If you loved Tales from Earthsea, try Escaflowne: The Movie
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Escaflowne: The Movie has roughly 10.2× fewer votes than Tales from Earthsea — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Adventure / Animation / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Tales from Earthsea, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Escaflowne: The Movie is
Hitomi Kanzaki stumbles into Escaflowne’s war when she pulls Prince Van from a bus. They race dragons and warlords to claim the armored titan Escaflowne. A 2000 anime pulse of magic, mechs and teenage dread.
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