Escaflowne [the Movie:
A Girl in Gaea]

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Created by	Hajime Yadate Shoji Kawamori
Director	Kazuki Akane
Script	Ryouta Yamaguchi Kazuki Akane
Music	Yoko Kanno Hajime Mizoguchi
Character Design/Animation Director	Nobuteru Yuuki
Mechanical Design	Kimitoshi Yamane
Set Design	Shingo Takeba
Art Director	Junichi Higashi
Color Key	Shihoko Nakayama
Animation Director	Hiroshi Ohsaka
Mecha Director	Hirotoshi Sano
Sound Director	Toshiki Kameyama
Sound Effects	Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Audio Adjustment	Makoto Uchida
Recording Studio	Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production	Omnibus Promotion
Background Director	Kazuhiro Okeda
Director of Photography	Yoshiyuki Takei
Film Laboratory	Tokyo Laboratory
Editor	Shigeyuki Yamamori (Jay Film)
Producers	Masuo Ueda (Sunrise) Minoru Takanashi (Bandai Visual) Masahiko Minami (BONES) Toyoyuki Yokohama (Omega Project)
Theme Song	"Ring," Maaya Sakamoto, vocalist (Victor Entertainment)
Production	Sunrise
Production in association with	BONES
Presented by	Sunrise Bandai Visual
Presented in association with	A.F.D.F. Bandai Entertainment, Inc.
Escaflowne Partners	Takayuki Yoshii (Sunrise) Ryohei Kakuta (Bandai Visual) Mintsugu Kim (Starmax Co., Ltd.) Yasubumi Den (A.F.D.F.) Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Entertainment, Inc.)
Distribution	Omega Project

[Original, non-followup retelling of the Escaflowne story]

Release in Japan

98 minutes (planned)
2000 June 2-4, 17:15, 19:15, and 20:15 each day (Animax PPV (Pay-Per-View) Premiere: Escaflowne the Movie special preview with Making of & Interview original special, Sony Communication Satellite channel 115 broadcast)
2000 June 24-, 10:30 and 13:30 (10:30, 13:30, 15:35, 18:30, and 21:00 after premiere release) each day (theatrical premiere, Warner Mycal Cinemas Itabashi, Tokyo)
2000 June 24-July 28, 10:30 and 13:30 (10:30, 12:40, 14:45, 16:55) each day (theatrical premiere, Warner Mycal Cinemas Minato Mirai 21, Kanagawa)
2000 July 1-July 28, 10:45, 12:50, 19:2, 21:30 each day (Warner Mycal Cinemas Okyoudzuka, Ishikawa)
2000 June 24, 12:20, 13:10 (onstage greeting appearance by Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Kazuki Akane, Warner Mycal Cinemas Itabashi)
2000 July 2, 12:20, 13:10 (onstage greeting appearance by Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Warner Mycal Cinemas Minato Mirai 21)
2000 July 29-August, 16:00, 18:45 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Ebetsu, Hokkaido)
2000 August 10, 17:45-18:05, 18:25-18:45 (onstage greeting appearance by Maaya Sakamoto, each with 100-cel random drawing, Warner Mycal Cinemas Ebetsu)
2000 July 29-August, 16:05, 18:45 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Hirosaki, Aomori)
2000 August 9, 17:50-18:10, 18:25-18:45 (onstage greeting appearance by Maaya Sakamoto, each with 100-cel random drawing, Warner Mycal Cinemas Hirosaki)
2000 July 29-August 11 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Icchikawa-myouten, Chiba)
2000 August 19-September 8 (late show, Shinjuku Odeon-za, Tokyo)
2000 August 19-September 8 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Kamimine, Saga)
2000 August 26-September 8 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Toyokawa, Aichi)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Toyokawa, Aichi)
2000 August 26-September 8 (Warner Mycal Cinemas Oonojou, Fukuoka)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Oonojou, Fukuoka)
2000 October 14- (Doubutsuen-mae Cine-Festa 4, Osaka)
2000 October 28 - (late show only, Okayama Matsutake, Okayama)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Kishiwada, Osaka)
2000 December 2-8, 15:00 (Doubutsuen-mae Cine-Festa 4, Osaka)
2001 August 11-17, 11:15, 15:15, 19:15 (Animax Odaiba Market Summer 2001. double-billing with Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Odaiba, Tokyo)
Y1500 each showing (Animax PPV price)
Y2000 each showing (Animax Odaiba Market Summer 2001 price, double-billing with Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon)

Escaflowne [the Movie] Digest

Trailer preview
Internet streaming provided by Omega Project and Masao Ishihara (Bodysonic)
In-store viewing provided by record shop and Animate chain stores
2000 June, first week of (Internet streaming)
2000 June, beginning of third week of (In-store viewing)

Escaflowne [the Movie]
American Premium Version

English subtitled, Japanese dialogue
2000 August 5-11 (Japanese premiere, Warner Mycal Cinemas Icchikawa-myouten, Chiba)
2000 December 26, 06:00 (Sunrise Cinema Festival 50 with Escaflowne, Okinawa Ryuei, Okinawa, commemoration of Ryuei's 50th anniversary)

Escaflowne [the Movie]
Korean Premiere/Advance Special Roadshow Version

Korean subtitled, Dolby SR Japanese dialogue
NTT Yume-Tenjin Gall, Iwata-ya Z-Side 7F, Fukuoka City Yume-Tenjin Hall, Fukuoka
2000 September 30 (11:00-12:40, 13:00-14:40, 18:30-20:10, Japanese premiere)
2000 September 30 (15:30-18:00, Special Program A: Stage Talk "Aiming for the World, Japanese-American-Korean Creators" by director Kazuki Akane, Bandai Entertainment executive vice president Ken Iyadomi, script translation consultant Egan Loo, and other guests planned)
2000 October 1 (11:00-12:40, 19:30-21:10)
2000 October 1 (13:30-16:00, 16:30-19:00, Special Program B: Stage Talk "Escaflowne Character Voices" by Hitomi's character voices (Japan's Maaya Sakamoto, North America's Kelly Sheridan, and South Korea's planned voice) and other guests planned)
Y2500 (adult admission, reserved seating, same-day sale)
Y700 (infant admission, free seating, advance sale)

Release in United States

English subtitling, Japanese dialogue (preview release)
Ocean-Group-produced English dubbing with voices from television series main cast retained as much as possible (regular release)
98 minutes (planned)
2000 June 30, 15:00, 22:00, 24:00 Midnight (premiere, Anime Expo 2000)
2000 July 1, 10:00, 20:00 (Anime Expo 2000)
2000 July 2, 12:00 Noon, 18:00, 21:30 (Anime Expo 2000)
2000 July 3, 15:30 (Anime Expo 2000)
2000 June 30, 14:30, 16:45 (onstage greeting appearance and question & answer session by Kazuki Akane, Nobuteru Yuuki, Minoru Takanashi, Anime Expo 2000)
2000 July 3, 15:30 (onstage greeting appearance by Kazuki Akane, Minoru Takanashi, Anime Expo 2000)
2000 August 4-6 (Otakon 2000, pending resource availability)
2000 October 7, 14:15, 20:15 (New York Anime Film Festival)
2000 October 7 (onstage greeting appearance by Ken Iyadomi, Yoko Kanno, New York Anime Film Festival)
2001 April 1, 11:00 (Newport Beach Film Festival, Edwards Island Cinemas, Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California)
2001 April 3, 11:00 (Newport Beach Film Festival, Edwards Island Cinemas, Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California)
2001 May 26, 20:00 (2nd Annual Japanese Animation Festival, The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, California State University, Long Beach, California)
2002 January, second week of, regular release (planned, size of distribution to be determined)

Release in South Korea

Korean dubbing planned
98 minutes (planned)
Buena Vista Korea
2000 August (planned)

Release in Canada

English subtitling, Japanese dialogue (preview release)
Ocean-Group-produced English dubbing with voices from television series main cast retained as much as possible (regular release)
98 minutes
2000 August 25, 23:00 (premiere, Canadian National Anime Expo 2000)
2002 January or later, regular release (planned, size of distribution to be determined)

Release in France

French subtitling
98 minutes
200 November 10-12 (premiere, Cartoonist 2001)

Release in Belgium

English/Japanese soundtracks planned
98 minutes
2001 March 22, 18:30 (premiere, 19th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller, & Science Fiction Films)

Release in China

English subtitling, Japanese dialogue (preview release)
98 minutes
2001 April 27, 19:00 (onstage greeting appearance by Nobuteru Yuki, Dynamic World Animation Show)
2001 April 27, 19:30 (premiere, Dynamic World Animation Show)
2001 April 28-30, 14:30 (Dynamic World Animation Show)
2001 April 27-May 02, 10:00-20:00 [18:00 closing time on last day] (artwork gallery, Dynamic World Animation Show, Hong Kong Arts Centre)
2001 April 28, 16:30-17:30 (Character Design in Animation and Manga forum with Nobuteru Yuki and local artists, Dynamic World Animation Show, Hong Kong Arts Centre)

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