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Escaflowne: The Movie

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©2000 Sunrise/Bandai Visual.


[ alternate retelling of (The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) ]

Alternative title:
A Girl in Gaea
Escaflowne
Escaflowne - La película (Spanish)
Vision of Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea
Видение Эскафлонэ - Девочка в Гаэе (Russian)
エスカフローネ (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Hitomi Kanzaki is in a very depressed mood. She only wants to sleep and fade away. Her misery summons Lord Folken who sends her to Gaea. The people of Gaea think she is the Wing Goddess, who can call upon the legendary Dragon Armor called Escaflowne. On Gaea, King Van, the sole survior of the White Dragon Clan, is also in a depressed state. Swearing an oath to get his revenge on the Black Dragon Clan that oblierated Van's kingdom, he lives by the sword. Now that the Wing Goddess has finally appeared, she posseses Gaea's world fate in her heart. Escaflowne will either lead Gaea to peace or total ruin.
Video:
User Ratings: 2052 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 112 votes (sub:63, dub:45, ?:2, raw:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 252 votes (sub:144, dub:94, ?:4, Spa.sub:4, edit.dub:3, raw:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 431 votes (sub:247, dub:164, ?:8, Spa.sub:4, Fre.sub:3, raw:1, Spa.dub:1, English:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 540 votes (sub:314, dub:202, edit.dub:6, ?:4, Spa.sub:4, raw:3, Fre.sub:3, Rus.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 307 votes (sub:183, dub:115, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 168 votes (sub:94, dub:66, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 83 votes (sub:52, dub:29, Por.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 86 votes (sub:53, dub:29, Fre.sub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 41 votes (sub:26, dub:13, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Awful: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:6)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 4184 users, rank: #87
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.818 (Good-.18), std. dev.: 1.9498, rank: #2012
Weighted mean: 6.759 (Good-.24), rank: #1981 (seen all: 6.78 / seen some: 6.58 / won't finish: 3.85)
Bayesian estimate: 6.762 (Good-.23), rank: #1732
Running time: 98 minutes
Vintage:
2000-06-24
2005-09-10 (U.S. TV Broadcast [AdultSwim])
Premiere date:
2000-06-24 (Japan, Theatrical Release)
2001-01-19 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2002-01-25 (North America, Theatrical Release)
Opening Theme:
"First Vision" by Hajime Mizoguchi and Yoko Kanno
Ending Theme:
"指輪 (Yubiwa - The Ring)" by Maaya Sakamoto
Links: We have 2
Comment:
Theatrically (limited) released in North America on January 25th, 2002
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kazuki Akane

Script:
Kazuki Akane
Ryota Yamaguchi

Music:
Hajime Mizoguchi
Yoko Kanno

Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Shoji Kawamori

Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki

Art director: Junichi Higashi

Animation director:
Hiroshi Osaka
Nobuteru Yuki

Mechanical design: Kimitoshi Yamane

Sound director: Toshiki Kameyama

Co-director: Yoshiyuki Takei

Executive producer:
Ken Iyadomi
Min Ki Kim
Ryohei Tsunoda
Tae Sub Chon
Takayuki Yoshii

Producer:
Masahiko Minami
Masuo Ueda
Minoru Takanashi
Toyoyuki Yokohama

Animation:
Hajime Yatate
Shoji Kawamori

Armor Design Consultant: Yutaka Izubuchi

Assistant Chief Animator: Toshihiro Kawamoto

Assistant Unit Director: Hirokazu Yamada

Cinematography: Kazunori Okeda

Color Key: Shihoko Nakayama

Key Animation: Toshihiro Kawamoto

Key Animation Supervisor:
Akitoshi Yokoyama
Hiroki Kanno
Hiroshi Osaka
Takahiro Komori
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Tsunenori Saito

Mecha Director: Hirotoshi Sano

Music Director: Yukako Inoue

Music producer:
Shiro Sasaki
Toshiaki Ohta

Script Consultant: Aya Yoshinaga

Set Design: Shingo Takeba

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Special Effects:
Toshio Hasegawa
Yutaka Hoshiba

Theme Song Lyrics:
Gabriela Robin ("SORA")
Yuho Iwasato ("Yubiwa")

Theme Song Performance:
Maaya Sakamoto (ED)
Shanti Snyder ("Sora")

 

Jouji Nakata as Dune / Folken

Maaya Sakamoto as Hitomi Kanzaki

Tomokazu Seki as Van of Adom

Chafurin as Mole Man

Aki Takeda as Millerna

Ikue Ohtani as Merle

Juurouta Kosugi as Dryden

Mayumi Iizuka as Sora

Minami Takayama as Dilandau

Shinichiro Miki as Allen

Eiji Maruyama as Old Woman A

Ginzo Matsuo as
Kio
Ruhm

Jun Tanaka as Village Child A

Kappei Yamaguchi as Shesta

Kenji Nomura as Soldier A

Kensuke Kawano as Ryuon

Kouji Tsujitani as Jajuka

Kurumi Mamiya as Hitomi Kanzaki (child)

Masafumi Kimura as Soldier B

Masahiro Ogata as Katz

Masayuki Hiyama as Ort

Mayumi Iizuka as Yukari Uchida

Naoko Kyooda as Old Woman B

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Oruto

Sayuri Ohtsuka as Village Child B

Takashi Matsuyama as Nukushi

Takehiro Murozono as Pyle

Tesshô Genda as Van's Father

Toru Ohkawa as Gaddes

Toshihiko Nakajima as Teo

Yoshiko Kamei as Van (Child)

Yuji Ueda as Reeden

Japanese companies 

CG Effects: Satelight

Distributor: Omega Project

Music Performance: Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Production:
Boder Line
Victor Entertainment

Presented By:
Bandai Visual
Sunrise

Presented In Association With:
A.F.D.F.
Bandai Entertainment

Production: Sunrise

Production In Association With: BONES

English cast 
English staff 

Script: Robert Chomiak

Translation: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi

Producer: Charles McCarter

Assistant Engineer: Alex Kind

Production Assistant: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi

Production Coordination:
Diana Gage
Patricia Murray

Publicity: Jerry Chu

Re-Recording Mixing:
Keith A. Goddard
Mark M. Pinder

Recording engineer:
Michael Iske
Trevor Smith

Video Post-Production:
Barbara Allen
Leland Miller
Ness Broom

Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove

Wordfit Editor:
Christopher Cleator
Timur Kalyuzhnyy

Kelly Sheridan as Hitomi Kanzaki

Kirby Morrow as Van of Adom

Paul Dobson as Dune / Folken

Andrew Francis as Lord Dilandau

Brian Drummond as Allen

Jocelyne Loewen as Merle

Michael Dobson as Dryden

Sylvia Zaradic as Sora

Terry Klassen as Mole Man

Venus Terzo as Millerna

Brian Dobson as Nukushi

Richard Newman as Black Dragon Clan Captain

Scott McNeil as Jajuka

Trevor Devall as Shesta

Ward Perry as Gaddes

Willow Johnson as Yukari Uchida

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Animax Asia
Animax India
Anime Selects
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)

Distributor: Bandai Entertainment

Dubbing: The Ocean Group

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

Soundtrack: Bandai Entertainment

Korean staff 
Korean cast 

Theme Song Performance: Su Jin Kim (ED)

 (none)
Korean companies 
(none)
French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Hervé Caradec

 

Jacques Albaret as Dune / Folken

Naïké Fauveau as Hitomi Kanzaki

Olivier Jankovic as Van

Bérangère Jean as Mirana

Brigitte Aubry as Dilandau

Bruno Magne as Allen Schezar

Patricia Legrand as Merle

Valérie Nosrée as Sora

Thierry Kazazian as Gaddes

French companies 

ADR Production: Studio Chinkel

Distributor: Dybex

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Javier Viñas (Spain dub)

ADR Recording: Javier Molpeceres (Spain dub)

Room Technician: Marta Monistrol (Spain dub)

 

Angel de Gracia as Van (Spain dub)

Jordi Ribes as Folken (Spain dub)

Núria Trifol as Hitomi (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Dilandau (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Dryden (Spain dub)

Isabel Valls as Sora (Spain dub)

José Posada as Allen (Spain dub)

Rosa Riba as Merle (Spain dub)

Angel de Gracia as Yukari (Spain dub)

Carles Canut as Mogra (Spain dub)

Javier Viñas as Jajuka (Spain dub)

Marta Barbará as Miranda (Spain dub)

Paco Gázquez as Gadeth (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 
(none)
Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision

Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Julia Meynen as Hitomi Kanzaki

Robin Kahnmeyer as Van

Antje von der Ahe as Millerna

Bernd Vollbrecht as Folken

Christin Marquitan as Merle

Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Dilandau

Helmut Krauss as Maulwurfmann

Ilona Otto as Yukari Uchida

Reinhard Kuhnert as Jajuka

German companies 

Publisher: Dybex

 
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