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DARLING in the FRANXX

DARLING in the FRANXX

20188.51 Season24 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”

Created by Naotaka Hayashi
Written by Naotaka Hayashi, Atsushi Nishigori
Produced by Yosuke Toba
NetworksTokyo MX

Top Cast

Yuto Uemura

Yuto Uemura

Hiro (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Zero Two (voice)

Kana Ichinose

Kana Ichinose

Ichigo (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Gorou (voice)

Nanami Yamashita

Nanami Yamashita

Miku (voice)

Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami

Kokoro (voice)

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Nana (voice)

Shizuka Ishigami

Shizuka Ishigami

Ikuno (voice)

Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

Zorome (voice)

Aoi Ichikawa

Aoi Ichikawa

Mitsuru (voice)

Themes & Keywords

allegorypost-apocalyptic futureloveromancemechaunrequited lovecoming of agegiant robotpiloted robotorphananimereal robotfound familyteenager

About DARLING in the FRANXX

DARLING in the FRANXX is a animation, drama, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of allegory, post-apocalyptic future, love, romance, mecha, unrequited love. Created by Naotaka Hayashi, it stars Yuto Uemura, Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Ichinose. The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”

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