The episodes aired from October 9, 2002 to December 18, 2002 on Animax and Fuji Television. The first five ran two weeks apart, and the remaining eight were shown weekly in back-to-back pairs. Geneon, Haibane Renmei's Japanese distributor, also owned the license for the series' English release in the United States until it was acquired by Funimation in 2010.. MVM Films owns distribution rights in the United Kingdom and Madman Entertainment owns them in Australia and New Zealand.