Haibane Renmei (TV Series)

Japan 2002, 100 minutes
Dir. Tomokazu Tokoro
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Anime

Aroview: Accomplished Japanese anime TV series that shuns the usual props - weaponry, robots, demons, spaceships - for a bittersweet tale of a girl who is 'hatched' from a cocoon into a mysterious after-world.

Sprouting a pair of wings she gradually comes to terms with her new life - a concept delivered with some originality by the creator of LAIN.

Volume 1 - Cocoon, Dream of Falling, Old Home.
Volume 2 - Town and Wall, Toga, Haibane-Renmei
Volume 3 - Temple, Communicator, Pancakes
Volume 4 - Trash Day, Clock Tower, Birds Flying Over the Walls