List of RahXephon media

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This is a list of episodes and media from the anime series RahXephon.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

In keeping with the musical theme of RahXephon, episodes are called "movements" and each volume of DVD is called an "orchestration". Each episode has a title screen that provides an English title for that episode, which generally does not correspond to a translation from the Japanese title.

# English Title
(Reference)		 Translated Japanese Title
(Reference)		 Original airdate
01 Over Lord
(Operation Overlord)		 Invasion of the Capital 2002-01-21
02 Awakening God and Man Awaken 2002-01-28
03 Welcome to Our Town City of Two / The Town with Two People 2002-02-04
04 Watch the Year Hand His own Watch 2002-02-18
05 On Earth As It Is In Heaven
(The Lord's Prayer)[1]		 Nirai-Kanai
(Ryūkyūan religion)		 2002-02-25
06 Lost Songs Forgotten Melodies Obliterated Cities 2002-03-04
07 Phantom in the Cloud Day of Assembly 2002-03-11
08 The Dreaming Stone Bitterly Cold Holy Night 2002-03-18
09 Sanctuary Small Shrine of Time 2002-03-25
10 War in the Remembrance Sonata of Recollection 2002-04-16
11 NightMare Continuing Path of Empty Wickedness 2002-04-23
12 Resonance The Black Egg 2002-04-30
13 Sleeping Beauty
(Sleeping Beauty)		 Human Specimen #1 2002-05-07
14 Time After Time
(several titles)		 The Boy in the Mirror 2002-05-21
15 Child Hood's End
(Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke)		 The Children's Night 2002-05-28
16 The Moon Princess
(The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter)		 Island of Others 2002-06-04
17 Ground Zero
(Ground zero)		 Return to the Labyrinth 2002-06-11
18 The Memory of a Lost City The Bond of Blue Blood 2002-06-18
19 Ticket to Nowhere Blue Friend 2002-06-25
20 Interested Parties The Artisan's Battle 2002-07-02
21 Good Bye My Friend The Carved Seal of Xephon 2002-07-30
22 Downfall
(Operation Downfall)		 Operation Jupiter Obliteration 2002-08-06
23 Where the Sweet Bird Song From Here to Eternity
(several titles)		 2002-08-13
24 Twin Music Doorway to the Tuning 2002-08-20
25 Deus Ex Machina
("God from the machine" or "Deus ex machina")		 God's Uncertain Music 2002-08-27
26 Time Enough For Love
(Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein)		 Far Beyond Eternity [2] 2002-09-10

[edit] Other anime

[edit] Books

[edit] Manga volumes

See also: RahXephon#Manga and RahXephon#Manga reviews

The manga release started before the anime broadcast, so that the ending in one medium would not trail too far behind the other.[3] The first chapter, or "mission", appeared in the magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in the October 2001 issue[4] (released 19 September); the final chapter was released two months after the airing of the last anime episode, in the December 2002 issue (released 19 November 2002).[5][6]

The chapters were subsequently released in three compilation volumes which were translated and published internationally. These volumes contain the following chapters and extras. In addition, each publisher may have added certain notes and advertisements in the front and back of the volumes.

Volume 1
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 1: "Birth"
  • Mission 2: "The Real World"
  • Mission 3: "Ally"
  • Mission 4: "Awakening"
  • Mission 5: "Trust"
  • Afterword (by Yutaka Izubuchi)
  • "Making of RahXephon" comic
Volume 2
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 6: "Alone"
  • Mission 7: "Choice"
  • Mission 8: "Decision"
  • Mission 9: "Paradise"
  • Mission 10: "Destiny"
  • "Making of RahXephon" comic 2
Volume 3
  • Artist notes
  • Mission 11: "Promise"
  • Mission 12: "Prayer"
  • Mission 13: "Summer Snow"
  • Mission 14: "Destruction"
  • Mission 15: "Holy One"
  • Final mission: "Over the Rainbow"[7]
  • "Making of RahXephon" comic Last

[edit] Available editions

Publisher Language Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Shogakukan (Japan JPN) Japanese ISBN 4-09-157131-X ISBN 4-09-157132-8 ISBN 4-09-157133-6
VIZ Media (United States USA Canada CAN) English ISBN 1-59116-407-9 ISBN 1-59116-427-3 ISBN 1-59116-428-1
Chuang Yi (Singapore SGP) English ISBN 981-260-099-X
Madman Entertainment (Australia AUS New Zealand NZL) English
Panini Comics (Planet Manga) (Italy ITA) Italian
Panini Comics (Génération Comics) (France FRA) French ISBN 2-84538-230-8 ISBN 2-84538-284-7 ISBN 2-84538-322-3
Panini Comics (Germany DEU) German ISBN 3-89921-557-5 ISBN 3-89921-558-3 ISBN 3-89921-677-6
Norma Editorial (Spain ESP) Spanish ISBN 84-8431-853-2 ISBN 84-8431-854-0 ISBN 84-8431-855-9
Haksan Publishing (South Korea KOR) Korean ISBN 89-529-7302-X ISBN 89-529-7368-2 ISBN 89-529-7711-4
M&C Comics (Indonesia IDN) Indonesian

[edit] Guide books

Two different illustrated guide books have been published.

  • RahXephon Bible: Analysis Phase (ISBN 1-4139-0026-7, ADV Films) contains information from the 19 first episodes, with summaries of the first 15, and is available in English. It contains episode notes, character pages and brief profiles of staff members.
  • RahXephon Complete (ISBN 4-8401-1019-0‚ Media Factory) covers all episodes, the OVA, movie and video game; in addition to character and episode guides, it contains longer interviews with staff members and a pair interview with directors Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon) and Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion); this book is only available in Japanese.

[edit] Art books

There are also art books available.

  • RahXephon Official Illustration Collection (ISBN 4-8401-0744-0) contains illustrations made for magazines, DVD covers, soundtracks and other works, concept art, as well as some images made to appear in the series itself.
  • RahXephon Art Works (ISBN 4-7973-2316-7) contains more illustrations by Akihiro Yamada. These are mostly character design line drawings, with some location, interior and prop concept art. The book also contains Yamada's DVD covers (used in Japan).

[edit] Novelizations

Hiroshi Ohnogi, one of the screenwriters on the TV series, has written a series of novelizations. These novels are being published in English by DrMaster.

[edit] Other books

[edit] Audio

[edit] Theme songs

Production Song name Credit
RahXephon (TV series) opening "ヘミソフィア" ("Hemisphere"?) By Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno. Performed by Maaya Sakamoto for episodes 2-3 and 5-25. Instrumental version for episode 4.
RahXephon (TV series) ending "夢の卵" ("Yume no Tamago" "Fledgling Dream"?) By Ichiko Hashimoto. Different verses performed by Ichiko and Mayumi Hashimoto for episode 1-25.
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (movie) ending "Tune the Rainbow" By Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno. Performed by Maaya Sakamoto.

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

[edit] Audio drama

An audio drama titled RahXephon Sound Drama was released on CD in Japan in September 2002. It consists of 14 scene tracks, 2 music tracks and 1 preview track. The story is about Ayato receiving a box of chocolates as an anonymous Valentine's Day gift, and the quest to find out who sent it.

[edit] Computer and video games

[edit] RahXephon video game

RahXephon for PS2, regular edition cover
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RahXephon for PS2, regular edition cover

The RahXephon video game, Blue Sky Fantasia[8] (ラーゼフォン 蒼穹幻想曲 Rāzefon Soukyū Gensokyoku?), was released for the PlayStation 2 by Bandai Japan in 2003; there is no English version. The game is mainly an adventure game with some action sequences. The player moves around in a 3D environment, learning about places and relationships, and moving the story toward one of forty different endings. In-game characters are voiced by their original seiyū and are animated while speaking. Cut scenes feature hand-drawn animation, some of which was made for the game. In the action sequences the player fights Dolems with the RahXephon; weapons and other RahXephon variants can be un-locked.

The special Plusculus edition of the video game contains an extra booklet and a DVD with the RahXephon OVA episode.

[edit] Super Robot Wars

The RahXephon characters and mecha have appeared in the game Super Robot Wars MX, mixed with those from other shows. In the game, the RahXephon is a very powerful unit, with the power of a Super Robot but much of the agility of a Real Robot; although not quite as overwhelming as the Zeorymer, it is one of the more effective units. RahXephon's storyline also had a major role in the game's overall mixed plot, as the series' climax was also the climax of the game.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ This episode also features a Confucian version of the Golden Rule.
  2. ^ The title 遙か久遠の彼方 contains Far away (遙か Haruka?) and Eternity (久遠 Kuon/Quon?), the names of two of the main characters.
  3. ^ Wong, Amos (February 2003). "Interview with Yutaka Izubuchi". Newtype USA 2 (2): 14-15. ISSN 1541-4817.
  4. ^ This month's number of Sunday GX (Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-10-07.
  5. ^ This month's number of Sunday GX (Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-12-04.
  6. ^ Next number of Sunday GX (Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-12-13.
  7. ^ Named after the song "Over the Rainbow" from the The Wizard of Oz movie.
  8. ^ a b c d Unofficial title translation

[edit] External links

RahXephon
Main: RahXephon | Characters | Dolem | Episodes and media
Music: "Hemisphere" | O.S.T. 1 | O.S.T. 2 | O.S.T. 3 | "Tune the Rainbow" | Movie O.S.T.
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