Haibane Renmei - Complete Series
In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surroundings, however, .. Read more
| Director | Tomokazu Tokoro |
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| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television |
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Haibane Renmei - Complete Series
In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surroundings, however, burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What are Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the huge, forbidden town walls? Thus Rakka begins her wistful journey of self-discovery and wonderment. Contains all 4 volumes.
| Director | Tomokazu Tokoro |
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| Studio | MVM |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television |
| Language | DVD: Japanese, English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Apr 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
Haibane Renmei - Complete Series (4 discs)
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Sign up Haibane Renmei - Vol. 1 - New Feathers
There exists a long-forgotten town where humans and Haibanes live side by side. Waking up from a mysterious dr...
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Sign up Haibane Renmei - Vol. 2 - Wings Of Sorrow
Rakka continues to struggle to adapt to her new surroundings, and is still unclear as to her new role......
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Sign up Haibane Renmei - Vol. 3 - Free Bird
When a girl named Rakka emerges from a cocoon with a pail of angel-like wings and no memory, she finds herself...
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Sign up Haibane Renmei - Vol. 4 - Day Of Flight
When a girl named Rakka emerges from a cocoon with a pair of angel-like wings and no memory, she finds herself...
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Beautiful
It says it all. It moves slowly, but is beatifully made. OK, the animation isn't of the Studio Ghibli quality but this is television. But beautiful TV. The story unfolds slowly, allowing time for characters to reveal themselves. Judging from this first volume it respects the audience, not flash cutting or giving unnecessary information as if we were unable to keep more than one thought in our mind.
It simply hits the right tone, without ever lacking in humour - though the humour is never childish, as can sometimes be the case. It's thoughtful and graceful, whilst not melencholic or wistful.
I suspect this will appeal to a smaller group than most anime but those who like it will love it. Probably a must for those who like Miyazaki or Serial Experiments Lain. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Haibane Renmei
At first glance this series seems stupid and boring, with little to do with anything, just a peaceful slice-of-life series with a slight fantasy twist where a bunch of winged girls with halos live in a house and do... stuff. But beneath the surface this series is much more satisfying as a mysterious and sinister story unfolds.
It's certainly not the most amazing thing I've ever seen and yet I found myself gripped, wondering what might happen. The story eventually settles onto two characters, Rakka and Reki, who are both not exactly care-free Haibane as the others seem to be. Problems and darkness seem to haunt them endlessly in a series of twisting events that keeps you gripped until the very climax which left me breathless, shaken and slightly disappointed. I would highly recommend this series, you find yourself really interested in what's going on and while the end episode didn't answer all the questions I had, it left me suitably thoughtful as a mystery truly should. Rent this series and keep going, Volume 1 is a little off-putting but it's worth sticking it out to the last volume so hang in there. I loved the last volume especially. -
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Haibane Renmei - Complete Series
In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her ...
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