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Elfen Lied S1E1 — A Chance Encounter
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Elfen Lied•Season 1•Episode 1

A Chance Encounter

7.8/10 · 820 votesJul 25, 200425 min

Ranked #6 of 13 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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An unknown girl with invisible hands, or vectors, and telepathic powers escapes from a secret facility. The next day two cousins, Kouta and Yuka, find her. But she is different from before. She can only say one word, nyuu. Not knowing anything about her, the

Directed byMamoru Kanbe
Written byTakawo Yoshioka
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Cast13

Chihiro Suzuki

Chihiro Suzuki

Kouta (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Lucy / Nyuu (voice)

Emiko Hagiwara

Emiko Hagiwara

Mayu (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Professor Kakuzawa Yu (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Hitomi Nabatame

Kouta (child) / Shirakawa (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Bandou (voice)

Kinryu Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto

Chief Kakuzawa (voice)

Maria Yamamoto

Maria Yamamoto

Kanae (voice)

Osamu Hosoi

Osamu Hosoi

Kurama (voice)

Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Mariko (voice)

Yuki Matsuoka

Yuki Matsuoka

Nana (voice)

Eriko Ishihara

Eriko Ishihara

Arakawa (voice)

Crew12

T

Takawo Yoshioka

Writer

M

Mamoru Kanbe

Director

R

Rinshin

Key Animation

T

Tsutomu Ohshiro

Key Animation

M

Masami Abe

Key Animation

T

Takahiro Hoshinoo

Key Animation

M

Masatomo Sugawara

Key Animation

T

Tsutomu Miyazawa

Key Animation

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Mamoru Kanbe

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Seiji Kishimoto

Key Animation

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Yoshimitsu Yamashita

Key Animation

N

Nagisa Nakajima

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"A Chance Encounter" is episode 1 of Elfen Lied season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 820 votes, ranking #6 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Mamoru Kanbe and written by Takawo Yoshioka, it aired on July 25, 2004.

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