

Fafner
Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught...but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.
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Seasons

1.Paradise ~ The Beginning
05-07-200425mWhen an enormous golden being attacks the peaceful Tatsumiya Island, citizens evacuate the surface to underground protective shelters. Soshi urges Kazuki to fight this horrifying a...

2.Confession ~ Life
05-07-200425mAboard the Mark XI, Kazuki has a brush with death in his first battle to save the island from the Festum. Soshi tells Kazuki about the secrets of the island. Once a paradise, Tatsu...

3.Labyrinth ~ Truth
19-07-200425mA probe from the New United Nations has threatened to reveal Tatsumiya. As Alvis prepares to move the island to the northwest, students are drafted as new pilots and begin grueling...

4.Escape ~ Departure
26-07-200425mKazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a New United Nations unit interferes with the plans, moving the battle directly into the island...

5.Promise ~ Pledge
02-08-200425mAfter their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the New United Nations forces Makabe to hand over the Mark VI. Shoko promises Kazuki that she will protect the island as he leaves...

6.Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice
16-08-200425mAs the second Festum breaks through both of the island's shields and starts to ravage Alvis' underground shelters, Shoko reacts. Determined to keep her promise to Kazuki, she board...

7.Family ~ Parents and Children
23-08-200425mWhile the pilots mourn over the devastating loss of their friend, others lament her recklessness. After a combat field test, two pilots are chosen to be a part of a fleet exploring...

8.Strife ~ Kouyou
30-08-200425mTroops sent to probe the new island's core fall under attack by an army of Festums. When Mizoguchi receives orders to destroy the island with him and Maya trapped underground, one...

9.Assimilation ~ Parting
06-09-200425mKoyo manages to save the two soldiers, but fate doesn't find him so fortunate. Two pilots confront Soshi over whether he is more concerned for Fafner or his friends.

10.Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths
13-09-200425mKazuki receives an answer from Soshi. Later, a student locks himself in the school broadcast room to protest the Arcadian Project after learning his aspirations to leave the island...

11.Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force
20-09-200425mKazuki takes in a bird's eye view of the outside world for the first time. His refuge from the island quickly takes a turn for the worse when a Festum approaches followed by two fo...

12.Absence ~ Desperation
27-09-200425mWith Kazuki gone MIA, Kenji and Mamoru are recruited as pilots, just as a long-range firing Festum begins to attack. Mamoru boldly leads the defense with a plan that risks his own...

13.Erosion ~ Festum
04-10-200425mAt the Neo U.N. underground base, Kazuki is told he has the choice to fight or save the human race without fighting. Just as they discover new data and broadcast their plan to use...

14.Awakening ~ Occupation
11-10-200425mWhile Kazuki and the Human Army battle hordes of Festum, the Neo U.N. invades Tatsumiya--only to find that the island's core has vanished. Hino entrusts data on his most advanced F...

15.Memory ~ Scream
18-10-200425mSomeone who Kazuki thought he'd never see again returns to give him Hino's powerful Mark Sein. During battle with a massive Festum, a childhood memory of Soshi helps him realize hi...

16.Friends ~ Welcome Home
25-10-200425mA flock of Pleidaes Festum begins to wreak havoc on the island. As controls in the base start to seemingly move on their own, Makabe and his crew are lead to a second control room....

17.Survival ~ Device
01-11-200425mMakabe finally has the upper hand and recovers the island from the Neo U.N., but the Human Army's Colonel leaves Canon behind with orders to destroy the island. It's up to Kazuki t...

18.Father ~ Memory
08-11-200425mMaya's father returns to discover her medical files had been falsified, preventing her from piloting Fafner. His wife and Yumiko stand trial, facing possible exile from the island-...

19.Maya ~ Sight
15-11-200425mMaya displays impressive stability and sharp-shooting skills during her first test flight, but Soshi is reluctant to allow her to fight. But when 5 rare Festum breech the island's...

20.Lantern ~ Light
22-11-200425mThe island commemorates those who've lost their lives fighting for peace at the Bon Festival. Then, when Koyo mysteriously wakes up from his coma, his friends step in to protect hi...

21.Sakura ~ Future
29-11-200425mThe pilots are stronger than they've ever been. After another battle, an unexplainable phenomenon takes the island by surprise. Then, Yumiko and Michio lead a camp for the young wa...

22.Protection ~ Power
06-12-200425mAfter collapsing in the yard, Sakura is rushed to the medical ward. Makabe approaches Tsubaki to confirm that the pattern in enemy attacks and recent phenomenon shows progress in t...

23.Pillage ~ Decoy
13-12-200425mTatsumiya suffers more casualties when a spy sabotages the Human Army's experiments with a new Fafner model and attacks the island--disrupting a critical operation to save Soshi fr...

24.Conversation ~ Mir
20-12-200425mMakabe receives a message and vital data from someone who has learned to understand the enemy. The remaining four pilots prepare for Operation Azure to save Soshi, the island, and...

25.Azure ~ The Sky
27-12-200425mKazuki and his fleet take off to face the North Pole Mir. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, their success in the do or die mission is imperative--if one of them is kil...
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