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{{Otheruses4|von dem japanischen Manga und Anime|das Gedicht von [[Eduard Mörike]]|Elfenlied}} | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Header| | {{Infobox animanga/Header| | ||
title_name=Elfen Lied | title_name=Elfen Lied | ||
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|ja_name_trans=Erufen Rīto | |ja_name_trans=Erufen Rīto | ||
|demographic= [[Seinen]] | |demographic= [[Seinen]] | ||
|genre= [[Action]], [[Horror]], [[ | |genre= [[Action genre|Action]], [[Horror fiction|Horror]], [[Psychological thriller|Psychological]], [[Romance film|Romance]], [[Science Fiction]], [[Ecchi]], [[Splatter]], [[Drama]] | ||
}}{{Infobox animanga/Manga| | }} | ||
{{Infobox animanga/Manga| | |||
title= | title= | ||
|author=[[Lynn Okamoto]] | |author=[[Lynn Okamoto]] | ||
|publisher= | |publisher={{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shueisha]] | ||
| | |serialized={{flagicon|Japan}} [[Weekly Young Jump]] | ||
|first_run=Juni [[2002]] | |||
|first_run= Juni 2002 | |last_run=November 2005 | ||
|last_run= November 2005 | |num_volumes=12 Bänder mit 107 Kapiteln | ||
|num_volumes= 12 | }} | ||
}}{{Infobox animanga/Anime| | {{Infobox animanga/Anime| | ||
title= | title= | ||
|director=[[Mamoru Kanabe]] | |director=[[Mamoru Kanabe]] | ||
|studio= | |studio= {{flagicon|Japan}} ARMS | ||
|licensor= | |licensor= {{flagicon|US}} [[ADV Films]] | ||
|network= | |network= {{flagicon|Japan}} [[TV Tokyo|AT-X]] (satellite channel)<br />{{flagicon|US}} [[Anime Network]] <br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Propeller TV]] | ||
|first_aired= 25 | |first_aired= [[Juli 25]] [[2004]] | ||
|last_aired= 17 | |last_aired= [[Oktober 17]] [[2004]] | ||
|num_episodes= 13 | |num_episodes= 13 | ||
| list_episodes= | | list_episodes= Liste der Elfen Lied Folgen#TV Serien | ||
}}{{Infobox animanga/OVA| | }} | ||
{{Infobox animanga/OVA| | |||
title= | title= | ||
|director=[[Mamoru Kanbe]] | |director=[[Mamoru Kanbe]] | ||
|studio= | |studio={{flagicon|Japan}} ARMS | ||
|licensor= | |licensor= {{flagicon|US}} [[ADV Films]] | ||
|num_episodes= 1 | |num_episodes=1 | ||
|release_dates= 21 | |release_dates=[[April 21]] [[2005]] | ||
|runtime= 25 minuten | |runtime= 25 minuten | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}} | {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} | ||
{{Nihongo|'''''Elfen Lied '''''|エルフェンリート|Erufen Rīto}} ist der Titel einer | {{Nihongo|'''''Elfen Lied '''''|エルフェンリート|Erufen Rīto}} ist der Titel einer [[Japan]]ischen [[manga]] Serie, die von dem Japanischen [[mangaka|author]] [[Lynn Okamoto]] produziert wurde. Auch die TV [[anime]] Serie basierte darauf. ''Elfen Lied'' bezieht sich auf eine mystische und tödliche Rasse "[[Diclonius (Elfen Lied)|diclonius]]" genannt, und der Verwüstung, die sie den Menschen antun. | ||
''Elfen Lied'' begann als [[manga]],wurde dann im Magazin ''Weekly Young Jump'' veröffentlicht und in Japan von [[Shueisha]] verbreitet.Am [[July 25]] [[2004]] wurde eine Anime Serie Announced, während der unvollendete Manga immer noch in Produktion war. Dies ist der Grund, warum sich der Anime vom Manga Storymäßig unterscheidet. Eine bonus [[OVA]] mit mehr Hintergrund Informationen wurde am April 21 2005 released. | |||
Bis jetzt wurden nur die 13 Folgen + OVA in den USA von [[ADV Films]] lizensiert. ADV Films sagte, Elfen Lied war eine ihrer Best verkauftensten "berüchtigsten" releases aus dem Jahr 2005. ''Elfen Lied'' und der Character Nana waren die Inspiration für den berühmten [[Clone Manga]] fan-[[webcomic]] "Nana's Everyday Life" welcher vollständig von Englisch in 6 weitere Sprachen übersetzt wurde. | |||
[[ | |||
==Handlung== | |||
Die Geschichte beginnt mit einem jungen Mädchen namens Lucy, die unter sonderbaren Verhältnissen aus einer Inselforschungseinrichtung von der Küste von Kamakura in der Kanagawa Präfektur Japans flüchtet. Lucy schafft, einige des Personals und der Wächter mit einer anscheinend übernatürlichen Kraft lässig zu zerstückeln und zu ermorden, und befreit sich. Ein Scharfschütze versucht sie zu erschie-en, trifft aber nur ihren Helm. Lucy springt dann von einer Klippe ins Meer. Schließlich entkommt sie verletzt. | |||
[[Image:Elfen Lied ep2 Vectors.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A diclonius' "vectors" take the form of long arms that resonate at a speed that causes them to be undetectable by sight.]] | |||
Lucy ist kein normaler Mensch, eher ein diclonius: Eine Mutationsvariante von Menschen mit zwei kleinen Hörnern auf ihren Köpfen (folglich der Name diclonius), die Katzen-Ohren ähneln. Die Diclonius-Rasse besitzt telekinetische Kräfte. Durch den Gebrauch ihrer "Vektoren", langen Armen, die durch ihre Vibrationen/Schwingungen nicht zu sehen sind. Die Anzahl und Reichweite der Vektoren hängen vom diclonius ab. | |||
Der Tag nach der Flucht von Lucy, erreicht ein Junge namens Kota Kamakura, um seinen Vetter Yuka zu treffen. Kohta ist gekommen, um an der lokalen Universität zu studieren, und wird in einem alten, familienangehörigen Gasthof, der "Ahorn mit der Voraussetzungen der Hausmeister zu sein untergebracht. | |||
Nach dem Treffen mit Yuka gehen sie an den Strand und finden Lucy halb nackt und verletzt an der Küste. Wegen einem "Haupttrauma" wurde ihre Persönlichkeit gespalten. Im Gegensatz zu der kalten und sadistischen Lucy ist diese Persönlichkeit völlig sanftmütig, harmlos und kennt kein anderes Wort als "Nyū". Ahnungslos nehmen Kohta und Yuka sie zum Gasthof zurück, um sich um sie zu kümmern und sie "Nyū " zu nennen. Yuka entscheidet schnell, dass es am besten sein wird, dass sie auch am Gasthof lebt. | |||
Kohta, Nyū, und Yuka beginnen ihr Leben am Gasthof und Nyū beginnt, schmerzhafte unterdrückte Erinnerungen aus der Vergangenheit mit Kohta auszubaggern. Inzwischen beginnen die Forscher vom Labor aus dem Lucy entflohen ist, nach ihr zu suchen. Sowohl Menschen als auch diclonius werden entstand, um sie zu töten. | |||
== | ==Haupt Charaktere== | ||
[[ | {{main|List of Elfen Lied characters}} | ||
{{Nihongo|'''Lucy'''|ルーシー |Rūshī}} ist ein | {{main|Lucy (Elfen Lied)}} | ||
[[Image:Evil Lucy.png|left|100px|Lucy]] | |||
{{Nihongo|'''Lucy'''|ルーシー |Rūshī}} ist ein diclonius Teenagermädchen ungefähr 18 Jahre alt. Lucy hat vier Vektoren mit einer Reichweite von zwei Metern. Jedoch können sie schnell und innerhalb dieser Reichweite tödlich sein. Falls ihre Feinde zu weit entfernt sind, nimmt sie nahegelegene Gegenstände und schleudert sie auf ihre Feinde.Wenn sie sich konzentriert, ist, sie auch zum Stoppen oder Ablenken der Meisten Standardmunition fähig. Lucy hasst Menschen hauptsächlich wegen der Art, wie sie als Kind von ihren Mitmenschen behandelt wurde. Deshalb zählt sie nicht-diclonii, nicht als Menschen. Gefühle scheinen ihr zu fehlen, denn sie tötet ohne viel nachzudenken, und handelt etwas sadistisch. Trotz dieses Mangels an Gefühlen für das menschliche Leben wird sie Kohta nichts tun. | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
[[ | [[Image:Nyu.png|right|100px|Nyü]] | ||
{{Nihongo|''' | {{Nihongo|'''Nyuu'''|にゅう}} is a [[dissociative identity disorder|split personality]] of Lucy that developed after a [[.50 BMG]] round ricocheted off a metallic helmet encasing her head. Nyū has a childlike personality and infantile knowledge of the world, forgetting even that she is a [[Diclonius (Elfen Lied)|diclonius]] and how to use or manifest her vectors leaving her a human with horns. She initially lacks spoken [[language]] skills; however, she eventually learns a handful of words and phrases. Nyū is innocent and incapable of violent acts, a [[Foil (literature)|foil]] to the normally cold and sadistic Lucy; she is the manifestation of her "good side". When Nyū is attacked violently (or hit on the head), she regresses into Lucy; likewise, when Lucy is treated with love and kindness, she will uncontrollably switch back into Nyū. | ||
{{anime voices|Sanae Kobayashi|Kira Vincent-Davis}} | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
[[ | [[Image:Kouta.png|left|100px|Kohta]] | ||
{{Nihongo|''' | {{Nihongo|'''Kohta'''|コウタ|Kōta}} is around 19 years old and enters the story when his cousin's family allows him to move in to their closed down inn in exchange for maintenance while he goes to a local [[university]]. Kohta has [[repressed memory|repressed]] [[Psychological trauma|traumatic]] [[memory|memories]] of his father's and sister's deaths during his childhood at Lucy's hands. Because of his repressing his memories, Kohta does not remember Lucy from when he met her earlier as a child. Due in part to his loss, he has a soft spot for girls in trouble and is extremely generous and protective to the girls around him. He is more forgiving in the anime, but in the manga when he gets his memories back he truly is unforgiving about Lucy killing his father and sister. | ||
{{anime voices|Chihiro Suzuki|Adam Conlon}} | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
[[ | [[Image:Yuka.png|right|100px]] | ||
{{Nihongo|'''Yuka'''|ユカ}} | {{Nihongo|'''Yuka'''|ユカ}} is Kohta's [[cousin]].<ref>Elfen Lied Ep. 1: Yuka greets Kohta and then says "''Yuka desu... Itoko no...''"「ユカです…従姉妹の…」, which quite unambiguously translates as "I'm Yuka. Your cousin."</ref> She is also around 19 years old and planning to attend the same university as Kohta. She moves in with him at the [[inn]] after having not seen him in many years. Having had a crush on Kohta since childhood, she is in love with him,<ref>Yuka's relationship with Kohta may be considered [[taboo]] or illegally [[incest]]uous by [[United States|U.S.]] viewers, but relationships between cousins is not considered scandalous in [[Japan]] and is a topic seen regularly in anime. See: ''[http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=1373 Why is Romance Between Cousins Common in Anime?]''</ref> and is therefore jealous of Kohta's attention to Nyū, to the point of being very irrational. | ||
{{anime voices|Mamiko Noto|Nancy Novotny}} | |||
== | ==Manga== | ||
[[Image:ElfenLied manga page.jpg|thumb|200px|Two panels from the manga showing Lucy, Kohta and Mayu. Lucy is depicted with a greater number of vectors in the manga.]] | |||
Originally serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine, the complete manga series runs for 107 chapters spanning over 12 volumes. | |||
=== | ===Bänder=== | ||
The ''Elfen Lied'' manga has not been licensed by any company for official [[translation]] into [[English language|English]]. The original [[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[Tankōbon|collected volume]] releases are listed below. | |||
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="font-size:90%;" | {| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="font-size:90%;" | ||
! width="20%" | | ! width="20%" | Vol. !!ISBN !!Japanese Release Date<ref>{{ja icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp | title=Amazon.co.jp |accessdate = 2006-01-18}}</ref>!!Chapters | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 01 | | 01 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876358-0 | | ISBN 4-08-876358-0 | ||
| | | October 2002 | ||
| 01-07 | | 01-07 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 02 | | 02 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876379-3 | | ISBN 4-08-876379-3 | ||
| | | December 2002 | ||
| 08-17 | | 08-17 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 03 | | 03 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876406-4 | | ISBN 4-08-876406-4 | ||
| | | February 2003 | ||
| 18-27 | | 18-27 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 04 | | 04 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876446-3 | | ISBN 4-08-876446-3 | ||
| | | May 2003 | ||
| 28-38 | | 28-38 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 05 | | 05 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876477-3 | | ISBN 4-08-876477-3 | ||
| August 2003 | | August 2003 | ||
| 39-48 | | 39-48 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 06 | | 06 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876513-3 | | ISBN 4-08-876513-3 | ||
| November 2003 | | November 2003 | ||
| 49-60 | | 49-60 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 07 | | 07 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876579-6 | | ISBN 4-08-876579-6 | ||
| | | March 2004 | ||
| 61-71 | | 61-71 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 08 | | 08 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876638-5 | | ISBN 4-08-876638-5 | ||
| July 2004 | | July 2004 | ||
| 72-75 | | 72-75 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 09 | | 09 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876696-2 | | ISBN 4-08-876696-2 | ||
| | | October 2004 | ||
| 76-82 | | 76-82 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 10 | | 10 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876764-0 | | ISBN 4-08-876764-0 | ||
| | | March 2005 | ||
| 83-87 | | 83-87 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 11 | | 11 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876838-8 | | ISBN 4-08-876838-8 | ||
| August 2005 | | August 2005 | ||
| 88-97 | | 88-97 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
| 12 | | 12 | ||
| ISBN 4-08-876884-1 | | ISBN 4-08-876884-1 | ||
| November 2005 | | November 2005 | ||
| 98-107 | | 98-107 | ||
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===Nebengeschichten=== | ===Nebengeschichten=== | ||
The manga also features several [[side story|side stories]] from previous works done by [[Lynn Okamoto]]. These stories came included with the release of certain volumes of the manga as bonus material (not related to Elfen Lied) for fans of the manga to collect. | |||
* ''MOL'' - | * ''MOL'' - featured in volume 1 | ||
* ''Digitopolis'' - | * ''Digitopolis'' - featured in volume 2 | ||
* ''Memoria'' - | * ''Memoria'' - featured in volume 3 | ||
* ''Carrera'' - | * ''Carrera'' - featured in volume 5 | ||
In addition, volume 8 includes two other stories that form part of the Elfen Lied universe. | |||
* ''NOZOMI'' is the first side story featured, and explains Nozomi's past and why she chooses to move into the Kaede Inn. This tale is in canon with the continuity of the main storyline. | |||
* The second side story that follows after NOZOMI involves the whole residents at the Kaede Inn throwing a party and indulging themselves in excessive drinking. Nana and Mayu fall asleep, allowing both Yuka and Nyū to release their inhibitions and deliver an intimate [[fan service]] to Kohta. Unfortunately, their fun is suddenly brought to an end when Nyū without warning switches back to Lucy who seems rather upset, ending the story with a [[cliffhanger]]. This tale is not canon for Elfen Lied's overall plot. | |||
==Anime== | |||
===Format=== | |||
Elfen Lied | {{main|List of Elfen Lied episodes}} | ||
The [[television]] series, directed by [[Mamoru Kanbe]], animated by ARMS and produced by [[GENCO]] and [[VAP]], ran for 13 episodes and adapted approximately the first 60 out of 107 chapters of the manga. Episodes 1 to 11 of the anime are in [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] with the [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]] of the storyline for volumes 1 to 6 of the manga, faithfully adapting most of the events happening in the latter. The last two TV episodes strayed from the manga's continuity and gave an original conclusion to the anime. The series' author, [[Lynn Okamoto]], has a brief [[cameo appearance]] as a special guest in episode 12. | |||
Elfen Lied first aired on [[TV Tokyo]]'s AT-X satellite channel from [[July 25]] [[2004]] to [[October 17]] [[2004]] and was broadcast again in 2005. The anime was licensed by [[ADV Films]] in the [[United States]] in [[2004]] and was released on [[DVD]] in [[2005]]. A single 24 minute [[Original Video Animation|OVA]] episode was also released. It takes place between episodes 10 and 11 of the original TV series, and for that reason, some refer to it as ''episode 10.5'', ''OVA special'', or even as ''episode 14''. The special itself takes on a lighter tone and answers some questions of the early episodes rather than advancing the plot. During the ''Anime Boston 2006''<ref>{{cite web | title=Anime Boston 2006 - A.D. Vision | publisher=Anime News Network |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=317 | accessdate=2006-06-05}}</ref> (May 26—28) [[Anime convention|convention]], ADV Films acquired the distribution rights of the OVA for release in the [[United States]]. | |||
The series is currently airing in the [[United Kingdom]] on [[Propeller TV]] ([[Sky Digital (UK)|Sky Digital]]) as part of Anime Network's launch in the UK. So far the series has aired uncut with the exception of one of Mayu's flashbacks in Episode 5 as a result of it being related to [[child rape]] at the hands of a stepfather. | |||
In a posting on the official [[Adult Swim]] messageboard, Adult Swim programming director Kim Manning revealed that Adult Swim inquired into possibly airing the series, but the censorship board revealed that the series would have to be so heavily edited in order to air that it would have been "unintelligible", and it does not appear that it will air on the channel at any time in the future. | |||
===Geschichtliche Abweichungen=== | ===Geschichtliche Abweichungen=== | ||
Compared to its manga original, the approach and depth of information presented by the anime involving the diclonius race differs greatly. The diclonius virus is explained in less detail with scenes such as Professor Kakuzawa's explanation of the half-diclonius status and [[ancestry]] of his family to Lucy being omitted. The diclonius characters are depicted as all having the same hair color, whereas in the manga Lucy/Nyū had pink hair, Mariko was blond, and Nana had dark purple hair. The diclonius characters in general are shown to have distinct limits on their vectors' quantity and range, which is not true in the manga. | |||
Characters were introduced in the manga that were otherwise completely omitted from the anime series. An example of this early on in the manga is an acquaintance of Yuka's, referred to as "Nozomi-chan." Similarly, the [[music box]] playing the "Lilium" melody that is featured in the anime does not appear in the manga. | |||
[[Image:Elfen Lied bg.jpg|thumb|250px|The colorful and lavish backgrounds of the anime have been praised for their technical excellence.]] | |||
===Westempfang=== | |||
=== | The anime series of ''Elfen Lied'' has been praised for its technical excellence in production quality, animation and color.<ref name="scifi"> {{cite web | last = Robinson | first = Tasha | title = Elfen Lied | Anime Reviews | publisher = Sci Fi Weekly | date = [[August 8]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.scifi.com/sfw/anime/sfw1019.html | accessdate = 2007-01-18}}</ref><ref name="DVD1Review">{{cite web|last=Martin |first=Theron | title=Elfen Lied DVD 1 Review | publisher=Anime News Network | date=[[May 16]], [[2005]] | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/elfen-lied/dvd-1 | accessdate=2006-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Martin |first=Theron | title=Elfen Lied DVD 2 Review | publisher=Anime News Network | date=[[July 22]], [[2005]] | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/elfen-lied/dvd-2 | accessdate=2007-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | ||
Pierce | first = Travis | title = Elfen Lied Review | publisher = Gamerz-Edge | date = [[May 27]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.gamerz-edge.com/anime/reviews/elfenlied.html | accessdate = 2007-01-18}}</ref> Criticism has been leveled at both the Japanese and English dub for having sub-par voice acting in the first three episodes.<ref name="DVD1Review" /> Another criticism is that the series ends abruptly with some loose ends to the story that could leave viewers unsatisfied.<ref name="dvd4">{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Theron | title=Elfen Lied DVD 4 Review | publisher=Anime News Network | date=[[November 28]], [[2005]] | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/elfen-lied/dvd-4 | accessdate=2006-04-19}}</ref> Despite these criticisms, Western reviewers also describe the series as "really a genuinely good watch",<ref name="them2">{{cite web | last = Laeno | first = Dominic | title = Elfen Lied review - Second opinion | publisher = THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 | url = http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=947 | accessdate = 2007-01-18}}</ref> "a horror series of exceptional merit",<ref name="dvd4"/> "certainly memorable"<ref name="scifi"/> and "a very special show, good and bad parts taken into consideration".<ref name="them1">{{cite web | last = Høgset | first = Stig | title = Elfen Lied review | publisher = THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 | url = http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=770 | accessdate = 2006-08-21}}</ref> In the 2004 AnimeReactor Community Awards, fans voted the Elfen Lied anime as the Best Opening/Ending Combination, Best Drama, Best Thriller (Mystery/Horror), Best [[Fanservice]] and also voted Lucy/Nyū as Best Female Character.<ref>{{cite web | title = AnimeReactor Community Awards - 2004 | |||
Elfen Lied | | work = Results | publisher = AnimeReactor.net | date = [[February 27]], [[2005]] | url = http://forum.anime-reactor.net/viewtopic.php?t=13803 | ||
| accessdate = 2007-01-13}}</ref> | |||
Also at the first annual American Anime Awards 2007 at New York Comic-Con, Elfen Lied was nominated for "Best Short Series". | |||
===Stil und Motiv=== | ===Stil und Motiv=== | ||
[[ | [[Image:Elfen Lied Ep 8 Lucy.png|right|thumb|Young Lucy lashes out violently at her classmates. Strong graphical violence is prevalent throughout the series.]] | ||
Throughout the series, there is a great deal of graphic [[nudity]], blood and gore, extreme [[graphic violence]] as well as [[psychology|psychological]] [[violence]]. One of the most prevalent motifs of the series is the humanity of the diclonius, especially contrasted against the inhumanity of ordinary people. One reviewer described the series as "devoted to quite a few of the darker, more callous factors of human nature".<ref name="them1"/> Throughout the series there are various incidences of human [[Sadism and Masochism|sadism]], casual beatings, cruel experimentation, [[paedophilia|pedophilic]] [[rape]] and outright killing. The series has drawn criticism as being "overly blatant"<ref name="them2"/> or "sad and forced"<ref>{{cite web | title = Negative First Impression Theater: Elfen Lied | publisher = Iron Circus | date = [[February 12]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.ironcircus.com/blog/000319.html | accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> in this regard. | |||
=== | The series juxtaposes many different tones and genres and was described by a reviewer as "mixing insane amounts of violence with a heavy dose of ultracuteness."<ref name="shelf">{{cite web | last = Dong | first = Bamboo | title = Shelf Life - Sound of Bounce on Free Throw | publisher = Anime News Network | date = [[June 29]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2005-06-29 | accessdate = 2007-01-18}}</ref> The series also involves romantic [[sub-plot]]s as well as many comic moments. Elfen Lied has been described as similar to, or borrowing elements from ''[[Chobits]]'', ''[[3x3 Eyes]]''<ref name="scifi"/> and ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''.<ref name="shelf"/> | ||
===Songs=== | |||
;Opening theme: "[[Lilium (song)|Lilium]]" by [[Kumiko Noma]] | |||
;Opening: "[[Lilium (song)|Lilium]]" | ;Ending theme: "[[Be your girl]]" by [[Chieko Kawabe]] | ||
;Ending: "[[Be your girl]]" | |||
== | ==Kulturistische Hinweise== | ||
===Kunst=== | |||
The opening and ending sequences feature artistic drawings of the principal characters. These characters are drawn in a style based on [[Gustav Klimt]]'s paintings, imitating poses, colors, and patterns.<ref name="scifi"/> In the following comparison images, the left side of each image shows Klimt's work, and on the right, Elfen Lied's counterpart: | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | '''''Fulfilment''''' | | align="center" | '''''Fulfilment''''' | ||
| align="center" | '''''The Kiss''''' | | align="center" | '''''[[The Kiss (Klimt painting)|The Kiss]]''''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | ===Musik und Poesie=== | ||
The [[Germany|German]] [[Lied|song]] ''[[Elfenlied]]'' ("Elf Song") appears in the manga<ref>{{ja icon}} {{cite book | first=Lynn| last=Okamoto | coauthors= | title=Elfen Lied Volume 5 | publisher=Shueisha | pages=154 | id=ISBN 4-08-876477-3}} </ref> and is credited to the composer [[Hugo Wolf]]. A poem by [[Eduard Mörike]] is the basis for Wolf’s version. The song does not appear in the anime as it is taught to Nyū by the manga-only character [[List of Elfen Lied characters#Minor characters|Nozomi]]. | |||
==Hinweise== | |||
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==Links== | |||
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===Offizielles=== | |||
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.vap.co.jp/elfenlied/ Official anime website] | |||
* [http:// | *[http://www.advfilms.com/titles/elfenlied/index.php Official ADV Web site] (US Distributor) | ||
*[http://www.madman.com.au/elfenlied/index2.html Official Madman Web site] (Australian Distributor) | |||
===Unoffzielles=== | |||
*{{ann manga|id=4233}} | |||
*{{ann anime|id=4148}} | |||
*{{imdb title|id=0480489|name=''Elfen Lied''}} | |||
*{{Tv.com show|id=34570|title=Elfen Lied}} | |||
*[http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1443,vrezym,elfen_lied.html Elfen Lied] at [[AnimeNfo.com]] | |||
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9p4HPppV8 Elfen Lied cast interview] ([[YouTube]]) | |||
*[http://www.elfen--lied.com Official British fansite] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfen_Lied Englische Originalseite] | |||
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