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Escaflowne - The Series (Limited Edition Boxed Set)

Escaflowne - The Series (Limited Edition Boxed Set)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: wow
Review: This is the best show i have ever seen. The depth of the story is so involving. I was addicted to it I started waatching a few episodes at a time then I watched the last 4 discs in a row. Buy this now.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My First and still my favorite
Review: Late nights on the local PBS they used to air anime, and Escaflowne was the first of these wonderful Japanese cartoons I had ever seen. Since then I've been a die-hard anime fan. With a wonderful story and amazing battle scenes, Escaflowne is still one of my absolute favorites. On par with DBZ and Cowboy Bebop

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A beautiful fantasy
Review: Those that have been waiting since seening Lodoss war were happy to see fantasy done even better. Carefully animated and the characters well defined this is a great fantasy adventure that is too. A (original for Japan) "Magical" girl in the medieval-industrial world of Gaia. A boy seeking his fate and destiney while fighting his true self in the land of giant robots and metal castles. A great man haunted by destiney while seeking the true purpose of life and future. A greta show for all.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Loose a star for not having the UNCUT episodes
Review: Just a word of warning - I have this boxset and was very disappointed to find that the episodes are the TV cut ones and not the uncut ones as advertised.
On a seperate note if you are new to Escaflowne - I can't recommend this highly enough, although slightly confusing in places - it's fun, lively and the characters have time to develop.
Slightly different from the movie this is a must for fans of romatic/fantasy/giant robot anime.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Action-Drama-Beauty
Review: This series is without a questioin in the top 5 for best Animes of all time the music is amazing the animation is stunning no other series has such color depth and beaty in it you realy feel for the charactor the story is so well done with the love triangle and when people think of this they think its for girls but it truly isnt the action is awsome the fighting is amazing it isnt always the same thing over and over again like in other animes there fighting is always changing as they progress if you like animation this is deffinetly worth it an amazing series

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Review: This cartoon is the best in the world. The voices of the people are a little diffrent but yet lots of blood and action.

The robots are kinda like gundam wing so if you liked that show you will like this one alot.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: review with no spoilers
Review: this awesome epic contains elements of mecha fighting swordsmen ship sci fi action fantasy anime and its all set in a fantasy all its own i was truly amazed by the many suprises that awaited me sinse i had hardly looked at any of the reviews that spoil it and i must say that this is a MUST BUY i shelled out 50 bucks to buy a used version and im not regretting! also if your in search of a pagan deity to worship string a few beads and shrunken heads around the box and pray to it for salvation!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another Great Anime Series
Review: Well, I'm an anime fan. And a picky one at that. I could never get into the US TV anime (Dragonball (Z), Piolot Canidate, Toonami shows, etc.) because I fetl like I was watching the eddited episodes. I got into Neon Genesis Evangelion and I saw this series and thought that it was awsome. If you liked NGE, you should check out this. I think that anime in 26 episodes rock. 2 seasons to tell a story is all you really need.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: very good
Review: As you may or may not know, The Vision of Escaflowne is an anime series from Japan. In my opinion, it is an extremely good series. The Vision of Escaflowne combines elements of fantasy with mecha, romance, sci-fi, and just about every other anime genre in between.

Escaflowne follows the life high school freshman Hitomi Kanzaki as she is transported from Earth to a mystical world called Gaia. Hitomi teams up with the young prince Van and the gallant swordsman Allen. Prince Van has lost his kingdom to an attack from the evil empire of Zaibach. Allen is a knight of a nearby country. Allen wishes to oppose Zaibach but the king of his country does not wish to bring Zaibach's wrath upon the kingdom. From this point in the story, viewers are lead on a whirl-wind journey of love-triangles, mecha fights, character drama, and a mystery about the real origins of Gaia. Each character (there are several) is given plot time to show their pasts, their dreams of present, and their general personalities. And though there are quite a few bloody fight scenes and some weird happenings, Escaflowne is a fairly clean work of anime. One thing to think about is that Hitomi does an awful lot of fortune telling and such work. I was somewhat unhappy about this because I do not enjoy such things but I overlooked it. Anime fans should find no problems here.

Having watched the series twice, I would recommend it to almost any anime aficionado as well as many sci-fi and fantasy fans. You will be treated to a wonderful story full of wonderful characters that presents itself in top-of-the-line artwork and has an AMAZING score. If you are seriously considering buying this WHOLE series, I can practically gaurentee you won't be disappointed. If you're not sure, try buying or renting the first volume and see if you get sucked in.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It's World's Apart
Review: I have seen this entire series. Escaflowne is a wonderfully beautiful fantasy anime that will amaze. It has mecha action, love, and fantasy packed together to form one great anime. The opening theme song even sounds great. All you anime fans out there know what I mean when I say that the theme song sounds good. Most of the time the anime theme songs are horrible.

This anime is a world apart from alot of the other fantasy anime in that it has some pretty memorable characters like Hitomi and Van. Escaflowne is the mecha dragon at the heart of the story. It becomes apart of Van and I mean that literally. The symbol of the dragon heart plays a major role in driving the plot. There are alot more hearts that are healed and broken in this anime.

I advise that any anime fan interested in going on an exciting adventure filled with a power packed emotional rollercoaster ride watch Escaflowne.

By the way, Fushigi Yugi is another good one to check out.


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