INVASION OF THE CAPITAL

is the first episode of the ''RahXephon'' TV series originally aired in Japan on the night between January 21 and January 22 2002.
''Title references:'' Operation Overlord

Contents

Plot

Locations and items

Arc significance and foreshadowing

Production

Guest cast

Reception

References and notes

External links

Plot

Ayato, Hiroko and Mamoru are on their way to a chemistry test with a stalker on their tail. Tokyo is suddenly invaded by futuristic fighters, and giant Dolem defend the capital. In the rubble Ayato encounters Reika Mishima. Ayato is arrested, but he's freed by his stalker; Ayato runs away from her with Reika.
Ayato and Reika get on the subway and reach a special station called "The Shrine of Xephon" under Tokyo Bay. There, they discover a Dolem in storage, and further in they find a room with a blue sky, and a giant egg resting in a pool of water. The Dolems singing above affect Ayato, but Reika breaks through them with a song of her own. Suddenly the egg cracks, revealing wings inside, and Ayato says "Rah...Xephon".

Locations and items

Ayato goes to Ikebukuro Station () by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line	Ayato, Hiroko and Mamoru travel on a new version of the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, with different stations.[3]	Ayato emerges from the subway tunnel () near the Tokyo Dome and Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.
The garden. The government building in the background is shown in the episode.	Ayato runs through Bunkyō, along the Kanda River and passes under the Hijiri Bridge ().	He continues towards Akihabara. The railway bridge with the arch, on the far side, is shown in the episode. Akihabara is the area beyond.
Akihabara	Ayato and Reika travel from Manseibashi Subway Station on a fictional subway line to a location under Tokyo Bay. The subway station has been abandoned since 1931.	Egg and Genesis

Arc significance and foreshadowing

★ The time dilation effect and Tokyo Jupiter are both shown, but not explained, in the cold open.

★ The second shot of the Kamina house shows contrails.

★ Reika is shown to project a reflection in the subway window only for Ayato's benefit.

★ Haruka uses the same honorific for Ayato as others do "kun", but calls him by his given name — his friends call him by his family name. (''See Japanese name'')

Production

Guest cast

:''See List of RahXephon characters for regular cast appearances''

Character	Japanese actor	English actor
Public safety agent A	Hiroshi Matsumoto	James Marshall
Public safety agent B	Fumioki	Charles Kennedy
Defense Force Soldier	Masanobu Kariya	John Swasey
Operator	Isao Yamagishi

Reception

References and notes

;General references

★ ''RahXephon'' translated episodes from A.D. Vision.

★ Official episode list

★ Unofficial episode list
;Specific reference and notes
1. Episodes were sceduled for 25:55, which is at 1:55 a.m. the following date.
2. RahXephon Retrieved 4 June 2002 and 20 July 2006
3. For example, station M21 is moved from to .

External links

★ Anime Network schedule

★ "Over Lord" at TV.com, with G4 air dates

★ Invasion of the Capital at the Internet Movie Database