Escaflowne
Cast
Hitomi Kanzaki
- Fifteen year old Hitomi is a star member of her high school track team. She has an intense crush on Senior Amano Sempai, a national level runner, and her request that she recieve her first kiss for m him((if she can break 13 seconds!)) sets the story in motion. Hitomi has the unique talent of fortune telling, using a custom deck of tarot cards. Also she uses a starnge pendant,which can be used to show the right direction to travel or where danger lies hidden. Upon arriving in Gaea, her powers increase and she can also see what is going to happen in the near future.
Van Fanel
- At the Gaean equivelent of Fifteen years of age, this brash, young, warrior prince ascends to rule his small kingdom of Fanellia after the death of his father and the supposed death of his older brother, who was on the same Dagon slaying quest as van. During his final Initiation before claiming the throne, he has to go out and slay a dragon and claim its Energist Crystal, located as the dragon's heart. while in the process of this, Van is somehow transported back to earth, where he ((litterally)) runs into Hitomi, who is then transported back to Gaea with him.
Alen Schezar
- One of the Twelve "Heavenly Knights" of the kingdom of Astoria, who act as the royal guard for the ruling family. With his dashing looks, debonair personality, and devestating finnese in fighting and swordsmanship, Alen would seem to be the epitome of Chivalry. But His handsome countenance bellies a simmering bitterment and a troubled past, with an absent father, a desceased mother, and a little sister who disappeared when she was young. He bears a striking resembalance to Amano, the boy idolized by Hitomi.
Melulu-
Found as an infant by Vargus, Melulu has been part of the royal family all her life, and adores her childhood playmate Van to the point of bristling with anger at Hitomi, whom she sees as a rival. She is one of Gaeas anthropomorphic races, that of a race of Cat people, and often displays cute kitten like behavior.
Dilandu Albatou
Dilandu is the leader of Zaibach's elite Guymelef Squad who devestate whole kingdoms with their superior Technology. When Scared in Battle, he developes an insane obsession with defeating Van in battle. One mysterious thing is, whe Alen recalls a picture of his lost younger sister, she looks exactly like Dilandu. And he also talks like a woman. Could it be that Dilandu is really Alens long lost sister in disguise?.......
Folken Fanel
Folken is Zaibach's enigmatic strategist and Technological genius. He is also in command over Dilandu, who never listens to Folken. Also, as suggested by the last name, he is related in some way with Van Fanel of Fanelia.
Escaflowne's Tale
Freshman Hitomi Kanzaki was your typical japanese High school Student. She does have one interesting side to her though. That is, she has a small gift for fortune telling with tarot Cards. She is known throughtout the school for being extremely accurate. The story unfolds with her on her way to Track team tryouts, running late. Arriving late, her friend and manager Yukari scolds her. Hitomi asks if the men's speed trials have begun yet. Yukari says noa and that she made it just in time to see her "honey" run. The camera focuses in on Amano Sempai, a Senior at Hitomi's school and an all star track runner. The starting gun goes off, and they run off down the track. Sempai crosses the finish line first, with a time of 10.38 seconds!!!((ed:wow!)) Hitomi is left staring in a lovesick manner. Then it is time for the Women's Speed trials. Hitome gets onto the starting blocks. the shot is fired and they're off. hitomi is in the lead, in the zone of silence that runners achieve, when suddenly she sees a boy in full armor with a sword in front of her. She runs right through him, and you see the runners go past her as she falls backwards. Suddenly she has a vision. Of fire and destruction, she sees huge mecha advancing on a burning building, next she sees the same young boy in a castle, preparing for something, after that she sees a magestic Battle mecha fighting another one. Suddenly the ground opens up and she is falling, only to be saved by a stranger with wings. The next thing she knows she is in the school infirmary. Later on, as She and Yuakari are walking home, Yukari tearfully informs her that Amano is going abroad soon, and that she should tell him her feelings for him. the scene shifts to her consulting her tarot cards in her room. She draws the cards of the tower, symbolizing how they will part with each other. Than, strangely enough, she draws the "serpent Ace", symbol of courage. The scene shifts again to Amano staring at the setting sun on the track at school. just as he's about to leave, Hitomi shows up. She asks him if he will kiss her if she can break 13 seconds. just as shes started running, A column of blue fire shoots out of the trck and a young boy in armor, the same from Hitomi's vision, Appears and she collides with him. he yells at her and sempai to get out of there, and suddenly a dragon appears. Hitomi has a vision of the boy being killed by the dragon, and yells out to him to dodge. he takes heed and makes short work of the beast. Cutting open its chest, he retrieves a strange glowing crystal that is in palce of its heart. once removed the corpes crumbles. Suddenly, the stone glows brighter. The column of blue fire appears once again, and this time Hitomi and the boy are sucked up into it, leaving a confused and fearful Amano Sempai and Yukari behind. They appear in a savannah like grassland. the boy introduces himself as Van. She gets up and looks around, and suddenly sees something profound. She sees the Earth and the moon both in the night sky above her. This world is called Gaea. What Adventures lie in store for Hitomi and Van?
Guymelefs
Like Mechs, only way better. Escaflowne is one (the greatest).
