Fafner in the Azure: Difference between revisions

''[[Fafner in the Azure]]'' is a 26-episode long anime about a lone island, Tatsumiyajima, in a world where aliens called Festum have invaded and subsequently wrecked much of the human population. Major cities and/or countries are gone (naturally, Japan is included), but Tatsumiyajima is left alone... that is, until the Festums come back once more. There're no worries, however; the show's gigantic machine(s), the ''Fafner''(s), are more than adequate to kick some golden butt.

Throughout the series, the ''Fafner''(s)' pilots, which are revealed to be specific children on the island, are introduced to aid the protanogistprotagonist in combat; some blow up, get scrapped, or become inducted into the team. Then the island accidentlyaccidentally makes contact with the U.N., who more or less blackmails them into joining the big war against the Festums (and mainly because the U.N.'s own machines suck to the ninth degree).

Fans of ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' might note the similar character designs; after all, they share the same designer in that aspect. The [[Humongous Mecha]] of the series, however, are anything but Gundam-like, and are more akin to ''Evangelion''. Indeed, the storyline and all material contained in the series itself can be called as such, although their usage, looks, and overall plot point differ by varying degrees.

It also had a 50-minute TV special made for it. ''Fafner: Right of Left'' tells the story of how Tatsumiyajima narrowly avoided all-out war with the Festums even before the series begin, by splitting off a section of the island as a decoy (with people left behind to steer it around, no less), arming them with cool-looking prototypes and the prototypes of the kids in the main series (all the widdle children around are like that), and generally telling them that their mission, more or less, is one of duty-bound suicide. Expect less of the main series' bittersweet ending than flat-out slaughter... regrettably, not all of the Festum's fault alone.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The series, arguably. {{spoiler|While we are told that those who are assimiliatedassimilated may one day return we do not quite get to see that happening.}}

* [[Festival Episode]]: A Bon festival, even. Needless to say everyone gets to wear yukatasyukata.

** The way "Mark Sein" is spelled can even lead to a small translation joke since it sounds a lot like the germanGerman phrase "mag sein" which means "could be".

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Due to mostly [[Unions in Hollywood|union issues]], Funimation replaced the entire cast (except [[Stephanie Sheh]], which surprisingly credited her role under her [[Alan Smithee|"Jennifer Sekiguchi" pesudonym]]) with their regulars. Yes, even ''[[Johnny Yong Bosch]]'s'' role as Kazuki (who heBosch normally works with Funimation to either reprise his old roles or get new ones) was replaced by someone else. [[Micah Solusod|Guess who that someone else is]].