Escaflowne Vision of Escaflowne Bloopers

!! WARNING !!
Possible spoilers ahead. ^_^

[Note: The following list was taken from http://www.escaflowneonline.com. ^_^]

Episode 1: When Hitomi is transported to Gaea in the pillar of light, her dufflebag suddenly appears in her hands, when she wasn't even holding it at the time. Even so, its really Yukari's dufflebag, remember? So how did Hitomi's stuff get in there?

Episode 2: *dub only* The horseback rider says Zaibach is attacking. However, this is something that he shouldn't know, Zaibach isn't revealed as the attacker until the next episode.

Episode 3: Dilandau seems a little pissed off since a few of his Guymelefs were damaged. Strange, Dilandau has a knack for getting them wrecked himself, as shown many times, but he's never mad at himself...

Episode 4: How is Allen able to tell if Hitomi has a fever or not if he's wearing gloves?

Episode 4: Dilandau says early in the episode that he knows the dragon is at the fort, however later in the episode he is surprised when Escaflowne transforms into it. From his earlier dialogue it appears that he already knew this.

Episode 5: *dub only* This is one of the worst dub mistakes in the show. Folken calls Van his brother much earlier than he's supposed to, and it shows when you see absolutely no reaction from Van.

Episode 6: *dub only* This actually runs through all of the Dragonslayer appearances, although it first becomes noticable here. Those at Ocean must have been lazy, since the Dragonslayers tend to have different voices in each episode. Gatti was voiced by Brian Drummon in episode 4, then Saffron Henderson in episode 6, then Ellen Kennedy in episode 7, and Andrew Francais in episode 14. Its equally as messed up for all the other Dragonslayers too.

Episode 8: When Van flies down to save Hitomi, he reaches out to her with his left hand. A second later, when we see him grab her, its with his right hand.

Episode 9: This episode is the first in a long line of confusing bloopers surrounding Van's shirt. He takes it off and throws it aside when he rescues Hitomi in the last episode, but somehow has gotten it back in this episode. Since Van most probably could not go back to the Excavation site, how could he get it back? Yeah, this is more of a little nitpicking than a blooper, but its my guide and I can say what I want. ^_^

Episode 10/11: How is it that when Zongi assumes Plactu's form, he not only is able to have the exact same voice as Plactu, but also have all the abilities that Plactu has? These deceptants must be pretty well skilled to not only assume forms of others, but to steal things such as those that would be nearly impossible.

Episode 11: When Allen takes Chid 'hostage' with Merle's nail file, he does it by putting his arms through the cell bars to grab him. However, when Allen gets out of the cell, he is still able to hold Chid hostage, despite the fact that Chid would have had the chance to escape when Allen temporarily let him go to remove his arms from between the cells.

Episode 11: When Hitomi and Van go to the nearby temple, it is the middle of the night. It obviously doesn't take long to get there. However, when they return to the palace, which should be no more than 20 minutes later, it's morning! What did they waste time on?

Episode 12: Hmm... They really screw up the time frame in this episode. Millerna's supposed to be 15 years old(although she looks 20+). Marlene got married 5 years ago, yet when they show the wedding, Millerna looks no more than 6 or 7 years old, when she is supposed to be 10 at the time.

Episode 13: When Dilandau turns invisible at the end of the battle, he does it without activating his Stealth Cloak.

Episode 14: Where does Van get the replacement for his destroyed shirt? He doesn't carry any extra clothes around with him and its not like he can go back to Fanelia to get a replacement.

Episode 15: Why is it than in the last episode, when Van's wings come out they tear his shirt to shreds, but in this episode they only destroy a small part of his shirt?

Episode 16: *dub only* The captain of the Levi Ship says humans were never supposed to sail in that area. But they're not sailing, they're flying.

Episode 21: While laying injured under the bridge, the gray haired Naria has blond hair.

Episode 22: *dub only* Dornkirk says a line about the Vione being destroyed. Actually, its Adelfos who says that line, as you should be able to tell pretty easily in the next line.

Episode 23: Jajuka's nose is significantly different when he appears in or out of his Guymelef. Its longer, with more of a dog-like look when he's in it, but when he's talking to Dilandau earlier in the episode his nose is significantly smaller.

Episode 24: Serena wears something in this episode that looks like a dog tag. Dog tags are used to identify people in the military. Since Dilandau was a member of the Zaibach military, its not surprising that he would have one. But then why doesn't Allen read it and realize that his sister is Dilandau?

Episode 24: Other episodes touch on this too, but this episode is the one that really brings up this question; how are the times on earth and gaea related? When Hitomi returns to earth, it's the day before she went to Gaea. However, when she returns to Gaea at the end of the episode, only a day or so went by there. This is quite confusing... @_@

Episode 25: The same blooper from episode 23 involving Jajuka is in this episode.

Episode 25: The Jajuka animation blooper rears its ugly head one final time.

The Movie: The Escaflowne Movie's title has a mispelling, spelling 'Gaea' as 'Gaia'.

[P.S. — Come on, folks! Don't let this forum die so young! *pokes the mods* Hey! Isn't it a part of your job to foster interest in your respective forum? Help me out here; post new threads! Let's draw the people in! ^_^]

 

I wouldn't call the difference in spelling from the movie to the series an error. To the best of my knowledge, both spellings of Gaea/Gaia are correct.

Retaliation for the episode 1 blooper - I believe the duffle bag is actually Hitomi's. Yukari has no need of a duffle bag; she isn't on the track team as a runner as far as I can tell. It's been a while since I watched the beginning of the series, but I think Yukari is bringing Hitomi's duffle bag to her.

As for Van's shirts...didn't you know that he keeps the Escaflowne chorus in a sweatshop? While they aren't singing, it's their job to turn out an unlimited supply of red shirts for our winged bishounen. ^_^;

~Shadrach Anki

 

Well, yes, technically both spellings are correct. However, if the movie title was supposed to be "Gaea", then the use of "Gaia" classifies as a mispelling. Hmm... I have to check again to be sure — I want to be sure that the producers really did intend to spell it "Gaea".

Actually, Yukari is a member of the track team, though it wasn't blatantly evident.

Well, it's a job, I guess. ^_^

 

Since you don't want to credit the person who really made that list. I will.

The list, on the site of the person who wrote it.

 

Ah! So that's the site! Thanks for the heads up. I've got a lot of anime references downloaded on my PC, but the URLs weren't a part of it. I've only been able to track down a few, so far.

Hmm... by the way, you wouldn't happen to know what the URL of the place where the Esca chronology was? I'm looking for pics of Hitomi's tarot cards and I haven't been able to find any so far. Maybe the site has it. ^_^

 

RETALIATE!

I agree. Yukari is the MANAGER of the team, though she's not a runner. The duffel bag actually is Hitomi's, as we see at the very beginning of the episode, Yukari refers to it as Hitomi's bag, before Amano's run.

...hmm, either my dub is retarded, or that didn't happen. ^^

LOL! Oh, that's great... I never noticed! XD

Actually, Zongi wasn't necessarily able to steal his skills, you gotta be good at lying. And voice comes with appearance.

I wondered about that myself, but, it is possible that he grabbed him with alternating hands one at a time, making his way to the door. He must look like a complete idiot, but I guess it can be done...

Maybe that explains Vahn's sudden unhidden affection for Hitomi in episode 12. :B Teehee!

Countless anime's do that... dunno why. I guess the Jap are somewhat colorblind when it comes to Blonde and Silver.

Come on now, Allen IS a blonde...