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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 T...

Need a Lift? Try Eureka Seven

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Anime Review: Eureka Seven     The Eureka Seven film series Hi-Evolution: Part 1 was just released September 16 2017, with Parts 2 & 3 to follow in 2018 and 2019. From what we understand it is supposed to take place before and during the events shown in the 2005-2006 TV series Eureka Seven. For anyone who was a fan of the original series this is exciting news. Perhaps we will finally get to learn more about our favourite characters and their backstories, and the major historical events that were only hinted at or glossed over. That would be great. Hopefully these new movies will finally give the fans what they’ve been waiting 11 years for.            And for anyone who might be new to anime or just hasn’t heard of Eureka Seven before this, here’s hoping we can change that, because this anime definitely deserves to be on people’s radars. So here we go!      The first thing we have to...