Nowadays, the whole "isekai" genre seems to be associated either with cheesy power fantasies, making viewers biased towards stories where premise deals with ordinary people being taken to magical fantasy worlds. The thing is, said kind of stories largely predate the creation of all those generic anime shows by a long time (Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, A Princess of Mars, Narnia, etc.) so I think it's a bit unfair to entirely dismiss an entire genre just by its association with a lot of weak titles.
And back then in the 90s, there were pretty good anime shows featuring this kind of premise, like this series. In fact, it was a rather ambitious show in comparison with many other titles from the same decade, featuring a rather impressive animation and a incredible soundtrack, worthy of an epic production.
The mixture of fantasy with some science-fiction elements was one of its most captivating elements: It was already present in other 90s series (Such as Magic Knight Rayearth) but the writers still managed to make this alternate world pretty unique in its own manner.
And the main character, despite being a relatively ordinary person, was well-rounded an interesting, and more importantly, believable.
From what I understand, the english dub of this show removed all the "girly" aspects from the story, focusing only in the action and adventure, removing the "heart" of the series in the process.
Like Robotech (or Macross), since part of the appeal of Escaflowne was its solid mixture of action and romance with a certain element of mysticism.
Also, it affected negatively the pacing of the series, removing entire episodes.
Good thing the dub shown in my country kept the content of the series intact.
Modern Isekai could learn a thing or two from Escaflowne, instead of just recycling the same premise over and over with just some mere cosmetic changes.
And back then in the 90s, there were pretty good anime shows featuring this kind of premise, like this series. In fact, it was a rather ambitious show in comparison with many other titles from the same decade, featuring a rather impressive animation and a incredible soundtrack, worthy of an epic production.
The mixture of fantasy with some science-fiction elements was one of its most captivating elements: It was already present in other 90s series (Such as Magic Knight Rayearth) but the writers still managed to make this alternate world pretty unique in its own manner.
And the main character, despite being a relatively ordinary person, was well-rounded an interesting, and more importantly, believable.
From what I understand, the english dub of this show removed all the "girly" aspects from the story, focusing only in the action and adventure, removing the "heart" of the series in the process.
Like Robotech (or Macross), since part of the appeal of Escaflowne was its solid mixture of action and romance with a certain element of mysticism.
Also, it affected negatively the pacing of the series, removing entire episodes.
Good thing the dub shown in my country kept the content of the series intact.
Modern Isekai could learn a thing or two from Escaflowne, instead of just recycling the same premise over and over with just some mere cosmetic changes.