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How in the he-...ahem...SQUAWK!!
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 Aired: 1996 - 1996
Show Type: Animated
Country of Origin: JAPAN
The Vision of Escaflowne (天空ã®ã¨ã¹ã«ããã¼ã, TenkÅ« no EsukafurÅne?, lit. Escaflowne of the Heavens) is a 26-episode anime television series created by Sunrise and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. on TV Tokyo and ended September 24, 1996. It has elements from the genres of shÅjo, shÅnen, romance, and mecha, and has since inspired a shÅnen manga and shÅjo manga series, and an Escaflowne theatrical movie.
The series focuses on the heroine, Hitomi Kanzaki, and her adventures after she is transported to the world of Gaea, a mysterious planet where she can see Earth and its moon in the sky. On Gaea, Earth is known as the Mystic Moon or "Phantom Moon" (å¹»ã®æ, Maboroshii no tsuki?). Hitomi's latent psychic powers are enhanced on Gaea and she quickly becomes embroiled in the conflicts between the Zaibach Empire and the several peaceful countries that surround it. The conflicts are brought about by the Zaibach Empire's quest to revive the legendary power from the ancient city of Atlantis. As the series progresses, many of the characters' pasts and motivations, as well as the history of Atlantis and the true nature of the planet Gaea, are revealed.
The series was aired on the Fox Kids network in the United States in an edited form between August and October of 2000, but was cancelled. No reason was given by Fox for its cancellation, but in 2002 a former employee of Fox claimed it was because Fox Kids' target audience of 6-12 year olds could not follow the series' complex plot.[citation needed] This Escaflowne was significantly modified from the original version.
A 23-episode version, heavily cut for content and timing, and with a different title sequence, aired several times on the Fox Kids channel in the UK during 2001 and 2002. As with the version aired in the U.S., the first episode was removed during the original run, but was played at the end as the 23rd episode after the series had ended. AnimeCentral recently aired the series uncut.
The Vision of Escaflowne has aired on YTV in Canada under the title Escaflowne, though it featured some of the same changes as the Fox Kids version. Unlike Fox, YTV aired the complete series twice before retiring it.
Vision of Escaflowne aired as a whole in Mexico on public television. TV Azteca aired the whole series uncut in two different occasions. In Chile, TVN and Etc. TV aired the whole series, first censored and later uncut.
Vision of Escaflowne was aired in the Philippines by GMA Network last March 24, 2000. The Philippine airing predates the North American airing by at least 4 months and features the English dub as shown on video/DVD. GMA originally aired the series in primetime, weekly. Its replay was shown in the afternoon, daily (from Monday to Friday). December 4, 2006 when GMA 7's sister station, QTV 11 airs its Filipino-dubbed version.
The Vision of Escaflowne was aired on MTV Germany in 2002 (therefore viewable in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and because of its success the whole show was aired a second time. The German version was translated from the French version and therefore had some minor translation errors, but beside this, all episodes were aired in their original sequence (unlike to its airing on some other networks; see above).
Bandai's Anime Village label released a "Special Edition" in North America created by Bandai Visual in Japan. This "Special Edition" was the entire 26-episode story arc condensed into three VHS tapes. In 1998, Anime Village marketed this edition as the Vision of Escaflowne Best Collection.
The unedited 26-part series has since been released on VHS and bilingual DVD box sets in the US and UK. In October 2004 Bandai again released an Escaflowne box set that uses slim DVD cases, but the content appears unchanged from the original box set release from 2002. This re-release also includes Escaflowne: The Movie. There have been several DVD versions of the movie, including the "Ultimate Edition", which included a bonus features disc and the soundtrack CD.
although it did not make it to the U.S. till 2000 i though this should be included since it origoinally aired in 1996 in japan.
this is a magical sereies that ended not the way i would have had it but i guess hitomi had to go home right.
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