Escaflowne [the Movie:
A Girl in Gaea]

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Created by	Hajime Yadate Shouji 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 - (late show, Shinjuku Odeon-za, Tokyo)
2000 August 19 - (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 - (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 - (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 28 - (Okayama Matsutake, Okayama)
2000 August, end of, (Maaya Sakamoto's "Welcome to Esca! 2000-KM Tour" appearance, Warner Mycal Cinemas Kishiwada, Osaka)
Release date to be determined (Doubutsuen-mae Cine-Festa 4, Osaka)
Release date to be determined (Okinawa)
Y1500 each showing (Animax PPV price)

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 (same print which premiered at Anime Expo)
2000 August 5-11 (Japanese premiere, Warner Mycal Cinemas Icchikawa-myouten, Chiba)

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 and other guests) 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 voice Maaya Sakamoto and other guests) Y2500 (adult admission, reserved seating, same-day sale)
Y700 (infant admission, free seating, advance sale)

Release in United States

English subtitling, Japanese dialogue
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)
2001, regular release (planned, size of distribution to be determined)