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Why You Shouldn't Turn Your Nose Up At Escaflowne

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Studio: Sunrise  |  Released: 1996  |  Streaming on: Funimation Anime Review - The Vision of Escaflowne Hey Everyone, today we thought we'd talk about the anime The Vision of Escaflowne! Aside from InuYasha, another favourite of ours, the Vision of Escaflowne was one of the first Isekai animes we ever saw. But instead of travelling back in time like the former, our main protagonist Hitomi Kanzaki gets accidentally transported to a completely different planet called Gaea by a mysterious boy named Van Fanel, who just so happens to be the next King of a country called Fanelia. No “oh I learnt about this in history class” moments to help you here. So less Timeless and Outlander, and more Wizard of Oz. Granted Gaea isn’t much different from Earth in appearance, and neither are the main inhabitants who look exactly like earthlings, but its fauna and other inhabitants sure look different, seriously what is this? Porpoise Man? We love it! The creators of The Vision of Es