While the anime series was in production, two very different manga retellings were also developed and released: a shōnen version of the story entitled The Vision of Escaflowne and a shōjo retelling titled Hitomi — The Vision of Escaflowne.

In addition, a second shōjo adaptation called Escaflowne — Energist's Memories was released as a single volume in 1997.

A movie adaptation, Escaflowne: The Movie was released on June 24, 2000, but bears only a basic resemblance to the original series.

" Sixteen-year-old Maaya Sakamoto, fresh from a small role in the anime adaptation of Mizuiro Jidai, was selected not only as the voice of Hitomi, but also to sing the Escaflowne theme song.

The second CD, Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 2, was released on July 24, 1996 and contained an additional seventeen tracks.

The fourth CD soundtrack, The Vision of Escaflowne: Lovers Only, was released in on January 22, 1997 and contained twenty tracks, including the original TV length opening and ending themes and the ending theme used for the final episode of the series.

The first series, also titled The Vision of Escaflowne was one of the first manga series to appear in the then new Shōnen Ace magazine from Kadokawa Shoten.

In 1996, with the premiere of the anime series, Messiah Knight — The Vision of Escaflowne was created.

The individual chapters were released in two tankōbon volumes, at which time the series was retitled Hitomi — The Vision of Escaflowne.

A final manga retelling, Escaflowne — Energist's Memories, was a collaborative effort of various manga artist around Japan to create 15 " mini-stories " related to the anime series.

Victor Entertainment released one drama CD for the series, Escaflowne Original Drama Album, which was released on December 18, 1996.

A video game based on the series, also titled The Vision of Escaflowne was released to the PlayStation system by Bandai Games in 1997.

Though well received, The Vision of Escaflowne was not as popular in Japan as producers hoped.

In the United States, it outsold Gundam on video tape, and the first volume of the English DVD release of The Vision of Escaflowne was the fourth best-selling anime DVD for the month of September 2000.

Producers noted that it was the worldwide success that led to the eventual creation of the anime film, Escaflowne.

She was married to fellow composer Hajime Mizoguchi, with whom she collaborated on the soundtracks for Please Save My Earth and The Vision of Escaflowne.

Although the Vision of Escaflowne series had been produced by Sunrise, the animation for the film was handled primarily by Studio BONES, a company founded by a number of ex-Sunrise staff.

The soundtrack was, as with the Vision of Escaflowne series, composed mostly by Yoko Kanno in collaboration with Hajime Mizoguchi.

Licensed by Bandai Entertainment, Escaflowne was first released to Region 1 DVD on July 23, 2002, in " Standard " and " Ultimate " editions.

The Escaflowne OST was released on July 5, 2000 and contains twenty-six tracks, including the movie's full opening and ending themes.

It was also the ending theme for the Japanese anime film Escaflowne.

Bandai also later released the series in several different box sets, including a Limited Edition set released on July 23, 2002, a " Perfect Collection "— which included the Escaflowne feature length movie — released October 26, 2004, and an " Anime Legends " box set on April 11, 2006.

Three alternate retellings of The Vision of Escaflowne have been released in manga form, with first two manga series developed at the same time as the anime.

is a ninety-eight minute anime film released in Japan on June 24, 2000 that retells of the story in the Vision of Escaflowne.

, also released under the title Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea, is an anime fantasy film produced by Sunrise and animated by Studio BONES.

Victor Entertainment released two drama CDs: Escaflowne Prologue 1: Earth and Escaflowne Prologue 2: Gaea were both released on October 21, 2000 and originally broadcast as part of the Bunka Hoso radio show.

After this project, they continued to collaborate on many other works and some consider her work on The Vision of Escaflowne to be the launching point of Sakamoto's career.

The Vision of Escaflowne premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 2, 1996 where it aired weekly until it completed its twenty-six episode run on September 24, 1996.

Released on September 28, 1996, Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 3 contained an additional fifteen tracks.

Given free rein to change the story however he wanted, Aki's version is a violent saga focused primarily on fighting and has Hitomi transforming into a " curvaceous nymph " that is the power source of the mecha Escaflowne.

Unlike the first manga, it focused more on the interaction of the characters and severely toned down the violence to the point that the mecha are not used for battle at all and Escaflowne only appears near the end of the series.

Yumiko Tsukamoto, Hajime Yatate, and Shoji Kawamori collaborated in the writing on a novelization of the Vision of Escaflowne anime series.

He has designed characters for manga, anime and video games, and has frequently collaborated with director Kazuki Akane, including on his most famous work, The Vision of Escaflowne.

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* Merle, a character in The Vision of Escaflowne ( 1996 anime series )

Yamane had not worked with Watanabe yet, but his credits included such other anime as Bubblegum Crisis and The Vision of Escaflowne.

Van ( King of Fanelia ), with aid from Allen ( an Asturian Knight ), commands his mystical mech Escaflowne in the struggle to stop the Zaibach Empire.

Several anime series with soundtracks featuring performances and / or lyrics by Robin include Cowboy Bebop, Jin-Roh, Macross Frontier, Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Please Save My Earth, The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Girl Arjuna, Turn A Gundam, Wolf's Rain, Genesis of Aquarion and its sequel Aquarion Evol.

The series is directed by Kazuki Akane ( director of Vision of Escaflowne ), written by Hiroshi Ōnogi, with its character designer and overseeing animation director being Ryo Timo.