Haibane Renmei — Season 1, Episode 1: Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home

Episode synopsis

A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside this cocoon and breaks out of it. The winged people introduce themselves as Haibane, name her "Rakka," and give her a forged halo. One of them, Reki, stays with her as ash-grey, feathered wings grow from her back in a painful way.

About Haibane Renmei

A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Town and Wall / Toga / Haibane-Renmei
• E3Temple / Communicator / Pancakes
• E4Trash Day / Clock Tower / Birds Flying over the Walls
• E5Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World
• E6End of Summer / Rain / Loss
• E7Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter
• E8The Bird
• E9Well / Rebirth / Riddle
• E10Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job
• E11Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing
• E12Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation
• E13Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue