Haibane Renmei: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

All Rakka remembers before emerging from her cocoon is the sensation of falling. Confused, she is welcomed into this new world as one of the Haibane, a group of youth with small gray wings and bright halos. Together, they live in the Old Home on the outskirts of Grie, a quiet town where wingless, halo-less people live. There are many rules governing the world of Haibane Renmei: the most important one being that Haibane cannot go near or touch the massive walls that surround the town. Only beings known as Toga may come and go as they please.

Although her daily life is quiet, there is much Rakka and the other Haibane do not know, or are not allowed to know. Rakka will work through her own doubts and questions as she figures out what she is doing in this world, while working towards the goal of each Haibane: to get beyond the walls on their Day of Flight. But this is not a light task: failure means being branded as one who is Sin-bound.

Series details

• Title: Haibane Renmei
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Fantasy, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2002-10-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animax
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11862
• IMDb ID: tt0380113
• TVDB ID: 79105

Cast and credited roles

• Ryou Hirohashi — Rakka
• Junko Noda — Reki
• Eri Miyajima — Kana
• Akiko Yajima — Kuu
• Aya Hisakawa — Kuramori
• Fumiko Orikasa — Hikari
• Manabi Mizuno — Midori
• Tomoe Hanba — Sumika
• Ai Tokunaga — Hana
• Kumiko Higa — Dai
• Kazusa Murai — Nemu
• Ami Higasayama — Child

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-10-09; final listed air date 2002-12-18; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Haibane Renmei on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.