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Fantastic Children Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

26 Episodes 2004 - 2005

Episode 1

Yami no hate kara

A man sits alone in his study surrounded by scrawling and mumbling about a forthcoming apocalypse as we see a photo of a group of ageless young albinos called the Befort Children.

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Episode 2

Samayô omoi

The Children visit Sweden in 1901, where Palza/Conrad is being awarded the Nobel prize for discovering X rays. Flash forward to 2012, and while Helga is incarcerated in Chikao, the Children investigate more into Serafine's paintings.

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Episode 3

Ikitai basho

A policeman, Cooks, visits a family where one of the Children used to live, in an attempt to find out what's going on. Helga and Chit are recaptured on the mainland and sent back to Chikao, which please neither of them.

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Episode 4

Shinon

24 mins

A group of mysterious children called 'The Children of Béfort' travel time and space in search for one particular girl.

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Episode 5

Kokkuri tô

Thoma brings Chito and Helga to his secret island, Kokkuri, where he's made provision for hiding out. When Chito runs off into the forests to get fruits for her, Helga is completely absorbed in her painting and fails to notice.

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Episode 6

Kokkuri tô 2

Helga and Thoma are pursuing Chit into the forest. They find him unconscious and covered in killer bees. Thoma hides in a bush grimacing while Helga has to calmly rescue Chit.

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Episode 7

Befôru no kodomo

Cooks and Hollingworth travel to Clairmont and listen to Cooks' recording of the diary of a scientist named Radcliffe. Cooks' grandfather witnessed the death of Befort's Children in 1901, discovering a strange black stone at the scene.

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Episode 8

Atatakai katei

Cooks and Hollingworth travel to Clairmont and listen to Cooks' recording of the diary of a scientist named Radcliffe. Cooks' grandfather witnessed the death of Befort's Children in 1901, discovering a strange black stone at the scene

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Episode 9

Oeseru

The discovery of Helga's whereabouts bring only brief cheer to the Children, as a strange explosion occurs nearby - Cooks and Hollingsworth investigate to discover a man named Kirchner abducted his younger sister.

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Episode 10

Gedo kikan

Cooks and Alice investigate Gherta's home and old laboratory, discovering her bedroom is entirely devoted to Conrad Rugen.

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Episode 11

Taisetsu na hito

Helga and Chit are caught up in a storm and rescued by a ship which turns out to belong to the GED Organisation - Gherta is on board attempting to trace Kirchner, who appears to still be "alive".

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Episode 12

Enma

23 mins

A group of mysterious children called 'The Children of Béfort' travel time and space in search for one particular girl.

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Episode 13

Girishia no kioku

The Children and the Intrepid Trio head back to Kokkuri, where the Children use a special machine to determine that Helga is indeed the reincarnation of Tina.

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Episode 14

Kiseki

Kirchner starts to lay waste to the research ship in his attempts to reach Shiberu, but is attacked by the mysterious black entities that are after the Children, and we finally learn something about them.

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Episode 15

Tsuioku

Germany, 1970. Gherta's visit to a museum dedicated to Conrad Rontgen affects her profoundly. Years later, she is confronted by Duma, who entrusts her with important research into the Fragments and some kind of machine.

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Episode 16

Kaiki, kiri no naka he

Christina was a teacher in Spain in the 1700s. One of her students died tragically for her sake. Princess Tina of Girishia meets the half-human, half-machine Soran when she gets lost in the woods as a young girl.

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Episode 17

Tina

24 mins

A group of mysterious children called 'The Children of Béfort' travel time and space in search for one particular girl.

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Episode 18

Sangeki

Georca reveals all to Tina, whose anger leads her to open the Zone and transform into a living weapon. While she does lay waste to much of Girishia, the day is unsurprisingly saved, but not without cost and sadness for many.

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Episode 19

Chikai

Georca takes advantage of the confusion to attack the palace. The Children try to save Tina, but discover that there are complications leading to only one real solution - transfer her soul to Earth.

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Episode 20

Meguru inochi

24 mins

A group of mysterious children called 'The Children of Béfort' travel time and space in search for one particular girl.

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Episode 21

Dyuma

Thoma and co give chase after Dumas to Kuril Island, where he reveals the tragedy of his past to Helga before taking her to Georca, who sets the final preparations for his return to Girishia in motion.

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Episode 22

Hirai

The GED Organisation prepares for the activation of the Ring, while the Girishian spaceship readies to leave Earth as Thoma continues to penetrate deeper within to find Helga.

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Episode 23

Geruta

Dumas sends out his robot minions to take control of the GED Ring and the Organisation itself, while Cooks sneaks in to to stop its activation.

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Episode 24

Tôma no shinjitsu

Dumas and Thoma fight for Helga, but Dumas has the upper hand thanks to being superhuman. Thoma head off to find Helga once more, but Thoma is strangely entranced when he discovers Tina's body in one of those giant cylinders.

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Episode 25

Zôn he

Dumas starts the final phase of transferring Helga's soul, but not without a fight as Gherta turns on him with some help from Cooks - however, Dumas is well prepared for any eventuality.

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Episode 26

Shûen shoshite hajimari

Helga pursues Thomas into the dark zone. As the two meet, Thomas reverts to Sessile, and reveals all. His heart still burdened by the death of Seth, Sessile decides to sacrifice himself.

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