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The Vision of Escaflowne (manga)

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Alternative title:
Escaflowne
Tenkuu no Escaflowne (Japanese)
Vision d'Escaflowne (French)
천공의 에스카플로네 (Korean)
Themes: other world
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Hitomi Hoshino, a 16-year-old high school student with an interest in mysticism, experiences strange dreams at night. A mysterious temple. a tremendous jewel, a shadowy prince... the images trouble her, and a strange incantation keeps echoing in her mind. One day - during a simple fortune telling at school - Hitomi feels a magical pull, and in a shocking moment she is pulled from her body. She wakes up in a strange world where the Earth hangs in the sky and a headstrong prince asks her to power his god, the deity Escaflowne.
Ratings: 126 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:2, Eng:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (Eng:4, ?:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 18 votes (Eng:9, sub:5, dub:3, ?:1)
 Good: 26 votes (Eng:12, sub:6, dub:5, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 German
)
 Decent: 14 votes (Eng:5, sub:3, dub:3, ?:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 7 votes (dub:2, Eng:2, ?:1, sub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (Eng:4, dub:2, sub:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (Eng:5, dub:3, sub:2, others:1
1 French
)
 Bad: 14 votes (dub:5, Eng:4, sub:3, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Awful: 9 votes (Eng:5, sub:3, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:4, Eng:4, dub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 415 s, rank: #197 (of 6967)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.056 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.8821, rank: #5956 (of 7833)
Weighted mean: 4.990 (So-so), rank: #6429 (of 7833) (seen all: 6.26 / seen some: 4.86 / won't finish: 2.47)
Bayesian estimate: 5.073 (So-so), rank: #3530 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 8
Vintage: 1994-10-25 to 1997-11-26 (serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace)
Release dates: We have 24
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Graphic novel
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 1) 2003-07-01 (from $7.99)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 2) 2003-08-01 (from $4.99)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 3) 2003-11-01 (from $31.40)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 4) 2004-01-01 (from $19.94)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 5) 2004-02-01 (from $7.29)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 6) 2004-05-01 (from $39.99)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 7) 2004-07-01 (from $37.14)
    Vision of Escaflowne (GN 8) 2004-09-14 (from $69.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Aki Katsu
Original creator:
Shōji Kawamori
(none)
Japanese companies
Original Concept: Sunrise
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matthew Alford
Translation: Jeremiah Bourque

Adaptation: Lianne Sentar
Associate Editor: Tim Beedle
CEO: Stu Levy
Copy Editing:
Tim Beedle (vol 2)
Cover Layout: Raymond Makowski
Editing:
Rob Tokar (vol 2 -)
Editorial Director: Jeremy Ross
Introduction: Lianne Sentar
Lettering: Eric Botero
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney
President: John Parker
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro
Production manager:
Mutsumi Miyazaki (vol 4 -)
Publisher: Stu Levy
Retouch: Eric Botero
Senior Editor: Mark Paniccia
VP of Production: Ron Klamert
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia)
Licensed by: Tokyopop
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Pika Édition
French cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Gyo Araiwa
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Carlsen Comics

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