5/5 — Intriguing. Legendary first episode.
Elfen Lied
Episode 1: “A Chance Encounter ~ Begegnung” (Meeting)
Wherein a naked girl floats around killing tons of people, and then loses her memory.
The number one complaint I’ve heard about Elfen Lied over the years is that it’s over the top. And it is. But the decision really rests with each viewer to decide if it’s too much. (Though it probably is.) This episode is somewhat legendary in the land of anime and animation, which contributes to it’s 5/5 — I leaned towards 4/5 but felt the need to give credit where credit is due, and even if you’re not a fan of this one, I think the first episode still speaks for itself. So yeah, the first seven minutes are the central character, Lucy, who’s obviously not altogether human, escaping from a maximum security facility, which involves her floating around and making all the guards’ limbs ‘n bits play helter skelter around the room. Apparently it doesn’t matter where you get cut, etc.; regardless, blood will EXPLODE out of you, as if you were throwing it out of paint buckets. There is a decent amount of awesome factor here though, as something seemingly invincible goes on a rampage shredding people to chittlins, and that something is a hot, naked girl. It seems reminiscent of bikini babes with assault rifles: the calendar. Regardless, as Lucy escapes, she gets sniped in the back of the head, which blows off her interestingly designed shark-face lookin’ mask, and sends her plummeting into the sea below. She washes up on shore without her memory, and is discovered by a couple cousins who take her to the boy’s home (obviously girl cousin did not think this through, or just didn’t want to deal with the trouble herself), where they clothe her and feed her. She talks like a cat, which is adorable but very strange. And she seems now incapable of functioning in almost any basic way. So she went from unstoppable killing machine to 2 year old. The episode ends on a misunderstanding with the king of all sadists (in merc form) coming to kill the now defunct Lucy. And we’re off to the races!
(Oh, and the title translates to “Elf Song” or “Elfen Song”; I incidentally speak German.)
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