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The Vision of Escaflowne

Type: TV Series
Genre: Fantasy

In the same vein as Magic Knight Rayearth, the high-fantasy story of Escaflowne transports a Japanese schoolgirl into a medieval world of magic, where knights don mecha instead of armor, and Fate is a dominant force in live, love and war. The schoolgirl in this story is an amateur diviner who becomes involved with a young king, whom she literally runs into one fateful night.

Zaibach pilot Dilandau with Guymelfe Alseides (left panel), King Van of Fanelia and schoolgirl Hitomi on Escaflowne (right panel)

Helmed by director Shoji Kawamori (Macross Plus), Escaflowne was one of the more well-funded TV series projects of the past years. The effort produced a sweeping spectacle of baroque settings and eccentric character and mecha design, accompanied by a musical score inspired by Orff and Gregorian chant. Visually and musically, it is a series that sets itself apart from its contemporaries. The whimsical plot, which plays with the notion of Fate as both a controlling and a controlled force, distinguishes itself by being one of the few original plots to be used.

Escaflowne has already spawned two mangas: a shoujo (girl-comic) and a shounen (boy-comic) version, both of which change the look and some of the story of the original. Imitators are likely to follow, and some may actually be better than the original, but this is one series that should not be missed.

Websites:

Escaflowne Compendium on anime.net, with dossiers on characters and basic story.

Voltes V

Type: TV Series
Genre: Super Mecha

In this late 1970s classic, Earth is being attacked by a race of imperialistic, horned, humanlike aliens called Bozanians. To defend the Earth from the enemy's powerful beast fighters, the brilliant scientist Dr. Armstrong builds Voltes V, made up of five vehicles that, when combined, become a giant robot. Doctor Armstrong disappears, having become a captive of the Bozanians. His three sons, along with two other pilots, are tasked with controlling Voltes V to repel the invasion, and ultimately, to defeat the Bozanians and rescue their father.

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