Simoun

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shimuun, Simoon
Japanese: シムーン


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2006 to Sep 26, 2006
Premiered: Spring 2006
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:30 (JST)
Licensors: Media Blasters
Studios: Studio Deen
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, Girls LoveGirls Love, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.411 (scored by 1243812,438 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #23032
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3536
Members: 44,920
Favorites: 438

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Episodes: /26

Synopsis

The verdant, peaceful country of Simulacrum resides on the planet of Daikuuriku. The country owes its existence to flying machines called Simoun and their holy Sibylla pilots. Powered by ancient artifacts, these ships can utilize Ri Maajon, frighteningly powerful abilities that can tear the very sky apart.

Aaeru is a wilful girl who joins the ranks of the Sibylla priestesses at Chor Tempest in hopes of being able to pilot a Simoun one day. But soon after she enlists, Simulacrum is plunged into a war, as hostile nations desperately try to claim the technology for themselves. Hoping to save their respective lands from doom, these nations at peril believe the Simoun are the key to preventing disaster.

Now struggling against their enemies and dealing with personal losses, the girls of Chor Tempest have no choice but to adapt to their situation if they are to have any chance at unraveling the mysteries that lie at the heart of their country: the Simoun and the Ri Maajon.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

A video game based on Simoun titled Simoun Ibara Sensou: Fuuin no Ri Maajon was developed by Marvelous Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2007.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Matsuda, Keiichi
Producer
Nishimura, Junji
Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard
Tsujitani, Kouji
Sound Director
Jinbo, Masato
Episode Director


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Opening Theme

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"Utsukushi Kereba Sore de Ii" by Chiaki Ishikawa
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Ending Theme

"Inori no Uta" by savage genius




Reviews

Aug 4, 2024
Simoun is, without a doubt, the best anime I have ever watched, and I have seen about a thousand. You might wonder why this is the case. It's simple: Simoun takes all the familiar tropes of anime—cute girls, warfare, science fiction/fantasy world building, ludicrous costumes, pastel-colored backgrounds, lesbian romance, intensely dramatic dialogue, and dramatic operatic music—and presents them with a rather unique execution: I don't know anything else that is quite like Simoun.

From reading other reviews, I noticed that many recent critics don't fully grasp what makes this show special. To appreciate Simoun, you need an open mind. Yes, it doesn't look like a show ...
Apr 11, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Simoun is a perplexing anime. It's a political war anime with a heavy focus on character drama, usually relating to their relationships with each other.

At the start, the anime throws a lot of terminology and such at you very fast, and it feels as though it's starting in the middle of a story instead of the start. That isn't an inherently bad thing, it can be done in a way to throw the viewer into an interesting situation immediately, but I found it a little jarring and hard to follow for the first few episodes. Eventually you do start to understand what these words ...
Jan 22, 2021
Simoun is a 2006 version of Darling in the Franxx with lesbian romance and bad production quality. It involves a war where young girls have to fight against an enemy by pairing up and piloting technologically-advanced war machines, but the story is centered on the relationships between these characters rather than on the war itself.


THE STORY IS UNIQUE

The story takes place in some sort of lesbian transgender world where people are born females and can choose their sex at the age of 17. Most of the characters are Sibyllae, i.e. girls who haven’t chosen their sex yet and act as priestesses who perform “prayers” ...

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