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The Vision of Escaflowne: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
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July 6, 2021 "Please retry" | Classics Blu-ray + Digital | 5 |
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October 18, 2016 "Please retry" | Collector's Edition | 6 |
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August 28, 2018 "Please retry" | Blu-ray + Digital | 5 |
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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama/Love & Romance, Television, DVD Movie, Animation, Blu-ray Movie, Anime & Manga, Art House & International, Action & Adventure See more |
Format | NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Sound, Animated, Surround Sound |
Contributor | Vic Mignogna, Sonny Strait, Joel McDonald, Caitlin Glass, Aaron Dismuke |
Language | Japanese |
Number Of Discs | 5 |
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The Vision of Escaflowne
When a young man appears from a beam of light, Hitomi Kanzaki is whisked away to a world known as Gaea. Embroiled in war against the evil empire of Zaibach, soldiers fight in armored mechas known as “Guymelefs”. There, Hitomi meets Van, the newly ordained King and his own mecha, Escaflowne. While on Gaea, Hitomi discovers a new power that could help Van save the world and get her home.
Product Description
Hitomi Kanzaki is a typical girl who runs on the track team and has an affinity for tarot reading. When a young man suddenly appears bringing a dragon along with him, Hitomi’s fate is forever altered. She is swept away in a beam of light and taken to a new world known as Gaea.
Gaea is a strange world; here humanoid animals can walk and talk, and soldiers fight in giant mecha suits known as Guymelefs. Hitomi finds herself in the country of Fanelia where a strange young man, named Van Fanel is soon to be king. But misfortune befalls Fanelia when invisible enemies attack, burning the kingdom to the ground. Hitomi is now in a world on the brink of war. And she may have the power to stop it.
Using the magnificent Guymelef Escaflowne, Van and Hitomi must find a way to stop the evil Zaibach Empire and get Hitomi back home. But she'll have to hone her powers and learn how delicate fate and destiny truly are.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.25 x 0.55 inches; 5.6 ounces
- Media Format : NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Sound, Animated, Surround Sound
- Run time : 10 hours and 50 minutes
- Release date : August 28, 2018
- Actors : Caitlin Glass, Aaron Dismuke, Sonny Strait, Vic Mignogna, Joel McDonald
- Dubbed: : English
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby TrueHD 2.0), Japanese (Dolby TrueHD 2.0), English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
- Studio : Funimation
- ASIN : B07D4ZPJCL
- Number of discs : 5
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,399 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,875 in Anime (Movies & TV)
- #5,972 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs
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Animation quality is high, with great designs and smooth movement. Story wise the series was great. Many of the characters are emotionally damaged yet struggle on, not always making the best decisions but always trying. I liked how the main character Hitomi has special powers in the form of fortune telling, but her visions of the future are often traumatic, so she's paying a price for this gift. The series does deal with destiny, a theme common to anime, but does so in an interesting way. I do wish there had been further adventures, as I feel that while the main conflict was settled, the world was large and interesting enough for more stories.
There was one issue I should address in the form of dropped plot elements. Van receives an energist from his mother, but this is never brought up again. Hitomi finds a CD, proof someone else from Earth has been brought to this world, but nothing ever comes of it. This second element actually comes up in a deleted scene I found on Youtube, which I wish they'd included in the show. These are minor flaws, though, in an otherwise great series.
The video is beautiful, the Japanese track audio is fine, the overall sound is great (Yoko Kanno's fantastic music inspires), and the subs are okay—not mucked up by Funimation. (I spot-checked, and the subs are pretty much dups of the originals. That was a big whew for me after buying the Funi Ruroken live actions and finding an intolerably immature botch of subtitles for certain words and characters).
I usually prefer subs for anime, but figured I'd check out both dubs (old and new) for the heck of it. Although I never liked E's old dub, from what I heard this time, I'd say the older dub is much better than the new. It has more authentic emotional resonance, whereas the newer on is rather histrionic. However, I still don't like it enough to watch all of Escaflowne with it. The Japanese voice actors are just too good to give up.
So, a great set—a sweet tribute and re-intro of a wonderful series to the otaku world. While there is still something nice about the old DVDs, with the depth perception of the Guymelef duels and clashes slightly better for some reason, the brilliance of the restoration is truly enchanting and there is no contest re the audio quality. The set has some rather fun extras too.
My final comment: Funi needs to upgrade the blu-ray cases. Mine came intact, which seemed a miracle, although a couple of discs had sprung the flimsy hubs. The whole case is flimsy. I can't believe Funi can't provide something better without breaking the bank.
The blu-ray quality is great. Much clearer and sharper than the DVD version. Also, the original 2001 English dub IS an audio option! It's just not on the first disc because the first disc contains the original uncut version. Start with the second disc if the new dub bothers you.
Overall I'm happy I added this to my anime collection.
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Show itself is great. Medieval mecha, but then there's the technologically advanced bad guys. Isakai.
Y era de la vieja escula sin "reglas de videojuegos", donde si se setia la fantasia.
これ今まで見たアニメで一番好きな作品なんですよね。
それが約8000円とはめっちゃお得!
アマプラで1話110円でつまりトータル2860円でレンタルできるけれど、繰り返しみたいならば絶対に買いですね!
I just want to point out though, because this almost scared me off of buying this once I read the other reviews, both English dubs are included on the physical discs. I don't know about the digital version (which I'm pretty sure is through Funimation, so it would make sense if they only included the re-dub, but the physical version I received includes both the Ocean dub and the re-dub, along with the original Japanese audio.
So: buy the physical discs, get both dubs. Best of both worlds.