Anime of the Week - Elfen Lied

Before I go any further I must warn you that this anime contains SOME MATERIAL THAT VIEWERS may find DISTURBING!!!! This picture might warn you of that fact so if you only like really adorable type animes with lots of stars and pornographic sounding noises (you know what i mean---right?) than Elfen Lied isn't for you. Well actually that might not be 100% accurate. I will explain...hmmmmmmmmm

The main character in this anime is Lucy and Nyuu who are both the same person---SEE---we are already in a different scenario. Lucy appears to be a normal human being except she has what appears to be cat ears but they are referred to as horns, which marks her out to be a Diclonius!!! This difference in appearance causes fear to build up in supposedly normal humans and consequently they are slammed into the government laboratory for CRUEL EXPERIMENTATION.

The moment you watch this anime and if you manage to watch all of episode 1 ---I personally think you will watch the other 12 episodes. I won't go too much into the details of the anime but if you like blood, violence, serious social issues---homelessness, child abuse, bullying---Elfen Lied might just be for you. I feel it covers the whole Nature Vs Nurture issue and I couldn't help sympathise with Lucy who no matter what was also the very cute Nyuu.

The opening music also sets the scene of this anime and it is the only opening song in any anime that I've watched to date that is in LATIN!!!!! The anime has a nice pace, great story and brilliant action and I would say this --YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED:)

If the trailer appeals to you----WATCH ELFEN LIED :)