False Vows
Series titles: Tenkû No Esukafurône (Japanese), Tenku No Escaflowne (
- Studio
- Sunrise, Inc., The Ocean Group
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual
Characters
Hitomi Kanzaki, Van Fanel, Allen Schezar, Amano, Princess Millerne, Yukari, Merle, Folken, Dryden, Naria, Dalett, Mole Man, Balgus, Eriya, Ruhm, Varie, Plaktu, Dilandau, Chid, Serena, Jajuka, Reeden, Shesta, Emperor Dornkirk, Isaac.
Characters, English Version: Van Fanel, Hitomi Kanzaki, Allen Schezar, Amano, Merle, Dilandau Albantau, Folken, Emperor Dornkirk, The Mole Man, Pyle, Princess Milerna, Dryden Fassa, Balgus, Gaddes, Elysse Aston
Characters, English Version: Van Fanel, Hitomi Kanzaki, Allen Schezar, Amano, Merle, Dilandau Albantau, Folken, Emperor Dornkirk, The Mole Man, Pyle, Princess Milerna, Dryden Fassa, Balgus, Gaddes, Elysse Aston
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kazuki Akane, Shinochiro Watanabe, Takeshi Yoshimoto, Hiroshi Osaka, Takuro Shinbo, Tetsuya Yanasawa, Hiroyuki Takeuchi
- Assistant Designer
- Hiroyuki Hataik
Producing
- Producer
- Masahiko Minami
- Producer, TV Tokyo
- Murase Yuki
- Co-Producers
- Minoru Takanashi, Katsuji Umezawa
- Executive Producer, English Dub
- Ken Iyadomi
- Co-Executive Producer, English Dub
- Richard Kekahuna, Kumi Kiyonari, Jerry Chu
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Shigeki Kobara, Yuki Kanno, Takahiro Omori, Yoshiyuki Takei
- Animation Director
- Hiroshi Osaka
- Animation Director (Mecha Animation)
- Hirotoshi Sano
Voices
- Voice
- Maaya Sakamoto (Hitomi Kanzaki), Tomokazu Seki (Van Fanel), Shinichirô Miki (Allen Schezar, Amano), Mayumi Iizuka (Princess Millerne, Yukari), Ikue Ootani (Merle), Jôji Nakata (Folken), Jûrôta Kosugi (Dryden), Yuri Amano (Naria), Katsuaki Arima (Dalett), Fûrin Cha Chafurin (Mole Man), Tesshô Genda (Balgus), Narumi Hidaka (Eriya), Ginzô Matsuo (Ruhm), Yoshiko Sakakibara (Varie), Fumihiko Tachiki (Plaktu), Minami Takayama (Dilandau, Chid, Serena), Kôji Tsujitani (Jajuka), Yûji Ueda (Reeden), Kappei Yamaguchi (Shesta), Masato Yamanouchi (Emperor Dornkirk, Isaac)
- Vocal Talent, English Talent
- Kirby Morrow (Van Fanel), Kelly Sheridan (Hitomi Kanzaki), Brian Drummond (Allen Schezar, Amano), Jocelyne Loewen (Merle), Andrew Francis (Dilandau Albantau), Paul Dobson (Folken), Don Brown (Balgus), Richard Newman (Emperor Dornkirk), Terry Klassen (The Mole Man, Pyle), Venus Terzo (Princess Milerna), Ward Perry (Dryden Fassa), Dillon Moen, Alvin Sanders, Sean Smith
Music
- Music
- Yôko Kanno, Hajime Mizoguchi
Editing
- Editor
- Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
Crew
- Design
- Nobuteru Yuki, Kimitoshi Yamane, Mahiro Maeda
- Cinematography
- Kazunobu Okeda
- Art Direction
- Jun'ichi Higashi
- Mechanical Designers
- Junya Ishigaki, Mahiro Maeda, Kôji Sugiura, Kimitoshi Yamane
- Character Designer
- Nobuteru Yuuki
- Assistant Designer
- Shingo Takenaka
- Cultural Setting Designer
- Hiroaki Kitajima
- Story Editor
- Shôji Kawamori
- Color Coordinator
- Shihoko Nakayama
- Singer (Theme Song)
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Singer ("Mystic Eyes")
- Hiroki Wada
- Sound Effects
- Shizuo Kurahashi
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Special Effects (Matrix)
- Toshio Hasegawa
Production notes
Original release date: April 2, 1996 in Japan; air dates shown reflect first airing on Fox in the U.S.
Planning for this series lasted for five years. It was designed to appeal equally to male and female viewers.
The series had two spinoff manga: Katsu-Aki's "Vision of Escaflowne," for male readers of "Comics A," and Yusuru Yashiro's "Messiah Night," for female readers of "Asuka Fantasy DX."
Reportedly, the series was rejected by Manga Entertainment as "too childish."
Initially, the series was planned to run for 39 episodes. Partway through production, the number of episodes was reduced.
Opening credits were omitted in the first episode in order to allow for more story exposition. This was corrected in the Japanese video release, which also restored scenes originally deleted from the first seven episodes.
Video releases include the three-part "Best Collection," which tries to put the entire story in 30 minues.
Yoko Kanno's music was removed from the American version, as was the first episode in a version which was taken off the air after 10 episodes due to "low ratings."
The movie version "Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea" (2000) redesigned the characters.
Planning for this series lasted for five years. It was designed to appeal equally to male and female viewers.
The series had two spinoff manga: Katsu-Aki's "Vision of Escaflowne," for male readers of "Comics A," and Yusuru Yashiro's "Messiah Night," for female readers of "Asuka Fantasy DX."
Reportedly, the series was rejected by Manga Entertainment as "too childish."
Initially, the series was planned to run for 39 episodes. Partway through production, the number of episodes was reduced.
Opening credits were omitted in the first episode in order to allow for more story exposition. This was corrected in the Japanese video release, which also restored scenes originally deleted from the first seven episodes.
Video releases include the three-part "Best Collection," which tries to put the entire story in 30 minues.
Yoko Kanno's music was removed from the American version, as was the first episode in a version which was taken off the air after 10 episodes due to "low ratings."
The movie version "Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea" (2000) redesigned the characters.