Vision d'Escaflowne

One of the few series where the animation only gets better as the show goes on. Yoko Kanno's music is absolutely perfect, truly heart wrenching. It really adds to the very professional feel of the entire series. It may be your classic good versus evil plot (in a way) but there are so many other elements that make the whole escaflowne world come to life. A truly well done series. The only animated TV series I know of that feels like I'm watching a movie.

I have to say well done to this 90s anime for keeping me entertained and it was fantastic in some scenes! Even though, the noses on the characters were hilarious. Honestly never seen such long noses when it comes to anime in my entire life haha!

I was super glad that Kelly Sherdian (aka Barbie) was playing Hitomi in the English Dub. She was so good like i really didnt think she was in anime until last night. Kudos to her for doing this project!

What else can I say? This anime was just absouletely great, definately recommend peeps who love 90s anime to give this a watch!

The Vision of Escaflowne is quite simply the best Japanese Anime currently available in United States. It combines awesome soundtrack by Yoko Kanno, amazing character and mechanical design, and finest animation that Sunrise Studio has to offer.

This title should already be familiar to veteran anime viewers, and would be a fine introduction for any novice viewers whose view of Japanese anime have been colored by US media's bias portrait. Watch it.

The director and script writer of Escaflowne, Shoji Kawamori, was a big part of the original Macross anime (nee Robotech, as it was called in the USA). Macross/Robotech was widely recognized as a pivotal moment for animation in the USA; definitely one of the best filmed entertainment ever. Now, imagine if Shoji Kawamori spent fifteen years after working on Macross carefully refining his technique, practicing and perfecting his storytelling abilities. Imagine if the greatest living musician on the face of the Earth, Yoko Kanno, was then contracted to produce a four-cd soundtrack for Kawamori's next production. That, then, is what Escaflowne is; the greatest work of some of the greatest artists ever.

The story is about a schoolgirl named Hitomi, who gets unexpectedly transported to a fantasy world called Gaea after encountering a young man named Van. Once she is there, she begins having powerful clear visions of the future which she can't explain. Gaea is threatened by war and Hitomi gets caught up in the conflict, alongside Van. Hitomi becomes essential to deciding the planet's fate... Escaflowne is without a doubt one of the best anime series I have ever had the pleasure to see. Just about everything about is well done, and satisfying: from the music to the characters to the mech designs. It's also very appealing to a wide audience, featuring exciting action sequences (some serious gore in the unedited version, to warn younger viewers), romance, comedy, drama and some very surprising plot twists. The animation is fluid and motion-picture quality, with a very unique style. And the musical score, (composed by Yoko Kanno, famous for Cowboy Bebop and Brain Powered, among others) is just as impressive as any to come out of Hollywood. The dub isn't the worst I've ever seen, but it really does the series no justice. See it sub-titled version if possible. In short, Escaflowne is a top notch series that is definitely worth seeing.