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6.5 1 Seasons • 25 Episodes

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.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Marika Matsumoto

    Marika Matsumoto

    Toomi Maya (voice)

  • Kohei Kiyasu

    Kohei Kiyasu

    Minashiro Soushi (voice)

  • Satomi Arai

    Satomi Arai

    Kaname Sakura (voice)

  • Sanae Kobayashi

    Sanae Kobayashi

    Hazama Kanon (voice)

  • Minoru Shiraishi

    Minoru Shiraishi

    Kenji Kondō (voice)

  • Misato Fukuen

    Misato Fukuen

    Tatekami Seri (voice)

  • Miyu Matsuki

    Miyu Matsuki

    Hazama Shouko (voice)

  • Makoto Ishii

    Makoto Ishii

    Makabe Kazuki (voice)

  • Ryoko Shiraishi

    Ryoko Shiraishi

    Nishio Rina (voice)

Overview

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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