| Fafner in the Azure | |
 Japanese DVD cover art of the first volume | |
| 蒼穹のファフナー (Sōkyū no Fafner) | |
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| Genre | Mecha[1] |
| Created by | Xebec, Tow Ubukata |
| Anime television series | |
| Dead Aggressor | |
| Directed by | Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanishi Takashi Noto Takatoshi Chino |
| Written by | Yasuo Yamabe (Eps 1-15) Tow Ubukata (Eps 16-26) |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 4, 2004 – December 26, 2004 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Dead Aggressor | |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Illustrated by | Hisashi Hirai |
| Published by | Mediaworks |
| English publisher | Digital Manga Publishing |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | January 10, 2005 |
| Manga | |
| Dead Aggressor | |
| Illustrated by | Mikami Akitsu |
| Published by | Mediaworks |
| English publisher | Digital Manga Publishing |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 27, 2005 – January 27, 2006 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television film | |
| Right of Left | |
| Directed by | Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Released | December 29, 2005 |
| Runtime | 51 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth | |
| Directed by | Takashi Noto (Chief) Toshimasa Suzuki |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanashi |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 25, 2010 |
| Runtime | 88 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Dead Aggressor | |
| Illustrated by | Tomomi Matsushita |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius (2014–2018) Palcy (2018–2021) |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 26, 2014 – August 25, 2021 |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Dead Aggressor: Exodus | |
| Directed by | Takashi Noto (Chief) Nobuyoshi Habara |
| Produced by | Gou Nakanishi Kotaro Sudo Ryu Hashimoto |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Xebec Zwei |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 8, 2015 – December 26, 2015 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime film series | |
| The Beyond | |
| Directed by | Takashi Noto |
| Produced by | Koutarou Sudou |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio |
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| Released | May 17, 2019 – November 5, 2021 |
| Films | 4 (12 episodes) |
| Anime film | |
| Behind the Line | |
| Directed by | Takashi Noto |
| Produced by | Go Nakanishi |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Released | January 20, 2023 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
Fafner in the Azure (Japanese: 蒼穹のファフナー, Hepburn: Sōkyū no Fafunā) is a Japanese mecha anime franchise created by Xebec in collaboration with Starchild Records. The story focuses on a group of children who pilot the titular Fafners in an escalating war against giant aliens called Festum. The first series, subtitled Dead Aggressor, is directed by Nobuyoshi Habara and written by Yasuo Yamabe and Tow Ubukata with character designs from Hisashi Hirai and mecha designs by Naohiro Washio. It aired on TV Tokyo from July to December 2004 for 26 episodes. A television special subtitled Right of Left aired in December 2005, a feature film subtitled Heaven and Earth had a theatrical release in Japan in December 2010, and a sequel subtitled Exodus aired on MBS and several other stations for 26 episodes from January to December 2015. Another sequel subtitled The Beyond was released as four films from May 2019 to November 2021. A special episode subtitled Behind the Line premiered in theaters in January 2023. The series heavily borrows elements from Norse Mythology, referencing some of the terminology used.
- ^ "Fafner in the Azure: THE BEYOND Heads to Theaters in Japan in 2019". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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