Season 1
13 episodes · 2015
2150 AD. The battle against the silicon-based Festums from outer space reaches a new phase. Fragments of the North Pole Mir were scattered throughout the world. Eventually, they began to act on their own as independent Mirs. Most hated humanity and attacked them, but some chose to coexist with mankind. Some with the same way of thinking existed within the human race, as well: those who were both human and Festum. They added to the chaos of the battle and brought about even more hatred. (Source: Crunchyroll) Sequel to Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor, set two years after Heaven and Earth.
E01Paradise ~ The Beginning
When an enormous golden being attacks the peaceful Tatsumiya Island, citizens evacuate the surface to underground protective shelters. Soshi urges Kazuki to fight this horrifying adversary by piloting the Fafner Mark XI.
E02Confession ~ Life
Aboard the Mark XI, Kazuki has a brush with death in his first battle to save the island from the Festum. Soshi tells Kazuki about the secrets of the island. Once a paradise, Tatsumiya is no longer safe from the dangers wrought on the rest of the planet.
E03Labyrinth ~ Truth
A probe from the New United Nations has threatened to reveal Tatsumiya. As Alvis prepares to move the island to the northwest, students are drafted as new pilots and begin grueling training.
E04Escape ~ Departure
Kazuki and Soshi pursue the Festum while Alvis begins to move Tatsumiya Island. Then a New United Nations unit interferes with the plans, moving the battle directly into the island's path.
E05Promise ~ Pledge
After their discovery of Tatsumiya, the leader of the New United Nations forces Makabe to hand over the Mark VI. Shoko promises Kazuki that she will protect the island as he leaves for battle. Suddenly, another Festum attacks.
E06Soaring Sky ~ Sacrifice
As the second Festum breaks through both of the island's shields and starts to ravage Alvis' underground shelters, Shoko reacts. Determined to keep her promise to Kazuki, she boards Mark VI to save the island.
E07Family ~ Parents and Children
While the pilots mourn over the devastating loss of their friend, others lament her recklessness. After a combat field test, two pilots are chosen to be a part of a fleet exploring a newly-discovered island almost exactly like their own.
E08Strife ~ Kouyou
Troops sent to probe the new island's core fall under attack by an army of Festums. When Mizoguchi receives orders to destroy the island with him and Maya trapped underground, one Fafner must fight while the other risks an underwater rescue mission.
E09Assimilation ~ Parting
Koyo manages to save the two soldiers, but fate doesn't find him so fortunate. Two pilots confront Soshi over whether he is more concerned for Fafner or his friends.
E10Disintegration ~ Crossing Paths
Kazuki receives an answer from Soshi. Later, a student locks himself in the school broadcast room to protest the Arcadian Project after learning his aspirations to leave the island in hopes of fame are dashed.
E11Old & New ~ The Neo U.N. Force
Kazuki takes in a bird's eye view of the outside world for the first time. His refuge from the island quickly takes a turn for the worse when a Festum approaches followed by two foreign mechs--neither party showing peaceful intentions.
E12Absence ~ Desperation
With Kazuki gone MIA, Kenji and Mamoru are recruited as pilots, just as a long-range firing Festum begins to attack. Mamoru boldly leads the defense with a plan that risks his own safety--but gains his commander's trust.
E13Erosion ~ Festum
At the Neo U.N. underground base, Kazuki is told he has the choice to fight or save the human race without fighting. Just as they discover new data and broadcast their plan to use the Mark XI, the base falls under attack.