Anime · Fuji TV
Haibane Renmei
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ryo Hirohashi
Rakka (voice)
13 eps
Junko Noda
Reki (voice)
13 eps
Eri Miyajima
Kana (voice)
13 eps
Fumiko Orikasa
Hikari (voice)
13 eps
Kazusa Murai
Nemu (voice)
13 eps
Akiko Yajima
Kuu (voice)
7 eps
Kumiko Higa
Dai (voice)
8 eps
Masumi Asano
Shota (voice)
8 eps
Ai Tokunaga
Hana (voice)
8 eps
Tamio Ohki
Speaker (voice)
6 eps
Koichi Kuriyama
Second-hand clothing store vendor (voice)
3 eps
Akiko Takeguchi
Housemother (voice)
1 eps
Yasuhiro
Bakery Manager (voice)
1 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Watch store owner (voice)
1 eps
Tomoe Hanba
Sumika (voice)
3 eps
Miyu Matsuki
Child (voice)
7 eps
Tsugumi Higasayama
Child (voice)
7 eps
Chihiro Suzuki
Hyoko (voice)
6 eps
Manabi Mizuno
Midori (voice)
5 eps
Satoshi Katougi
Café owner (voice)
2 eps
Kazuya Kobayashi
Haibane in abandoned factory (voice)
1 eps
Ken Takeuchi
Customer (voice)
1 eps
Hajime Iijima
Gentleman (voice)
1 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Kuramori (voice)
1 eps
Yukimasa Obi
Haibane in abandoned factory (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Haibane Renmei actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Haibane Renmei reads strongest on World Building, Character Depth and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E13
Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue
Rakka discovers that Reki's entire studio is painted like her cocoon dream. She gives Reki a box from the Communicator, containing her true name, which fills Reki with despair. She throws Rakka out of the room, confronts a manifestation of herself, and relives her dream. Rakka realizes the truth about Reki's struggle and goes back to save her.
- Directed by Kenichiro Watanabe
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E12
Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation
The Haibane go into town to buy Bell Nuts, gifts of reconciliation for the Passing of the Year festival. Reki gives one to Hyouko, and he and Midori finally tell Rakka what happened. Rakka learns about the Renmei's sign language, and the Communicator gives her her true name. After the festival, the Haibane of Abandoned Factory send Reki a message.
- Directed by Sakai Hashido
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E08
The Bird
Rakka continues to hide her wings from the others. Reki helps her move Kuu's bed into her room and they talk about the wall around the town. They take the children to buy winter clothes and a human girl tries to touch Rakka's wings. She flees into the Western Woods, led by the crows, who take her to an old well where she learns about her cocoon dream.
- Directed by Takahiro Omori
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E01
Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home
A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside this cocoon and breaks out of it. The winged people introduce themselves as Haibane, name her "Rakka," and give her a forged halo. One of them, Reki, stays with her as ash-grey, feathered wings grow from her back in a painful way.
- Directed by Tomokazu Tokoro
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E06
End of Summer / Rain / Loss
With winter approaching, Kuu gives Rakka a coat and helps her choose a room to live in. Kuu thanks her for the influence she has been, and Rakka notices that Kuu's halo is flickering. The other Haibane tell Rakka about Kuu's history of trying to imitate her older companions. As night falls, it starts to rain, and Kuu is nowhere to be found.
- Directed by Kenichiro Watanabe
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E07
Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter
Rakka refuses to believe Kuu will never return from her Day of Flight, and sickly black spots begin to appear on her own wings. Depressed, she goes to town alone and is approached by Hyouko, a Haibane from Abandoned Factory who asks about Reki. Reki gives Rakka medicine for her wings and tells her about the Sin-Bound Haibane and about her own past.
- Directed by Itsuki Imazaki
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue
- Directed by Kenichiro Watanabe
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E12
Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation
- Directed by Sakai Hashido
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E10
Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job
- Directed by Koji Yoshikawa
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E11
Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing
- Directed by Masatsugu Arakawa
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
S01E09
Well / Rebirth / Riddle
- Directed by Jun Takada
- Written by Yoshitoshi ABe
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoshinobu IwataniProducer
- Yasuyuki UedaProducer
Writing
- Yoshitoshi ABeWriter
Direction
- Jun TakadaDirector
- Takahiro OmoriDirector
- Itsuki ImazakiDirector
- Kenichiro WatanabeDirector
- Tomokazu TokoroDirector
- Koji YoshikawaDirector
Music
- Kow OtaniOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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