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Elfen Lied

Elfen Lied

If only they didn't share the same body!

20048.31 Season13 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

Created by Lynn Okamoto
Written by Lynn Okamoto, Takawo Yoshioka
Produced by Osamu Koshinaka, Manabu Tamura, Kazuaki Morijiri
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Top Cast

Chihiro Suzuki

Chihiro Suzuki

Kouta (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Lucy / Nyuu (voice)

Emiko Hagiwara

Emiko Hagiwara

Mayu (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Hitomi Nabatame

Kouta (child) / Shirakawa (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Bandou (voice)

Kinryu Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto

Chief Kakuzawa (voice)

Maria Yamamoto

Maria Yamamoto

Kanae (voice)

Osamu Hosoi

Osamu Hosoi

Kurama (voice)

Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Mariko (voice)

Themes & Keywords

child abuseamnesiasadnessmutantgreek mythologyaffectationchildhood traumasupernaturalbullyingromancegoretragedydecapitationgunfightbased on mangamassacreevilsplit personalitybdsmmultiple personalitydark fantasybloodbathangstseinenecchianimelove polygonpsychologicalsuspensehorror

About Elfen Lied

Elfen Lied is a action & adventure, animation, drama, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2004 exploring themes of child abuse, amnesia, sadness, mutant, greek mythology, affectation. Created by Lynn Okamoto, it stars Chihiro Suzuki, Sanae Kobayashi, Emiko Hagiwara. The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

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