TENKU NO ESCAFLWONE Vision of Escaflowne

Author: Hajime Yadate, Shoji Kawamori

Director: Shoji Kawamori

Character Design: Nobuteru Yuuki

Music: Hajime Mizoguchi, Yoko Kanno

Note: the TV series and film staff are the same

Company: Sunrise

Year: 1996 (TV), 1999 (film)

Charas:
Van our young hero prince
Hitomi our young earthling heroin

Story: Hitomi is passionate about running. One day during her training, a young man appears in the field and slays a dragon in front of her. A light surrenders him and takes him back to his world ... with Hitomi

Type: Shojo, fantasy / TV series + 1 film

Number of Episodes: 26 TV eps + 1 x 90 mn film

We have: the entire TV series in Japanese subbed English

Song Lyrics:

What we thought: Apart from the horrid graphics that take some getting used to, Escaflowne is a very fine anime with lovely pictures and a brilliant story line. A must!