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The Vision of Escaflowne, episode 1, “Fateful Confession.” Directed by Kazuki Akane. Written by Shōji Kawamori. TV Tokyo (1996). Distributed by Funimation (2018). Available on Crunchyroll.

Man, they do not make them like this anymore.

From the old days when anime characters had noses.

I am really excited to be seeing, at last, this classic anime of which I have heard so much, but have never before had the opportunity to see. I did watch the movie adaptation once, many years ago (and reviewed it here), and it sucked. After seeing the first episode of the classic television series, it’s hard to believe that the TV show and the film are even from the same franchise. The difference is like … like … like the difference between Revolutionary Girl Utena and Adolescence of Utena, the latter of which I wish I could bleach from my brain. Continue reading “‘The Vision of Escaflowne,’ Episode 1”

Say what you will about Crunchyroll, there’s no denying that they make a lot anime available to us plebs with modest DVD budgets, and they show a genuine interest in archiving the classics, not just streaming the latest moe junk.

I just noticed that they put The Vision of Escaflowne online about a month ago. This is considered one of the greats. About five years ago, I was hunting for a set of it and couldn’t find it, then I enthused about a year ago when I saw that it was out on Blu-Ray.

Well, now it’s also out on a streaming service.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, my schedule just filled up.