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Escaflowne - The Movie Actor: Kazuki Akane Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Bandai Entertainment Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-03-02 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 152 Average rating: 4.0 "Its alright" This is an action fantasy film, that tells the story of a depressed girl who has her wish granted to fade away and is taken to the magical world of Gaia. There she is believed to be the prophesied Wing Goddess who will either save Gaia or destroy it, with the help of the dragon armor Escaflowne. Battles ensue and 2 brothers square off where the outcome of Gaia is decided. The animation is very well done, except for human faces which look very flat. The direction of the battles is also well done and exciting. That's about it though. The story is not that interesting, or believable. By the time I got to the end of the film I really didn't care to see what happens. There are a lot of characters but we never really get to know any of them. Most scenes are not needed, or go unexplained or undeveloped. Only the beginning scene and final confrontation scene have any drama or interesting events. Because of that, and the battle scenes are done well, I can only give this 2 & 1/2 stars. Rent this, but don't buy; I hear the series which this film is based on is way better since there is more time for the story and characters to be developed and seen. "You may Esca-my-flowne again and again" Great Story. Great Artwork. Great Soundtrack. Great voice cast (Japanese voice that is...). Buy it, this one is well worth it. If only they would come out with a Cowboy Beboop version just like this one in the US. That would cause a BIG ruckus. "Boring Movie, Great Extras" This movie was quite boring. In the interviews the director and cast said the movie is a total retelling of the story of Escaflowne compared to the TV series. ... Every concept and sequence throughout the movie was predictable if you have seen any fantasy film. The only good stuff about the set is the second and third disks. The second disk holds all of the interviews of cast and crew of the movie. You learn many aspects on what was going on during the production of the film and TV series. The third disk is the soundtrack for the movie. I have listened to the soundtrack. The CD has beautiful music. The best two songs are "You're not alone" and one other I cannot think of right now. All in all a very good music score. "if you believe Escaflowne is a good series, don't watch" I have a true fondness of Escaflowne the tv series. The movie is a complete waste of time. I have not talked to a single person who has seen this and like it. The plot (what little there is) comes and goes with little regard for things such as coherency. Maybe the animation is well done, but the character design still includes deformed triangles for noses. This will be a horrible investment to anybody's anime collection, so don't buy. "Great- as far as I can tell.." Ok, I ordered this from a local store in advance, TWO MONTHS(!) before it was released. I brought it home and I was watching it, completely intrigued by the beautiful animation, but then a bunch of green tiles filled my screen and I realized that I had been had. Well, at least the first half of the movie looks very very good.. Hitomi isn't so ditsy here, which is a bit relieving. I enjoyed her voice better in the movie than in the series. Brian Drummond plays Allen, and he does the perfect job. Allen looks really hot in the movie too. The animation took my breath away, and I was gasping in amazement a lot. I love Dilandau, so when I saw how cool he was drawn, and that he has actual powers, I was going, "thank you thank you thank you...." But really, the fact that they went a more 'realistic' route with this, makes it altogether different from the series. It's familiar characters in a new world.(new to us.) And if there's some younger folk in the home, please be careful watching this one-especially the beginning scene when Van slashes his way through that ship. Van is cooler too, because he is really good at fighting. In the series, he was more of a young kid who couldn't do hand to hand combat very well, he depended on Escaflowne. But I think that fans of Van, will be very pleasantly surprised. That's all for now. When I see the whole movie someday, I will write a real review... ehhehehhe..