Escaflowne 8 [Forever and Ever]

Created/Updated 2000-09-09



Animephile Rating: F (4.5)


Comments:

Well, it's over and I think it was a well done series... except....

Think about this for a minute. There was absolutely nothing creative about the story of Escaflowne. Everything that happens is so damn formulaic. We know that the producers of Escaflowne were split into shoujo anime expert and shounen anime expert. I believe that they had to argue among themselves for a long time to come up with the final storyline. That would explain why the show became so formulaic. That structured story is presented extremely artistically in terms of animation, music, and voice acting. Even so, it doesn't change the fact that the main story is flawed. This is the reason why it was not all that successful in Japan. Formula isn't what makes great anime. It's the freedom that makes great anime. Think Minky Momo of the old days. It was well received for such a long time because the producers were free to do their imaginative things.

I feel that all the wonderful art work of the animators and the musicians were wasted on this series.


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