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 …

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.

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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.

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, …