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Elfen Lied S1E8 — The Beginning

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Elfen Lied•Season 1•Episode 8

The Beginning

8.1/10 · 631 votesSep 12, 200425 min

Ranked #4 of 13 in Season 1•+0.3 vs season avg

After Lucy is knocked out by Nana Kouta tends to her. She sleeps and relives her childhood in a dream, revealing many things about her. Meanwhile, Nana tells Mayu about Lucy and the diclonius and Arakawa is called in to work for Director Kakuzawa...

Directed byTakeyuki Sadohara

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)

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Takawo Yoshioka

Writer

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Kyoko Kametani

Key Animation

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Tsutomu Ohshiro

Key Animation

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Masatomo Sugawara

Key Animation

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Minoru Ueta

Key Animation

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Toshiharu Matsuno

Key Animation

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Takeyuki Sadohara

Director

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Hidehiko Okano

Key Animation

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Toshihiko Shimada

Key Animation

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Shigeki Sato

Key Animation

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Hirokazu Kojima

Key Animation

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Takeyuki Sadohara

Storyboard Artist

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Episode Summary

"The Beginning" is episode 8 of Elfen Lied season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 631 votes, ranking #4 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Takeyuki Sadohara and written by Takawo Yoshioka, it aired on September 12, 2004.

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