'Soukyuu no Fafner' Spin-off Anime 'Behind the Line' Announced

The first day of the Soukyuu no Fafner (Fafner of the Blue Sky) Final Fes in Pacifico Yokohama event—Soushi Minashiro Seitan-sai (Soushi Minashiro Birthday Festival)—announced a spin-off anime on Monday. The anime, titled Soukyuu no Fafner: Behind the Line (Fafner of the Blue Sky: Behind the Line), will be a one-shot episode.

The production of the spin-off was originally promised to the audience at the Soushi Minashiro Seitan-sai 2017 (Soushi Minashiro Birthday Festival 2017) event, which took place at the Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema in Tokyo in December 2017. The episode is being dubbed as a "peaceful spin-off."

The 25-episode first television anime in the original mecha franchise by animation studio Xebec aired in Summer 2004, followed by the Right of Left - Single Program prequel television special in December 2005. The Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Heaven and Earth (Fafner of the Blue Sky: Dead Aggressor - Heaven and Earth) anime film opened in December 2010.

The second season, Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus (Fafner of the Blue Sky: Dead Aggressor - Exodus), aired in split cours in Winter and Fall in 2015, with each cours running for 13 episodes.

Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond (Fafner of the Blue Sky: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond), the theatrical original video anime series, premiered in four installments between May 2019 and November 2021. Each installment comprised of three episodes (pictured right).

Geneon Entertainment USA originally licensed the first television anime in North America and released it in seven DVD volumes in 2005–2006 and a complete collection including the prequel special in 2007. Funimation reacquired the anime series and the Heaven and Earth film in 2011 and released both on Blu-ray the following year. Crunchyroll simulcast the second season as it aired in Japan.

Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble, Le Chevalier d'Eon) penned a light novel adaptation under the Dengeki Bunko imprint in January 2005, which was later revised to include the prequel special scenarios by Hayakawa Bunko in February 2013. Digital Manga Publishing released the original novel in English in July 2008.

Dengeki Daioh ran a manga adaptation by Mikami Akitsu that spanned two volumes in 2005–2006. Digital Manga Publishing published both volumes in English in October 2010 and June 2011.

Tomomi Matsushita serialized a second manga adaptation in Monthly Shounen Sirius from September 2014 to February 2018. The manga transferred to Kodansha and Pixiv's Palcy manga app the following month and ended on July 28. The manga, supervised by Ubukata, served a comprehensive edition that adapted the anime series, light novel, drama CDs, and stage play adaptations.

Official site: http://fafner-beyond.jp/
Official Twitter: @fafnerproject

Source: Moca News

Soukyuu no Fafner: Behind the Line on MAL