Invasion of the Capital

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"Invasion of the Capital" "Over Lord"
Ayato Kamina studies one of his paintings
Creator:	Yutaka Izubuchi
Country:	Japan
Network:	Fuji Television^[2]
Director:	Tomoki Kyoda
Writer:	Yutaka Izubuchi
Episode Length:	23 minutes
Episode Code:	1st movement
Episode Airdate:	2002-01-21 (schedule) 2002-01-22 (JST)^[1]

"Invasion of the Capital" (首都侵攻, Shuto shinkō^?, Original English: "Over Lord") is the first episode of the RahXephon TV series originally aired in Japan on the night between January 21 and January 22, 2002.

Title references: Operation Overlord

1 Plot
- 1.1 Locations and items
- 1.2 Arc significance and foreshadowing
2 Production
- 2.1 Guest cast
3 Reception
4 References and notes
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Ayato, Hiroko and Mamoru are on their way to a chemistry test with a stalker on their tail. Tokyo is suddenly invaded by futuristic fighters, and giant Dolem defend the capital. In the rubble Ayato encounters Reika Mishima. Ayato is arrested, but he's freed by his stalker; Ayato runs away from her with Reika.

Ayato and Reika get on the subway and reach a special station called "The Shrine of Xephon" under Tokyo Bay. There, they discover a Dolem in storage, and further in they find a room with a blue sky, and a giant egg resting in a pool of water. The Dolems singing above affect Ayato, but Reika breaks through them with a song of her own. Suddenly the egg cracks, revealing wings inside, and Ayato says "Rah...Xephon".

[edit] Locations and items


Ayato goes to Ikebukuro Station ( 35°43′48″N, 139°42′40″E) by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line	Ayato, Hiroko and Mamoru travel on a new version of the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, with different stations.^[3]	Ayato emerges from the subway tunnel ( 35°42′26.42″N, 139°44′53.81″E) near the Tokyo Dome and Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.

The garden. The government building in the background is shown in the episode.	Ayato runs through Bunkyō, along the Kanda River and passes under the Hijiri Bridge ( 35°42′0″N, 139°45′56″E).	He continues towards Akihabara. The railway bridge with the arch, on the far side, is shown in the episode. Akihabara is the area beyond.

Akihabara	Ayato and Reika travel from Manseibashi Subway Station on a fictional subway line to a location under Tokyo Bay. The subway station has been abandoned since 1931.	Egg and Genesis

[edit] Arc significance and foreshadowing

Spoiler warning: In addition to plot and/or ending details about Invasion of the Capital, such spoilers for later episodes follow.

The time dilation effect and Tokyo Jupiter are both shown, but not explained, in the cold open.
The second shot of the Kamina house shows contrails.
Reika is shown to project a reflection in the subway window only for Ayato's benefit.
Haruka uses the same honorific for Ayato as others do "kun", but calls him by his given name — his friends call him by his family name. (See Japanese name)

[edit] Production

[edit] Guest cast

See List of RahXephon characters for regular cast appearances

Character	Japanese actor	English actor
Public safety agent A	Hiroshi Matsumoto	James Marshall
Public safety agent B	Fumioki
Defense Force Soldier	Masanobu Kariya
Operator	Isao Yamagishi

[edit] Reception

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[edit] References and notes

General references

RahXephon translated episodes from A.D. Vision.
(Japanese) Official episode list. Media Factory. Retrieved on January 16, 2007.
(English) Unofficial episode list. Anime News Network. Retrieved on January 16, 2007.

Specific reference and notes

^ Episodes were sceduled for 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. the following date.
^ RahXephon (Japanese). Fuji TV (2001-2003). Retrieved 4 June 2002 and 20 July 2006
^ For example, station M21 is moved from Hongō 3rd Block (Hongō-sanchōme, 本郷三丁目^?) to Hongō 1st Block (Hongō-ichichōme, 本郷一丁目^?).