Screenplay:
Yoshitoshi AbeCinematography:
Yutaka NagaushiComposer:
Kō ŌtaniCast:
Junko Noda, Fumiko Orikasa, Tamio Ōki, 久川綾, Akiko Yajima, 半場友恵, Miyu Matsuki, Kumiko Higa, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Hajime Iijima, Ken Takeuchi, Kazusa Murai (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(13)
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Cocoon — Dream of Falling from the Sky — Old Home (E01)
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Town and Wall — Toga — Haibane Renmei (E02)
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Temple — The Communicator — Pancakes (E03)
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Trash Day — Clock Tower — Birds Flying Over the Walls (E04)
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Library — Abandoned Factory — Beginning of the World (E05)
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End of Summer — Rain — Loss (E06)
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Scar — Illness — Arrival of Winter (E07)
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The Bird (E08)
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Well — Rebirth — Riddle (E09)
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Kuramori — Haibane of Abandoned Factory — Rakka's Job (E10)
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Parting — Darkness in the Heart — Irreplaceable Thing (E11)
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Bell Nuts — Passing of the Year Festival — Reconciliation (E12)
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Reki's World — Prayer — Epilogue (E13)
Plots(1)
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 females 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. (MVM Entertainment)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user novoten (1)
Haibane Renmei (2002)
Several initial impressions lead to a good mood when thinking about what new things Rakka will learn, what job a certain Grey-winged will show her, or what Reki will announce at the little party. But sometimes around the sixth episode, the atmosphere suddenly shifts to contemplative thoughtfulness, and Haibane Renmei becomes a philosophically-spiritual perfection. The desire to understand the essence of one's own existence is a tricky topic, in which one can easily get lost and start speaking empty words, and the same applies even more to discussing guilt, sins, and forgiveness. But it is precisely in these dialogues that the story is strongest and painfully self-aware. The final episode is then proof of the weight of friendship, and its inevitable culmination is almost liberating - and unforgettable. ()