Elfen Lied

I decided it would be right if I started with my Favorite Anime, Elfen Lied, 

Background and Origin :  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn 
Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's 
Weekly Young Jump from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 
107 chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes. 
A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio Arms
and broadcast on AT-X from July to October 2004

Manga
Release Date/ Original Run : June 6, 2002 – August 25, 2005.

Volumes : 12

Anime
July 25, 2004 –October 17, 2004

Episodes : 13

Genre : Horror, Romance, Action, Sci-Fi




This anime is known for a few things, Action, Gore, A Bit Of Nudity, and Many Many Sad Scenes, 
Again, since I don't spoil anything, you'll have to find out for yourself.

Characters :  We have several main characters to this Series.

Kohta : He's our Protagonist Essentially, So you best get use to him, Not to say he's a bad character
He's from what I understand a Highschool/ College student, who's parents died in an accident.
So Now he's living in an Old Fashioned Japanese Inn, With his Cousin, Yes, Cousin, Yuka

Yuka : Now, I know what your thinking, if you've already watched this, then you know exactly how Yuka
feels about Kohta, Yes, It's Wrong, But for the sake of story, It's Needed, She's a college student/
Highschool student just like Kohta, And according to story, She owns the Inn that they will be living in, 
The Inn plays Many Crucial parts to the story, including many of the Important Events.

Lucy/Nyuu: Now, I put two names there because they are the same characters, just different
personalities, Now we get to the main part of the show, The Diclonius, These are very power from 
what I know, Female basically weapons that are created to destroy mankind, Lucy is apparently the
most powerful of them, Nyuu is her Other Side, that seems to be dominate 75% of the time,  After
Lucy starts to go back into what I call, Sleep mode. During the opening, She is Shot in the head by
a 50 Cal Sniper and it Knocks her Memory out.

Mayu : Mayu is an child who lives with a Dog, That's the best I can give you without spoiling anything
Her Homelife isn't that good, Hence why she lives outside with the dog, she's honestly a very
Wierd character, because everytime she's talking during a conflict she tends to speak like this
"U-Uhm", Yes She stutters, Understandable because she is a young girl.

Nana : Nana is.. well, She's another Diclonius, She is the one who is sent to retrieve Lucy, She's very close to our 
Next Character, and Calls him Papa, Which is her Trait, 
Her weapon, which is known as a vector in this anime, Is longer then Lucy's, She is "Evil" at first,
But she decides after a Certain event, to join the Inn And help everyone else.

Doctor Kurama : He is my favorite Male character, Next to Kohta, Because he is very important, He's basically the "father" of all the Diclonius, and yes, That is why he is Important, Nana Calls him Papa. He is the son of the director

Of the whole organization that creates the Diclonius. For the Record, None of the Diclonius are

allowed to Hurt Kurama, perhaps it's something to do with their code, I don't know.

Mariko :  Mariko is the finale Diclonius you have to meet, She's the final and most deadly one

of the bunch, Stronger the Nana and longer Vectors then Lucy, She only comes into the series

a fair bit later, She isn't introduced right off. She and Kurama have THE MOST saddest part of the

whole anime, I won't spoil it.

Despite that Evil Look, She's actually Really cute.

Plot : The plot is basically a Large Corporation, is attempting to You Guessed it, End the world 

by killing off all human life. Using Diclonius, I don't exactly know what they are, But they are basically

Human weapons, in the forms of Women, Which again, you'd have to watch the series to know how

They are born. It's nothing too bad.

Animation : The Animation is actually really good, I can at least understand what something is, 

and the Design is really good, They really put effort into showing that an anime can have different 

looking characters and designs, Overall Great.

Sound (Music) : The Music is very good, Especially the opening to the anime, Lilium, you should

hear it, even the instrumental version is amazing, The music in the anime itself tends to be very

normal, nothing too dramatic, and nothing too out there, The music during sad parts or during

Fights tends to be amazing, it really sets the mood.

Sound (Voice) : The voice actors in Japanese Dub, do a VERY good performance, i'm actually

convinced someone is sad, someone is happy, or someone is nervous, it's not a bland of voices

that don't fit the characters, English Dub however isn't as good as the Japanese, it's another anime

where you should watch the Japanese dub first, THEN watch the English, I do enjoy Lucy's Voice

in English and Japanese, I don't really care for Kohta's however in English. 

Nana is better in Japanese, Mariko is better in Japanese, and Kurama is actually better in English.

Ending And Opening : The Ending and Opening are Amazing, As is I said, with the song Lilium,

the Lyrics and Sound are great, they both have that.. Religious kinda feel to it, the lyrics are very

lore like and very good, It's recommended you see them.

Emotions : This Anime can get very emotional, During certain parts of it, So if you are easily made

to cry by sad anime, Buckle up and grab some tissues, your going to cry during this.

Rating : 9.5/10 This Is an AMAZING Anime, And You cannot miss it, Trust me. It's My Favorite, after

watching it, I have to Thank Ponsavanh for getting me into this anime, because without Her, I wouldn't

have watched it.

Closing: Well, Thank you for reading my First Review, There is More to come, And I hope that you'll

Stick around and listen to what I have to say, Thanks for Reading, Sorcerer Out.