Season 1
(2002)
Cast
as Rakka (voice)
as Reki (voice)
as Kana (voice)
as Hikari (voice)
as Nemu (voice)
Episodes
Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home 7.4
October 9, 2002
A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside t…
Town and Wall / Toga / Haibane-Renmei 6.4
October 23, 2002
Rakka's new companions take her into the town of Glie. She learns that most of the people here are not Haibane, that Ha…
Temple / Communicator / Pancakes 6.0
November 6, 2002
Hikari takes Rakka to the temple of the Haibane Renmei, where the Communicator approves her as a Haibane and gives her …
Trash Day / Clock Tower / Birds Flying over the Walls 6.4
November 13, 2002
Kana tells Rakka not to feed the crows, because they are the only creatures who can leave the city, and if they get too…
Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World 6.4
November 20, 2002
Rakka goes to work with Nemu at the library. There she meets Sumika, a kindly pregnant woman who is interested in Rakka…
End of Summer / Rain / Loss 7.2
November 27, 2002
With winter approaching, Kuu gives Rakka a coat and helps her choose a room to live in. Kuu thanks her for the influenc…
Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter 7.0
November 27, 2002
Rakka refuses to believe Kuu will never return from her Day of Flight, and sickly black spots begin to appear on her ow…
The Bird 7.2
December 4, 2002
Rakka continues to hide her wings from the others. Reki helps her move Kuu's bed into her room and they talk about the …
Well / Rebirth / Riddle 6.6
December 4, 2002
Rakka realizes that the crow that died in the well represents someone who cared about her in her old life. The Toga fin…
Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job 6.8
December 11, 2002
A flashback shows the kindly Kuramori, who promised to stay with Reki forever. In the present, Reki goes to the Haibane…
Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing 5.3
December 11, 2002
Midori, from Abandoned Factory, gives more hints about Reki's past. The Communicator tells Rakka that while she had the…
Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation 7.2
December 18, 2002
The Haibane go into town to buy Bell Nuts, gifts of reconciliation for the Passing of the Year festival. Reki gives one…
Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue 8.0
December 18, 2002
Rakka discovers that Reki's entire studio is painted like her cocoon dream. She gives Reki a box from the Communicator,…