Escaflowne: The Movie
Alt titles: Vision of Escaflowne: The Movie
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Hitomi wanted to just disappear from her life. The track club -- her best friend -- her parents -- she wanted it all to just...go away. While contemplating suicide, her wish is fulfilled by an unlikely savior: a man named Folken who brings her to his world, Gaea, to unlock the powers of the legendary Dragon, Escaflowne. But there are those who would stop at nothing to foil his plans, and chief among them is Van, the last warrior of a noble clan. Caught up in this epic struggle, Hitomi must find herself before she can find a way home.
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Now and Then, Here and There
Alt titles: Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku
Amidst a beautiful sunset, Shu is violently whisked away to a grim future devoid of water, and empty of hope; a place where children are forced to become soldiers, and kill countless others in the name of King Hamdo. Shu's companion is a mysterious girl named La La Ru, who may hold the key to survival. Now, he must concentrate on the only things that matter: escaping Hellywood, and finding a way home.
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add recThe Escaflowne movie took a small part of the series and magnified it to a degree that unsettled many Escaflowne fans (including myself, at the time). The result is a film that is much, MUCH more angsty and sorrowful than the original series. Because of this rather jarring transformation, the people who enjoy the movie and the people are in two distinct subgroups. Even if recommending sequels wasn't looked down on here, I still wouldn't recommend the two together. Anyway, with the rather noticeable turn towards a more downbeat note, the movie becomes very close to Now and Then, Here and There. Both shows are essentially artistic twists on the rather popular alternate-world archetype, and both end up being fairly depressing.
Both series are about a person going to a nother world. While in "Escaflowne" it's about a girl going to a world where she is thought a goddess, in "NaT,Hat" it's about a boy that goes to a world to help a girl that really is a goddess. Both have the main characters personal drama made evident during the show, "Nat, Hat" a little bit more. If your older you may enjoy "NaT, HaT" more and if your younger the other way around. If your at about 15-16 both are cool :D
InuYasha
Kagome is a normal high school girl who falls into a well, transporting her back in time to the feudal era. Upon her arrival to this world, she mercifully unleashes Inuyasha, a half demon. As if this isn't enough, she also discovers that she is the bearer of the Shikon no Tama, a jewel of great spiritual power, a jewel which has just shattered into a million shards. Now, along with Miroku the priest, Sango the demon hunter, and Shippou the mischievious fox-demon, they must set out to find the Shikon shards and defeat the evils of the demon Naraku.
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add recRurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
Alt titles: Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
- OVA (4 eps)
- 1999
Himura Kenshin was a boy orphaned by the murder of his parents. Now he is the Hitokiri Battousai, the most feared and skilled killer in 19th century Japan. In the midst of a blood bath, he meets the love of his life, Tomoe. Will he continue to fight his enemies in a killing rage or will she sheath his bloodstained sword? Tsuikohen takes place years before the setting of the Kenshin TV series.
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Kamui has returned to Tokyo with a traumatizing past, but he is not the only one. Many people are returning to Tokyo for the same reason: they play a part in the End of the World. The Dragons of Earth and the Dragons of Heaven now must fight for the destruction or safety of the world. But is this troubled Kamui really the key to saving the world?
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add recSpirited Away
Alt titles: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
- Movie
- 2001
Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new home, when they discover an abandoned amusement park. After Chihiro's family mysteriously turn into pigs, she is thrown into a surreal world of magic and fantasy. Join her as she struggles to survive in the bathhouse of the gods, ruled by an evil witch who has stolen not only her name, but her way back to the real world.
