World Famous Comics: Escaflowne - Paradise & Pain (Vol. 5)
Escaflowne - Paradise & Pain (Vol. 5)
Starring: Kirby Morrow, Kelly Sheridan, Brian Drummond, Jocelyne Loewen, Andrew Francis Directed By: Kazuki Akane Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Bandai Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 03, 2001 Running Time: 75 minutes Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 2000
Description: Folken sends out Naria and Eriya after the Escaflowne as Van hovers between life and death. Meanwhile, Dryden has discovered what he thinks is the location to Atlantis. Hitomi finds that one of her ancestors has been to Gaea, and Allen confronts his past. Once they reach Atlantis, however, they find that they have memories to fight and fears to overcome.
Amazon.com: The story line of this popular "magical girl" series falters amid a welter of flashbacks, dreams, revelations, and character reversals. Prince Van, who's done nothing but fight since the adventure began, doesn't want to fight anymore--the feline Merle has to defend him from two cat-women sent by his evil brother, Folken. Dilandau, the Zaibach Empire's maniacal hit man, is really the victim of an experiment by mysterious "sorcerers." The wealthy Dryden leads the other characters on an expedition to find the Mystic Valley, where refugees came to Gaea after Atlantis was destroyed on Earth. (Gaea itself was created by the mass will of the Atlanteans.) Dryden is after their mysterious power source--to be distinguished from the "power spot" in the temple the Zaibach troops stormed in previous episodes. Allen wrestles with his feelings for his long-lost father while Hitomi discovers her grandmother once visited Gaea and inspired Allen's father. The ghost of Van's mother announces that the future of Gaea rests on her son's shoulders and Hitomi's anxieties have produced the problems wracking the alternate world; her grandmother tells Hitomi to believe in her wishes. Sorting out all these twists poses interesting challenges for director Kazuki Akane. Episodes: 15. "Lost Paradise," 16. "The Guided Ones," 17. "The Edge of the World." Rated 13 and up for violence and complex plot lines. --Charles Solomon
"The Doors of Destiny are Opening before Us" When Van is stopped from killing Dilandau by a mysterious voice it triggers a reaction that forces Hitomi to go into a trance to try to bring him back to consciousness. What Hitomi sees in Van's mind is a vision of lost Atlantis, and Van overcome by terrible dread. Not only must she find a way bring Van back before he is swept away in his memories of the Atlantean cataclysm, she must help him recover his courage.
In the meantime, Dryden the merchant pieces together some clues and discovers that the secret they are looking for is in The Mystic Valley - the hidden home of the Atlanteans on Gaea. With the help of the diary of Allen Schezar's father, Dryden pinpoints the location on the continent of Asgard. This throws Allen into his own conflict - his father deserted Allen and his mother in his quest for the valley and Allen has never forgiven him.
Perhaps the most striking revelation is the nature of Hitomi's powers - that she is quite a bit more than an amateur card reader. Hitomi nearly crumbles when she realizes the extent of her responsibilities. Bringing the third of Escaflowne's main characters face to face with her own crisis. And the Mystic Valley is not necessarily the best place to have an identity crisis.
For a set of episodes where much of the action is internal, there is much to look at and absorb. The viewer will discover the truth of Gaea and get a deeper glimpse into the Zaibach Empire. One such is a bit of the story of Dilandau who has apparently been through brainwashing by the Sorcerers. To what point we have yet to find out, but perhaps he is more than the psychotic we've been let to see him as.
Writer Shoji Kawamori and Director Kazuki Akane have mastered the trick of pulling a new layer of the story out of their creative hats almost at will. Nor are they afraid to shift from romance, to philosophy, to action drama. The result is a story with enough to satisfy and grow with it's innumerable fans. Well worth pursuing.
No Spoiler-Simple Review Escaflowne is the one of the greatest masterpieces ever. And I mean ever. Everything is done right... from the plot, the characters, the originality, the beautiful music, everything. If you are into the fantasy genre, you have to check this out.
go buy this now!!! I finally broke down and bought Escaflowne, I was lucky and was able to get a limited boxed set at suncoast ><. I strongly suggest you get this series, and do not read the little synospis online it will ruin it for you...but back to the review, i can't say how much i enjoyed this series. I am a yoai fan, and if your reading this you know what that is... I always, and i mean always change the character's relationships around so that its always two boys/men. This was the only series in which i could not break the male from his female love intrest to pair him with another guy ( your safe Van, Allen)... for me that takes a very good series, and i am not saying that with a grain of salt, so Buy this series watch it, and then watch the movie which is also very good, however the movie is very dark outright were the series is more stuble darkness... BUY ESCAFLOWNE BUY IT... i know the noses get kinda annoying with there sharpness... but its very good, god i think i am going to go watch it now...
"My Wishes did that?!" In this 5th volume of Escaflowne, we fianlly get to see what is the power of Atlantis; the power of wishes. But, we learn that when a person has axienty in thier hearts, those anxienties turn to be bad ones, and effects people in a bad way. Van and Allen was wounded because Hitomi abused her power of Fortune-telling. Escaflowne is getting interesting.
ps2 not ther fault but dvd? its not ps2 fault you see the ps2 has a dvd drive which reads all dvd codedid region 1 and all and ntsc brodcast not pal or secam its the manufactors fault recall some saying he could not get his to work some times on his dvd player and a other person said his worked fine on the ps2. or its posible that if a dvd does not bare a region marking that it wont play as said in the ps2 manual but neon genesis evangelion does not bare a region symbole and it works fine on the ps2. and the dvd i think must be silver not light gold agin as stated in the manual but ive had the same problem disc read error whith neon genesis evangelion 0:1 i think its one no region symbole two not silver but the other neon genesis evangelion dvd work 0:2-0:3 cause their silver on the bottom i think that the problem check the lens is it silver? or is the codeing the same?
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