Elfen Lied (Japanese: エルフェンリート, Hepburn: Erufen Rīto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha 's seinen manga …

Elfen Lied involves themes of social alienation, identity, animal cruelty, revenge, child abuse, jealousy and the value of humanity, with some implied criticism of Japanese culture.

Two teenagers take in a mutant girl who has lost her memories. Nana almost falls into the ocean, but Kurama arrives to save her. Kurama tells Nana that he must kill Mariko and they go search …

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The "Elfen" part is a reference to her horns which resembles sharp ears. The "Lied" part (though actually meaning "song" in German) is symbolic to the English term "lie," meaning deception, a …

Lucy, a type of mutant that scientists believe will eventually destroy humankind, is befriended by two trusting teens in this anime. Watch trailers & learn more.

She has been shot in the head so she has no memory of the past. The offshore facility sends a special task force, headed by the ruthless, cold-hearted assassin Bando, to hunt down Lucy at …

Elfen Lied follows the source manga through the first seven volumes, with several alterations to the story, and concludes with an original ending.

Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She...

Unable to speak or function as a normal human being, she is named Nyu by the duo, and taken into their home in an effort to save her. But what neither teenager knows is that this innocent …