Haibane Renmei

Haibane Renmei

2002
★★★★☆ 7.7/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 13 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 24 min/episode
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

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Seasons

Season 1
2002 • 13 Episodes
A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside this cocoon and breaks out of it. The winged people introduce themselves as Haibane, name her "Rakka," and give her a forged halo. One of them, Reki, stays with her as ash-grey, feathered wings grow from her back in a painful way.

Crew

Writer
Yoshitoshi ABe
Producer
Yasuyuki Ueda, Yoshinobu Iwatani

Network

Fuji TV

Production

Rondo Robe, Geneon Entertainment, Radix

Keywords

japansuicideangelcountrysideamnesiaafterlifeslice of lifetragedyredemptionmagic realism