Escaflowne (エスカフローネ Esukafurōne) is a Japanese anime television series created by Shōji Kawamori with DreamWorks Animation Television and Sunrise and directed by Kazuki Akane. It is a reboot of the 1996 The Vision of Escaflowne television series. It premiered from TBA, on TV Tokyo and Peacock. DreamWorks Channel and Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its various worldwide networks, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.
The series follows a high school girl named Hitomi, who finds herself pulled from Earth to the planet Gaea when a boy named Van appears on the high school track while battling a dragon. In Gaea, she is caught in the middle of a war as the Zaibach Empire attempts to take over Gaea. Van (King of Fanelia), with aid from Allen (an Asturian Knight), commands his mystical mech Escaflowne in the struggle to stop the Zaibach Empire. Hitomi's fortune telling powers blossom in Gaea as she becomes the key to awakening Escaflowne and to stopping Zaibach's plans.
The show was announced on TBA, and premiered on both TV Tokyo and Peacock on TBA.
Plot[]
Gaea is an alternate world that was created from the combined wishes of the inhabitants of Atlantis when it started to sink into the ocean. On Gaea, Earth is known as the Mystic Moon. Gaea's size, mass, atmospheric composition, temperature belts, and even seasons are the same as Earth’s. The series focuses on 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. Hitomi's latent psychic powers are enhanced on Gaea and she quickly becomes embroiled in the conflicts between the Zaibach Empire led by Emperor Isaac Dornkirk 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.
Characters and cast[]
Main[]
- Hitomi Kanzaki (神崎ひとみ Kanzaki Hitomi)
- Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto
- Van Slanzar de Fanel (バァン・ファーネル Baan Fāneru)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki
- Allen Crusade Schezar (アレン・クルゼード・シェザール Aren Kurusēdo Shezāru)
- Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki
- Folken Lacour de Fanel (フォルケン・ラクール・デ・ファーネル Foruken Rakūru de Fāneru)
- Voiced by: Jōji Nakata
- Dilandau Albatou (ディランドゥ・アルバタウ Dirandu Arubatau)
- Voiced by: Minami Takayama
- Emperor Dornkirk (ドルンカーク Dorunkāku)
- Voiced by: Masato Yamanouchi
Recurring and supporting[]
- Millerna Aston
- Voiced by: Mayumi Iizuka
- Balgus (バルガス Barugasu)
- Voiced by: Tessho Genda
- Merle (メルル Meruru)
- Voiced by: Ikue Ōtani
- Eriya and Naria (エリヤとナリヤ Eriya to Naria)
- Voiced by: Narumi Hidaka and Yuri Amano
- Jajuka (ジャジュカ)
- Voiced by: Kōji Tsujitani
- Eries Aston
- Voiced by: Yuri Amano
- Dryden Fassa
- Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi
- Mole Man
- Voiced by: Chafurin
- Prince Chid
- Voiced by: Minami Takayama
- Yukari Uchida
- Voiced by: Mayumi Iizuka
- Susumu Amano
- Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki
Episodes[]
- See also: List of Escaflowne (Reboot) episodes
Production[]
DreamWorks announced Escaflowne on TBA. The series was released on TV Tokyo and Peacock on TBA.
Broadcast[]
Outside the United States, it aired on DreamWorks Channel Asia in TBA. In Canada, the series premiered on YTV on TBA. Elsewhere in the world it premiered on; CBBC in the United Kingdom, SX3 in Spain, Panda Kids in Portugal, France 4 in France, La Trois in Belgium, RTS 1 in Switzerland, Super RTL in Germany and e.tv in South Africa in TBA and PIE Channel in Philippines on TBA. Template:DreamWorks Animation Television
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| Current | DreamWorks Dragons: Legends Evolved (2030) • Escaflowne (TBA) • Animal Stars Pretty Cure (2030) • Animal Sentai Pawranger (2030) • Splatoon: The Animated Series (2031) • DreamWorks Dragons: Adventures at Berk (TBA) • DreamWorks Dragons: The Seventh Crystal (TBA) • DreamWorks Dragons: The Adventurers (TBA) | |
| Programming Blocks | Wiggly Waffle • DreamWorks Sunny Sides • UniX | |
| Other | DreamWorks Channel (USA) (programming) | |
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