Haibane Renmei - Blue Flow - Blue Flow

[@Legoldos]

I hope that one day much more people will know about this anime, its real diamond in the mud, i would like to describe what i felt while watching this anime but words arent enough

[@o.602]

Legoldos, I like how even though four years has passed since you wrote this comment, you still keeping that Haibane Renmei profile picture. Noice, dude.

[@Legoldos]

its still my ringtone, cant forget something as beautiful as this

[@kingb3776]

even now

[@cobracommanderwwr5009]

Just watched this few days ago. It's amazing experience

[@Jayclark80]

Omg I completely forgot about this anime. Serial Experiments Lain, Niea_7, and this were all so fucking good!!

[@gallowglass719]

One of the few series I've watched that has left a permanent mark on me. Haibane Renmei's beauty is unrivaled, and this song is a perfect reflection of that.

[@NoOnesIdea]

See the Momoko, kaeru no uta ga kikoeru yo. Much, much more stronger impact was on me :(((((

[@ammarkhalid6275]

​@@NoOnesIdeawhats the basic premise of it?

[@蒼空の8番アオノ]

あの、独特な世界観。 悲観とも呼べるような境遇に魅入る作品だった。

[@雨ヒカリ]

今朝急に頭の中を流れて、思い出したと同時に検索かけました。 アニメもまた見たい☺️

[@amirpers]

This is the epitome of one of the best animes of all time being criminally underrated

[@Veritanky]

yeah...i wish someone could give it spotlight it deserved

[@mad_scientist5597]

I dunno if it's underrated, it's probably just underexposed or something. I, for instance, have no idea how I even came across it, and it wasn't so long ago. It's just appeared on my hard drive, and when I got around to watch an anime, I chose this one cause I had no idea what it is nor where did I find it haha. I'm really glad I did though.

[@lukaszgolabek1645]

​@@mad_scientist5597 same

[@annonymously331]

Wouldn’t call it underrated, it often appears on critics lists of best anime of the 2000s

[@BigJohnson-y5s]

@@annonymously331 Most people only watch anime from 2010 onwards unless it's mainstream

[@victorhuynh5151]

A beautiful song from the most beautiful anime...

[@berthabaker6890]

im in love with this show.

[@AzulaPrinzessin]

question for all Is there any echii scenes in this anime?

[@C4rol5791]

@@AzulaPrinzessin nope

[@jospenner9503]

The most beautiful anime in all history. It will stand the tests of time forever.

[@TheStantress]

This was the first anime I ever watched all the way through ^^ I remember my baby sitter showing it to me on you tube one day after I asked her if there were any other cartoons like Spirited away, but I couldn't read fast enough to follow all the sub titles at the time, ha, I would watch one episode almost four times just so I could get all the words right. I found it years later in an anime shop, I almost cried when I started re watching it all.

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

I wonder if your baby sitter actually know this anime or chose this randomly, what a cool baby sitter either way lol

[@kagerouzv]

なぜ 忘れたいの？ ねえ 思い出して あたたかい頬に降る 涙の願い なぜ ふるえながら 今 求めあうの？ 君だけを何度でも 抱きしめたいから ※蒼い星の海 波間に漂う羽 消えてゆく哀しみは 明日への祈りなの Blue flow Luna 浮かぶ夜は ほら 夢の空が さりげない運命の 彼方に招く まだ 迷いながら 今 呼んでみたの 君だけが持つ心 確かめたいから 蒼い星を見て さみしいと思う時 その想い 受けとめる 優しさになりたいの Blue flow

[@a17689]

ありがとう できればもうちょいコメ欄の上のほうにいてほしいです

[@animesquirt]

I think Reki (and Rakka) are sin-bound because they not only committed scuicide but had help and ignored it. the whole thing with the crow makes me think that Rakka had people who were trying to help but she tried to deal on her own and killed herself. same with Reki because of the ending. (my take anyway)

[@SlimmyJimmySonjan]

Why would you spoil it bruh

[@BigJohnson-y5s]

@SlimmyJimmySonjan They never actually say any of that in the show, it's just a theory.

[@SlimmyJimmySonjan]

@@BigJohnson-y5s I was so immensely relieved when I found out that it was in fact, not a spoiler 😭

[@joes580]

i don’t know if it’s just me or my ear buds but the more i listen to this song, the more “heavenly” it sounds

[@estardeepbrown]

In every dream is somoene who cares and lookes after you, in reki's dream you heared a voice calling her name, in rakka's dream there was a bird. When you remember your dream before you enter the afterlife place and understands itt its a way of accepting yourself and to forgive.

[@angela.i.2364]

i finished this anime recently and i haven't stopped thinking about it. genuinely considering a second watch barely a week after the first it was that good. i adore how it handles "ugly" feelings, and the self-harm scene with rakka and reki brought me to tears.

[@Shapopo]

Idk if you remember but what self harm scene was there? I don't remember anything like that

[@ЧернийРоман]

Rakka cutting her black feathers 🪶

[@TomoT-w3k]

当時中学生くらい。灰羽連盟を見て、アニメの独特な雰囲気もよかったが、この曲を聴いて虜になった。あれから約20年、2024年になった今でもずっと聴いてる。それでも飽きる気がしない。自分の中で間違いなく名曲の一つ

[@山田太郎-g6m5n]

高校の受験勉強をしてるときに深夜のTVで灰羽連盟が流れてて引き込まれましたね、サントラやアニメで初めてDVD買ったぐらい印象に残ってる作品です

[@dakeyress]

i remember this left a deep impression on me as i was 14. It took me 12 years to find the name of the anime back...

[@kuu4804]

I'm glad u did!

[@turquoisemoon3654]

I discovered this anime only very recently (April 2024), and when I listened to that interview of the creator uploaded here in yt since 10 years ago, I discovered even better reasons to pay attention to these hidden gems. It's almost criminal to underestimate any creation that's not popular, and much worse, hated by mainstream audiences who are stuck on shonen tropes and cliches. Nothing wrong with loving dbz, naruto, one piece, bleach, pokemon etc... but to use those as absolute standards as to what EVERYONE else should like (esp those who say that their anime is one of the 3G and deserve to be on top of everything or everyone) sounds worse than arguments between daycare toddlers. At least some kids have more maturity to realize that the best is not always the majority preference.

[@christinamussared2285]

Me and my husband bought this anime on DVD years ago from a thrift store. Nothing could have prepared us for how perfect it was. In contrast the other anime we bought that day was nothing like this. Steel Angel Kurumi 🤣

[@eldestsucubus]

this has an incredibly creepy undertone but it suited the show perfectly

[@Nachtgeist.]

creepy like birth is creepy. blood pumping, muscles stretching, bright sunlight and water but thrilling at the same time. that's humans for you. beautifully ugly

[@jprogaminggd]

Finished watching it yesterday. I'm just glad I found this gem. This anime will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@anirudhsukigakirei9397]

Utsav only an Isekai.

[@ziel4sz]

this anime changed my life!

[@eridanslampora5634]

the singers have beautiful voices

[@caladbolg777]

For years I thought it was two singers. It's actually just one harmonizing with herself to beautiful effect. EDIT: I am wrong. They do have beautiful voices though. Their harmonies are very much on point.

[@BothHands1]

I'm crying so hard. I listened to Free Bird before this one, and I literally lost all strength in my body and collapsed into a sobbing pile of flesh on the ground. This song is almost as powerful. I can barely type through the tears, even though the song's been over for several minutes. Masumi Itou and Outani Kou are magical together. Paired perfectly with Yoshitoshi ABe's pure genius.

[@buahcs]

If I could cry actual tears... I cried and cried inside watching the show and the music too, just incredibly beautiful.

[@てけてけ-g8f]

素敵な曲ですねぇ

[@BothHands1]

Just finished watching this series. Watched all 13 episodes in one day. It's now my favorite of all time. Beautiful song. I can't stop listening to it. Makes my eyes tear up every time.

[@des37070]

Wow , all episodes in one day

[@briannehelv2172]

Felicidades por haber visto este anime , espero hayas disfrutado la experiencia. Te animo a que en algún futuro veas nuevamente esta hermosa serie.

[@milenartmeire2588]

I love this music, very relaxing

[@mrmoviemanic1]

I use it as inspiration while I work on a screenplay.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Hey I know you don't know me well but I created a Cast list of actresses who should play these characters for a film adaptation could you just maybe have a look for me if your curios? www.imdb.com/list/ls070061971/

[@clearpage6629]

+Drew Russell so bad

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Clear Page ??? How so?

[@clearpage6629]

+Drew Russell they dont fit at all. can u imagine rekki being autisticly badass fireing up the cigarette, me either. this is just bunch of jailbaits, not the real girls

[@Yourtwistedtranssis]

I kinda wish my housemate never showed this anime to me. I’ve been dealing with a relapse of my rather severe depression, and self termination has been on my mind. I never got a chance to be myself. Like… anything I loved when I was little was taken away… every thought I had broken… until I got to the point where I believe that, since I can’t be loved, then I can be useful. I’ve lived with that mindset for most of my life. Last night we watched up until the major scene with Kuu, and… This anime made me realize that I never got to have innocence. I never got to be a child. I never got to explore this world with curiosity, or wonder, or hope. I don’t know when my time will come, but I know it’s soon. Hopefully I can find hope before then. I don’t want to leave this world, but I don’t see a place for myself in it anymore.

[@Hakaze]

I hope you find happyness, even if it is later in life

[@trudeuab]

I've been dealing with the things alike for my life aswell, and as I watched this anime the lyrics of the ending song caught my ear, they were too familiar to my life. I began to notice more things in the show to be close to me, to the point I thought I knew this anime from the very childhood (which I couldn't in any way). Then I knew that the show is going to show me something of most importance, something to change my life. And closer I got to the ending I started to realize that it's gonna give me *realization*, and it did. I had a huge relief. Watch the show to the very end and pay attention to all details, they all matter. Stay safe.

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

Hey OP, if you're still around, just know that this Internet stranger is rooting for you, and just like Rakka and Reki I hope you'll realize that in your life there is someone that genuinely love and deeply care about you.

[@Yourtwistedtranssis]

thanks for the well wishes! I’m doing much better these days. Shortly after I had posted that, I wound up hospitalized after telling my psych that I had a plan and the supplies to end it. You might be thinking “wow… you must’ve not been serious if you tattled on yourself…” but the truth is that I didn’t want to do it, but every one of my depressed neurons was telling me I needed to do it, and it was getting harder and harder to refute them. So, she ordered me to the ER or she would have the cops escort me (it was a telehealth visit lol). I’ve always been really depressed, so this was just another chapter in a longer, more upsetting story not fit for a response to a response to an anime outro song. It did mean, however, that they considered more intensive treatments for me beyond drugs and therapy. Soooo, after a month of getting daily treatments of electromagnetic radiation fired into my brain, and after 6 more turbulent months following that, I am finally on solid ground! I’m even finally continuing on my path to my dream career of being a therapist myself. It’s still hard, and I’ve accepted that the voice in me telling me that I need to “cancel my life subscription” will never truly go away, but now I am capable of fighting it. I’ll likely need to undergo TMS again some day in the future, but for now I am finally alive.

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

​@@Yourtwistedtranssis Genuinely glad to hear that!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

If anyone asks if the singing voice is familiar, you're not wrong... Masumi Itō (sometimes using the pseudonym Hikaru Nanase), the singer, also sang (and at times composed) music for Azumanga Daioh (yes, really; you won't unhear the same vocals in "Soramimi Cake" and "Raspberry Heaven"), Scrapped Princess, Noein: To Your Other Self, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

Ah yes azumanga daioh, released in the same year yet a polar opposite of this anime 😂

[@angeliciouschocolat]

this was driving me crazy but it all makes sense now. thank you!

[@rodyaru]

When i first started to post traditional drawings someone told me that my drawings reminded them of this song and i am forever grateful for the person that recomended this to me

[@ReigenLeftCigarettes]

I regret only discovering Haibane Renmei now. If only I was a teenager in the early 2000s and had internet access, maybe I would have watched this at that time. Same like Yoshitoshi ABe, if I discovered him at that time, I would've be able to see all of his artworks.

[@mattiola1082]

A beautiful series that defined what 2000s anime was all about. Thought-provoking, experimental, and timeless.

[@ReigenLeftCigarettes]

​@@mattiola1082it feels nostalgic though I haven't born at that time yet

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

It's a sad feeling perusing old forums talking about this anime, wanting to join in the conversation, only to see the last post was made in 2006.

[@PrayingSeraph]

This song always calms my mind.

[@theBaka9]

This randomly appeared on my homepage and I see it as a sign I should watch It.

[@November01407]

I keep telling ppl to watch this especially ppl who watch anime but no one ever does 😭😭 .... They are just losing out on a beautiful emotional painting.. this is my top favourite series in any genre or style till date ❤️ this anime just hits u in a way you didn't know even existed

[@angeliciouschocolat]

When I was a kid, the only access I had to watching anime was borrowed VHS tapes and burned CDs that had spliced scenes of Sailor Moon and Haibane Renmei. Of course, the only impressionable thing to me when I was around 5 was DBZ so I always thought the weird intermissions were something that I would never get around to watching. To this day I still hummed the themes of Sailor Moon and this but I never knew the exact source of it until now. This was one of the many mysteries that I had with my childhood and after 18 years later and the relief of finally discovering this, I can safely say that Haibane Renmei is truly a special show in my heart that's been absent for that many years.

[@liamwilson7549]

Random KZbin notification, will be checking this anime out for sure

[@koobyboy4304]

Please do!

[@liamwilson7549]

@@koobyboy4304the singer in this sounds like the same one who did the music for Record of Lodoss War

[@lorde3740]

​@@liamwilson7549hey this may be late but if you finished the series please do watch serial experiments: lain

[@EndOfMichiko]

nothing like Abe's work. started off with serial experiments Lain. definitely a must see for all Abe fans. Great music by the way. Epic anime.

[@DOUGLA192]

Animes like Chobits, Haibane Renmei, and Kurau Phantom Memory are some of my favorite animes. They're so beautiful, you know? And the music is absolutely magnificent~

[@hitamuki]

灰羽連盟は文学的で哲学的な作品

[@fayry4]

I watched this anime with my best friend at the end of last year and listening to this song brings so much nostalgia for those days :'(

[@den-lavender]

this song fits the whole anime like a glove, it feels ethereal and emotional

[@fourthvision18]

one of the best and most complete series ever

[@Shapopo]

Now rewatch it

[@Yuu_Touko]

This is my most favorite anime of all times! Its radiant brilliance is impossible to overestimate...

[@Ulappa]

This is soo beautiful this song and the anime i just love themmm

[@kuolemanjumalaontakoosios5507]

Music like this is true art. In my opinion atleast. When i listen to music like this. I feel how it perfecly connects my soul.

[@Anubis1101]

this song is pretty good, and the lyrics are beautiful.

[@モグダン]

この作品を見て人は心の底に本質を隠してるというのを感じた

[@differentone_p]

Naze Wasuratai no? Nee Omoidashite Atatakai hoho ni furu Namida no negai Naze Furue nagara Ima Motome au no? Kimi dake o nando demo Dakishimetai kara *Aoi hoshi no umi Namima ni tadayou hane Kiete yuku kanashimi wa Ashitae no inori na no Blue flow Luna Ukabu yoru wa Hora Yume no sora ga Sarigenai unmei no Kanata ni maneku Mada Mayoi nagara Ima Yonde mita no Kimi dake ga motsu kokoro Tashikametai kara Aoi hoshi o mite Samishii to omou toki Sono omoi Uketomeru Yasashisa ni naritai no Blue flow

[@swagamv8341]

I’ve had this song stuck in my head all day and I just realised what it was from

[@lioncolor]

This Song is really good , I watched a lot anime this year , i can say it's one of the best ending I've ever seen

[@白タナトス]

この歌詞の面白いところは灰羽連盟という「灰色」を意識し、壁に閉鎖された空間なのに「青い星の海」という「青」というワードとグリの街にない「海」という言葉が使われているところ

[@rpgbgm1680]

This anime bgm is touch my heart

[@--_Angel_--]

Шикарная песня) Почему ты так хочешь забыться, Вопреки всем разумным словам, - Даже зная, что будут струиться Слёз ручьи по холодным щекам? Почему, несмотря на сомненья, Продолжаешь мечту свою звать - Даже зная, в любое мгновенье Можешь снова ее потерять? В час, когда выплывает ночами Бледный диск одинокой луны, Небо сна обнажает случайно Грань забытую грешной судьбы. Ты заметишь её приближенье На потерянном этом пути. ТВОЕГО только сердца биенье Выход верный способно найти. А когда одиночества сети Пред тобою раскинет судьба, Вспомни свет золотистый созвездий, И печаль вмиг оставит тебя. Средь лазури ночной океана Перья белые скроет волна... И молитвою, грешникам данной, Станет пепельный цвет их крыла...

[@Roky_Rq]

мне интерпретация от гармони тим больше нравится )

[@johnmanole4779]

​@@Roky_Rq what interpretation?

[@Roky_Rq]

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[@OVERTRY]

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[@maokawaii]

definitely one of the best story out of 150 anime series that ive watched

[@YuiFunami]

this anime is damn amazing

[@suzayneporcalla]

This calms my mind yet makes me feel a bit lonely...

[@aggersoul23]

This was one of my firsts... Still holds a dear place in me heart, I tell ya. It was so wierd and too enigmatic for my 6 year old self to understand... But I liked the girls with wings so I tried to draw em lol.... I rewatched it when I turned 13... Still sits at the top of my MAL ratings... It's soo good, I love it.

[@judahosborne8868]

A conversation between myself and a member of the band Insomniac Folklore; Me: What are some other avant garde anime I can find by Yoshitoshi ABe? Adrienne: Well there's always Haibane Renmei. It's basically just little angel girls walking around and doing their chores. I mean she wasn't entirely wrong.

[@steemlenn8797]

"Angel girls doing daily chores" might be the most extreme example of a description being totally correct and totally wrong at the same time.

[@peterstrianus1790]

This anime is a masterpiece.

[@ashtrayangels]

I cried so many times while watching it, the most painful part is when the characters admit what their hearts hold onto like a dagger they were just stabbed with. And then the reflection about abandonment trauma, and how, besides having gotten a new chance as haibane they kept making the same mistakes because trauma was still in their systems. I don't think of intrusive thoughts as sins, tho i know that's how it is viewed by many christians. However i believe true spirituality to be the acceptance of life being a part of everything, therefore we're all connected. And this anime reminds me of madoka magica, evangelion and of course serial experiments lain; because "everything is connected" we have to be our higher selves. That way our pain will finally be useful, right? I got really attached to Reki and Rakka; constantly at the bottom of a pit, trying to figure out whether i was better off without people or not, thinking i wasn't worthy of redemption nor help, but everyone deserves to be better, because life should be more about love, it's all about the details we miss because we're stubborn, and if i can make a difference, then it's worth it.

[@Eonchu]

Still one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@HabsMD97]

Chills man...

[@aeroga2383]

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks, random recommendation I saw on MAL.

[@raedew]

always come back to this

[@MIMIForever7]

I know this anime will have it’s time! With tiktok, and social media, I’m certain this will get the recognition it deserves. I’m still shocked with Lain and Duvet. I think a ton of the themes in this show will resonate with todays generation.

[@chrisnguyen1186]

Part of me wants the TikTok crowd to never find out about it, there's plenty of idiots who post Lain edits and they haven't even watched the show, they just think "depressed computer girl" even though the show is deeper than that

[@fluidswapper]

best anime everrrr :3

[@Sakshi-y5t]

Thank you for recommending me this

[@thiagoferreira9452]

Eu simplesmente amo essa música

[@KeleTulsa]

I just finished the show and I missed the characters so much especially kuu

[@AEUG2345]

It's a shame i discovered this anime masterpiece in some anime elitist meme image, otherwise im pretty sure i would never found about it, just to show how criminally underrated is.

[@user-np4ku6xs2f]

世界観、好き

[@marinakk2262]

the soundtrack of this show is very magical and "spellbound"

[@Eonchu]

Thanks, Kyubey. I can't help but feel like you were making some kinda..... Pun thing what with what show you came from. ._.

[@marinakk2262]

Eonchu I mean it wasn't my intention, but I see what you mean 😂

[@brayanramiles8502]

What angelical voice

[@muani]

Kocham ten klimat, kocham to anime - masterpiece :o

[@cryji8148]

kompletnie się zgadzam

[@g4bri3l42]

Kompletnie się zgadzam

[@danielgadomski5129]

Polscy fani Haibane 😯 pewnie można nas policzyć na palcach jednej ręki 😉

[@g4bri3l42]

@@danielgadomski5129no pewnie tak ale no ogółem yoshitoshi kox jeszcze texhnolyze chce oglądnąć

[@NeroBlackheart666]

Those who remain Sin-Bound loose their wings and halo after a while and live their lives in the Temple, never interacting with the Haibane or the humans. The Speaker was one of those who remained sinbound. Also the maker said that he used the wings and halo because they simply looked cool, so they're not "angels" They're most likely tortured souls (suicide, never born, left alone, etc.) in a purgatory of sorts before they are reborn (Day Of Flight/Day Of Leaving The Nest).

[@disasteriz3766]

Every time I listen to this song I begin to apprechiate it more. It might be my fabourite end credits song

[@中出し-o4d]

Masterpiece

[@天元-h9f]

of course

[@中出し-o4d]

@@天元-h9f any anime like haibane Renmei?

[@benriddle9686]

@@中出し-o4d Lain

[@天元-h9f]

@@中出し-o4d Monster

[@cupcakeluverthecommenter4427]

What a beautiful song great upload! :)

[@77xw1]

It will always be my favorite anime

[@maintheme6761]

Out of all episodes i still never see them fly Maybe the show isnt about flying and stuff But deeper which is why i love this show ❤

[@anirudhsukigakirei9397]

If just sn effing Isekai

[@薬売り-b8z]

全国民に聞かせたい

[@enriquelopezmunoz4640]

When I listen this song I just can't stop thinking in Reki saying ''Close your eyes'' to Rakka :'C

[@a.morenavale9702]

que hermosa canción💝

[@brrrrrrb7795]

I love this so much,,

[@Cheolmybeloved]

Lolol this is my old acc

[@ultra_111]

What a unique voice

[@safaldhungel2237]

this is best

[@judahosborne8868]

Rakka's messy hair is actually beautiful dang

[@ふみぽん-n2q]

こんな優しい歌初めて聞いた。

[@0ff2]

What a beautiful language

[@heros_jani]

I first watched the Serie as kid, without knowing the deep background of it.

[@crimson7613]

I love the feels of this anime gives me.

[@chronodude10]

I listen mostly to rock stuff but this song is so soothing.

[@NoOnesIdea]

This series and the Momoko, kaeru no uta ga kikoeru, yo - the two anime, made hardest impacts on me.

[@boomerangsarefun]

love this anime !!!!!

[@Keyisonline]

I have found this masterpiece today, I'm glad, I'm really glad

[@anirudhsukigakirei9397]

Get off you high horse. This is only an Isekai

[@guilhermepietro9579]

Sad songs are beautiful

[@sozbdulrhmanli3300]

Most Beautiful anime

[@CyberiaKid]

Beautiful.

[@jawjaw8746]

its that time again

[@TheOwlslayer]

Lovely, to say the least.

[@Ruruskadooo]

>:( It's an amazing song and I wish it was longer!!!! A song as beautiful and meaningful as this should be as long as possible!

[@ふみぽん-n2q]

こんな世界に行けるならと思うと死にたくなるよな！病んでるわけじゃない前向きだよ！勘違いすんなこの世界が荒んでるから死んで幸せになりたいって思っちゃう前向きさが。なんとも一般人には理解できないのだろう！生きてて幸せな奴はあっち行けよ！死ぬしかもう人の優しさ、暖かさを感じられないんだから。生きてたってなんも感じられません！私には感受性もないし知性もない。。こんな俺が幸せになれる場所なんかない！だから死ぬしかない病むに決まってるだろ！これが誰の理解になる？これが誰の説明になる？これが誰の解答や正解になると思う？わかんねーだろうな幸せで生きてることが楽しい人間には何一つ理解できるわけないあっち行けよ！

[@ashleighmason4982]

Why do I cry at this song?