The Vision of Escaflowne

The Vision of Escaflowne is a 1996 anime series produced by studio Sunrise and directed by Kazuki Akane. It aired in Japan from April 2, 1996 to September 24, 1996.

Fox Kids began broadcasting the series with an English dub produced by The Ocean Group in the United States on August 2000, but was later acquired by YTV to be broadcasted on their channel instead due to low ratings. The second episode aired on September 11, 2000. YTV later aired the entire series, including the first episode, on February 2001. Bandai Entertainment began releasing the dub on VHS in 2000, but discontinued it in February 2001 after only four volumes had been released.

At Otakon 2013, FUNimation Entertainment announced that they have acquired both licenses to series and the movie. A Kickstarter campaign was launched to re-dub the series using HD materials acquired from Sunrise, with a goal to raise $150,000. The dub was later released on October 18, 2016.

Main Cast

 * Maaya Sakamoto - Hitomi Kanzaki
 * Tomokazu Seki - Van Fanel

Secondary Cast

 * Ikue Ōtani - Merle
 * Jōji Nakata - Folken
 * Jūrōta Kosugi - Dryden Fassa
 * Kouji Tsujitani - Jajuka
 * Mayumi Iizuka - Millerna Aston
 * Minami Takayama - Dilandau Albatau
 * Narumi Hidaka - Eriya
 * Shin'ichirō Miki - Allen Schezar
 * Tōru Ōkawa - Gaddess
 * Yuri Amano - Naria

Minor Cast

 * Akiko Maruyama - Student
 * Akimitsu Takase - Soldier
 * Akio Ōtsuka - Goau
 * Akira Kubo - Priest
 * Banjō Ginga - Adelphos
 * Chafūrin - Bounty Hunter, Commander, Mole Man
 * Daisuke Gōri - Getin
 * Eimei Esumi - Priest (ep2), Zodia
 * Fumihiko Tachiki - Daedalus, Plaktu (eps10-11)
 * Ginzo Matsuo - Kyo, Rum, Sorcerer
 * Hideaki Ono - Captain of Vione, Financial Minister, Katz, Sorcerer
 * Kaneto Shiozawa - Zongi
 * Kappei Yamaguchi - Chesta
 * Katsuaki Arima - Adjutant, Dalet, Soldier, Zaibach Soldier
 * Katsumi Masuna - Bounty Hunter, Sorcerer
 * Katsuyo Endou - Student
 * Keiji Fujiwara - Kajya (ep13)
 * Kenichi Ogata - Ispano Chief Engineer
 * Kentarō Itō - Sorcerer
 * Koji Kurose - Geckos
 * Kōichi Tōchika - Clue, Hunter, Kuru, Sailor, Soldier, Watch Guard, Wolf Man
 * Masamichi Sato - Cesario, Chief Guard, Instructor, Sorcerer
 * Masato Yamanouchi - Dr. Dornkirk
 * Mayumi Iizuka - Yukari Uchida
 * Mifuyu Hiiragi - Student
 * Mikako Satō - Student (ep26)
 * Minako Taeknouchi - Student
 * Minami Takayama - Prince Chid, Serena Schezar
 * Mitsuaki Madono - Gatei
 * Mitsuru Ogata - Braintruster
 * Miyuki Ichijou - Encia (ep17)
 * Natsumi Sasaki - Hitomi's Mother
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama - Bounty Hunter, Ort
 * Osamu Saka - Meiden
 * Sachiko Miki - Hitomi's Grandmother (ep16)
 * Sakurako Kishiro - Marlene
 * Shin'ichirō Miki - Allen, Amano, Priest
 * Shinji Nomura - Military Minister, Sorcerer
 * Shōzō Iizuka - Voris
 * Shuu Saitou - Athlete (ep1), Freid Soldier (ep13)
 * Sukekiyo Kameyama - Clerk
 * Taiki Matsuno - Migel
 * Takashi Matsuo - Home Secretary
 * Takaya Hashi - Leon, Yurizen
 * Takehiro Murozono - Hunter, Officer, Pyle
 * Takurou Kitagawa - Commander
 * Tamio Ohki - King Aston
 * Tesshō Genda - Vargas
 * Tomomichi Nishimura - Helio, Sorcerer
 * Toshihiko Nakajima - Doctor, Luva, Officer, Teo
 * Urara Miura - Maid (ep6), Student (eps1, 12)
 * Yasuo Iwata - Asona
 * Yasuyuki Kase - Athlete (ep1)
 * Yoshiko Kamei - Child Van
 * Yoshiko Sakakibara - Varie
 * Yūji Ueda - Athlete C (ep1), Reeden
 * Yuri Amano - Elise
 * Yuri Takase - Soldier
 * Yutaka Nakano - Duke Freid

Additional Voices

 * Katsuaki Arima
 * Mifuyu Hiiragi
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama
 * Takehiro Murozono
 * Tōru Ōkawa
 * Yūji Ueda

Main Cast

 * Kelly Sheridan - Hitomi Kanzaki
 * Kirby Morrow - Van Fanel

Secondary Cast

 * Andrew Francis - Dilandau Albatau
 * Brian Drummond - Allen Schezar
 * Jocelyne Loewen - Merle
 * Michael Dobson - Dryden Fassa, General Adelfos
 * Nicole Oliver - Naria
 * Paul Dobson - Folken Fanal
 * Saffron Henderson - Eriya, Naria
 * Venus Terzo - Millerna Aston

Minor Cast

 * Alex Doduk - Prince Chid
 * Alvin Sanders - Voris, Zaibach Soldier (ep12)
 * Andrew Francis - Dallet (ep14) (Voice Double), Fanelia Citizen (ep2), Gatti (eps4-5), Young Van Fanel
 * Brian Dobson - Galfo Soldier (ep25), Muso, Royal Guard (ep20), Sorcerer (ep16), Zaibach Soldier (ep21), Zongi (eps10-12)
 * Brian Drummond - Asturia Soldier (ep23), Bandit (ep4), Basram General (ep26), Captain (ep16), Freid Guard (ep10), Gatti (ep14), Getin (ep12), Old Wolfman (ep22), Shesta, Student (ep1), Susumu Amano, Zaibach Soldier (ep8)
 * Cathy Weseluck - Child (ep23), Gatti (ep14) (Voice Double), Maid (ep6), Nao (ep26), Student (ep12)
 * Dale Wilson - Duke Freid
 * Dillon Moen - Fanelia Soldier (ep2), Student (ep1)
 * Don Brown - Asturia Citizen (ep7), Bandit (ep3), Doppelgänger Elder (ep11), Fanelia Citizen (ep22), Fanelia Soldier (ep2), Foreign Minister (ep22), Freid Guard (ep10), Gecko (ep7), Getin (ep19), Ispano Clan Leader (ep14), Luva (ep2), Mercenary (ep21), Valgas, Zaibach Soldier (ep23)
 * Ellen Kennedy - Eries Aston, Millerna Aston, Mrs. Kanzaki
 * Jillian Michaels - Student (eps1, 12)
 * Kelly Sheridan - Student (ep12)
 * Kirby Morrow - Shesta (ep4), Zaibach Soldier (ep16)
 * Lisa Ann Beley - Marlene Aston (eps10, 13), Varie Fanel
 * Michael Dobson - Bronze General, Galfo General (ep25), Goau Fanel, Hunter (ep21), Plaktu (ep10), Royal Guard (ep20), Zodia (ep12)
 * Nicole Oliver - Hitomi's Grandmother
 * Paul Dobson - Asona (ep2), Bandit (ep3), Bounty Hunter (ep7), Crewmate (ep16), Fanelia Citizen (ep2), Fanelia Soldier (ep2), Gecko (ep7), High Priest (ep2), Home Secretary (ep22), Hunter (ep21), Kio, Mouse Man (ep16), Priest (ep20), Reeden, Sorcerer (ep18), Zaibach Soldier (ep9), Zodia (eps19, 22)
 * Richard Newman - Adviser (ep9), Asturia Soldier (ep23), Crewmate (ep16), Emperor Dornkirk, Getin (ep22), Hunter (ep21), Mercenary (ep21), Merchant (ep15), Military Minister (ep22), Mouse Man (ep14), Platinum General, Pyle, Sorcerer (ep16), Zaibach Soldier (ep21)
 * Robert O. Smith - Meiden Fassa, Sorcerer (ep18)
 * Saffron Henderson - Celena Schezar, Child (ep23), Fanelia Citizen (ep2), Student (ep1), Yukari
 * Scott McNeil - Adviser (ep 9), Asturia Soldier (ep23), Clue, Daedalus General (ep26), Galfo Soldier (ep25), Gecko (ep7), Jajuka, King Aston, Porpoise Man (ep6), Sajima (ep7), Sorcerer (ep18), Teacher (ep24), Zaibach Soldier (ep8)
 * Sean Smith - Fanelia Citizen (ep2)
 * Ted Cole - Asturia Citizen (ep6), King's Aide (ep7), Operator (ep8), site leader, Student (ep8), Zaibach Soldier (ep5)
 * Terry Klassen - Adviser (ep9), Dallet (ep14), Dragonslayer (ep3), Fanelia Citizen (ep22), Fanelia Soldier (ep2), Freid Guard (ep10), Galfo Soldier (ep25), Guimel, Kaja, Katz, King's Aide (ep7), Leon Schezar, Merchant (ep15), Moleman, Prison Guard (ep8), Royal Guard, Captain (ep6), Ruhm (eps2, 22), Sorcerer (ep16), Surgeon (ep9), Teo, Track Coach (ep1), Yurizen (ep2), Zaibach Soldier (ep13)
 * Venus Terzo - Dallet (ep3), Gatti (eps3, 6-7, 9, 11), Miguel Lavariel, Sachiko (ep26), Shesta (eps3, 5-6, 9), Student (ep24)
 * Ward Perry - Adelphos' Captain (ep12), Adviser (ep9), Alturia Soldier (ep25), Bandit (ep4), Bounty Hunter (ep7), Carriage Man (ep6), Cesario General (ep26), Fanelia Soldier (ep2), Financial Minister (ep22), Freid Captain (ep9), Gaddess, Helio, Hunter (ep21), Ort, Royal Guard (ep20), Steel General, Wolf Man (ep6), Zaibach Soldier (ep5), Zegu Clan Member (ep13)
 * Willow Johnson - Yukari Uchida

Additional Voices

 * Dillon Moen
 * Rice Honeywell
 * Sean Smith
 * Ward Perry

Main Cast

 * Aaron Dismuke - Van Fanel
 * Caitlin Glass - Hitomi Kanzaki

Secondary Cast

 * Alexis Tipton - Merle
 * Colleen Clinkenbeard - Millerna Ashton
 * Eric Vale - Dryden Fassa
 * Felecia Angelle - Eriya
 * Joel McDonald - Dilandau Albatau
 * Michelle Rojas - Naria
 * Sonny Strait - Allen Schezar
 * Vic Mignogna - Folken Fanel

Minor Cast

 * Austin Tindle - Amano
 * Barry Yandell - King Aston
 * Bill Jenkins - Duke Freid, Luva
 * Brandon Potter - Asona
 * Brian Mathis - Yurizen
 * Bryn Apprill - Prince Chid
 * Charlie Campbell - Katz
 * Chris Cason - Shesta
 * Chris Guerrero - Balgus Ganesha
 * Chris Rager - Kio
 * Christopher Bevins - Ort
 * Christopher R. Sabat - Plaktu, Zongi
 * Chuck Huber - Jajuka
 * Clifford Chapin - Gatty
 * Cris George - Voris
 * Frank Gutowski - Messenger, Sorcerer
 * Ian Sinclair - Gaddes
 * J. Michael Tatum - Meiden
 * Jād Saxton - Yukari Uchida
 * Jeremy Schwartz - Emperor Dornkirk/Isaac
 * Jerry Jewell - Pyle
 * Josh Grelle - Reeden
 * Justin Pate - Miguel
 * Kent Williams - Adelphos
 * Kristen McGuire - Hitomi's Mother
 * Martha Harms - Marlene
 * Maxey Whitehead - Young Van Fanel
 * Micah Solusod - Dallet
 * Mike McFarland - Mole Man
 * Morgan Garrett - Eries
 * R Bruce Elliott - Leon
 * Taliesin Jaffe - Goau
 * Tia Ballard - Varie
 * Tyler Walker - Ruhm
 * Tyson Rinehart - Teo

Additional Voices

 * Aaron Roberts
 * Alejandro Saab
 * Alex Organ
 * Anthony Bowling
 * Apphia Yu
 * Austin Briner
 * Brad Venable
 * Brandon Peters
 * Chris Burnett
 * Chris Ryan
 * Dawn M. Bennett
 * Didi Archilla
 * Doug Goodrich
 * I.M. Wilhelm
 * Ivan Jasso
 * James Cheek
 * Justin Briner
 * Justin Cook
 * Kul Das
 * Lara Woodhull
 * Leo Fabian
 * Lucky Tucker
 * Morgan Berry
 * Neal Malley
 * Paul Giovanni Ramirez
 * Stephen Sanders
 * Steven Sposito
 * Zach Archibald