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Elfen Lied

★ 7.8 42K votes 2004–2004 1 season · 14 episodes Ended AT-X
DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sanae KobayashiChihiro SuzukiMamiko NotoSam SalettaKira Vincent-DavisCynthia Martinez
Written by
Lynn Okamoto
Starring
Sanae KobayashiChihiro SuzukiMamiko NotoSam SalettaKira Vincent-DavisCynthia Martinez
Written by
Lynn Okamoto
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
02505007501k

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About

"Gore-soaked tragedy about a monster who feels"

A horned, seemingly harmless girl named Nyu washes up near a Japanese coastal town and is taken in by two young cousins, unaware she's actually Lucy, an escaped mutant experiment capable of shredding people with invisible limbs. The show swings hard between gory body-horror violence, exploitative fan-service, and genuinely mournful melodrama about outcasts and cruelty. It's uneven and often tasteless, but the mix of splatter, tragic backstory, and a haunting choral theme song gives it a strange emotional pull that lingers well after the shock value fades.

Watch it for

the unsettling swings between graphic violence and genuine emotional tragedy about being othered.

Maybe skip if

you're sensitive to gratuitous gore or exploitative content mixed with serious themes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12004
7.89K146h 5m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Encounter7.8
80726 min
▶2Wipe Out7.7
69926 min
▶3Within Heart7.3
67526 min
▶4Meeting7.9
66326 min
▶5Reception7.7
63226 min
▶6Inner Feelings7.6
61726 min
▶7Chance Meeting7.3
60726 min
▶8The Very Beginning8.1
62826 min
▶9Reminiscence8.4
67226 min
▶10Suckling7.6
59126 min
▶11Complication7.5
58927 min
▶12Quagmire8.3
65926 min
▶13No Return8.5
77127 min
▶14In the Passing Rain6.8
34925 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Sanae Kobayashi Lucy, Nyu
Chihiro Suzuki Kota
Mamiko Noto Yuka
Sam Saletta Kohta
Kira Vincent-Davis Lucy, Nyu
Cynthia Martinez Mayu
Nancy Novotny Yuka
Adam Conlon Kohta
Emiko Hagiwara Mayu
Yuki Matsuoka Nana

Crew

Lynn Okamoto

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