The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
- Original title
- 天空のエスカフローネ
- Directed by
- Kazuki Akane
- Genre
- mecha, romance anime, adventure anime, fantasy anime, action anime, science fiction anime
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 26 episodes
- Rated
- TV-14
- Rating
- 8.1 of 10 from 200 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A high school girl named Hitomi is transported from Earth to the planet Gaea. She joins a prince and a knight in their war against an empire, using her fortune telling powers to help pilot a giant mecha.
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What happens
The Vision of Escaflowne (Japanese: 天空のエスカフローネ, Hepburn: Tenkū no Esukafurōne; lit. Escaflowne of the Heavens) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It premiered from April to September 1996, on TV Tokyo. Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its various worldwide networks, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. It was licensed for Region 1 release by Bandai Entertainment. The series follows a high school girl named Hitomi, who finds herself pulled from Earth to the planet Gaea when a boy named Van appears on the high school track while battling a dragon. In Gaea, she is caught in the middle of a war as the Zaibach Empire attempts to take over Gaea. Van (King of Fanelia), with aid from Allen (an Asturian Knight), commands his mystical mech Escaflowne in the struggle to stop the Zaibach Empire. Hitomi's fortune telling powers blossom in Gaea as she becomes the key to awakening Escaflowne and to stopping Zaibach's plans. While the anime series was in production, two very different manga series retellings were also developed and released: a version of the story entitled The Vision of Escaflowne and a retelling titled Hitomi—The Vision of Escaflowne. In addition, a second manga adaptation called Escaflowne—Energist's Memories was released as a single volume in 1997. The story was novelized in a series of six light novels by Yumiko Tsukamoto. An anime film, entitled simply Escaflowne, was released in June 2000. Four CD soundtracks and a drama CD have also been released in relation to the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Cross Ange (2014)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.