Elfen Lied

About Elfen Lied

The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government.

Elfen Lied is an action-adventure, animation, and mystery series that ran on AT-X. It ran for one season of 13 episodes between July 2004 and October 2004.

Its themes are gore, bullying, angst, and amnesia. The story is adapted from a manga. Chihiro Suzuki appears as Kouta (voice), Sanae Kobayashi as Lucy, Emiko Hagiwara as Mayu (voice), and Hiroaki Hirata as Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice).

Tokyo Ghoul, Parasyte -the maxim-, and Another make useful companions to Elfen Lied, all filed under dark fantasy and based on manga. TMDB voters put it at 8.3 out of 10 across 1,505 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.