Escaflowne (film)
| Escaflowne | |
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Japanese DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Kazuki Akane |
| Written by | Ryota Yamaguchi Kazuki Akane |
| Produced by | Masahiko Minami Minoru Takanashi Masuo Ueda Toyoyuki Yokohama |
| Starring | Maaya Sakamoto Tomokazu Seki Jōji Nakata Mayumi Iizuka Minami Takayama Kōji Tsujitani Shin-ichiro Miki Ikue Ootani Kappei Yamaguchi |
| Cinematography | Kazunori Okeda |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno Hajime Mizoguchi Inon Zur |
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| Distributed by | Omega Project |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $94,060 (limited US theatrical release) |
Escaflowne (Japanese: エスカフローネ, Hepburn: Esukafurōne) is a 2000 Japanese animated adventure dark fantasy film produced by Sunrise and animated by studio Bones. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the 26-episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne. The film was licensed for Region 1 release by Bandai Entertainment, which gave the film a theatrical release in January 2002.
A soundtrack and two drama CDs have also been released in Japan by Victor Entertainment in relation to the series. There was also a novelization written by Ryota Yamaguchi published in 2000 by Kadaokawa Sneaker Bunko.