first three episodes premiering in theaters on May 17, 2019. Episodes four to six premiered on November 8, 2019. Episodes seven to nine premiered on November 13, 2020. Episodes ten to twelve premiered on November 5, 2021. On December 27, 2021, a spinoff anime episode titled Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line was announced, featuring the returning staff and cast. It premiered in theaters on January 20, 2023. At New York Anime Festival/New York Comic Con 2011, Funimation Entertainment had announced that both the original TV series and the Heaven and Earth film were licensed, and they were released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012. The series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel on October 29, 2012. Light novel A novelization of the Dead Agressor series written by Tow Ubukata and featuring illustrations by Hisashi Hirai was published on January 10, 2005. It was published in English by Digital Manga Publishing on July 22, 2008. Manga Two manga adaptations of the Dead Aggressor story have been released and they both share the same title as the first TV series. The first one is illustrated by Mikami Akitsu. It ran in Dengeki Daioh magazine from July 4, 2004 to December 26, 2004 and was collected into two tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks. Digital Manga Publishing licensed this manga for release in North America and published the volumes on July 7, 2010, and April 30, 2011. The second one is illustrated by Tomomi Matsushita. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine from September 26, 2014 to February 26, 2018, and transferred to Kodansha and pixiv's Palcy manga app in 2018, where it ended on August 25, 2021. It was collected into nine tankōbon volumes. Music and Drama CD Numerous soundtracks, drama CDs and character CDs have been released for the series. Fafner features music composed by Tsuneyoshi Saito and performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Japanese band angela consistently write and perform all of Fafner's opening, insert and ending theme songs that achieve strong sales and popularity. They also released a Fafner tribute album titled "Yakusoku" (約束, lit. "Promise") on December 25, 2008, celebrating the series' fifth anniversary. Video games Fafner in the Azure was adapted into a video game released for the PlayStation Portable in early 2005, being one of the first releases for the platform. It follows the storyline of the first season almost