Escaflowne (film)

Escaflowne (Japanese: エスカフローネ, Hepburn: Esukafurōne) is a 2000 Japanese animated adventure dark fantasy film produced by Sunrise and animated by studio Bones. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the 26-episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne. The film was licensed for Region 1 release by Bandai Entertainment, which gave the film a theatrical release in January 2002.

Escaflowne
Japanese DVD cover
Directed byKazuki Akane
Written byRyota Yamaguchi
Kazuki Akane
Produced byMasahiko Minami
Minoru Takanashi
Masuo Ueda
Toyoyuki Yokohama
StarringMaaya Sakamoto
Tomokazu Seki
Jōji Nakata
Mayumi Iizuka
Minami Takayama
Kōji Tsujitani
Shin-ichiro Miki
Ikue Ootani
Kappei Yamaguchi
CinematographyKazunori Okeda
Music byYoko Kanno
Hajime Mizoguchi
Inon Zur
Production
companies
Distributed byVictor Entertainment
Release date
  • June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$94,060 (limited US theatrical release)

A soundtrack and two drama CDs have also been released in Japan by Victor Entertainment in relation to the series. There was also a novelization written by Ryota Yamaguchi published in 2000 by Kadaokawa Sneaker Bunko.

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