List of RahXephon episodes
RahXephon is an anime television series produced by Bones and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. It was broadcast in Japan on Fuji Television from January 21, 2002 to September 11, 2002. In keeping with the musical theme of the series, episodes are called "movements"
The original air dates are schedule dates; these are calendar dates until the April series break, when Fuji Television moved RahXephon from Monday afternoons into a Tuesday late night anime block. Episodes 10 through 26 started at 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday. This means that the calendar dates of the first and last episode airings are 21 January 2002 and 11 September 2002, respectively. Stations in the Fuji Network System affiliate Tōkai Television Broadcasting network started airing the series in the late night but moved it to late afternoons after the same series break. RahXephon thus remained both a late night and late afternoon anime series throughout its original run.
Episode list
No. | Title | Writer | Original air date |
Original video animation
No. | Title | Writer | Release date |
Television film
;:, 116 minutes, television movie. An alternative version of the story, with substantial plot changes and some new scenes. Original release dates: 19 April 2003, 25 September 2003Anime distribution
;Television broadcast and Video on demandAmong the television networks and video on demand services and that have broadcast or streamed RahXephon are:
Region | Network, station or service |
Japan | Fuji Television and its FNS affiliate networks, except in the Kansai region. |
Japan | Bandai Channel |
Kansai region of Japan | Sun |
Kansai region of Japan | KBS |
Kansai region of Japan | TVN |
Kansai region of Japan | BBC |
Kansai region of Japan | WTV |
United States, Canada | Anime Network |
United States | G4 Videogame TV |
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium | Game One |
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium | Mangas |
Spain | Cuatro |
Spain | Buzz |
Portugal | SIC Radical |
Republic of China | Animax |
Home Video
In Japan, the Media Factory DVD release started while the series was still airing. RahXephon a prelude, containing a "making-of" documentary and trailers, was released as a prelude on 29 March 2002. Its content was used as bonus material in the international releases. The series itself was released on nine volumes of DVD, the first one on 31 May 2002.The series and the movie were licensed internationally. ADV Films released the show as seven DVD volumes in the United States and United Kingdom. In addition to the Japanese bonus materials, ADV included interviews with some of their voice actors. Other distributors released the show in other regions and languages.
ADV Films announced new High-Definition DVDs for release in 2005; each volume was planned have one disc of HD video and another with both DTS 5.1 and Dolby 5.1 audio for the standard definition video. However, these were delayed and ultimately failed to be released. Media Factory released a DVD box in spring 2007 which included a HD DVD edition of the movie, new art by Akihiro Yamada, and a re-release of the OVA episode. On February 23, 2011, Media Factory released a Blu-ray box set of the series that included both Japanese and English audio as well as English subtitles.