Escaflowne FOX Ep 3 - 1/3

In the US from August to October 2000, Fox Kids (FOX Network) aired 9 episodes from the anime series 'Escaflowne' (or 'The Vision of Escaflowne'). This is the third that was aired.

The episodes were heavily edited. While only 9 "episodes" were aired before "FOXaflowne" was cut, Fox Kids actually showed footage from the first 11 episodes of the original series. Episodes were combined, scenes were switched around, and the original first episode was skipped entirely though scenes from it were used as flashback sequences in later "episodes." You can see in several instances where cheap editing effects were used. As for the music, in most cases Yokko Kanno's sweeping soundtrack was replaced with generic action flick music, or it was switched around or added where there was no background music to begin with. The techno-ish opening sequence was created by Fox Kids. Also, violence and blood were edited out, and I even noticed some sound effects were changed.

All the editing was done to make 'Escaflowne' appealing to young boys, which isn't the demographic the original is most popular amongst, but Fox Kids wanted to broadcast it alongside the likes of 'Digimon' and 'NASCAR Racers'.

Anyway I thought it would be a funny to show how 'Escaflowne' was first shown on US tv. If you really want to watch the series, get the DVDs from Bandai. They're cheap nowadays and far better than this.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• escaflowne
• vision
• episode
• english
• foxaflowne
• fox
• kids
• foxkids
• anime
• mecha

[retronostalgio]

@TheSoulTakerLordV Nope, sorry, these are all the Fox Kids episodes I have.

[TubeSocksOfAaronBurr]

thank you for posting this...

i'm a huge fan of the original, although as a child i was introduced to it by this mangled Foxaflowne version.

even though i know this is a mess, it brings back quite a few fond memories!

[retronostalgio]

@TubeSocksOfAaronBurr

Actually I was introduced to the series by this version as well. I guess it wasn't too too badly mangled that it still managed to catch my interest heheh.

[BreathlessWind]

In Canada we got to see the whole series XD

now it's a matter of finding a decent site on the internet that shows the whole series

[LorenStevens]

Well, Digimon USA opening is worst.

[Saiyuki2o4]

@retronostalgio besides they only aired 9 episodes anyway.

[red4whites]

hey babe whats up... havent heard from you in awhile

[dendara100]

i'm going to put up a few other eps on my channel

[MegaBeamish]

I think they eventually put it on YTV and think they showed all the episodes.

[lilmizzy2008]

omg omg just finished watching sailor moon! finerlly!! nd i was stuck on wat to watch next!!! forgot bout dis! sooooooo watching it now! :D

[keebe2006]

I remember this show when i was lil, it was awesome and I was really getting into it then Fox cancelled it for no reason

[Omega9914]

can you please put episode 1, 2, 8, and all the episodes PLEEEEEEEEAAAAASE?