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The opening sequence of the first episode is known far and wide as one of the most graphic, gory and plainly unsettling in all of mainstream anime. In 2005, an original video animation, set between the tenth and eleventh episodes of the series, saw release. The anime started before the manga was complete and, as a result, the plot differed between the two, especially towards the ending of the story. The series contains graphic violence, transgressive subject matter, and nudity, and is thereby recommended for mature readers only.Ī thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation based on the manga was produced by the studio ARMS and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to October 2004 the anime was later licensed in North America on DVD by ADV Films.

While conducting this quiet slaughter, Lucy also creates "Silpelits," mostly girls (but only one male Diclonius) born like her, meant to spread their mutation and displace the Humans as Earth's dominant species.Įlfen Lied involves themes of social alienation, identity, animal cruelty, revenge, child abuse, jealousy and the value of humanity, with some implied criticism of Japanese culture. The series centers around the teenage Diclonius girl called Lucy who is said to be the first Diclonius Rejected by Humans, she begins a subsequent murderous vengeance upon them. Elfen Lied revolves around the interactions, views, emotions, and discrimination between Humans and Diclonius, a mutant species similar to humans in build, but who are distinguishable by two elf-like horns and " vectors," transparent arms which can pass through air and objects at high speed.