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 magazine Weekly Young …

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.

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

More than just an unsettling mix of cute little girls and intense gore, Elfen Lied is a series about nature vs. nurture, love vs. hate, the future of humanity, and similar themes.

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 a beach in …

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 fitting …

Find out where to watch full episodes online now!

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.

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 young girl is …

Unlike other anime or manga which distinctively fall into a particular subcategory, Elfen Lied does not fall under any specific genre, containing elements of horror, comedy, drama, romance, action, science …