History Anime / RahXephon

* {{Narm}}: Sometimes, Ayato shouting "Rah Xephoooon!" at the top of his lungs isn't as impressive as it should be.
** When he and Haruka fly into the room of Rah, Ayato fidgeting in his flight suit and yelling "I've gotta go" makes it sounds like his destination is [[PottyEmergency somewhere other than]] the [=RahXephon=].

* DramaticIrony: See HilariousInHindsight. Played brutally tragically with [[spoiler: Asahina]].

There is a [[{{Characters/RahXephon}} Character Sheet]] for this series, albeit under construction. See also ''EurekaSeven'' and ''StarDriver'', other mecha production by StudioBONES (the latter of which takes quite a few cues from [=Rahxephon=]).

** As noted elsewhere, there's a bit of Italian (the Dolem names, [[ThemeNaming being musical terms]]) and [[EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage Esperanto]] as well.

* EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage: TERRA is an Esperanto acronym: "Tereno Empireo Rapidmova Reakcii Armeo", which allegedly means "Earth Empire Rapid Response Army", but [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels "Armeo" is the only correct word in that phrase]]; the rest is Esperanto-sounding gibberish.
* TheEveryman: Ayato

* EvilAlbino: Makoto Isshiki

* AdaptationDistillation: TheMovie version, ''Pluralitas Concentio'', to varying degrees of effectiveness; threads that were easy to lose over the course of the series are now easier to grasp, but many are cut, a few are changed and some double up on themselves, partly as a result of using both new and old material. As an example of the last, at one point there is new material where [[spoiler:Ayato and Haruka have sex]]. One scene later, in series material, he's asking Megumi if Haruka currently has a boyfriend. This may cause your [[YourMileageMayVary mileage to vary]].

* {{MIB}}: The generic Mulian agents in Tokyo Jupiter.

* SinisterShades a la {{MIB}}.

* BookEnds: Ayato's painting. It also takes it a step further and, after the ending credits, shows the original inspiration for the painting and the kick-off for the whole show.

* MyGrandsonMyself: An interesting take on this; technically the "new" [[spoiler:Bähbems]] are descendants of the original, but he overwrites their personality with his own when his current body gets too old. When Isshiki turned out to be a dud, he {{BodySurf}}ed into a female clone, Helena.

In the midst of that attack, two women enter his life. The first, Haruka Shitou, claims to be there to "rescue" him and take him ''out'' of walled-in Tokyo. The second is Reika Mishima, a strange girl who looks like she just stepped out of the most recent painting Ayato has been working on. Reika approaches the boy and sets him on his way to discovering [=RahXephon=], a giant robot as sculptural as the weapons defending the skies above, encased in a giant "egg" deep below the city. But when Ayato awakens and bonds with [=RahXephon=], his life will never be the same again.

* SpellMyNameWithanS ("Quon" has her name written in Kanji as Kuon, and since Q doesn't exist in Japanese, her name is renamed in English. Also the last name Shitou has suffered being renamed into Shitow, it's impossible to get the Kanji for their names by writing the official translations, which are incorrect to begin with.)

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Mexican Spanish version of the manga adaptation spells ''Rahxephon'' as ''Raazefon'' because the Mexican company who edited the manga in Spanish thought that [[ViewersAreMorons Mexican readers would not be able]] to spell the name of the titular mecha right, despite the series being released many years ago and ''very well known'' in the Spanish-speaking anime fandom.

** Haruka even doodled a snake-Isshiki picture.

In the midst of that attack, two women enter his life. The first, Haruka Shitow, claims to be there to "rescue" him and take him ''out'' of walled-in Tokyo. The second is Reika Mishima, a strange girl who looks like she just stepped out of the most recent painting Ayato has been working on. Reika approaches the boy and sets him on his way to discovering [=RahXephon=], a giant robot as sculptural as the weapons defending the skies above, encased in a giant "egg" deep below the city. But when Ayato awakens and bonds with [=RahXephon=], his life will never be the same again.

In the midst of that attack, two women enter his life. The first, Haruka Shitou, claims to be there to "rescue" him and take him ''out'' of walled-in Tokyo. The second is Reika Mishima, a strange girl who looks like she just stepped out of the most recent painting Ayato has been working on. Reika approaches the boy and sets him on his way to discovering [=RahXephon=], a giant robot as sculptural as the weapons defending the skies above, encased in a giant "egg" deep below the city. But when Ayato awakens and bonds with [=RahXephon=], his life will never be the same again.

There is a [[{{Characters/RahXephon}} Character Sheet]] for this series, albeit under construction. See also ''EurekaSeven'' and ''StarDriver'', other mecha production by StudioBONES (the latter of which takes quite a few cues from Rahxephon).

* ButtMonkey / LoveHurts: Megumi Shitou can ''not'' catch a break in love. [[spoiler:Fellow coworker Souichi? Too bad, taken by coworker Kim. Ayato? Your sister's got you by a 15-year lead.]]

* CrypticConversation: Kuon speaks like this most of the time, and the Bähbem foundation isn't much better. Heck, everyone other than the protagonist has a bad habit of doing this until the plot threads start untangling (at which point ''he'' starts doing it from all the revelations coming his way).

* EyepatchOfPower: Shirou Watari has a rather unique one.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Johji Futagami]]

** Haruka Shitou is a [[SailorMoon defender of love and justice]]! This gets spectacularly hilarious in SuperRobotWarsMX where she interacts with Misato from Eva, who also voiced a member of the team. And they talk about the [[GGundam Nobel Gundam]], who wears a sailor-looking outfit.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Haruka Shitou to Maya's plans.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mostly averted, and then you see Kuon... [[spoiler: Her sister Maya, too.]]
* ZipMeUp: Done between Ayato and Kuon in the fourth episode.

* NaughtyTentacles: Subverted, Kuon simply takes a single step back and they miss.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Ayato has some explaining to do when Megumi sees him coming home with Kuon.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Jouji Futagami]]

* NaughtyTentacles: Subverted, Quon simply takes a single step back and they miss.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Ayato has some explaining to do when Megumi sees him coming home with Quon.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Johji Futagami]]

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Rahxephon.

** Haruka Shitow is a [[SailorMoon defender of love and justice]]! This gets spectacularly hilarious in SuperRobotWarsMX where she interacts with Misato from Eva, who also voiced a member of the team. And they talk about the [[GGundam Nobel Gundam]], who wears a sailor-looking outfit.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Haruka Shitow to Maya's plans.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mostly averted, and then you see Quon... [[spoiler: Her sister Maya, too.]]
* ZipMeUp: Done between Ayato and Quon in the fourth episode.

* EyepatchOfPower: Shirow Watari has a rather unique one.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:3 From his first appearance it was clear that Johji Futagami was more than just a nosy photo journalist. He goes on to solidify his badassness in the finale when he, of all people, [[spoiler:kills BigBad Ernst von Bähbem]].

* CrypticConversation: Quon speaks like this most of the time, and the Bähbem foundation isn't much better. Heck, everyone other than the protagonist has a bad habit of doing this until the plot threads start untangling (at which point ''he'' starts doing it from all the revelations coming his way).

In the midst of that attack, two women enter his life. The first, Haruka Shitow, claims to be there to "rescue" him and take him ''out'' of walled-in Tokyo. The second is Reika Mishima, a strange girl who looks like she just stepped out of the most recent painting Ayato has been working on. Reika approaches the boy and sets him on his way to discovering [=RahXephon=], a giant robot as sculptural as the weapons defending the skies above, encased in a giant "egg" deep below the city. But when Ayato awakens and bonds with [=RahXephon=], his life will never be the same again.

* ButtMonkey / LoveHurts: Megumi Shitow can ''not'' catch a break in love. [[spoiler:Fellow coworker Souichi? Too bad, taken by coworker Kim. Ayato? Your sister's got you by a 15-year lead.]]

* IntimateHealing: In the movie, Ayato is shown in a TERRA brig after attacking the team sent to recover him after [[spoiler:Asahina's death]]; see HeroicBSOD. Haruka comes to talk to him...[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean and the conversation leads to something else]].

* IKnowMortalKombat: In reverse; Ayato does well in a dogfight game because he has learned to fly with the [=RahXephon=].

* AMechByAnyOtherName: "D:olems", "Xephon", "Vermilions".
** Though the only true mechs are the Vermilions. The others have squishy organic parts. [[spoiler: The Dolems in particular seem to share health pools with a Mulian "pilot.]]

It's [[OrIsIt 2015,]] and OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ayato Kamina lives in a sharply delimited world. Three years earlier, something happened that enclosed Tokyo in an impenetrable shell. As far as Ayato and the other inhabitants of the city are concerned, the rest of the world simply vanished, and they are all that is left. His painting, and getting by day-to-day while his widowed mother spends all her time on her secret job for the government are more important to him. At least, until mysterious invaders pass through the barrier and attack Tokyo with advanced fighters while strange, sculpture-like war machines protect the city.

It's [[OrIsIt 2015,] and OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ayato Kamina lives in a sharply delimited world. Three years earlier, something happened that enclosed Tokyo in an impenetrable shell. As far as Ayato and the other inhabitants of the city are concerned, the rest of the world simply vanished, and they are all that is left. His painting, and getting by day-to-day while his widowed mother spends all her time on her secret job for the government are more important to him. At least, until mysterious invaders pass through the barrier and attack Tokyo with advanced fighters while strange, sculpture-like war machines protect the city.

It's 2015, and OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ayato Kamina lives in a sharply delimited world. Three years earlier, something happened that enclosed Tokyo in an impenetrable shell. As far as Ayato and the other inhabitants of the city are concerned, the rest of the world simply vanished, and they are all that is left. His painting, and getting by day-to-day while his widowed mother spends all her time on her secret job for the government are more important to him. At least, until mysterious invaders pass through the barrier and attack Tokyo with advanced fighters while strange, sculpture-like war machines protect the city.

It's [[OrIsIt 2015,]] and OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ayato Kamina lives in a sharply delimited world. Three years earlier, something happened that enclosed Tokyo in an impenetrable shell. As far as Ayato and the other inhabitants of the city are concerned, the rest of the world simply vanished, and they are all that is left. His painting, and getting by day-to-day while his widowed mother spends all her time on her secret job for the government are more important to him. At least, until mysterious invaders pass through the barrier and attack Tokyo with advanced fighters while strange, sculpture-like war machines protect the city.