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Summary: There is nothing better on this planet...
Review: I bought the Escaflowne set you are now looking at from a local DVD store, having never seen it. I had heard a lot of GREAT things about it, but had never bothered to pick up the DVDs or a fansub. I took it home that night, popped in the first disc, and didn't stop watching until 7:00 A.M.. I stayed up all night so I could watch all twenty-six episodes, all six hundred and fifty minutes, and all thirty-nine thousand seconds. In one day. That should say something, right there. I had never done that before.
As the title suggests, there is not a thing on this planet better than The Vision of Escaflowne. Nothing, and I mean nothing. Thank you.
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Summary: The Best
Review: Escaflowne was the most amazing Anime experience I have ever enjoyed. A truly remarkable experience. This series plays out as a magnificent 10+ hour cinematic experience that touches upon the human experience on par with other cinematic expierences like "Shawshank Redemption" or "Leon". I have both commonj translation boxed sets and consider myself one of the biggestg fans.
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Summary: I love this series!
Review: I love Escaflowne so much, I had to buy this set! I was working so hard to try and buy all the dvds separate, but now that they have the set, I don't have to worry about it!! I'm so glad that this is coming to my door!
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Summary: Escaflowne is Magical
Review: I watched this entire series completely mystified by the creative and interesting story. It is magical to watch with the dragonhearted machines and Van the adventurous and at times obsessive hero. Hitomi is a young girl that finds herself zap into another world. She believes that she is in love with one man and finds in the end that he was never the one for her. This series is full of just about everything that a person could want out of a story. It has war scenes, fighting scenes with swords, love, evil,mystery, suspense,and fantasy. It shows the struggle to win out over evil and see the world more clearly.Hitomi finds out that she is powerful and stonger than she could have ever imagined. This story is delivered with style and patience. The music is beautiful and uplifting. Usually I say that if the music sucks and seems out of place that 9 times out of 10 your watching a bad anime. But sometimes I'm wrong, most times I'm right on the money! Watch this series if you want to see the absolute best in anime!
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Summary: 5 Stars ++++++ A Must See!!!
Review: This series is my absolute favorite!!! After watching the first episode, I was addicted! The story is classic anime, while remaining unique in itself. The characters are wonderfully developed and the acting is great. Every episode leaves you in suspense! I recommend this series to all anime-lovers. (Warning -- Anyone who was dissappointed with this series may have watched the U.S. Fox Kids version. As with most anime, all is lost in translation and dubbing. BE SURE TO WATCH THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE VERSION!!!!)
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Summary: Only an otaku could like this.
Review: B.F.D. Escaflowne! amazon.com are right when they say that Escaflowne could only be loved by an Otaku. This series plods from beginning to end, and is so fat and sprawling that by the time an episode ends it does not know where it began or where it is going. The ending itself is contrived, not to mention the fact that it's so rushed they have to end while running the credits.
The acting is horrible. Maaya Sakamoto is about as weak and Pollyannish an actor as you could ever find. There is not one emotion that she is capable of beyond cowardice. Minami Takayami is ridiculously butch. Van, Dornkirk, and Folken all sound as if they haven't logged off in 20 years or so. No wonder they are always gutteral speakers-they need ex-lax.
Yoko Konno's score is below her standards. Compared to what she did with "Please Save My Planet", "Cowboy Bebop", and "Macross Plus", this repeats itself. The score comes off as manufactured and lifeless.
Ah yes, the animation. All I need to say about Nobuteru Yuuki is that he also did "Chrono Cross". In this case, however, every character looks as if they were ripped out of the pages of Doonesbury. What a waste of time to watch thirteen hours of the same episode in different settings!
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Summary: Anime suited for everyone!
Review: Just as my title stated, Escaflowne has something in it for everyone. Action, romance, drama, suspense, horror, fantasy, comedy, you name it Escaflowne has it! That's what makes it such a wonderful series though. And, unlike some other titles, everything is put together very well to make the characters and such seem believeable. The plot line is excellent and I don't know anyone that was disappointed with this series. The animation itself is top notch too with subtle computer animation and bright colors that create such a vivid and lively new world. Do yourself the favor and at least pick up the first volume if not this excellent box set. I promise you after the first 2 episodes or so, you will become addicted!!!
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Summary: Escaflowne the Series
Review: If you are looking for a well done, colorful and fully developed anmie story I highly suggest this series. Escaflowne goes beyond the bubbly, cheezy anime that is enjoyable to watch but far from a masterpiece. The writers, artists and director have given anime viewers a beutiful blend of mystery, fantasy, and classic anime characteristics. At 26 episodes, the story is clean and concise, developing each character and plot without having to load the series with unnecessary fluff.
The box set is a fantastic deal. It is the cheapest that the series, especially as a set has ever been avalible....trust me I know I originally bought the first release of the DVDs at a much higher cost. Definitly jump on this deal. You'll watch it several times!!! I Promise!
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Summary: Escaflowne
Review: Escaflowne is an anime cartoon of a girl who is transported from her home, life, friends and crushes into the msterious world of Giaea. She is transported by Van, the king of fanelia. When on the Planet of Giaea, they are taken to Fanelia and are greeetng by many excited citizens. One of which is Merle, a cat-girl, whom was "adopted" by vans family. You could say she is a little Overprotective of Van. Later on You meet more characters such as Allen, Princess Millerna, Mole man, Prince Chid and many more as Hitomi helps Everyone fight against Folken and Dilandu with her tarot cards and special abilities. A must-see for anime lovers and people who enjoy action and science fiction.
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Summary: Great Series - Sad it was a bit too short ...
Review: If there's something that many people would like to do is to forecast the future, what and when something will happen and if we can change that. That's the premise on Escaflowne, Hitomi, a girl who can read the Tarot cards, is transported to Gaia, a different world from her own where she journeys along Van Fanel, heir to the Throne of Fanelia, the strange cat-girl Merle and Allen Schezar, a gallant knight. In this world, someone is trying to create the ultimate device to change the future, the Zaibach empire, which is seeking by all costs the Escaflowne, the white dragon that can destroy their plans and is controlled by Van. While fortune telling is nothing more than fantasy on the real world, it is interesting on how it was used on this series, as sometimes they think that it is happening as they where able to see on the cards, but it changes so what the cards told can be taken as an unknown future which may happen, but you can't say exactly when or how, because it lies on the fuzzy line that is the way someone reads and try to understand their meaning to their reality (pay special attention to what Hitomi forecasts to herself on the very first episode and what happens at the ending of the series, it says it all), which makes it useless, because you can make it up to many situations (Nostradamus someone?). This made Escaflowne unique, because it shows that fortune telling doesn't work in the end and that people should worry on what they should do next by their own reasoning than by some magic and misterious way, even being fortune telling the basis of everything that's going on. Besides that, Escaflowne have many other merits. First, the soundtrack composed by now legendary Yoko Kanno with lots of gregorian choir and even a music that the only word said is "Escaflowne". Second, written and directed by Shoji Kawamori from Macross Plus and original mechanical designer for the Macross series. And last but not least, voice acting far above the average, even the comical sidekick Merle does not features a voice to annoy viewers, and Hitomi's voice is by far one of the best voices for girls on anime series, ranking hight for me as the voices for Miyung (Macross Plus) and Miyazawa Yukino (Karekano). Animation is also top-notch, with great details on the many countries they visit, complete with unique architecture and costumes to set them apart. The sad thing is that the story was planned to develop on more than 26 episodes (something that Kawamori said himself on interviews), after episode 14 it becomes clear that they had to rush on things or they'd run out of their budget, so this makes me give this series 4 stars instead of five. And for the chance to get the whole series on a nice box and at a lower price than the original release, this box set is for sure a great deal on a great series.
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