I like watching anime series. One particular old favorite of mine was The Vision of Escaflowne. If I remember correctly, it was the only English-dubbed anime on GMA's daily evening anime series. It aired during Fridays, as far as I can recall.
But anywho, last weekend, I was able to revisit the series. I watched all 26 episodes of The Vision of Escaflowne and rediscovered why I fell in love with the show to begin with.
I guess you can say that it's the love story between Hitomi and Van that got me. How they were able to sense each others thoughts and feelings, how they care for each other, and how they love each other, that just makes me feel sappy everytime.
But then I watch the Escaflowne Movie, A Girl In Gaea. The story was quite different from the actual series. All the characters were there, but the story concept was quite far from the original.
To start off, instead of Escaflowne simply being a mecha suit powered by dragenergists, it has become an organic entity powered by the blood of it's pilot. The robots are called dragon armor in the movie. The cockpit looks like it's made of flesh and bone. Blech.
Voice actors and characters seems to be the same. Millerna, Merral, Alan, Hitomi, Fulcan, Dryden, Van, and Dilandau look a little different, though. Their nose got shorter. Van, Millerna, Alan, and Fulcan's outfits have become different, too.
The biggest difference is that Van and Fulcan are now heads of two opposing factions - the white and the black wing dragons. Both brothers are hateful and aim to kill the other.
The biggest let down for me in this movie is the fact that after they've build up Fulcan's grave resolve to kill Van and destroy all of Gaea, nothing happened. He got stabbed by a minor character, Jejuka, and died.
I mean, Hitomi being able to stop the rampaging Escaflowne from wreaking havoc all over Gaea was expected. But for Fulcan, the main villain in the movie, to be killed to easily, that definitely threw me off.
In the end, Hitomi still couldn't stay in Gaea. However, it's funny how she grew her own wings and suddenly just vanished in thin air. She didn't fly. Pft.
Minor gripes: Dilandau is no longer Alan's sister who got experimented on. Naria and Aria are no longer Fulcan's most faithful felines, but rather Dryden's bar singers. And, oh, Van was no longer king of Fanelia, but rather King of Edam. Fanelia was never mentioned in the movie at all.
But seriously, as much as I like the shorter noses and the better-looking animal people, I didn't like the movie. I wish they would have made a love story on Hitomi and Van. But meh, that's just me. :P
And also, as what other people who have seen the movie said, this isn't a continuation of The Vision of Escaflowne. You can probably say that it's an... err.. alternatve universe story thing.
How about you, have you seen it? If you haven't, do give it a try, it's nice, if you're not too hardcore about the original series. But yeah, do tell me what you think of A Girl In Gaea.
But anywho, last weekend, I was able to revisit the series. I watched all 26 episodes of The Vision of Escaflowne and rediscovered why I fell in love with the show to begin with.
I guess you can say that it's the love story between Hitomi and Van that got me. How they were able to sense each others thoughts and feelings, how they care for each other, and how they love each other, that just makes me feel sappy everytime.
But then I watch the Escaflowne Movie, A Girl In Gaea. The story was quite different from the actual series. All the characters were there, but the story concept was quite far from the original.
To start off, instead of Escaflowne simply being a mecha suit powered by dragenergists, it has become an organic entity powered by the blood of it's pilot. The robots are called dragon armor in the movie. The cockpit looks like it's made of flesh and bone. Blech.
Voice actors and characters seems to be the same. Millerna, Merral, Alan, Hitomi, Fulcan, Dryden, Van, and Dilandau look a little different, though. Their nose got shorter. Van, Millerna, Alan, and Fulcan's outfits have become different, too.
The biggest difference is that Van and Fulcan are now heads of two opposing factions - the white and the black wing dragons. Both brothers are hateful and aim to kill the other.
The biggest let down for me in this movie is the fact that after they've build up Fulcan's grave resolve to kill Van and destroy all of Gaea, nothing happened. He got stabbed by a minor character, Jejuka, and died.
I mean, Hitomi being able to stop the rampaging Escaflowne from wreaking havoc all over Gaea was expected. But for Fulcan, the main villain in the movie, to be killed to easily, that definitely threw me off.
In the end, Hitomi still couldn't stay in Gaea. However, it's funny how she grew her own wings and suddenly just vanished in thin air. She didn't fly. Pft.
Minor gripes: Dilandau is no longer Alan's sister who got experimented on. Naria and Aria are no longer Fulcan's most faithful felines, but rather Dryden's bar singers. And, oh, Van was no longer king of Fanelia, but rather King of Edam. Fanelia was never mentioned in the movie at all.
But seriously, as much as I like the shorter noses and the better-looking animal people, I didn't like the movie. I wish they would have made a love story on Hitomi and Van. But meh, that's just me. :P
And also, as what other people who have seen the movie said, this isn't a continuation of The Vision of Escaflowne. You can probably say that it's an... err.. alternatve universe story thing.
How about you, have you seen it? If you haven't, do give it a try, it's nice, if you're not too hardcore about the original series. But yeah, do tell me what you think of A Girl In Gaea.
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