This is the list of episodes for the Japanese anime television series ''Simoun''. It was directed by

Junji Nishimura is a Japanese anime director and producer currently residing in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production. Nishimura had his first job as a producer for ''Bald ...

and consisted of 26 episodes which were broadcast in Japan from April 4 to September 26, 2006. Background music was composed by

Toshihiko Sahashi is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series (including OVAs, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals. His wo ...

with the OP ''Utsukushikereba Sore de Ii'' sung by

Chiaki Ishikawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is also the lead vocalist of Japanese musical duo See-Saw. Many of her songs, both solo and with See-Saw, have been used as theme songs in various anime series. Since 2003, her popularity abroad as part of S ...

and the ED ''Inori no Uta'' sung by Savage Genius. The anime is science fiction, taking place in Daikūriku, and follows the pilots of the mysterious simoun. These pilots are unique as they can only fly if they have not yet chosen their gender, although they appear female. The storyline follows the war they are involved in against the other nations, the mystery behind the simoun, and the complex, often romantic relationships of the young pilots.

Episode list

Distribution

Japan

The anime has been released on DVD in Japan by

Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and ...

. The series consists of nine DVDs, with two episodes on the first volume and three on each of the others. They are encoded for Region 2 and do not have English subtitles. A 7-disc DVD box set was released in Japan on 28 January 2011. The box set includes all 26 episodes but none of the on-disc extras or liner notes from the original DVDs.

Megami Magazine is a Japanese monthly magazine which focuses on bishōjo characters from anime and Japanese computer and console games, edited by IID and published by Gakken Plus. It is known for having many posters, pinups and large pictures among the articles ...

released a 30-minute promotional DVD for ''Simoun'' in September 2006. The offer was limited to the first 1000 readers to mail in a coupon from the magazine. The DVD includes cast commentary and interviews, a ''Tsukkomi'' segment similar to that on DVD volume 8, a "voice-over" for the first installment of the Megami manga, and other promotional material.Megami Magazine, volume 76 (September 2006), p. 32

North America

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announced the Region 1 license for Simoun in May 2007. Their releases are

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only (no English dub). The series was released in five volumes.

References

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