Ironically, Escaflowne was shockingly more popular in North America than the Gundam series, with the VHS and DVD copies routinely selling out the Mobile Suit franchise. Despite the series ...

Like so many other modern cult classics, it was clear from the very beginning that Escaflowne was truly something special. While the film wasn't nearly as expansive as the source material it was ...

“At the start of Escaflowne’s production, Kawamori did the initial designs. They had this power stone in the chest and these big gems on the shoulders. Those were interesting and ...

A great case in point is the unique anime saga of The Vision of Escaflowne. A sumptuous and vibrant take on the fantasy genre, it broke many conventions in the course of its production.

Adult fans of Japanese anime (the term for Japanese-style animation) will be impressed by the ambitious and imaginative “Escaflowne,” a good-vs.-evil tale of romance, fantasy and science ...

We’ve talked about The Vision of Escaflowne a few times here at Geek & Sundry. We keep singing its praises for a reason. No. Make that many, many reasons. Frankly, it’s one of the greatest ...

The television series from which the largely incomprehensible animated film Escaflowne springs was a huge success in Japan. An example of the popular Japanese animation style called animé ...

On October 20, 2009, Bandai Home Entertainment will release Escaflowne: The Movie on Blu-ray. The story centers on Hitomi Kanzaki, who is tired of life. Depressed and despondent, she wishes that ...

Both The Vision of Escaflowne and Escaflowne: The Movie albums are available now as well. That makes six Escaflowne albums in all -- certainly enough to please OST collectors. The highly ...

Out of the ten recs, the (then) upcoming Vision of Escaflowne actually proved life-changing for me. I’d only been a sporadic viewer of anime, but after hunting down every Escaflowne tape at the ...