this show be amaze . an engaging and romantic and touching and and beautiful story about love and innocence and forgiveness and and tragedy while and how these feeling all correspond with each other in the relationship of the people who deal with them . elfen lie have some of the best animation i have see in a long time . the color be vibrant and the character design be superb and and the environment be well draw and realistic . the animation flow very smoothly and it a joy to behold . the series be present in both english and japanese 5 . 1. the english voice actor do an actually decent job of represent the character and there weren not very many painful listen moment in the dub . it an understatement to say that the music be absolutely phenomenal . the opening theme lilium be great and it really set the emotional mood for the show while the song itself be gorgeous and be actually very touch in how beautiful it be . the rest of the music in the series and minus the end theme and be also very touching and well compose . i would not go on and explain the whole story behind elfen lie and i will just kinda highlight the main point . the story be essentially about the character find out where they belong in the world and how they deal with the situation theyre face with . the show deal heavily with the concept of love and romance and innocence and promise and discrimination and and acceptance . it essentially sum up with that despite all the evil that there be in this world and there be still innocence and love to be find . the character in elfen lie be superb . they all act like anyone else would in their situation . they all change accord to their circumstance . they be all real character that people can relate to while and they be very fulfil to watch . this anime will go down as one of the best in history because it speak to the heart of the person watch it . it take you into the world of the character to where you can actually feel for them . elfen lied accomplishes what most anime doesn not and it actually hit you right in the heart and move you .