Happy 30th Birthday The Vision of Escaflowne! (aka. it's escaflowneweek, y'aaall)

Everything began when I secretly watched MTV on Wednesday nights on the TV in my parents bedroom. Later recorded some episodes on VHS. To say that those VHS tapes barely stood still would be an understatement.

Escaflowne was and still is my favorite anime of all time. It has its flaws (like everything has) but it is just so beautiful. So heartwarming and dramatic. And so so full of love for classic animation. AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE SOUNDTRACK!

It was just a matter of time when my first Cosplay from Escaflowne would come to life. Hitomi was a not planned but I'm happy I realized her outfit. And Millerna was just a coincidence...but one I am incredibly happy about <3 (I'm still hoping someone will cosplay Dryden for me q7q)

Hitomi and Millerna: Me Photo (Hitomi): Cleography Photo (Millerna): kintsugicam

I'm sorry, I totally forgot to post something from the Osaka's artbook (From THIS post.)

Art by Hiroshi Osaka (RIP 🙏)

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Personal collection.

On the 2nd of April 1996, the first episode of The Vision of Escaflowne aired. Written by Shoji Kawamori (Macross Creator), the series ran for 26 eps, received a film adaptation, a PS1 game & debuted in SRW Compact 3 (Wonderswan Color) in 2003.

2026 Escaflowne Week, Day 1 Three

Some nice printed merchandise from my personal "The Vision of Escaflowne" collection includes:

2 A4 posters with artwork from the VHS releases of the series.

2 telephone cards depicting Van Fanel and Hitomi Kanzaki.

Sticker sheet with all the series main characters, plus 2 chibi versions of Van and Hitomi.

Double-sided paper announcement regarding the Escaflowne PSX game's dubbing with the original voice cast, and the final release of the VHS series.

Individual scans:

LONG-time followers may remember my so-called Escaflowne stick-figure spam from years more than a decade ago. Well, enough time has passed that it seemed worthwhile to repost it, pfft. I still have the originals tucked away somewhere, and may get around to properly scanning them one of these days. For now, though, these old photographs (that I still have on my hard drive) will have to do.

I wrote a number of Folken/Eries fics back in the day (member-locked these days, but trust me, they're there!), hence the focus on them, both individually and together. (When there's next to no fanart of your pet rarepair, be the change you want to see, etc., etc.) Cameos at the bottom there are Hetalia's Austria and FFVII's Vincent Valentine, respectively (and I'm OG and never really got into the Compilation so Vincent's arm will always be a prosthetic to me, SORRY NOT SORRY).

Anyway, real ones will remember that I did a LOT of these, so consider this merely part 1. More to come in the ensuing days/weeks.

@radical-rad1986

My fan art for @riafunnel depicts a meeting of two royal families on Gaea. On a state visit to Fanelia, a younger Eries and Millerna encounter Folken and Van while walking along the Fanelian castle corridors. The two groups of siblings haven’t officially met in more formal circumstances yet. Therefore, they show their personalities to each other in a more natural and spontaneous way in this meeting.

Media: Fountain pen, sharpie marker, coloured pencils, and oil pastel on paper.