Escaflowne: The Movie

January. 25,2002 PG-13

Rating：

6.6

Genre：

Adventure Fantasy Animation

Keywords：

Depression Dragon Adult Animation

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has begun.

Maaya Sakamoto as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)

Tomokazu Seki as Van (voice)

Mayumi Izuka as Yukari / Sora (voice)

Minami Takayama as Dilandau (voice)

Koji Tsujitani as Jajuka (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki as Allen (voice)

Ikue Otani as Merle (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Oruto (voice)

Hisako Kyoda as Old Woman (as Naoko Kyoda) (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Shesta (voice)

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Reviews

MoPoshy

2002/01/25

Absolutely brilliant

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Chirphymium

2002/01/26

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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KnotStronger

2002/01/27

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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Raymond Sierra

2002/01/28

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Sabre_Wolf

2002/01/29

I watched this and wondered if it was as good as the classic series 'Escaflowne' and to say this was a disappointment for me would be one HELL of an understatement because really they changed the characters too much.Frankly I barely recognised any of the characters in terms of their personalities I loved Hitomi in the series but I really didn't care much for the Hitomi of this movie.I also despised the Allen Schezar in this movie they turned him into an arrogant, egotistical prick who within minutes of his introduction I really wished he would get killed.All in all the characters were changed and NOT for the best in fact they were changed in a very annoying way and the plot failed to interest me.All in all a dreadful movie version of a classic anime series!

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Rectangular_businessman

2002/01/30

"Escaflowne: The Movie" is an average anime film. The animation was quite good, and the music, made by the great composer Yoko Kanno it's incredible, but the plot is just average. It changes a lot from the excellent TV-series, turning the story into a typical fantasy:Van it's more immature than in the TV series and also has a more aggressive (Without any apparent reason) personality. Hitomi became in this movie a more depressive character and Allen don't have any romantic interested on her, and now Allen looks like Sephirot. This movie don't have so much romance and drama as the TV- series, focusing in the action instead. The result it's not necessarily bad, but the TV series is much better. However, in the good side, you don't need to watch the series first to understand this movie: Both are completely different productions without different values.

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p-stepien

2002/01/31

I must admit I haven't seen the series, so I'll comment on this as a stand-alone production.I understand that the characters are nicely developed in the anime series, but you shouldn't base a film on that assumption. The characters looked very interesting, but apart from Lord Van, Hitomi and to some extent Folken the characters are presented but not introduced. You have some gist of what they are about and a feeling that maybe if you watched the series you could connect between with the secondary characters.Unfortunately the storyline itself is also rushed and the Hitomi/Volken/Van relationship has been totally blown and borders on being ridiculous. the emotions being thrown between these characters are unbelievable, even corny, and the jumpy script gives it no justice. Basically it felt like it wanted to be more intelligent than it actually was.On the plus side is great animation and some very interesting scenes full of exquisite ideas.

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Ryan Miller

2002/02/01

Several things bothered me while watching this film. One of the first thing i noticed was the animation - the faces on the characters were horridly drawn, making it hard for facial expressions to appear believable. The animation in itself was fine, however the way the people were drawn was distracting. Secondly, the plot was disorganized and scattered; making the film hard to follow for even fans of the Escaflowne TV series. The closing doesn't redeem much of the films' weak points - I wouldn't recommend this for those new to Escaflowne or those who are fans. It would be disappointing either way.

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