a 16-episode anime series directed by takahiro omori and produced by brain's base, aniplex and movic was adapted from the light novels. the episodes describe the events spanning from 1930 to 1932 in a non-linear fashion, including the recreation of the immortality elixir, the hijacking of the "flying pussyfoot", eve's hunt for her brother and the gang war between the gandor and the runorata. the first thirteen episodes aired in japan from july 26, 2007 to november 1, 2007 on wowow, a japanese pay-per-view station, and the final three were released direct-to-dvd. the series made its north american television debut when it started airing on the funimation channel september 6, 2010.