RahXephon

Season

2002

7.2

Kamina Ayato lives an ordinary life. He goes to school. He lives with his mother. He has schoolmates. But all of that changes one day when massive machines, known as the Dolem, attack the city of Tokyo with their destructive vocal powers. Caught up in the chaos, Ayato meets a mysterious girl named Mishima Reika. She leads him to the sanctuary, resting place of the RahXephon, a giant humanoid being with powers to counter those of the Dolem. Upon its awakening, Ayato finds himself synchronising with the machine and it takes him to the world beyond Tokyo. It seems that Tokyo, more precisely called Tokyo Jupiter, has been cut off from the rest of the world. Those living within the boundaries of Tokyo Jupiter believe that the rest of the world has been decimated, when in fact they live in a world controlled by the Mu. Now, facing the truth, Ayato must come to terms with his new reality, for he is a central element in the fate of mankind.

Episode List

First Movement: Invasion of the Capital/Overlord

S1 • E1

First Movement: Invasion of the Capital/Overlord

Ayato is just a normal teenager until there is an attack on Tokyo.

Second Movement: God and Man Awaken/Awakening

S1 • E2

Second Movement: God and Man Awaken/Awakening

Ayato gains insight into Reika's enigmatic nature.

Third Movement: City of Two/Welcome to Our Town

S1 • E3

Third Movement: City of Two/Welcome to Our Town

In the RahXephon, Ayato got a shock because he lost Reika and saw Maya shedding blue blood. He then operates the RahXephon to crush one Dolem, and goes outside through the barrier with the female pursuer, Haruka. She later tells him that a spherical barrier has been covering Tokyo, which called Tokyo Jupiter, and implies that the time passes more slowly in the barrier than outside.

Fourth Movement: His Own Watch/Watch the Year Hand

S1 • E4

Fourth Movement: His Own Watch/Watch the Year Hand

Ayato is tested to see if he is Mulian.

Fifth Movement: Nirai-Kanai/On Earth as It Is in Heaven

S1 • E5

Fifth Movement: Nirai-Kanai/On Earth as It Is in Heaven

Ayato is taken to his new home.

Sixth Movement: Disappearing City/Lost Songs Forgotten Memories

S1 • E6

Sixth Movement: Disappearing City/Lost Songs Forgotten Memories

Director Watari, Commander Kunugi, and the advisor Makoto Isshiki attend a press conference, leaving Souichi in charge of it. Kim takes offense at Ayato for his thoughtless remarks, which makes him serious about the MU issue.

Seventh Movement: The Day of Gathering/Phantom in the Cloud

S1 • E7

Seventh Movement: The Day of Gathering/Phantom in the Cloud

Elvy tries to take on a Dolem on his own.

Eighth Movement: The Holy Freezing Night/The Dreaming Stone

S1 • E8

Eighth Movement: The Holy Freezing Night/The Dreaming Stone

They prepare a Christmas gift to someone special. Dr. Kisaragi finds a crystal stone on a broken Dolem that Ayato defeated, he gives it to Sayoko as a gift for the purpose of observing what happens.

Ninth Movement: The Shrine of Time/Sanctuary

S1 • E9

Ninth Movement: The Shrine of Time/Sanctuary

Futagami investigates what happened to the island. Quon leads Ayato to a small shrine after they saw a vision of Raika. Dr. Kisaragi tries to launch the RahXephon with Sayoko and Makoto.

Tenth Movement: Sonata of Recollection/War in the Remembrance

S1 • E10

Tenth Movement: Sonata of Recollection/War in the Remembrance

Kunugi's departed daughter's composition proves to have strange qualities.

Eleventh Movement: Ellusive Circuit/Nightmare

S1 • E11

Eleventh Movement: Ellusive Circuit/Nightmare

The Dolem catches Ayato with the RahXephon during the battle, and takes him into a nightmare.

Twelfth Movement: The Black Egg/Resonance

S1 • E12

Twelfth Movement: The Black Egg/Resonance

Quon has fallen into a strange catatonic state and is hospitalized. But then to everyone's surprise, she suddenly vanishes, and the search is on to find out just where it is that she went.

Thirteenth Movement: First Human Specimen/Sleeping Beauty

S1 • E13

Thirteenth Movement: First Human Specimen/Sleeping Beauty

The question that seems to be on everyone's mind is just who Quon really is. Itsuki claims that she is his sister, but other things are coming to light that prove that may very well be a lie.

Fourteenth Movement: The Boy in the Mirror/Time After Time

S1 • E14

Fourteenth Movement: The Boy in the Mirror/Time After Time

A shake up at the base takes place when the corporate interests use their influence to take charge of Quon. A new Terra weapon, The Vermillion, debuts and it's made known that The Foundation granted TERRA it's use.

Fifteenth Movement: The Night of the Children/Child Hood's End

S1 • E15

Fifteenth Movement: The Night of the Children/Child Hood's End

The present becomes the past as the focus shifts to the Bahbem Foundation. Three young children live there as students, but Isshiki has found a Dolem living in the ruins beneath the mansion and wants to protect it.

Sixteenth Movement: Another Person's Island/The Moon Princess

S1 • E16

Sixteenth Movement: Another Person's Island/The Moon Princess

Haruka asks her uncle about his daughter, Maya. Quon prepares to leave the TERRA. Ayato suffers for his identity. Megumi notices that Souichi and Kim have a close relationship.

Seventeenth Movement: Return to the Maze/Ground Zero

S1 • E17

Seventeenth Movement: Return to the Maze/Ground Zero

TERRA sends Elvy to catch Ayato and Quon, as well as bring back the RahXephon. Though returning to Tokyo Jupiter may have seemed like a fantastic idea, Ayato quickly learns that much has changed.

Eighteenth Movement: Bond of Blue Blood/The Memory of a Lost City

S1 • E18

Eighteenth Movement: Bond of Blue Blood/The Memory of a Lost City

Ayato's life is falling apart. It seems that his only salvation is with Hiroko, and together the two decide to leave the Mu infested Tokyo and return to the safety of the real world.

Nineteenth Movement: Blue Friend/Ticket to Nowhere

S1 • E19

Nineteenth Movement: Blue Friend/Ticket to Nowhere

Megumi and Elvy make it back to the Vermillion but the RahXephon has been lost due to a magnetic storm.

Twentieth Movement: The Battle of the One Who Controls/Interested Parties

S1 • E20

Twentieth Movement: The Battle of the One Who Controls/Interested Parties

Ayato returns to TERRA and finds out Isshiki has take over the command and they have a new cadet that resembles Reika.

Twenty-First Movement: The Mark of Xephon/Good Bye My Friend

S1 • E21

Twenty-First Movement: The Mark of Xephon/Good Bye My Friend

Makoto presents the Operation Downfall, which breaks the Tokyo Jupiter's barrier. Ayato's words and actions unintentionally disturb Dr. Kisaragi and Sayoko more than ever before. Mamoru sees Hiroko's face in Megumi, but he tries to take advantage of her as his revenge to Ayato.

Twenty-Second Movement: Mission Jupiter Annihilation/Down Fall

S1 • E22

Twenty-Second Movement: Mission Jupiter Annihilation/Down Fall

Issihiki receives an order to cancel operation Downfall but ignores it.

Twenty-Third Movement: Eternity from Here/Where the Sweet Bird Song

S1 • E23

Twenty-Third Movement: Eternity from Here/Where the Sweet Bird Song

Ayato comes to terms with everything that has happened to him and by doing so regains his past.

Twenty-Fourth Movement: The Door to Tuning/Twin Music

S1 • E24

Twenty-Fourth Movement: The Door to Tuning/Twin Music

Futagami shows up as Jumonji from Federation Division 6 and orders Lilia Litvyak and the other TERRA ships to unload the evacuees and join the Federation forces.

Twenty-Fifth Movement: God's Uncertain Sound/Deus Ex Machina

S1 • E25

Twenty-Fifth Movement: God's Uncertain Sound/Deus Ex Machina

The remaining TERRA forces use the TDD unit on Elvy's plane to destroy much of the Mulian units.

Final Movement: Deep Away Into Infinity/Time Enough for Love

S1 • E26

Final Movement: Deep Away Into Infinity/Time Enough for Love

With their godlike powers, Ayato and Quon travel through the spiritual world while adjusting the real world. He finally remembers his past with Haruka during the trip. What future will they choose?