Escaflowne (The Vision of Escaflowne) / Tenku no Escaflowne
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy, romance, science fiction Themes: mecha, other world Objectionable content: Significant Plot Summary: High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers an hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne. Number of episodes: 26 Vintage: 1996-04-02 to 1996-09-24
[size=16]Escaflowne Movie Theatrical Screening[/size] posted on 2001-03-13 19:53 EST
Escaflowne movie to be screened at Newport Beach Film Festival, April 1st in Newport Beach, CA
[size=16]Bandai Talks Escaflowne[/size] posted on 2002-01-08 17:12 EST
Video Business Online article discusses Bandaiās release plans, theatrical and home video for Escaflowne. Some interesting details surface
[size=16]Esca Movie Defective?[/size] posted on 2002-07-25 11:28 EDT
The Escaflowne movie DVD in the Ultimate Edition set may be defectiveā¦
[size=16]Escaflowne DVD response[/size] posted on 2002-07-26 23:04 EDT
Bandai Entertainment has responded regarding the issues with some copies of the Escaflowne movie DVD
Seriously? They are asking the fans to front over half the dub cost. (Granted they get the series + movie depending on the backing tier) but still it seems like with all the money Funimationās been throwing around (redesigned Website, simul-dubbing etc.)that theyād front the whole cost and use the kickstarter for the deluxe edition to help defray the costs (like they did with Attack on Titan)
(The only tier worth pledging for is the $175 tier, since HD New Dub of Series + movie plus the original dub on DVD) (and yes I did Pledge)
kickstarter? for Escaflowneā¦the āgreatestā anime ever?
pleaseā¦
are they that hard up for cash, that they donāt think a āsure thingā like this series is worth them ponying up money themselves, or do they realize it aināt the āsure thingā it is?
need moneyā¦stop co-producing, simul-dubs, anime-inspired games, etc.
Well honestly this is where the dub whiners need to put their money where their mouth is, All I ever hear when Sentai doesnāt dub something is "Dub This, please! etc. Well hereās their chance to prove that there is interest.
but they already have that chance nowadays, itās called streaming numbers. Thatās why a show like Demon King Daimao got a dub, because of stream numbers even though a vocal minority kept calling it crap. Cross Ange got a dub but Shirobako didnāt. Neither did Golden Time or Wolf Girl and Black Prince
not all show, in their specific genres, resonates with the people. then thereās also licensing deal situations. Captain Earthā¦why! Eureka Seven AOā¦pshhh WTF?
I expect Funi to start doing KSās for the rest of their Bandai license rescues from now on. Paid to much for them me magic 8 ball thinks.
Actually in the case of the craptastic Magical Warfare, a horribad show will get a dub, if itās also licensed in the UK, AU, NZ regions, as all the licensors can split the costs for the dub production.
You forget that some people are interested in a show, but will not watch Subs no matter what,
Yes, that why I said that thereās also licensing deal situations like they had with their first batch of sub-only release with a new dub release like clannad, tears to tiara, ghost hound with Australiaās Siren Visual, if I remember correctly.[quote=āSeries5Ranger, post:1210, topic:191ā]
craptastic Magical Warfare, a horribad show will get a dub
[/quote]What! That show is the greatest ever. Right up there with Gods of Egypt: crazy, gonzo, WTF ever.
[quote=āSeries5Ranger, post:1210, topic:191ā]
You forget that some people are interested in a show, but will not watch Subs no matter what,
[/quote]which is why they also complain when Aniplex donāt even bother releasing the show at all.
The thing is, I just donāt know how interested I am in Escaflowne as Iāve yet to see it. $65 bucks to just get half of it is a pretty steep cost of entry. Especially when it doesnāt include the DVDs with the original dub.
The problem I have with that is Funi dubs have been of varying quality lately, both broadcast and normal. Most recent exceptional dub I recall was Rolling Girls.
Right now, Iām rewatching the classic Solty Rei. That dub is 9 years old and it hands-down destroys most anything Funimation has rolled out in the last few years. Importantly, everyone in the cast of Solty Rei is still actively dubbing today.
If Iām directly paying for a dub, I want Solty Rei levels of dub awesomeness and would be peeved if I ended up with a Grimgar level dub.
Huh, looks like I missed a word there. Nice catch.
I meant to put in āvaryingā, Iāll go edit that in.
I wonder how this Kickstarter will work with fan feedback. I did the BGC 2033 Kickstarter and there were several fan surveys for that which used fan feedback to directly shape the project.
I find myself shaking my head. I backed the Little Witch Academia II kickstarter and that worked well enough, but I donāt see why Funimation needs to do this. Escaflowne is pretty much a guaranteed seller and Funimation, of all the US licensors, has the resources ( Sunk Costs in accounting terms. ) already lined up to do any dub they want to. If they are that unsure that the Directorās Cut would sell enough to pay the incremental costs of dubbing it then they need to either roll the dice or just put it out subtitled like the folks in the UK are.
In the end I think the Kickstarter may cost them more in goodwill than the dollars the dub would.
Now that Iāve had more time to glance over the Kickstarter page Iām getting rubbed the wrong way by it more. For example, a stretch goal is that, should this hit $200,000, the release of Part I of Escaflowne, including the standard retail versions, will include extras involving the ānew English castā.
To me, that implies that those features wonāt be there if the show doesnāt hit $200k. This concerns me as many Funi releases have those sort of on-disc extras already.
Thing here is that I was never more than mildly interested in Escaflowne, I got a good heavy dose of it back in the day courtesy of the Fox fiasco. Kinda left a bad taste.
Now itās becoming less likely that I would want to ever mess with it.
Having backed both the BGC Blu-Ray and now the Escaflowne set, Iāll admit I liked the way AnimEigo handled it much better. They were upfront about where all the money went and on what, (Production Profit Extras etc.)
Hereās the Quote on How AnimEigo used the money from the Kickstarter: (From their Kickstarter page)
[quote] 50% of the amount raised gets used for actual production expenses.
By this we mean all out-of-pocket expenses such as materials acquisition, mastering, replication, printing, shipping, etc., plus a flat $7,500 production fee to cover the cost of our time (very conservative estimate: 500-900 man/hours).
The other 50% will be divided between AnimEigo and our Japanese licensor.
KickStarter fundraising expenses, including the out-of-pocket cost of providing special bonus rewards, come off the top, before the 50/50 split is made.
The end result is that the final product you receive will have much more real value in it than if we released the title in the traditional manner. [/quote]
Unlike Funimation with their āWe Canāt Tell Youā
