The Haibanes of Old Home began as an original dōjinshi comic series created by Yoshitoshi ABe, but was never completed due to it being superseded by a 13-episode anime. The anime series was also broadcast by Animax on its respective networks around the world, including its English networks in Southeast Asia under the French title Ailes Grises (Grey Wings). The series follows Rakka, a newly hatched Haibane (灰羽?) (a being resembling an angel), and other characters in the city of Glie (グリ guri?), a walled town with a single gate through which only a mysterious group, the Toga, are allowed to enter or exit.