RahXephon na Sic Radical". Anime Portugal (in Portuguese). 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2007-01-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "翼神世音" (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2006-08-13.
  16. ^ "Jan Daily 07 Chinese 17 Nov" (PDF). 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2007-01-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "ADV Films Announces Release of Three Titles in High Definition Format". ADV Films. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  18. ^ "ADV Delays HD Release". Anime News Network. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  19. ^ "This month's number of Sunday GX" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-10-07.
  20. ^ "This month's number of Sunday GX" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-12-04.
  21. ^ "Next number of Sunday GX" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-12-13.
  22. ^ Named after the song "Over the Rainbow" from the The Wizard of Oz movie.
  23. ^ ""GXコミックス"" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  24. ^ ""RahXephon"". VIZ Media. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  25. ^ ""RahXephon"" (in Indonesian). M&C Comics. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
  26. ^ a b c d Literal, unofficial, title translation
  27. ^ Preliminary title according to RahXephon Bible: Analysis Phase. ADV Films. p. 86. ISBN 1-4139-0026-7. Alternative translation: The Time Tuner
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