亡念のザムド
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Xam'd at the Dawn of War
Air Date:24/09/2008
Akiyuki was living a peaceful life along with his friends and family on Sentan Island. This peace was disrupted when sudden war broke out and a strange force took control of his body.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Atsuko Watanabe
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naoko Igarashi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masashi Okumura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yasushi Muraki
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuki Hayashi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yasuko Higuchi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kenji Mizuhata
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Nobuaki Nagano
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yasuo Muroi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuriko Chiba
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroyuki Okaji
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Katsunori Shibata
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Orie Tanaka
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroyuki Hashimoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masako Tashiro
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Takashi Tomioka
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seimei Maeda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroyuki Mori
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hitomi Takechi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 2
Blackout on Sentan Island
Air Date:24/09/2008
Transformed into Xam'd, Akiyuki confronts the enemy invasion in order to protect his friend Haru. Afterwards he is retrieved by the mysterious Nakiami and taken to the postal airship Zanbani, where she lives.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Kazuo Miyake
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Masako Tashiro
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Gousei Oda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 3
The Way to Freedom
Air Date:01/10/2008
Nakiami performs a special treatment to contain the power of Xam'd in Akiyuki's right arm. At the same time his family and friends look for his whereabouts.
Crew
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Kenji Mizuhata
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Takahiro Ikezoe
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Episode: 4
Enlightenment
Air Date:01/10/2008
While becoming accustomed to his new environment, Akiyuki begins the distinctive training in order to control his powers.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naoki Murata
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Daisuke Tokudo
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Kenichi Kutsuna
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seimei Maeda
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 5
Shattered Bonds
Air Date:08/10/2008
Nakiami meets some old acquaintances of hers, and the rest of the crew wonders if she will leave the ship to join them. Meanwhile, a classmate of Haru and Furuichi who lost her entire family surrenders herself to despair.
Crew
Name: Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naomi Kaneda
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Daisuke Tokudo
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Episode: 6
Live Fire
Air Date:08/10/2008
Haru finally got news from Akiyuki, but just after she and Furuichi joined the military, they are assigned to engage a rogue Xam'd who broke out from a research lab.
Crew
Name: Tetsuya Ishikawa
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Chiyomi Tsukamoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shingo Abe
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Chiyomi Tsukamoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shingo Abe
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Episode: 7
Guardians of Stone
Air Date:15/10/2008
Akiyuki receives Haru's letters and after learning that she will be waiting for him at Tsumebara Pass, he leaves with Roppa to meet her. However, he encounters more people turning into humanforms along the way.
Crew
Name: Shuji Miyahara
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Hideaki Maniwa
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Katsumi Terahigashi
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Satoshi Okayama
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 8
Showdown at Tsumebara Pass
Air Date:15/10/2008
Akiyuki and Haru meet again in at Tsumebara Pass, but their reunion is cut short by an angry Furuichi who confronts him after discovering that he became a Xam'd.
Crew
Episode: 9
The Astonishing Raigyo
Air Date:22/10/2008
Raigyo, a Xam'd like Akiyuki, returns to the Zanbani after two years of absence. All members of the crew seem to be happy to meet him again, but Akiyuki somehow does not share the same feeling.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shinya Watada
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Hiroko Kazui
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Minefumi Harada
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 10
Moving On
Air Date:22/10/2008
Raigyo asks for the crew to take a picture together while Haru decides to follow with her military career.
Episode: 11
Assault: The Zanbani
Air Date:29/10/2008
The crew of the Zanbani must fend off an assault by Humanforms from the Northern forces.
Crew
Name: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Yoshimi Itazu
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Kei Yokozawa
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Shingo Yamashita
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Michiyo Suzuki
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naoyuki Asano
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Fumiaki Kouta
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masaru Ohshiro
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yasushi Muraki
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Madoka Ozawa
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shin'ichi Yokota
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeyuki Miya
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiromi Hata
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Mamiko Nakanishi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Chikashi Kubota
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Midori Yamamoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yoshimi Itazu
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hidenori Fukuoka
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroko Yaguchi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Katsuhiko Kitada
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Koji Haneda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kiyoshi Tateishi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shin'ichi Kurita
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masato Ishii
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Gousei Oda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Ayako Hata
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Ryoji Masuyama
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shohei Kohara
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 12
Flowers Blooming in the Dark
Air Date:29/10/2008
After the incident at the Zanbani, Nakiami decides to return to her homeland and Akiyuki asks to go with her. Meanwhile, Haru pays a visit to Furuichi and finds that he too, became a Xam'd.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masatoshi Hakata
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Kenichi Ohnuki
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Hirotoshi Rissen
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Episode: 13
Running Barefoot
Air Date:05/11/2008
Akiyuki notifies Haru about his return to Sentan Island but in doing so alerts the military to his presence as well. After a brief visit with his father, Akiyuki meets Haru only to have their reunion crashed by a Furuichi who is eager to use his new found power.
Episode: 14
Cerulean Skies
Air Date:12/11/2008
Furuichi loses control of his powers and goes berserk, but after being defeated by Akiyuki, he returns to normal. The army intervenes and arrest Haru and Furuichi, while Akiyuki gives cover for Nakiami to escape by holding Commander Kakisu hostage.
Crew
Name: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Chiyomi Tsukamoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tsutomu Yabuki
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Shingo Abe
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Episode: 15
Souls at Peace
Air Date:19/11/2008
Akiyuki loses his sense of self, and with his Xam'd mask permanently affixed, he is captured by a slave trader. Meanwhile, Nakiami continues her journey and meets Yango, a young boy who also became a Xam'd.
Episode: 16
Burning in Our Wake
Air Date:26/11/2008
Nakiami and Yango continue their journey while the southern army starts to perform experiments on Haru's younger sister, and a mysterious creature persuades a kind old woman to buy Akiyuki from the slave traders.
Episode: 17
Lambs to the Altar
Air Date:03/12/2008
Haru is given a chance to escape confinement while Nakiami finally arrives at her home village, just to be welcomed by the new chief, her younger sister Kujireka.
Crew
Name: Masatoshi Hakata
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Lee Jeong-gwon
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Satoshi Nakagawa
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Episode: 18
What Can you See From There?
Air Date:10/12/2008
After fleeing from the military, Haru embarks on a journey to find Akiyuki by herself. Meanwhile, Nakiami learns about Kujireka's dubious plan to wage war against the northern government.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kim Yeong-beom
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeyuki Miya
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Yasuyuki Shinozaki
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Hideto Akita
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 19
Sudden Outbreak: Romance Flowers Bloom
Air Date:17/12/2008
Kujireka asks for Nakiami's support, but is utterly rejected and Haru finally manages to reach Akiyuki and help him to recover his memory.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Sinpei Miyashita
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Daisuke Tokudo
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Episode: 20
Watered With Tears
Air Date:24/12/2008
Nakiami and Yango leave the Tessik village only to see it attacked by a fleet of airships. Akiyuki and Haru meanwhile search for the entrance to the Quickening Chamber
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Megumi Shimizu
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naomi Kaneda
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 21
Sanctuary Breached
Air Date:31/12/2008
Ryuuzou and Haru's father set off to rescue Midori from the East Autonomy Military Facility. Akiyuki and Haru venture further into the Quickening Chamber.
Episode: 22
Tojiro and Ryuzo
Air Date:07/01/2009
Raigyo and Ishuu continue their assault on the tower. Ryuuzou confronts Commander Kakisu. Akiyuki and Haru learn the truth about the Quickening.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Taeko Oda
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeru Chiba
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeyuki Miya
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Shigeyuki Miya
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Takahiro Ikezoe
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroshi Onogi
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 23
Hiruken Emperor Born
Air Date:14/01/2009
Raigyo and Ishuu make their final push into the chamber of the Hiruken Emperor. Nakiami and Yango leave the Tessik airship to stop the battle over the Quickening Chamber.
Crew
Name: Shohei Kohara
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tsutomu Yabuki
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Shunsuke Hirota
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tsutomu Yabuki
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Hiroshi Onogi
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Madoka Ozawa
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Episode: 24
Voices From Beyond
Air Date:21/01/2009
The Hiruken Emperor is free. Haru, Nakiami and Akiyuki encounter Midori transformed and join forces to stop her.
Crew
Name: Kenji Mizuhata
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yasuyuki Shinozaki
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Atsushi Tamura
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Katsumi Terahigashi
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Episode: 25
Nakiami and Sannova
Air Date:28/01/2009
Akiyuki confronts the Hiruken Emperor by himself while Nakiami completes her training with Lady Sannova.
Crew
Name: Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shingo Abe
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Daisuke Tokudo
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Masashi Okumura
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masashi Okumura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Mamiko Nakanishi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hidenori Fukuoka
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masato Ishii
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Gousei Oda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shohei Kohara
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Junpei Mikuriya
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Toshihiro Kawamoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Naomi Kaneda
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Jun Ohara
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hisako Sato
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Fuyumi Toriyama
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masaharu Morinaka
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Osamu Kurosawa
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masanori Ichihara
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeki Sato
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kenji Mizuhata
Role: Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Etsuko Kawano
Role: Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Emi Tezuka
Role: Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Kan Terada
Role: Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Episode: 26
The Great Rock and the Girl
Air Date:04/02/2009
Nakiami seals herself in the Quickening Chamber and the confrontation with the Hiruken Emperor draws to a close. However, Akiyuki turns himself into stone, and nine years later, he awakens and reunite with his loved ones.
Crew
Name: Ayumi Kurashima
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tetsuya Ishikawa
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masayuki Miyaji
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Kazuya Nomura
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Daisuke Tokudo
Role: Storyboard Artist
Department: Art
Name: Seiichi Hashimoto
Role: Animation Director
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Yuuichi Nomura
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Masashi Okumura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hitoshi Morikawa
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Makoto Shimomura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shunsuke Hirota
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroko Yaguchi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Riki Matsuura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Keiko Fukumoto
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masako Sato
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masato Ishii
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masako Tashiro
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Tsuyoshi Kuwahara
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Atsushi Tamura
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Masaya Yasutome
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Shigeru Kimishima
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroyuki Mori
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Hitomi Takechi
Role: Key Animation
Department: Visual Effects