Escaflowne?

yumi+chan · Post by **yumi+chan** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:48 pm

I like Escaflowne. I like the series better than the movie.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:55 pm

I got the series off DDDVD and enjoyed it - I haven't gotten around to watching the movie yet.

Definately worth the buy.

Tainted_Eden · Post by **Tainted_Eden** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:18 pm

Warheart wrote:
Tainted_Eden wrote:cat girls
Thats very important :lol:.

Well, it is when you wanna bring fanboys to a romantic storyline... By the way, me wuvs your icon. *snuggle*

shinji13 · Post by **shinji13** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:56 pm

From what I hear its good, but I am sick of all those animes-- way to many revolving around robots haha.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:06 am

It's pretty good.

You might find that 'perhaps' you disagree with a few of the chracters choices at the end of the series... but it's essentially a big whopping epic.
As mentioned before, knights, cat girls, robots (melef?), dragons, time travel, romance and intrigue. Oh, and pointy noses.

Tainted_Eden · Post by **Tainted_Eden** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:08 am

Yep. Guymelefs. They pwn!! I like how we get to see the inner workings of them. ^.^ That was a neat little tid bit.

Zalis · Post by **Zalis** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:29 am

Yeah, there are giant robots, but like many other shows, the robots aren't really the main focus. The emphasis is more on the romantic drama/love triangle, and also on the various themes of predetermination/free will, man's warlike nature, the tendency of power to corrupt, and so forth. The robots are just vehicles for fighting, albeit pretty cool ones. I personally liked the airships/Levistones concept more.

To draw a comparsion, Angelic Layer is billed as a tournament fighting show, like Pokemon for girls where the characters fight with "Battle Barbies." However, the fights and battle dolls, while visually impressive, are not really the main focus of the show--the fights are more often expressions of the characters' emotions/wishes/dreams/insecurities, and the main emotional lines of the show revolve around a mother-daughter relationship and various middle-school cutesy romantic situations.

Getting back to the topic, I would highly recommend Escaflowne, and you can probably find the more recent box set for around $70. I prefer the series to the movie, because the movie is darker and cuts out a lot of the romancey drama and character development that takes place over the show's 26 episodes.

Shinron Tiger · Post by **Shinron Tiger** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:27 am

Hi well I'm pretty new too but I think its worth it to buy the series.However I think that Dilandu is pretty creepy....

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:06 am

The series is awesome. I bought the series after seeing a couple of amv's from SSJVegita, Dcd, and bote. I thought the series was cool in amv form, but its even better just watching it. Dilandau and Van are definetly my favorite characters.

The manga on the other hand is alot different from the series and movie.

If you want to buy the series boxset, which includes the movie(although you already have it...)here is the link.

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=BAN021008

such a great series for $60, you cant beat that.

supersayian313 · Post by **supersayian313** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:15 am

i've been hearing alot about the series. i think ill check it out.