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r/im14andEscaflowneisdeep
~~~Slight warning, I talk a little about the movie too. Not much though but felt I should give a heads up on a few minor comparisons. I also wrote this at like 4AM so also fair warning, I am indeed quite tired.
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Read full review on AniList →Takes the numerous features of the fantastical and weaves them together into a slow, but always moving, tale.
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__This review was originally written in July 2021, published as a YouTube video on my channel.__
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Kanzaki Hitomi, a fortunetelling girl on a high school track team, has a crush on a boy named Susumu Amano.…
Read full review on AniList →An engaging episode-to-episode Mecha series that shot for "Sci-fi Epic" and landed in "YA Fiction"
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If you're a fan of Mecha odds are you've heard of [Shouji Kawamori](https://anilist.co/staff/97501/Shouji-Kawamori). The man has done mechanical design for movies like *Patlabor* and *Ghost in the Shell* to a f…
Read full review on AniList →A delightful childish daydream cut short
An acquaintance of mine recommended this anime as an ideal representation of a _young girl's dream._ At its heights, _Vision of Escaflowne_ probably reaches to that state, with its splendidly disunified world, cobbled together from whatever strikes a juvenile fancy, continually brimming with new ele…
Read full review on AniList →Slightly mangled, but exciting and beautifully rendered fantasy adventure.
The Vision of Escaflowne tries to juggle a lot of different *****, and basically succeeds. Firstly, it's a good old fashioned fantasy adventure serial with goodies and baddies and sword fights and monsters and thrilling escapes and all that exciting stuff. Bound up with that is the fact that it's so…
Read full review on AniList →Great Start, Bad Finish.
VIsions of Escaflowne had everything going for it. Absolutely stunning art and animation, a beautiful soundrack, and a fantasy world that was ripe for an epic adventure. Unfortunately, this anime absolutely fumbles the story at the end and it leaves one with a sense of disappointment when the final…
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