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{{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 people|Japanese]] [[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.
{{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 people|Japanese]] [[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. An [[anime]] adaptation began airing in Japan on [[July 25]] [[2004]] while the unfinished manga was still in production. This caused the anime plot to differ in some ways from the manga plot. A bonus [[OVA]] episode was released on [[April 21]] [[2005]] giving some more [[back-story|background]] information.  
''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 [[back-story|Hintergrund Informationen]]episode wurde am [[April 21]] [[2005]] released.


So far, only the anime series spanning 13 episodes and the OVA have been licensed in the [[United States]], by [[ADV Films]]. ADV Films said the series was one of their bestselling<ref>{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Charles |title=Mean Girls |date=[[July 17]] [[2005]] |publisher=New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/arts/television/17solo.html?ex=1145419200&en=f50bd37485179e26&ei=5070}}</ref> and "most notorious"<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = ADV Films | date = [[September 28]] [[2005]] | title = Great Reason To Give Thanks With Nine New Releases November 15th | url =http://www.advfilms.com/GEN_PRDetails.asp?ID=1724 }}</ref> releases of 2005. ''Elfen Lied'' and the character Nana were the inspiration for the popular [[Clone Manga]] fan-[[webcomic]] "Nana's Everyday Life" which has been completed and fully translated from English into 6 other languages.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nana's Everyday Life | publisher = Clone Manga | url = http://manga.clone-army.org/nana.php | accessdate = 2006-08-21}}</ref>
So far, only the anime series spanning 13 episodes and the OVA have been licensed in the [[United States]], by [[ADV Films]]. ADV Films said the series was one of their bestselling<ref>{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Charles |title=Mean Girls |date=[[July 17]] [[2005]] |publisher=New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/arts/television/17solo.html?ex=1145419200&en=f50bd37485179e26&ei=5070}}</ref> and "most notorious"<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = ADV Films | date = [[September 28]] [[2005]] | title = Great Reason To Give Thanks With Nine New Releases November 15th | url =http://www.advfilms.com/GEN_PRDetails.asp?ID=1724 }}</ref> releases of 2005. ''Elfen Lied'' and the character Nana were the inspiration for the popular [[Clone Manga]] fan-[[webcomic]] "Nana's Everyday Life" which has been completed and fully translated from English into 6 other languages.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nana's Everyday Life | publisher = Clone Manga | url = http://manga.clone-army.org/nana.php | accessdate = 2006-08-21}}</ref>

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Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied logo
エルフェンリート
(Erufen Rīto)
DemographischSeinen
GenreAction, Horror, Psychological, Romance, Science Fiction, Ecchi, Splatter, Drama
Manga
Autor Lynn Okamoto
Verlag Flagicon Japan.png Shueisha
Produziert in Flagicon Japan.png Weekly Young Jump
Erstveröffentlichung June 2002
bis November 2005
Anzahl der Bände 12 volumes with 107 chapters
TV anime
Unter der Regie von Mamoru Kanabe
Studio Flagicon Japan.png ARMS
Lizenzgeber Vorlage:Country data US ADV Films
Gruppe Flagicon Japan.png AT-X (satellite channel)
Vorlage:Country data US Anime Network
Vorlage:Country data UK Propeller TV
Erstveröffentlichung von July 25 2004
bis October 17 2004
Episodenanzahl 13


OVA
Unter der Regie von Mamoru Kanbe
Studio Flagicon Japan.png ARMS
Lizensgeber Vorlage:Country data US ADV Films
Episodenanzahl 1
Release Datum April 21 2005
Laufzeit 25 minutes

Elfen Lied (エルフェンリート Erufen Rīto) ist der Titel einer Japanischen manga Serie, die von dem Japanese author Lynn Okamoto produziert wurde. Auch die TV anime Serie basierte darauf. Elfen Lied bezieht sich auf eine mystische und tödliche Rasse "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 Informationenepisode wurde am April 21 2005 released.

So far, only the anime series spanning 13 episodes and the OVA have been licensed in the United States, by ADV Films. ADV Films said the series was one of their bestselling<ref>Vorlage:Cite news</ref> and "most notorious"<ref>Vorlage:Cite press release</ref> releases of 2005. Elfen Lied and the character Nana were the inspiration for the popular Clone Manga fan-webcomic "Nana's Everyday Life" which has been completed and fully translated from English into 6 other languages.<ref>Nana's Everyday Life. Clone Manga. Retrieved on 2006-08-21.</ref>

Plot

The story begins with a young girl named Lucy escaping under odd circumstances from an insular research facility off the coast of Kamakura in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Lucy manages to nonchalantly dismember and slay a fair number of the staff and guards with a form of seemingly supernatural power and gets outside. A sniper is seen trying to shoot her, only managing to ricochet a bullet off her metal helmet. Lucy then falls off a cliff into the sea, bleeding from her head but ultimately surviving and evading the research staff.

A diclonius' "vectors" take the form of long arms that resonate at a speed that causes them to be undetectable by sight.

Lucy is not a normal human but rather a diclonius: a mutant variant of humans with two small horns on their heads (hence the name diclonius) that resemble cat ears. The diclonius race possesses telekinetic powers through use of their "vectors", long arms that resonate at a speed that causes them to be undetectable by sight. The number and reach of the vectors depend on the diclonius.

The day after Lucy's escape, a boy named Kohta arrives at Kamakura to meet his cousin Yuka. Kohta has come to study at the local university and has been given lodging at an old, family-owned inn, the "Maple ( Kaede) Inn", provided he acts as the caretaker. After meeting with Yuka, they go for a visit to the beach and find Lucy washed up on the shore, still naked and bleeding from her head. The head trauma Lucy experienced causes her to develop a split personality. In stark contrast to the cold and sadistic Lucy, this personality is completely docile, harmless and is incapable at first of saying anything other than "Nyū". Not knowing what to do with her, Kohta and Yuka take her back to the inn to look after her and name her "Nyū". Yuka quickly decides that it will be best that she also live at the inn.

Kohta, Nyū, and Yuka begin settling into their life at the inn and Nyū begins to dredge up painful repressed memories from Kohta's past. Meanwhile, the researchers from the laboratory where Lucy was held begin searching for her, dispatching both human and diclonius agents to hunt her down.

Main characters

Haupt Artikel: Lucy (Elfen Lied)
Lucy

Lucy (ルーシー Rūshī) is a teenage diclonius girl around 18 years old, Lucy has four vectors with a limited range of two meters.<ref>Note: These restrictions on Lucy's vectors are not present in the manga.</ref> However, she can be swift and lethal within that range, and will use any nearby objects as high velocity projectiles to kill at greater distances. She is also capable of stopping or deflecting most standard ammunition when she concentrates on the task. Lucy hates humans mainly because of how she was treated by her human peers as a child. Consequently, she discounts non-diclonii, claiming they are not real people. She seems to lack empathy, kills without much concern, and acts somewhat sadistically. Despite this lack of concern for human life she will not harm Kohta.

Nyü

Nyuu (にゅう) is a 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 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 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.

Gesprochen von: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanisch), Kira Vincent-Davis, (Englisch),


Kohta

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 traumatic 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.

Gesprochen von: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanisch), Adam Conlon, (Englisch),


Yuka.png

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 incestuous by U.S. viewers, but relationships between cousins is not considered scandalous in Japan and is a topic seen regularly in anime. See: 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.

Gesprochen von: Mamiko Noto (Japanisch), Nancy Novotny, (Englisch),


Manga

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.

Volumes

The Elfen Lied manga has not been licensed by any company for official translation into English. The original Japanese collected volume releases are listed below.

Vol. ISBN Japanese Release Date<ref>Vorlage:Ja icon Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved on 2006-01-18.</ref> Chapters
01 ISBN 4-08-876358-0 October 2002 01-07
02 ISBN 4-08-876379-3 December 2002 08-17
03 ISBN 4-08-876406-4 February 2003 18-27
04 ISBN 4-08-876446-3 May 2003 28-38
05 ISBN 4-08-876477-3 August 2003 39-48
06 ISBN 4-08-876513-3 November 2003 49-60
07 ISBN 4-08-876579-6 March 2004 61-71
08 ISBN 4-08-876638-5 July 2004 72-75
09 ISBN 4-08-876696-2 October 2004 76-82
10 ISBN 4-08-876764-0 March 2005 83-87
11 ISBN 4-08-876838-8 August 2005 88-97
12 ISBN 4-08-876884-1 November 2005 98-107

Side stories

The manga also features several 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 - featured in volume 1
  • Digitopolis - featured in volume 2
  • Memoria - featured in volume 3
  • 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

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 with the 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 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>Anime Boston 2006 - A.D. Vision. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-06-05.</ref> (May 26—28) 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) 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.

Plot deviations

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.

The colorful and lavish backgrounds of the anime have been praised for their technical excellence.

Western reception

The anime series of Elfen Lied has been praised for its technical excellence in production quality, animation and color.<ref name="scifi"> Robinson, Tasha (August 8, 2005). Elfen Lied. Sci Fi Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.</ref><ref name="DVD1Review">Martin, Theron (May 16, 2005). Elfen Lied DVD 1 Review. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-04-19.</ref><ref>Martin, Theron (July 22, 2005). Elfen Lied DVD 2 Review. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.</ref><ref>Pierce, Travis (May 27, 2005). Elfen Lied Review. Gamerz-Edge. Retrieved on 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">Martin, Theron (November 28, 2005). Elfen Lied DVD 4 Review. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-04-19.</ref> Despite these criticisms, Western reviewers also describe the series as "really a genuinely good watch",<ref name="them2">Laeno, Dominic. Elfen Lied review - Second opinion. THEM Anime Reviews 4.0. Retrieved on 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">Høgset, Stig. Elfen Lied review. THEM Anime Reviews 4.0. Retrieved on 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>AnimeReactor Community Awards - 2004. Results. AnimeReactor.net (February 27, 2005). Retrieved on 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".

Style and themes

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 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, casual beatings, cruel experimentation, pedophilic rape and outright killing. The series has drawn criticism as being "overly blatant"<ref name="them2"/> or "sad and forced"<ref>Negative First Impression Theater: Elfen Lied. Iron Circus (February 12, 2005). Retrieved on 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">Dong, Bamboo (June 29, 2005). Shelf Life - Sound of Bounce on Free Throw. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.</ref> The series also involves romantic sub-plots 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"/>

Theme songs

Opening theme
"Lilium" by Kumiko Noma
Ending theme
"Be your girl" by Chieko Kawabe

Cultural references

Art

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:

Elfenklimt01.jpg Elfenklimt02.jpg
Fulfilment The Kiss

Music and poetry

The German song Elfenlied ("Elf Song") appears in the manga<ref>Vorlage:Ja icon Vorlage:Cite book </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 Nozomi.

References

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External links

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