Escaflowne (2000)

Original title

エスカフローネ

Directed by

Kazuki Akane

Genre

fantasy film, steampunk, adventure film, fantasy anime and manga, mecha

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is transported from Earth to a medieval fantasy world torn apart by war. She gets caught up in a conflict involving mecha battles and ancient magic.

darkfantasticalintenseepicwar-tornmagicalmelancholicvisually lushaction-packed

What happens

Escaflowne (Japanese: エスカフローネ, Hepburn: Esukafurōne) is a 2000 Japanese animated adventure dark fantasy film produced by Sunrise and animated by studio Bones. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the 26-episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne. The film was licensed for Region 1 release by Bandai Entertainment, which gave the film a theatrical release in January 2002. A soundtrack and two drama CDs have also been released in Japan by Victor Entertainment in relation to the series. There was also a novelization written by Ryota Yamaguchi published in 2000 by Kadaokawa Sneaker Bunko. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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