The anime adaptation of Elemental Gelade was first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo. On April 5, 2005, it took the Tuesday evening at 6 PM timeslot, replacing the first season of School Rumble TV. XEBEC produced the animated television series which spawned 26 episodes directed by Shigeru Ueda and music by Yuki Kajiura. The production of the anime adaptation was estimated to cost $400,000. Since the anime was produced before the original story had ended, a new opposing organization called Chaos Choir and their members was created. Existing characters such as Viro were adjusted to fit the new storyline.
In April 2005, Geneon Entertainment announced they were the North American licensor at the MIP TV trade show in France, although ADV Films originally announced that they were the licensor as part of a co-production deal with Mag Garden at Anime Expo in July 2004. Geneon released six DVD volumes bi-monthly from June 2006 to April 2007 containing four to five episodes each. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America after Geneon ceased distribution of their own titles in October 2007. While Geneon Entertainment will still retain the license, Funimation Entertainment will assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. Elemental Gelade was one of several titles involved in the deal.
As of October 2007, Geneon no longer is involved in the US anime industry, so North American distribution rights of the anime have been rescued from Geneon by FUNimation Entertainment.
ImaginAsian TV, an American television network, broadcasted the series along with several other titles from Geneon Entertainment as part of their animation block "Anime EnerG". It was first aired in Japanese with English subtitles beginning January 30, 2007 and later aired with English dubs.
Music[]
- Opening Theme
- "Forever..."
- Lyrics: Aa
- Composition: takumi
- Arrangement: Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
- Artist: savage genius
- Ending Theme
- "Yakusoku" (約束?, Promise)
- Lyrics & Composition: Michihiro Kuroda
- Arrangement: Kazuyoshi Baba
- Artist: Michihiro Kuroda
- Episodes: 1-25
- Insert Theme
- "everlasting song"
- Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
- Artist: FictionJunction ASUKA
- Episodes: 26
- "Ameagari"
- Artist: Savage Genius
- Episode: 15