Ep. 8: The team explores the island while Maya treats wounded personnel and Koyo emerges from a red core.
Aired on August 30, 2004
The team arrives on the apparently uninhabited island, and various units set out to explore it. Maya is summoned to treat people who were wounded in a submarine hangar. Meanwhile, some others find a red male core inside an abandoned command center, who surrounds the island with a horde of Festums. Kyouhei Mizoguchi finds Maya, who is still in the hangar, however he is forced by Yukie Kariya to activate the self-destruction sequence. Soushi allows Koyo to rescue Maya and Kyouhei underground into the ocean, while Kazuki and Sakura help fight off the Festums on the surface.
Episodes
- Ep. 4 · Kazuki disobeys orders to rescue a plane chased by Festum as the island moves.
- Ep. 5 · Hester Gallop requests the Fafner Mark Sechs while Festum attack the approaching fleet and island.
- Ep. 6 · Shoko sacrifices herself to destroy the Festum while Kazuki handles the first threat.
- Ep. 7 · Koyo mourns Shoko while Sakura views death as valor during paintball training and chromosome changes.
- Ep. 8 · The team explores the island while Maya treats wounded personnel and Koyo emerges from a red core.
- Ep. 9 · Koyo is attacked by a Festum and dragged into the ocean while his parents are banished.
- Ep. 10 · Kazuki remembers causing Soushi's injury while Hiroto rebels before Maya visits and Kazuki shows crystal growth.
- Ep. 11 · Kazuki and Yukie depart the island with the Mark Elf, arriving at a city where they face Festum and capture by Neo UN forces.
- Ep. 12 · Mamoru and others pilot Fafners against Festum while Kazuki faces confinement and Soushi’s hidden feelings emerge.