The Vision of Escaflowne

Name: The Vision of Escaflowne
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Shin-ichiro Miki, Mayumi Izuka, Minami Takayama

天空のエスカフローネ (1996)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 26

Episode runtime: 25 min

Average rating: 7.6/10 6 141

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Video for the series The Vision of Escaflowne — Escaflowne - Official Trailer

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Series poster "The Vision of Escaflowne"

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Premiere

1996-04-02

Last episode

1996-09-24

Status

Ended

Country

Japan

Network

TV Tokyo

Production

TV Tokyo, SUNRISE

Genre

Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Creators

Shoji Kawamori

Actors

Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Shin-ichiro Miki, Mayumi Izuka, Minami Takayama, Jouji Nakata, Yuri Amano, Ikue Otani, Toru Okawa, Ginzo Matsuo
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Scenario

Shoji Kawamori, Ryota Yamaguchi

Producer

Minoru Takanashi, Masahiko Minami

Operator

Kazunobu Okeda

Composer

Yoko Kanno

Editing

All team (75)

Short description

High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers an hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1	26	1996-04-02	9

What's left behind the scenes

The series was developed starting in the early 1990s and was planned to be 39 episodes long. However, for financial reasons, the runtime was reduced and the pacing was significantly accelerated.