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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Madlax
Official name：MADLAX
Chinese name：玛德莱克丝
Other names：玛德拉克丝 / 异域天使 / マドラックス
Premiered：April 5, 2004
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Lily / Suspense / Combat / Story / Source original
Director：真下耕一
Scenario：黒田洋介
Storyboard：黒澤雅之 / 澤井幸次 / 守岡博 / 有江勇樹 / 川面真也
Co-director：守岡博 / 黒川智之 / 黒澤雅之 / 有江勇樹 / 川面真也
Studios：BeeTrain
Family：Madlax
Rating：12+

Madlax

Madlax is from the director and character designer of Noir, and shares many similarities.

The writer for Madlax is Kuroda Yousuke, famed writer of sCRYed, Infinite Ryvius and Gungrave.

Kajiura is composing and Bee Train is once again animating.

The story revolves around two female leads.

The younger character, Margaret Burton, is a daughter in an aristocratic family in a peaceful European country.

She has no freedom of her own and her only companion is her maid Elenor.

It seems that some aircraft accident 12 years ago caused her to lose her memory before then.

The other character, Madlax, is a nameless elite agent with no past who fights in war-torn countries filled with chaos.

It's also mentioned that the war-torn country in particular is located in Asia with jungle enviroments.

No one knows Madlax's true name or age and she is a true combat specialist in the field.

The theme of Madlax is supposed to be war and how it affects people and the consequence/tragedy of murder, violence and lawlessness.

The two characters are supposed to be parallels of lifestyles.

PV EpisodesTiles view / List view

Main EpisodesTiles view / List view

Apr 5, 2004

EP1 - Gun Dance -dance-

After losing all his comrades, a young Galza fighter Pete attempts to evade Royalist cordons and get to safety. His chances are rather slim, but a strange young woman who appears out of nowhere, single-handedly deals with his pursuers, but still refuses to tell him her name may change the situation a bit...
Apr 12, 2004

EP2 - Crimson Moon -crimson-

Margaret Burton's life goes as usual, that is, with no changes in sight, until the day when her former tutor Vanessa Rene's present makes one of her seemingly forever lost memories come back.
Apr 19, 2004

EP3 - Blue Moon -moon-

Madlax is assigned to assassinate the Royalist Commander-in-Chief, Guen McNichol, but there is something bothering her: the customer in this case is Commander McNichol himself.
Apr 26, 2004

EP4 - Temptation -ask-

Margaret's classmate Anna Moré kills her own father and then walks out of a third floor window. Police investigator Maclay Marini is convinced that there is a reason behind this murder and is ready to give everything to find the truth.
May 3, 2004

EP5 - Non-Existent -none-

A boy from Nafrece, Chris Krana, secretly travels to Gazth-Sonika in hope to meet his father, of whom he only knew from his late mother's words. And, since Chris' father is thought to be Min Durk, the leader of Galza, Madlax is hired as his bodyguard.
May 10, 2004

EP6 - Will -leave-

A classmate invites Margaret to a soirée, but her omniscient maidservant Elenore soon finds out that some suspicious individuals are on the guest list, too...
May 17, 2004

EP7 - Picture Book -nature-

At Vanessa's suggestion, Margaret hires Eric Gillain, a bibliodetective, whose job is to search for rare manuscripts, to find another copy of her picture book . Soon enough, it becomes apparent to him, that a trip to Gazth-Sonika is necessary.
May 24, 2004

EP8 - Soul Word -soul-

Enfant showed interest in Gillain's investigation, and although Madlax was successful in saving his life once, the journey into the combat zone, where the people who allegedly know something about the Book live, still lies before them.
May 31, 2004

EP9 - Remaining Scent -scent-

Luciano, a friend and colleague of Madlax, decides to leave Gazth-Sonika and his business for good, but before that, he has to complete one last assignment in Nafrece...
Jun 7, 2004

EP10 - Erosion -dive-

Shocked by an unintentionally overheard conversation, Vanessa desperately seeks for any proof of Bookwald Industries' involvement in the Gazth-Sonikan war. Since the official data appears impeccable, she asks a familiar hacker Badgis for help.
Jun 14, 2004

EP11 - Foreign Country -object-

Before canceling the connection, Badgis managed to save the retrieved data on a random terminal, which happens to be belonging to a Gazth-Sonikan teenager. Eager to see the data, Vanessa immediately travels there.
Jun 21, 2004

EP12 - Lost Will -close-

Saved in the last second by Madlax, Vanessa nevertheless intends to go public with the data she discovered, and although Madlax finds such recklessness dangerous, she somehow fails to have it her way.
Jun 28, 2004

EP13 - Awakening Sound -awake-

In Nafrece, Margaret meets Carrossea Doon, who may know something about her Book. In Gazth-Sonika, Vanessa is desperate to find the encryption key to unlock the data, but a sudden call from SSS disrupts her plans.
Jul 5, 2004

EP14 - Forgotten Memory -memory-

After walking into Enfant's trap, Madlax is unscathed physically but appears to have lost her memories again. Meanwhile, in Nafrece, Margaret's Book draws to itself new unknown forces...
Jul 12, 2004

EP15 - False Dispute - camouflage -

Vanessa and Limelda Jorg's actions brought Madlax's memories back, however, she is still troubled by what she briefly saw when she triggered the trap .
Jul 19, 2004

EP16 - Gun Rhyme -moment-

Madlax and SSS find a publisher who is ready to release the data that Vanessa found on Bookwald's involvement with Gazth-Sonika, but apparently, they both underestimate Enfant's power...
Jul 26, 2004

EP17 - Instant Death -reunion-

Vanessa and Madlax manage to escape, but Enfant soon frames them for murdering a member of the royal family, forcing them to hide in the combat zone. Margaret, who has seen it in the news, immediately travels to Gazth-Sonika, accompanied by Elenore and Carrossea Doon.
Aug 2, 2004

EP18 - Double Separation -duo-

All pieces are in motion: Limelda desperately tries to cope with the truth about her whole life, Madlax searches for the truth behind her past, Margaret is ready to deal with Enfant if they help her to find Vanessa, and Vanessa herself hurriedly learns to shoot.
Aug 9, 2004

EP19 - Target Book -holy-

Fighting their way through all cordons and front lines, Madlax and Margaret strive to meet the only person who can share with them the knowledge about Margaret's Holy Book and their own destinies. Meanwhile, Carrossea makes an unexpected move, too.
Aug 16, 2004

EP20 - True Fight -wish-

Against all customs and traditions, Madlax is granted the right to unveil a small part of her past. But will she be able to cope with it? And is it really the entire truth?
Aug 30, 2004

EP21 - Light Confession -guilty-

With the last of the Holy Books brought to her by Carrossea, Margaret is finally able to reach the Door of Truth and regain some of her and his memories. However, for Carrossea this knowledge is far more dangerous than for her...
Aug 30, 2004

EP22 - Shooting Emotion -rage-

Margaret refused to learn the truth of her own past and is now fully under Friday Monday's control. Meanwhile, Limelda madly stalks down Madlax - what will result out of their confrontation?
Sep 6, 2004

EP23 - Straying Heart -doubt-

Loss, doubt, and an unexpected friend: which one is stronger in Madlax's heart and what will be her next step towards her and Margaret's mutual past?
Sep 13, 2004

EP24 - Devoting Heart -heart-

Madlax, the woman who cannot die , goes to meet Margaret Burton, but Elenore, critically wounded and unarmed, arrives there before her.
Sep 20, 2004

EP25 - Holy Blood -saint-

Once again, she was too late. Margaret, fully under Monday's control, returns to the Door of Truth to learn the truth about her past in all its entirety. After that, Monday is finally able to share his own truth.
Sep 27, 2004

EP26 - Broken Pieces -pupil-

The Absolute Truth lies before Margaret, the full knowledge of her past, her sins, and the lives of Madlax, Friday Monday, Carrossea Doon... the truth about the world, the humanity, and herself. And it is she, the girl who has the Gift, who must make a decision on how to deal with all of it.