Escaflowne (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Kazuki Akane
Yoshiyuki Takei (co-director)

Writers:

Ryota Yamaguchi (script) and
Kazuki Sekine (writer)

Release Date:

24 June 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

One Will Wake It. One Will Destroy It.

Plot:

A grim retelling of the television series "The Vision of Escaflowne".

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Splatter | Mecha | Brother Brother Relationship | Super Villain

Cast

Maaya Sakamoto	...	Hitomi Kanzaki
Tomokazu Seki	...	Van
Jôji Nakata	...	Folken
Mayumi Iizuka	...	Yukari / Sora
Minami Takayama	...	Dilandau
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Jajuka
Shinichirô Miki	...	Allen
Ikue Ootani	...	Merle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Devall	...	Shesta (voice: English version)
Brian Dobson	...	Nukushi (voice: English version)
Michael Dobson	...	Dryden (voice: English version)
Paul Dobson	...	Folken (voice: English version)
Brian Drummond	...	Allen (voice: English version)
Andrew Francis	...	Dilandau (voice: English version)
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Oruto
Willow Johnson	...	Yukari (voice: English version)
Yoshiko Kamei	...	Van
Terry Klassen	...	Mole Man (voice: English version)
Hisako Kyôda	...	Old woman (as Naoko Kyoda)
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Merle (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil	...	Jajuka (voice: English version)
Kirby Morrow	...	Van (voice: English version)
Richard Newman	...	Black Dragon Clan Captain, Adon Chief, Pyle, Van's Father (voice: English version)
Ward Perry	...	Gaddes (voice: English version)
Kelly Sheridan	...	Hitomi (voice: English version)
Venus Terzo	...	Millerna (voice: English version)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Shesta
Sylvia Zaradic	...	Sora (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Escaflowne the Movie: A Girl in Gaea (Japan) (working title)
Escaflowne: The Movie (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for strong animated violence.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Canada:14A | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Germany:16 | Australia:M

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

The stadium where Hitomi first meets Folken and is drawn into the world of Gaia is modeled on the historic and famous Kasumigaoka National Olympic Stadium (Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Rikujo Kyogijo) in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, where the 1964 Summer Olympics were held. Some of the most distinctive elements in the stadium, such as the colored rows of seats, large scoreboard, lights, and field track are directly visible in the film. Another visible Shinjuku landmark in the film is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which Hitomi sees from the train while she is out shopping with her friend Yukari.

Quotes:

Hitomi Kanzaki: Hey, Van? How long can I stay here?
Van: Until the Mystic Moon calls you back. Until then, I will always be with you.
Hitomi Kanzaki: Thank you. We will always be together.
[a bird flying high above lets out a piercing cry, and Sora's song echoes on the wind]
Hitomi Kanzaki: Can you here it? Can you here her song?
[she steps forward, and great white wings appear from her back. then, with the fluttering of a multitude of birds wings beating the air, she is gone]

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Tenkû no Esukafurône" (1996)

Waste of time

I have to say as far as the animation goes the movie was well done, great art work, but the plot itself was poorly thought off. The movie might resemble the series with the characters and the setting but the plot itself was not the same. So if you guys are expecting to be like the series, is not, I found it to be a waste of time, and for those who think that the movie was good, it was just a knockoff of the series just to make money of you.