List of The Vision of Escaflowne episodes

This is a complete episode listing for the anime series "The Vision of Escaflowne". Directed by Kazuki Akane, the series was initially proposed to Bandai Visual by Shoji Kawamori. Bandai selected Sunrise Studios to animate the series. Originally planned for thirty-nine episodes, the series was cut down to twenty-six episodes due to budget cuts. Rather than cut out characters or the elaborately planned plot lines, the studio forced the episodes to fit into the shorter length. In the first episode, for example, the credits were cut in favor of adding more exposition. Some scenes were also removed, but they were added back in the retail VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD releases.cite web |url=http://escaflowne.anime.net/production/animation_live_action/video_tapes/index.html |title=The Vision of Escaflowne Video Tapes |first=Egan |last=Loo |publisher=Escaflowne Compendium |accessdate=2008-08-08 ] cite web |url=http://escaflowne.anime.net/production/animation_live_action/laser_discs/index.html |title=The Vision of Escaflowne Laser Discs |first=Egan |last=Loo |publisher=Escaflowne Compendium |accessdate=2008-08-08 ] cite web |url=http://escaflowne.anime.net/production/animation_live_action/dvds/index.html |title=The Vision of Escaflowne DVDs |first=Egan |last=Loo |publisher=Escaflowne Compendium |accessdate=2008-08-08 ] cite book |last=Drazen |first=Patrick |title=Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation |year=2002 | month=October |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=1-880656-72-8 |oclc=50898281 |pages=pp. 288-297 ] cite book |last=Clements |first=Jonathan |authorlink=Jonathan Clements |coauthors=Helen McCarthy |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 |date=2001-09-01 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=1-880656-64-7 |oclc=47255331 |pages=pp. 115 |edition=1st ed. ] The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 2, 1996, completing its twenty-six episode run on September 24, 1996.cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=240&page=25 |title=Vision of Escaflowne episode list |publisher=Anime News Network |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] cite web |url=http://www.b-ch.com/cgi-bin/contents/ttl/det.cgi?ttl_c=134 |title=天空のエスカフローネ |publisher=Bandai Entertainment |work=Bandai Channel |language=ja icon |accessdate=2008-02-10 ] Three alternate retellings of "The Vision of Escaflowne" have been released in manga form, with first two manga series developed at the same time as the anime, and all three having different authors. The three series were published by Kadokawa Shoten. Kadokawa also published a six-volume light novel adaptation for the anime, that is a straighter novelization of the anime episodes.

Bandai Entertainment, which licensed the series for home video distribution under its AnimeVillage label, first released the series, with English subtitles, across eight VHS volumes, including a box set, over the period of September 15 to December 15, 1998. In August 2000, Fox Kids began broadcasting the series in the United States. Produced by Haim Saban, these dubbed episodes were heavily edited to remove footage, add new "flashback" sequences to remind the audience of the events that just occurred, and to heavily downplay the role of Hitomi in the series. The first episode was skipped all together, and the series soundtrack produced by Yoko Konno was replaced with more techno themes. This modified version of the series was a ratings failure and canceled after nine episodescite web |url=http://escaflowne.anime.net/production/animation_live_action/television/index.html |title=Television Broadcast |first=Egan |last=Loo |publisher=Escaflowne Compendium |date=2001-03-16 |accessdate=2008-08-08 ] The Canadian television channel YTV acquired Fox's dubbed version of the series for broadcast [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-10-31/ytv-programming |title=YTV Programming |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2000-10-31 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] Starting on September 11, 2000, the channel aired all 23 episodes dubbed by Fox, concluding with the series true first episode on February 26, 2001. [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-02-19/ytv-finishes-vision-of-escaflowne |title=YTV Finishes Vision of Escaflowne |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2001-02-19 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-02-27/ytv-broadcasts-the-first-episode-of-escaflowne |title=YTV Broadcasts the first episode of Escaflowne |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2001-02-27 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] Fox Kids UK also aired 22 of the 23 dubbed episodes, starting on January 8, 2001 and concluding March 15, 2001.

Bandai Entertainment released the edited dubbed version of the series to VHS, releasing four volumes before discontinuing the releases in February 2001. [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-02-22/edited-escaflowne-tapes-cancelled |title=Edited Escaflowne Tapes Cancelled |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2001-02-22 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] Bandai later released the entire series, unedited and in the original episode order, to Region 1 DVD. Spanning eight volumes, the releases include the original Japanese audio tracks with optional English subtitles, and the uncut English dubbed track.cite web |url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/305.php |title=Escaflowne Vol. #1 (of 8) |first=Chris |last=Beveridge |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |date=2000-10-03 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] Bandai also later released the series in several different box sets, including a Limited Edition set released on July 23, 2002, a "Perfect Collection"–which included the "Escaflowne" feature length movie–released October 26, 2004, and an "Anime Legends" box set on April 11, 2006.cite web |url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews/seriespage.php?series=10356 |title=Escaflowne |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |accessdate=2008-05-16 ]

Three pieces of theme music are used for the series. nihongo|"No Need for Promises"|約束はいらない |Yakusoku wa Iranai is used for the series opening theme for the entire series, except the first episode in which no opening sequence is used. The song is performed by Maaya Sakamoto, who also provides the voice for the character Hitomi.cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=240 |title=Vision of Escaflowne (TV) |publisher=Anime News Network |accessdate=2008-05-16 ] Performed by Hiroki Wada, "Mystic Eyes" is used for the ending them for the first twenty-five episodes, while the final episode uses Yoko Kanno's instrumental piece nihongo|"The Story of Escaflowne ~ End Title"|ザ ストーリー オブ エスカフローネ~エンド タイトル|Za Sutoorii Obu Esukafuroone ~ Endo Taitoru.__TOC__

Episode listing

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* List of "The Vision of Escaflowne" characters

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*cite web|url=http://www.b-ch.com/cgi-bin/contents/ttl/stry_list.cgi?ttl_c=134|title=Official list of "The Vision of Escaflowne" episode titles |language=Japanese |publisher=Bandai Channel and Aniplex |accessdate=2007-12-31
*cite web|url=http://www.bandai-ent.com/products/video_details.cfm?id=414 |title=Official list of English "The Vision of Escaflowne" episode titles |publisher=Bandai Entertainment |accessdate=2007-12-31
*cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=240&page=25 | title=Unofficial "The Vision of Escaflowne" episode list| publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2007-12-31
*cite web | url=http://www.tv.com/escaflowne/show/5805/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes | title=Unofficial "Escaflowne" Episode List | publisher=TV.com | accessdate=2007-12-31

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