Rakka is love.

Prefer Rakka

Day of Flight is coming...

;_;

I'd make her wings twitch, if you know what I mean.

>>35895183
oh u

i'm at episode 5, really laid back show, could get boring if you don't think about it while watching

>>35895293
shit will start to get real after episode 6

>>35895156
her day won't probably come till she fixes the clock.

>>35894898

"w" + "n" - "n" + "w" + "n" - "n" + "w" + "h" - "h" + "." + "d" - "d" + "a" + "c" - "c" + "n" + "h" - "h" + "o" + "s" - "s" + "n" + "f" - "f" + "t" + "m" - "m" + "a" + "v" - "v" + "l" + "s" - "s" + "k" + "m" - "m" + "." + "t" - "t" + "s" + "c" - "c" + "e" + "x" - "x"

The episode with Kana was my favourite for some reason.

this show shits all over angel beats

>>35895392
sir?

>>35895392
>mentioning angel beats
>in haibane renmei thread

The only anime MAL ratings got right...

>>35895392
This show shits all over 99.9% of slice of life shows and ALL that add drama.

cutest girl or cutetest girl?

Overall (sub) : A+
Story : A+
Animation : A-
Art : A+
Music : A+

+ Beautiful, engaging, haunting and unique
− Slow pace and confusing story may turn off some viewers

>>35895489
I agree with this

Easily one of the best anime I've ever seen

>>35895447
It should still be higher.

>>35895479
>dat hair

:3

The good shows will always turn off viewers...

>>35895489
Isn't there something higher than A+ for the music?

the first episode made me cry

>dat halo holder
:33

>>35895552
Maybe they are not so good after all

The music is truly masterpiece.

One of the best music in the anime history.

>>35895588
They're good alright, but not perfect...

>>35895504
>>35895489
must resist to troll

>>35895479
Cutest girl.

>>35895489
the animation is actually pretty good too, revisist the scene when kana hops with rakka on her bicycle

This thread reminded me I haven't read the doujinshi yet. Only a bit in, but it's cute, and Rakka and her hair is HHNNNNNNNNNNGGG

dat voice

>>35895637
It's a good show, don't do it, it's suicide

kana is a trap

>>35895569
When I rewatch the show, I cried in the first scene when Rakka is falling and hold that crow in her arm with "Ailes Grises" playing as the background music.

>>35895672
The animation is good, but take for example Kamichu!
Just three years after and it can't be more fluid.

Best.

Any other good show from this studio?

>>35895712
don't get my hopes up, i barely can't hold my cum anymore

>>35895637
Don't want to say anything, but you can't ttroll it, apart from shallow trolls like DEEP and pretentious.
And from ABe's works, those titles go to texhonlyze.

>>35894897

"w" + "j" - "j" + "w" + "y" - "y" + "w" + "e" - "e" + "." + "a" - "a" + "a" + "s" - "s" + "n" + "s" - "s" + "o" + "x" - "x" + "n" + "g" - "g" + "t" + "l" - "l" + "a" + "c" - "c" + "l" + "u" - "u" + "k" + "v" - "v" + "." + "x" - "x" + "s" + "s" - "s" + "e" + "l" - "l"

Oh god, the last episode made me cry like a little bitch.

>>35895834
NieA7 is the only passable, just stick to other Abe's works.

>>35895569
>HaibaneRenmeiHavingAnOrgasm.jpg

oh u

everyone here should suicide, then you would go to haibae world

>>35895997
If you die young, you can go to Haibane world.
But if you suicide, you will become sin-bounded Haibane.

Anyone has Haibane music collection in lossless format?

>>35896167
Have you searched Bakabt ?

I know they have it in mp3, maybe they have flac too

>>35895904
Same here

>>35896073
No.

Reki got sin-bound because of the trauma of "birth". Rekka got depressed after Kuu's disappearance. Nothing related to their past lives.

ive seen better tomboys, but not many. kana is boyish olev

>>35896254
http://www.bakabt.com/127378-haibane-renmei-charcoal-feather-federation-ost-collection-flac.html

found it, thanks.

>>35896290
But what about that bird Rakka was so obsessed about?

>>35895799
I'm not alone. I like Hikari as much as Rakka.

>>35896348
Probably a friend that tried to help her and she didn't listen to.

>>35896290
Disagreed

>>35896386
The Communicator even gave Rakka the riddle of sin. I thought that implied that Rakka had some trouble in her past life.

>>35896444
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he do it only after she started having troubles in the current life?

http://cff.ssw.net/main/faq.htm

>>35896517
Yes, after her wings turned black

>>35896517
I'm really not too sure myself, but I always thought that maybe Rakka did have some trouble with her past life, considering Reki was also given one. I could just be talking out of my ass here, though.

Everything happen in Rakka mind before she die.

>>35896362
hikari is the only character i loathe. generic, bland megane girl

>>35897019
its mainly cuz she gets much less focus than the rest of the haibane, but yea

>>35896563

Rakka died falling into a well. (It's implied to be suicide) Someone tried to save her but he died along with her. This sin haunts her even in purgatory

Reki died getting run over by a freaking train. In her case, it is very obvious it was suicide.

The town of Guri is purgatory, but not the Angel Beats kind of purgatory

Toga a failed Haibane how didn't manage to pass on to the next realm

There, everything you need to know about Haibane in a gist

also, Haibane are named after the dream they seen within the cocoon

the dream is implied to be their cause of death

hence

rakka = died from falling down
reki = died from getting run over (confirmed)
hikari = died in an explosion? fire? under an operating table light?
kana = drowned in a river
nemu = died in a coma

>>35897199

obligatory artbook scan

>>35897688
do u have more like this

>>35895847

ABe had nothing to do with Texhnolyze besides providing the character designs.

Reki's Dream is a metaphor for the consequences of her emotional hardness
Reki closed herself off from everybody else, because even though she helped other people, she never let them help her or showed them her emotions. As said in the last episode, she wanted to become a stone, because a stone does not feel pain. This started before she got to Glie. By trying to shut down all emotions inside her, and by hating herself when she still had any emotions, she effectively killed herself: She got run over by her way of coping with the pain she suffered in her life before Glie.

>>35897329
>died from getting run over (confirmed)

What? No, it's not. If you're talking about her first name, it might have just as well been referring to her dream (and most probably did).

The only death that's even remotely confirmed is Rakka's (falling into the wall), since we pretty much see it in the first second of the opening.

you think Yuripe would have an easier time in Haibane Renmei?

>>35898454
With a permanent amnesia? Yeah, obviously.

So, Angel Beat is Haibane rip-off?

>>35898640
so is Lost if we're going that route

>>35898640
No, because Haibane is not original at all.

i like to see this back on page 1 because there aren't any good threads

I can't wait for this guys next anime, Despera.

>>35898719

Get the fuck out

>>35898851
Same here, the concept sounds amazing

still fapping to the scene where she gets her wings

>>35898851
How long are we waiting already, again, and how much longer must we wait?

You mean Tomo but with mechanical ability and wings? Fuck yes I loved her.

>>35898686
>so is Lost if we're going that route

oh fuck, I am going to use this to troll all my friends who like Lost and hate anime

>>35897199
>Toga a failed Haibane how didn't manage to pass on to the next realm
No, they explain how those haibane are outcasted and then dissappear, pay attention next time.

Why were there like no male haibane?

Abe, do men not go to purgatory?

fuck yeah

>>35899111
There were, they were just segregated from the ones the show focused on for absolutely NO explained reason.

If you ever get the urge to rewatch it, suck it up and wait for this.
http://forum.blu-ray.com/asia/138313-haibane-renmei.html

>>35899028
They're supposed to stay and live a normal life until they die, as far as I remember. The "they become Toga" part is pure speculation, though.

>>35898978
first thing i thought when i saw her was Tomo! but kana is actually not an airhead or BAKA

>>35899151
oh yeah the guys in the city.

well shit.

SO

male haibane are just dicks who fuck with the maidens.


Sounds like the internet

>>35899151
What explanation do you need? Haibane who were born in Old Home live in Old Home, that's all there is to it. They just happened to all be female at that moment (by chance or by choice of some greater power, whatever).

I actually thought Kana was a boy for several episodes.

>>35899336
reverse traps are the best

>>35899156
>Haibane Renmei Bluray

FUCK YEAR!!!

>>35899025
every time i saw a 'hurr durr Lost is NGE' thread for those few days after it finished i'd point out it was actually more like Haibane Renmei

>>35899336
SAME HERE

>>35899533
What is LOST about?

I've never watch it.

>>35899630
plane explodes, survivors end up on a kooky island full of wierd, 8 seasons later it turns out its purgatory

>>35899728
sound interesting

>>35899630
it's about stupid shit for a lot of seasons.

You may as well watch bleach. It's that retarded

>>35899630
yea it's really not that good. there are hundreds of anime who have better characters, better storyline, better anything.

>>35894899

"w" + "y" - "y" + "w" + "p" - "p" + "w" + "c" - "c" + "." + "m" - "m" + "a" + "n" - "n" + "n" + "x" - "x" + "o" + "t" - "t" + "n" + "e" - "e" + "t" + "v" - "v" + "a" + "n" - "n" + "l" + "b" - "b" + "k" + "z" - "z" + "." + "e" - "e" + "s" + "t" - "t" + "e" + "u" - "u"

Haibane Renmei is like the perfect blueprint of a boring anime.

>>35900126
see
>>35895706

>>35897199>>35897329
Abe said that many things are left in the anime to be unasnwered. I believe any explanation like "this is so and so" do not belong in this show - rather than thinking, analyzing, and looking at each individual part, one would better to feel the show and see it as a whole.

>>35900578
short version: its deliberately ambiguous with no actual right explanation

For some reason I have almost no Kana images

>ANIMERICA:
>Last question:is there anything else you would like to say to your fans in the U.S.about your work and Haibane-Renmei?

>ABe:
>Whenever I talk with American people,I feel that they,compared with Japanese people,cannot leave things ambiguous(I'm not saying it's a bad thing,of course). For example,many questions in this interview ask for clear answers to ambiguous parts of the anime. Haibane-Renmei is,as the title suggests [hai means "ash gray" in the terms of color],a story with various things in gray,that is,a story with many ambiguous factors. It is not a story to find answers,but one to wonder about the answers. In regard to things whose answer is not clearly shown in the story,think for yourself and apply your own answers to it. That will surely make this story very special for you.

>>35901170
this is mostly true for the mainstream film audience yes. and probably the mainstream anime audience too. but if someone watches david lynch, ingrid bergman or some similar stuff, they don't care about unresolved questions, if they aren't intended to be answered.

>>35901170
>I'm not saying it's a bad thing,of course

ABe must be nice to people who might buy DVDs for his show. I'm an anonymous poster on a shitty imageboard and I don't have to. It is a bad thing, of course.

I actually thought it WAS a boy
I dropped the series when I realized she wasn't

>>35901444
You are a pedo, and not the good kind of.
Tomboys are the best after all.

>>35901832
>You are a pedo

Sense. You're not making it.

And yes, he is, we're on /a/.

Best thread all weekend.

I usually find myself re-watching Haibane around Christmas, but I didn't last year. I'm going to have to re-watch it after this thread.

>>35901980
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG

I thought this was a bible black thread until the image loaded

Damn I love this show.

Anyone listen to the OST. One of the best anime OSTs imo. I never see it get mentioned though OST threads.

oh god a thread worth posting in on /ɐ/ guess summer means nothing

>>35902202
its by the guy who did the soundtrack for Shadow of the Colossus if im not mistaken

>>35902322

Yeah Kō Ōtani

>>35902322
yes

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/sound-decision/2003-08-10

Nice review about the OST

>>35902566
>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com

Oh please, you don't think I'll actually go there, do you?

is kuu a boy?

>>35902833
man, the article is from 2003

>>35902846
nope, none of the haibane at Old Home are (tho some of the young feathers are)

>>35902846

I've always thought girl.

for some reason there is almost no fanart of other Haibane girls.

>>35902833
yea cut the faggotry, who gives a fuck its 7 yo

>>35902846
Its a moeblob slice of life show about cute girls doing cute things, do you honestly think they will make a male one of the cast?

>>35903063
durr

>>35903121
hurr

>>35903210
cute~

>>35903229

I guess you could say Kana's pretty GAR

>>35902202

I see it mentioned quite a bit in OST threads.

>>35894900

"w" + "a" - "a" + "w" + "l" - "l" + "w" + "c" - "c" + "." + "k" - "k" + "a" + "m" - "m" + "n" + "m" - "m" + "o" + "b" - "b" + "n" + "d" - "d" + "t" + "l" - "l" + "a" + "o" - "o" + "l" + "a" - "a" + "k" + "r" - "r" + "." + "y" - "y" + "s" + "f" - "f" + "e" + "d" - "d"

>>35903063
>>35902846
>>35902932
>>35902974

kuu is a boy, pic related

>>35894897

"w" + "g" - "g" + "w" + "r" - "r" + "w" + "o" - "o" + "." + "k" - "k" + "a" + "h" - "h" + "n" + "c" - "c" + "o" + "t" - "t" + "n" + "i" - "i" + "t" + "t" - "t" + "a" + "i" - "i" + "l" + "d" - "d" + "k" + "y" - "y" + "." + "k" - "k" + "s" + "o" - "o" + "e" + "r" - "r"

>>35903229
what a random pic

>>35903229
oh shit im gonna post this everyday until you like it

>>35903229
Alright! A new pic for Sakura threads.

if the town is purgatory just for those girls
then what is it for the normal people in the town?

are they people or are they apart of purgatory?

>>35903269
so few people will get that, but its hilarious if you do

>>35894898

"w" + "c" - "c" + "w" + "l" - "l" + "w" + "f" - "f" + "." + "j" - "j" + "a" + "p" - "p" + "n" + "y" - "y" + "o" + "y" - "y" + "n" + "l" - "l" + "t" + "z" - "z" + "a" + "e" - "e" + "l" + "u" - "u" + "k" + "s" - "s" + "." + "d" - "d" + "s" + "y" - "y" + "e" + "m" - "m"

>>35903613
They are NPC.

Not trolling.

>>35903308
boy THOSE are some pants!

Haibane Renmei is the only show to my knowledge that successfully pulled off Slice of Life and deep.

>>35903689
skinny girls in huge pants....

thatismyfetish.tiff

niggers

>>35903954
you know

you don't need to enter text to post, dumbass

>>35903917
Deep? Come on, Haibane's the opposite of deep. Everything important is said aloud as soon as it becomes relevant.

>>35903923
that spoiler was so predictable

>>35904042

you don't understand what deep means at all you fucking idiot

It doesn't mean shit isn't explained to you, it means that it gives you something to think about, and ponder

>>35904015
nigger

>>35904098
generally the use of the term 'deep' should be avoided, even if what youre talking about is genuinely thought provoking. the exception is if youre mocking something

bluray when

fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

>>35904252
> generally the use of the term 'deep' should be avoided on /a/

Fixed ?

>>35904098
But there's nothing left to think about, really.

Haibane Renmei is a rare show that actually gives you the answers instead of just going herp ponder the mystery of life derp.

I'm just going to pretend I did not see that to contain my rage

I'll never meet a girl like Reki. Feels bad man...

>>35904555

>>35904622
> I'll never meet a dead angel girl in a purgatory absolving her sins


yeah, I think that's pretty certain bro

>>35904622
you shut your god damn mouth

>>35904667
loli_haet_broccli.jpeg

>>35904767
>Momiji
>loli

Objection!

Also, bump.

>>35894898

"w" + "c" - "c" + "w" + "z" - "z" + "w" + "m" - "m" + "." + "y" - "y" + "a" + "n" - "n" + "n" + "u" - "u" + "o" + "e" - "e" + "n" + "x" - "x" + "t" + "p" - "p" + "a" + "g" - "g" + "l" + "u" - "u" + "k" + "x" - "x" + "." + "r" - "r" + "s" + "y" - "y" + "e" + "m" - "m"

just finished ep6. most certainly angel beats was influenced by the story. i mean its a classic, the animators/director have probably seen it. or a cheap rip-off, if you say so

>>35904690
I'm thinking he was talking more personality wise...

>>35905647
Angel Beats definitely drew inspiration from Haibane, but also a handful of other things as well... You didn't expect a show set in a high school to really be original, did you?

And as always, I have to point out my biggest question from the show... How is Reki getting her smokes? Seems to go against the whole idea of 'second hand' stuff. Someone in town has got to be hooking her up. I think there's probably some interesting backstory there that we don't get to see. Also, this thread reminded me for the umpteenth time that I need to rewatch Haibane.

>>35905960
She gets it just hoe she gets food.
It may not be a prime-need, but not even the Haibane renmei are that bad.

>>35906037
Eh, that's possible, I suppose, given the prevalence of smoking in Japan when Haibane came out. I guess it just seems to be much more of a luxury item in today's social climate.

what an insensitive asshole

>>35894900

"w" + "s" - "s" + "w" + "f" - "f" + "w" + "y" - "y" + "." + "t" - "t" + "a" + "q" - "q" + "n" + "a" - "a" + "o" + "l" - "l" + "n" + "d" - "d" + "t" + "o" - "o" + "a" + "u" - "u" + "l" + "d" - "d" + "k" + "d" - "d" + "." + "r" - "r" + "s" + "o" - "o" + "e" + "p" - "p"

>>35905960
She's probably got someone hooking her up with cigs somewhere. Or maybe she just asks people she sees on the street if they have a smoke, then saves them all in a empty box. When she runs out she does it again...

>>35906152
Wasn't that the guy who tried to help Reki over the wall and ended up getting fucked up? How was he insensitive?

Reki gets her smokes from whoring out her shithole to the townsfolk. She doesn't do vaginal though because there is no birth control.

>>35906675
I wish i could hate you dead

ok im crying now

i dont know if anyone has read the book krabat, or seen the movie, but the crows are also central to it, and the mood kind of reminds me of this anime

>>35906985
just playin' mang.

I was going to write a long story about it but my conscience wouldn't let me, seeing as Haibane is my favorite animu since animu.