List of RahXephon episodes
RahXephon is an anime television series produced by Bones and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. It was broadcast in Japan on Fuji Television from January 21, 2002 to September 11, 2002. In keeping with the musical theme of the series, 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. In addition to the 26 regular episodes, one recap episode was aired and one episode was released as an (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 21 January 2002 and 11 September 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 list
No. | Title | Writer | Original air date[4] |
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Original video animation
No. | Title | Writer | Release date |
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Television film
- 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)
Anime distribution
- Television broadcast and Video on demand
Among the television networks and video on demand (VOD) services and that have broadcast or streamed RahXephon are:
Region | Network, station or service |
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Japan | Fuji Television [2] and its FNS affiliate networks, except in the Kansai region.[5] |
Bandai Channel (Web 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 (TV broadcast,[7] TV VOD[7] and Web VOD.[8]) |
United States | G4 TV [9] (USA: Anime Unleashed. CAN: Not broadcast)[10] |
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium (French) | Game One [11] |
Mangas [12] | |
Spain | Cuatro [13] |
Buzz[14] | |
Portugal | SIC Radical [15] |
Republic of China | Animax [16][17] |
Home Video
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 as seven DVD volumes 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 was planned have one disc of HD video and another with both DTS 5.1 and Dolby 5.1 audio for the standard definition video.[18] However, these were delayed[19] and ultimately failed to be released. 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.[20] On February 23, 2011, Media Factory released a Blu-ray box set of the series that included both Japanese and English audio as well as English subtitles.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "RahXephon" (in Japanese). Fuji TV. 2001–2003. Retrieved 4 June 2002 and 20 July 2006
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rahxephon". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Free Online: RahXephon Episode One". Anime News Network. 2003-04-08. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- ^ a b "24/7 Anime Network Schedule, Monday, 28 February 2005". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
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- ^ "RahXephon". 2005-08-23. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Game One" (in French). Archived from the original on 2005-03-23.
- ^ "Mangas - Programmes" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Rahxephon: Más anime para las noches de Cuatro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2006-08-13.
- ^ "Octubre en BUZZ" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ "RahXephon na Sic Radical". Anime Portugal (in Portuguese). 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ 翼神世音 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2006-08-13. [dead link ]
- ^ "Jan Daily 07 Chinese 17 November" (PDF). 2006-11-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ "ADV Films Announces Release of Three Titles in High Definition Format". ADV Films. 2004-12-30. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ "ADV Delays HD Release". Anime News Network. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
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External links
- Official
- Unofficial
- RahXephon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia