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Series
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 Created by Kawamori Shoji and released by
Studio Sunrise, it was shown in the Philippines by GMA 7
as part of its Anime Assault. It's a fine mixture of
fantasy, and mechanics, with the musical work of the
"Warsaw Philaharmonic Orchestra" as its opening
theme. This is based on the manga of the same title,
running in Shonen Ace.The story is about a quiet and shy
highschool girl named Kanzaki Hitomi, who has a strange
hobby - reading tarot cards, which most of her reading
come true. The story starts during a track practice in
which Hitomi was promised a kiss be her crush, Amano-sempai
is she runs 100m in 13 seconds. As soon as she approaches
the finish line, she sees a vision of a young man and a
dragon. Before she finishes the race, Van Fanel, the
young heir to the throne of the kingdom of Fanelia, in
his quest to become the rightful heir slays the dragon
right before Hitomi's eyes and teleports himself and
Hitomi to the land of Gaea.
 She
was dragged into the war between the forces of good and
evil. After witnessing th destruction of Fanelia, Van's
homeworld, she escaped together with Van on Fanelia's
legendary protector Guymelef, the Escaflowne( built by
the ancient Ispano Clan, which only members of the royal
family can operate with a dragon's heart or "Dragu
Energist"), with the Zaibach empire's cloaked
Dragonslayers on their tail, led by the insane Dilandou
Albatou on his guymelef, Alseides, Van and Hitomi is
ruthlessly pursued across Gaea and met allies and foes
along the way. Among them is a member of the Astorian
Caeli(Heavenly) Knights, the dashing Alen Schezar and his
guymelef, the Scherezade(whom they meet at Castelo Fort),
Princess Millerna Aston, Meruru, the wealthy Dryden
Fassa, Van's older brother Strategos(Folken Lacour Fane)l,
the Zaibach's mad emperor, Dornkirk, and others. In the
end, love and personal conflicts notwithstanding, though
forced to confront harsh truths about the people and ways
of life they thought they could believe in, faced with
the consequences of choices made in the past, and trying
to cope with their own, sometimes confusing, emotions,
they still found a way to defeat the marauding Zaibach
forces.
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| Dramatis
Personae |
| Name: |
Kanzaki Hitomi |
| Age: |
15 yrs. old |
| Allegiance:
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| Background: |
A member of her
highschool track team, she has a hobby to tell
fortunes using a special set of tarot cards, and
with a pendant. This abilities were amplified
when she was transported to Gaea to the point
that she can fortell future events or identifiy
dangerous situations with pinpoint precision. She
is torn between her love for Van and Allen who
looks like her highschool crush, Amano-sempai. |
| Name: |
Van Slanzar de Fanel |
| Age: |
15 yrs. old |
| B-day: |
White, 12th Moon(April 12) |
| Height: |
165 cm |
| Weight: |
51 kg |
| Allegiance:
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Fanelia |
| Background: |
Next-in line to the
Fanelian throne, he was forced to ascend to the
throne in the aftermath of the disappearance of
his older brother, who went missing in action
during his own rite of passage. He unwittingly
transported Hitomi to Gaea during his rite of
passage to assume Fanelia's throne, only to come
home in the midst of a Zaibach attack. He took
Escaflowne away at the suggestion of Valgus, the
Fanelian Master-at-arms, using the Dragu Energist
he recently obtained. He travelled with Hitomi
across Gaea to elude the Dragonslayers. His
seiyuu is Seki Tomokazu. |
| Name: |
Allen
Shezar |
| Age: |
21 yrs.
old |
| B-day: |
Blue, 3rd Moon(November 3) |
| Height: |
185 cm |
| Weight: |
71 kg |
| Allegiance:
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Astoria |
| Background: |
A member of the Twelve
Caeli( Heavenly) Knights of Astoria, Allen is an
excellent swordsman, as well as a debonair
gentleman, he is also a Amamo look-alike. She was
looking for his sister Serena, when he Van ran
into their fort. At first the were at odds with
each other and then they became comrade-at-arms
when they were both pursued by the Zaibach's
elite Dragonslayers. He is constantly torn
between Millerna and Hitomi, as his feeling for
the two girls are very strong. His seiyuu is Miki
Shin'ichirou. |
| Name: |
Dilandou Albatou/ Serena
Shezar |
| Age: |
15 yrs. old |
| B-day: |
Red, 8th Moon(August 8) |
| Height: |
175 cm |
| Weight: |
61 kg |
| Allegiance:
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Zaibach |
| Background: |
The leader of the elite
Ryuugekitai(Dragonslayer Corps.) which were
tasked to bring the Escaflowne to Zaibach, the
insanely deranged Dilandou is actually Serena
Shezar, Allens's lost sister, who was twisted by
Zaibach's technology and transformed to the
megalomaniac that she is. The death of Jajuka in
episode 26 permanently erases the Dilandou
personality and Serena returns to herself. His
seiyuu is Takayama Minami. |
| Name: |
Millerna Sara Aston |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Astoria |
| Background: |
She is the third princess
of Astoria and is Dryden's fiancee, though she is
very much in love with Allen. She rescues Allen
with her medical skills in episode 10. Like
Meruru, she is aslo jealous of Hitomi for being
close to Allen. |
| Name: |
Folken Lacour Fanel/
Strategos |
| Age: |
25 yrs. old |
| B-day: |
Purple, 1th Moon(February
17) |
| Height: |
193 cm |
| Weight: |
78 kg |
| Allegiance:
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Zaibach |
| Background: |
Fanelia's rightful heir
to the throne, and Van's older brother. He failed
to slay a dragon during his rite of passage, and
lost an arm in the process. He left in shame and
went to Zaibach where he was grafted an
artificial metal arm, he served under the emperor
as Zaibach's chief strategist and is also one of
the most influential madoushi of the empire. He
was the one who developed the "stealth
mantle" of the empire's dreaded Dragonslayer
Corps. He later defected when he saw Donkirk's
real plans for Gaea. His seiyuu is Nakata Joji. |
| Name: |
Dryden
Fassa |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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| Background: |
He is among the
wealthiest in Gaea and is a known scholar and
philantropist. He is Millerna-hime fiancee,
though he knows of her attraction to Allen, he
lets go of her in the end and followed his own
path. |
| Name: |
Dornkirk |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Zaibach |
| Background: |
The Zaibach Empire's
head, he was once a great scientist and created
the Absolute Fortune-Control Device to help
achieve happiness for his people, but in the end
controlled him and made him into a ruthless
dictator, sowing discord across Gaea. |
| Name: |
Naria & Eriya |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Zaibach |
| Background: |
Folken's loyal servants,
they were rescued by Folken from a mob when they
were children. They are a member of a race of cat-people,
their real names are Naru-Naru(Naria) and Belle-Belle(Eria)
and they pilot the guymelef "Teiring".
Their bodies are protected by magical wards in
the form of tattoos. |
| Name: |
Eries
Aston |
| Age: |
21 yrs. old |
| Allegiance:
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Astoria |
| Background: |
She is the Astoria's
second princess and is Millerna's elder sister.
Van and the others met her at the Astorian
capital, Pallas. |
| Name: |
Prince
Chid |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Freid |
| Background: |
He is the heir to the
kingdom of Freid, who lent shelter to the fleeing
Van, Hitomi and Allen. Millerna is her aunt since
his mother, Marlene Aston is Millerna's oldest
sister. He has a striking resemblance to Allen,
who was romantically linked to Marlene before. |
| Name: |
Susumu Amano |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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| Background: |
He is Hitomi's sempai at
the Kamakura-Kita High School who was about to
leave to study in another country. To have a
memento from him, Hitomi made a bet to Amano that
if she runs the 100 meters in under 13 seconds
she would get a kiss from him. |
| Name: |
Uchida Yukari |
| Age: |
15 yrs. old |
| Allegiance:
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| Background: |
She manages Hitomi in
their highschool track team, and is her best
friend and classmate. |
| Name: |
Goau & Varie |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Fanelia |
| Background: |
Van's father and mother.
Goau, who was prodded by a vision, found Varie, a
member of the Ryuginbito a fabled winged race and
said to be descendant of the Atlantean race, he
fell in love with her and married her. He died 12
years before the story begins. Varie disappeared
shortly while looking for the lost Folken. |
| Name: |
Valgus(Vargas) |
| Age: |
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| Allegiance:
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Fanelia |
| Background: |
He is the Fanelian master-at-arms,
Goau's best friend and Van's swordsmaster. He a
very skilled fighter that he can take on melefs
with only his sword. |
| Name: |
Meruru |
| Age: |
13 yrs. old |
| Allegiance:
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Fanelia |
| Background: |
She was Van's childhood
friend and companion. Meruru was found by Valgus
as a kid and was considered a part of the royal
family since then. |
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Episode 01
Fateful Confession
Episode 02 Girl of the Mystic Moon
Episode 03 A Magnificent Swordsman
Episode 04 The Diabolical Young Man
Episode 05 The Mark of the Brothers
Episode 06 The Capital of Intrigue
Episode 07 Unexpected Goodbye
Episode 08 The Day an Angel Flies
Episode 09 Memory of the Wings
Episode 10 The Blue-Eyed Prince
Episode 11 Prophecy of Death
Episode 12 The Secret Door
Episode 13 Red Destiny
Episode 14 Dangerous Wounds
Episode 15 Lost Paradise
Episode 16 The Guided Ones
Episode 17 The Edge Of The World
Episode 18 The Gravity Of Destiny
Episode 19 Operation Golden Rule Of Love
Episode 20 False Vows
Episode 21 The Reaction Of Fortune
Episode 22 The Black-Winged Angel
Episode 23 Storm Premonition
Episode 24 Faithful Decision
Episode 25 Zone Of Absolute Fortune
Episode 26 Eternal Love |
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