Haibane Renmei (TV)

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© Yoshitoshi ABe • Aureole Secret Factory.

Alternative title:

Ailes Grises (French)

Ali Grigie (Italian)

Charcoal Feathers Federation

La Federación de las Plumas de Carbón (Spanish)

La Federazione delle Piume Cineree (Italian)

Stowarzyszenie Szaropiórych (Polish)

Альянс Серокрылых (Russian)

Союз серокрылых (Russian)

灰羽連盟 (Japanese)

하이바네 연맹 (Korean)

Genres: drama, fantasy, mystery, psychological, supernatural

Themes: angels

Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)

Plot Summary:

A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of females with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

Rakka, a newly born Haibane (Angel) awakens into an unfamiliar world with only a strange dream of falling from the sky as her only memory. Alone and scared of who and what she is, she is cared for by fellow Haibane as they try and search for the meaning of their existence as well as what lies beyond their town's imprisoning walls.

User Ratings: 3058 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 1153 votes (sub:851, dub:242, Spa.sub:18, ?:8, Fre.sub:8, raw:6, Rus.sub:6, Ger.dub:5, Ita.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, Spa.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, edit.dub:1)

Excellent: 787 votes (sub:612, dub:141, ?:8, Spa.sub:7, raw:7, Ger.dub:3, Ger.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Pol.edit.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)

Very good: 517 votes (sub:404, dub:94, Fre.sub:3, Rus.sub:3, Spa.sub:3, Rus.dub:2, Ita.sub:2, Ger.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, Dut.sub:1)

Good: 291 votes (sub:230, dub:45, Spa.sub:6, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)

Decent: 123 votes (sub:96, dub:19, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, Por.sub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1)

So-so: 86 votes (sub:71, dub:12, Por.sub:1, ?:1, Kor.sub:1)

Not really good: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:6, ?:1)

Weak: 52 votes (sub:41, dub:10, Spa.sub:1)

Bad: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:4)

Awful: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:4, raw:1)

Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)

Seen in part or in whole by 4854 users, rank: #69
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.579 (Excellent-.42), std. dev.: 1.6992, rank: #149
Weighted mean: 8.492 (Very good+.49), rank: #151 (seen all: 8.62 / seen some: 7.25 / won't finish: 4.25)
Bayesian estimate: 8.488 (Very good+.48), rank: #53

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 13

Episode titles: We have 13

Vintage: 2002-10-09 to 2002-12-18

Releases: We have 15

Opening Theme:

"Free Bird" by Kou Otani

Ending Theme:

"Blue Flow" by Heart of Air

Official website:

Geneon Entertainment's Official Haibane Renmei Website

Geneon/Rondo Robe's Official Haibane Renmei Site (Japanese)