Bandai Entertainment will launch Escaflowne into theatrical release on Friday, Jan. 25, 2002 within top U.S. and Canadian markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Vancouver, prior to a February, 2002 national roll-out. Escaflowne is celebrated animator Shoji Kawamori's cutting-edge vision of a world where good and evil hinge on a girl's ability to find meaning in her own life.

The movie blends romance and fantasy to tell the story of Hitomi Kanzaki, an ordinary high school student whose life has lost all meaning. Feeling desperate, she wishes that she could just disappear into thin air; a wish that is immediately granted when a mysterious man suddenly materializes and catapults her away from Earth. Hitomi is instantly thrust into Gaia, a strange new world ruled by sword and sorcery, where a fierce battle rages between a rebel group and the ruling Black Dragon Clan for power over the legendary dragon armor called Escaflowne. For the first time in her teenage life, Hitomi realizes she can make a difference.

Escaflowne is based on the acclaimed anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne, which aired in the U.S. on the Fox Kids Network and YTV in Canada. The director of Escaflowne is Kazuki Akane, who also directed the series.