Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Tenkuu no Escaflowne Japanese: 天空のエスカフローネ English: The Vision of Escaflowne German: The Vision of Escaflowne Spanish: La Visión de Escaflowne French: The Vision of Escaflowne More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 26 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Apr 2, 1996 to Sep 24, 1996 Premiered: Spring 1996 Broadcast: Tuesdays at 18:00 (JST) Producers: TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual, Omnibus Promotion Licensors: Funimation, Bandai Entertainment Studios: Sunrise Source: Original Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Suspense Themes: Isekai, Love Polygon, Mecha, Psychological Duration: 24 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 7.661 (scored by 67,604 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #13732 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1493 Members: 165,295 Favorites: 2,200 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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Nov 3, 2012 Firechick12012 Recommended I think a lot of you rabid Escaflowne fans are gonna hate me for giving out this rating, which I can understand, but in my book, an 85 out of 100 isn't a bad rating. It doesn't mean I hate the anime. In fact, I really enjoyed Escaflowne. Heck, if I have the money, I can order the box set online and show it to a lot of my friends, as I think they'll really like this kind of anime. I don't deny that I can see why Escaflowne is so revered. It's one of the first anime to throw in both shoujo and shounen ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 4, 2021 LtClean Recommended I love this anime, but when it reviews to shows, I have a lot of bias. I will try to keep it neutral. I'll start with what it does right, this is the only anime I have ever watched where I never skipped any opening or ending. The soundtrack is orchestral and fantastical and awesome and fast when it needs. It gives every moment that special touch. Its animation I love, though the style is not for everyone, the animation in every scene is charming and stunning. This anime has some of the best-choreographed fight scenes I have ever seen, and they are animated to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 1, 2019 RyanSpring Recommended Let's start with the elephant in the room- when you watch, and subsequently review, an anime for the very first time quite literally more than two decades after its original release, that's just really hard. Trying to review something in the present as opposed to in its own time is simply not fair, and I think if I'd written my review in 1996 it would be very different than this review is going to be, so please keep that in mind when reading beyond this point. Some parts of The Vision of Escaflowne have aged well. Others haven't. And I think a viewer largely has to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 5, 2017 PowerUpOrDie Recommended The Vision of Escaflowne is a 1996 shojo fantasy mecha series that continues to hold up more than 20 years later. STORY Escaflowne is a good adventure story. It doesn't cover the deepest or most complex themes, and at times it can get a little dopey in ways that make it clear they were trying to appeal to teenage girls, but the plot keeps you engaged as the cast jumps from one dangerous situation to another. Perhaps I just had the bad luck to re-watch this series shortly after seeing the staggering amount of worldbuilding in '12 Kingdoms', but the world of Escaflowne seems rather standard. Still, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 16, 2017 DarkRavie Recommended The series focuses on the heroine, Hitomi Kanzaki, and her adventures after she is transported to the world of Gaea, a mysterious planet where she can see Earth and its moon in the sky. On Gaea, Earth is known as the Mystic Moon. Hitomi's latent psychic powers are enhanced on Gaea and she quickly becomes embroiled in the conflicts between the Zaibach Empire and the several peaceful countries that surround it. The conflicts are brought about by the Zaibach Empire's quest to revive the legendary power from the ancient city of Atlantis. As the series progresses, many of the characters' pasts and motivations, as well ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 3, 2010 allegrotime Recommended Wow, Escaflowne- what a ride! I really did not expect to this show to become one of my absolute favorites but it's done just that. The premise of the story sounds a but cliche at first- high school girl is brought to a faraway world where she uses her newfound powers to save the land. And okay, if you want to summarize Escaflowne in that sentence then fine, but it does the series a great injustice. Firstly, I have to say that the pacing of this series is by far the best I have ever seen in any anime period. This is a no-filler anime folks, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 15, 2009 Yarho Recommended SPOILER-FREE REVIEW This was an anime that I had watched in my childhood that had stuck with me till now even in my late teens. I have long since re-watched it and the impact it's had on me hasn't lessened one bit. There is certainly a time in every girls life where she wished to be whisked away to another world, and poor Hitomi has just that happen to her though entirely against her will. This story appeals especially to girls with the appearance of may bishounen throughout the series, however the mecha-like fighters and bloody scenes also appeal to male audiences. While the art may ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 12, 2014 Playcool Recommended Escaflowne was one of the animes I never knew nothing about, and it was reccomend by a friend, well haver lots of procastination to see the anime, I m glad I gave it a try. Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 18, 2024 09philj Recommended The Vision of Escaflowne tries to juggle a lot of different balls, and basically succeeds. Firstly, it's a good old fashioned fantasy adventure serial with goodies and baddies and sword fights and monsters and thrilling escapes and all that exciting stuff. Bound up with that is the fact that it's somewhat of a mecha series, with the magically powered suits naturally allowing major characters to dominate fight scenes. However, it's also a mystical and rather melancholy series about fate and how it can be fixed or changed, punctuated with a fairly large amount of on screen death and injury. Also it's got a rather shoujo-esque ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 27, 2008 Hound_of_Ulster Recommended One can run out of superlatives when discussing this brilliant magical girl/mecha/fantasy hybrid from Shoji Kawamori (Macross)... One little known factiod about Escaflowne is that it was orginally scripted for 39 episodes, but was chopped by a season down to 26. Astonishingly, this late re-write actually works to the show's benefit, cramming a lot into little bit less space then one might expect of fantasy shows of a similar vintage like Wolf's Rain and Inuyusha. Unfortunatly, Escaflowne, because of a botched tv broadcast by Fox Kids and the generally inferior feature Girl in Gaea, is not as well liked among anime fans as it should be. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 5, 2015 Anim3Punk Recommended Story/Characters (8.5/10): Adventure, Fantasy, Mecha, Romance, Divining Powers. This anime used all of these themes beautifully. The plot has many twists and turns with a splash of mythology mixed into it to create a wonderful story. Each of the characters (heroes and villains) have their own detailed back stories that help justify their actions (some more so than others). Their actions were realistic and relatable. Pacing: The story was very deep/complex but due to the pacing/number of episodes, it could have been better if it was longer. The story moved at a slightly fast paced due to financial reasons and 1/3 of the full series (of ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 2, 2012 Khaleemira Recommended Escaflowne. This one was tricky for me. I had heard a lot about this series growing up and had recently been on a binge to watch some of the classics that came out in the 90's. The art for its time was well done and the music was powerful instrumental...though after awhile I was tired of hearing the same song. For 15 episodes I was highly enthralled and the episodes had fantastically placed cliff hangers making you instantly click onto the next one right away, but...it lost me. For the beginning of the series you see the main character as a believable person, good head on ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 24, 2009 Megnamole Recommended When Hitomi Kanzaki, a high school student with a penchant for fortune telling and running, is suddenly transported to another world where the Earth hangs high in the sky, she knows she is no longer in Tokyo. Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 14, 2010 Bremoon Recommended Escaflowne is, to say the least, a very deep anime. It is an anime that truly captures human emotions: love, hate, revenge, sibling relationships, and a girl's fluctuating heart in a brilliant and thrilling way. I'd say if you threw shoujo, sci-fi, fantasy, shounen, and Shakespeare into a bowl and stirred, this is what would pop out. Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 29, 2013 Konani Recommended The anime is cheerful from the most part, but manages to catch at least my attention through the first episode and a half. Normally it takes about 3-5 episodes of an anime to actually catch my interest and for a story of interest to be revealed, but Escaflowne threw you into the interesting parts right away. Though by the end of the series, which progressed into very sad plots and storylines for many characters and the anime itself, there were still many holes to be filled, many questions unanswered about the series. At least that's how i felt. There are a number of characters with interesting stories, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 20, 2010 sweetpenance Recommended Preliminary (14/26 eps) I haven't written a review for anything in my life up until now. I just finished watching Escaflowne and not once during the 26 episodes did I get bored watching it. I remember watching this as a kid and decided to re-watch it just now and I didn't get disappointed in re-watching it. Story - I like the story for most of the series right until the very ending which kind of seemed like the writers got lazy and didn't do as much effort on the ending as they did with the rest of the episodes. From episode 13 onwards the story gets better and better ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 1, 2017 owldays Recommended tl;dr: This series is Outlaw Star + Fushigi Yuugi + Gundam, with some dragons/angels and a (tiny) bit of influence from Dune thrown in. If you love action anime from the 90's, particularly Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Bebop, and the aforementioned Outlaw Star (all of which had staff involved in "Vision of Escaflowne"), then "Escaflowne" is definitely for you! Also, I HIGHLY recommend watching the recent Funimation dub! Long ver (no spoilers): Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 6, 2023 SgtSalamander Recommended The Vision of Escaflowne is an exquisite audiovisual experience, with art and sound which effortlessly immerse the viewer in a world of immense imagination and adventure which manages to be an aesthetic tour de force from start to finish. However, wreathed in the glory of this achievement, there is a story which is simply adequate, failing to rise to the occasion in a way which keeps this work of art from being a 9 or perhaps even a coveted 10. To begin with the story, which is the weakest link by far, it must first be said that it isn't ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 30, 2020 Draly Recommended Escaflowne: a deeply flawed anime with undeniable qualities. Escaflowne clearly suffers from its chaotic production, with the original director leaving before getting replaced by a newcomer and budget cuts bringing down the initially planned 39 episodes to only 26. This is something I actually learned after having completed the series but felt all the way. From the rushed ending, to the one note and underdeveloped characters, or the numerous loose threads... The show ends up being a jumbled mess of good but poorly executed ideas, as if the team took the story they wanted to tell in 39 episodes and tried to relate it in 26 ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 13, 2016 Chinomi-san Recommended I have to admit that when I sat down for the first episode, I was quite perplexed by the mix of historical and mecha. Granted, though one of the listed genres is not “historical,” I came to think of it that way because of the world Hitomi was transported to. It’s a place where there are little towns, castles, knights… I mean, they don’t even have guns yet! But they also have air ships, cannons, and powerful robots. For about a third of the series I was kind of thrown off by it; historical mecha is cool but definitely a bit strange. The other thing that ... Read more Open Gift Report Previous - More Reviews |
