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RahXephon :: Sleeping Beauty (01x13)
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| Title: | Sleeping Beauty |
| Episode #: | 01x13 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday October 15th, 2005 |
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Haruka begins a clandestine search for records pertaining to Quon Kisaragi, the first person to exhibit signs of the Mu phase. Meanwhile, Itsuki and Makoto begin to make preparations for the arrival of a visitor from the Federation just as a new Dolem appears in orbit. TERRA readies itself for battle, but the Dolem continues to stay just out of reach.
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Japanese Title: 「人間標本第１号」-「Ningen Hyōhon Dai-ichigō」-「Human Specimen #1」
| On the form showing Quon's name, her name is spelled in kanji as 久遠. The actual spelling of her name is Kuon due to the fact that the Japanese language has no 'q'. However, below her name in kanji is her name spelled in Roman characters as Quon. Her family name of Kisaragi, 如月, means "Second Lunar Moon" whiler her given name of Quon means "Eternity".
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Japanese Name Mispronouced I
During her talk with Sayoko Nanamori, Monica Rial, the English voice artist for Haruka Shitou, mispronounces Sayoko's given name, pausing on the 'a' and sounding the 'a' like it would be in 'bat'. The vowel sounds in 'Sayoko' are not lengthened so there should not be a pause attributed. Also, the stand alone 'a' in Japanese is always pronouced short like the 'a' in 'RahXephon'. The only time that an 'a' would sound like the 'a' in 'bat' is when an 'i' follows it.
| Japanese Name Mispronounced II
While talking with Commander Kunugi, the English voice artist for Shougo Rikudou, John Swasey, mispronouces Shirou Watari's family name, lengthening the first 'a' in 'Watari' so that it comes out as Waatari. Unless the 'a' is a lengthened vowel, which in this case it isn't, there is no pause.
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Arpeggio: Arael
The Dolem that appears in this episode, Arpeggio, takes up an orbit in space where it does not move. The Dolem's position and shape are a reference to Arael, the 15th Angel from Neon Genesis Evangelion (see first Cultural Reference to episode 22, "Don't Be.").
| Elvy Hadhlyat's Gait: Spike Speigel/Lupin III
When Elvy walks away from Haruka and Sayoko, she is shown to have a bowlegged gait, much like that of Spike Speigel in Cowboy Bebop, who was modeled on the bowlegged movements of Arsene Lupin III from Lupin III.
| Haruka: Operation Overlord. Wasn't that the code name for another landing operation once?
Jin: They probably hope the luck with rub off.
The name of the operation, and the English title of the first episode of RahXephon (see first Cultural Reference for "OVER LORD"), is named after the Allied forces operation which commenced on June 6, 1945, on the beaches of Normandy, France. While the fighting lasted for many weeks, eventually the operation proved to be the first step in the demise of the German army and the end of the European Theatre in World War II.
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Haruka: Um. Hey, Sayoko? About the other day.
When speaking with Sayoko, Haruka mentions the moment in "Resonance" when she saw Sayoko in the hallway just outside the viewing room where Quon is monitored as Makoto Isshiki was walking down the hall.
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Pertinent Info
1. Haruka tells Ayato that they used to live in Nara, Japan, while, Haruka was attending college.
2. Megumi tells Ayato that she was four when Haruka was attending college. This was before their mom remarried and their family name changed to Shitou.
3. While Haruka looks over Quon's history, her own history is shown.
- December 29, 2013: One day after the Great Mu War began, Quon moved to Sendai. At the same time, Haruka and her mother, pregnant with Megumi, waited with relatives for news on their father, who had been in Tōkyō at the time the Mu attacked the city.
- 2019: When Quon was taken in by relatives due to the loss of her parents, Haruka spends time with her fellow classmate at college, Itsuki Kisaragi.
- 2022: Quon moves to Nirai Town, Kumade District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū Island, to live with her older brother Itsuki Kisaragi. At the same time, Haruka and Megumi move to Nirai to be with their uncle Shougo Rikudou.
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