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Rated TV-14 - Contains material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age

This show, Xelphos Adventures, is rated TV-14, meaning it contains content that may be inappropriate for younger readers under 14 years of age.

Xelphos Adventures
Genre Action
Science fiction
Martial arts
Comedy
Created By Chaossy
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Written By Chaossy
Directed By Chaossy
Voices Of see below
Opening Theme Xelphos!!
Ending Theme Adventure
Composer(s) Chaossy
Country Of Origin Japan
Original Language(s) Japanese
English
№ Of Seasons 14
№ Of Episodes 466 + 12 films
List Of Episodes Xelphos Adventures/Episodes
First Aired November 21, 1998
Running Time 25 minutes (1998-2001)
23 minutes 30 seconds (2001-2003)
24 minutes (2006-2014)
film length varies
Production Company(s) Production
RaGE Media Group
Animation
Madhouse (1998-2003;2006-2014;Films 1-3,5-12)
Studio Perriot (Film 1, 4-11)
Production I.G. (Film 4, 9-12)
Licenses
US4Kids Entertainment (2002-2008)
Funimation Entertainment (2008-2016)
WWSundown Anime Publishing (2017-present)
Picture Format HDTV 1080i
Audio Format Dolby Pro Logic IIz
Related Shows Xelphos Chronicles
Xelphos III
Network Japan
Animax (1998-2001)
AnimeNation (2001-2003;2006-2014)
US
Fox Box (2002-2004)
Cartoon Network (Toonami) (2004-2007)
4Kids TV (2005, 2006-2008)
Vision (2008-2014)

Xelphos Adventures is an action/science fiction anime produced by Madhouse & RaGE Media Group. It was the first ever solo project of Chaossy. It first aired in Japan on Animax in 2002, and continued it's run on AnimeNation.

Development[]

The series first started development in early 1998, with Xelphos contacting Toei Animation to make a 12 minute short, called Xelphos: The Beginning, when first shown to Toei, they rejected the idea. But Madhouse liked it, and they started making the first season which aired on Animax.

Plot[]

Xelphos Adventures follows Xelphos as he roams the world with his girlfriend, Tiffany. In the first two seasons and the first OVA, she isn't present in the series. Xelphos fights enemies and tries to save the earth from "The Big Five".

Production[]

The whole anime is produced by Madhouse from start to finish. The series has a short number of episodes due to writers block, animating, and story boarding.

English dub #1[]

In 2002, 4Kids and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment bought the rights to air an edited version of the anime in the same year on their Fox Box block (and later 4Kids TV). Ocean Studios, and later Bang Zoom! were contacted to cast and record the English language production.

Cartoon Network started airing it as part of it's Toonami block on Saturday nights at 6:30pm EST. It kept that timeslot for a year and a half until November of 2005, when it was switched to a Friday late night graveyard slot at 3am.

In 2007, it was announced that 4Kids have decided to not renew the license in the spring of 2008, thus making the 2005 season (2007-2008) unaired until it was aired later that year on Vision.

English dub # 2[]

In April of 2008, it was announced that Typewriter Productions, along with Funimation Entertainment have announced that they have rescued the rights and will dub the title uncut for Vision, which aired later that September.

Reception[]

TBA

Broadcasting[]

Japan[]

The series started airing on Animax in the November of 1998 as an original series at 8:05pm JST on Sunday nights.

DVD/Blu-Ray releases[]

From 2003-2007, the DVD releases were handled by 20th Century Fox, from 2008-present, they were handled by Funimation.

English DVDs[]

Release name Release date Additional Info
Xelphos Adventures Vol. 1 February 4, 2003 Includes the first 10 episodes of the series, behind the mic feature, preview of Vol. 2.
Total time: 220 minutes, special feature time: 25 minutes
$19.99
Xelphos Adventures Vol. 2 April 8, 2003 Includes episodes 11 through 22, behind the mic, film #1 preview, preview of Vol. 3/4 Double pack
Total time: 264 minutes, special feature time: 35 minutes
$19.99
Xelphos Adventures Vol. 3/4 Double Pack May 13, 2003 Includes episodes 23 through 45, behind the mic, Film #1, preview of Vol. 5 Mega pack
Total time: 528 minutes, film runtime: 44 minutes, special feature time: 35 minutes
$25.99
Xelphos Adventures Vol. 5 Mega Pack June 3, 2003 Includes episodes 46 through 80, film #2 and #3

Films[]

Main article: List of Xelphos films

Xelphos Adventures: The Prison (2001)[]

Titled The Dungeon in it's first English release, The Prison takes place in a Alcatraz-like island where Xelphos lands on the way to Last Stand Island. TBE

Sequel[]

The second installment of the Xelphos trilogy, Xelphos Chronicles, was announced in December 2014, and it started airing in 2015.

Gallery[]

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