Welcome to Escaflowne Week(s) 2026! This event celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Vision of Escaflowne/Tenkuu no Escaflowne anime (and the recent 25th anniversary of the Escaflowne movie). Of course, any material related to the expanded universe is welcome, too.
☄️ Enjoy and spread the love for Esca by reblogging!
Liking is nice, too, but does not do anything.
☄️ Feel free to link this post on other platforms as well.
Looking forward to your participation!
Event guidelines and text version of the prompts follow under the cut.
Guidelines:
Participants create any fan content related to Escaflowne, including but not limited to fanart, fanfiction, edits, GIFs, fanmixes, AMVs, meta, headcanons, and so on.
There are two prompts to choose from each day. Prompts are included in the above graphic and plain text version is included at the bottom of the post.
Using prompts is not required, nor is participating every day of the event. You may fill as many prompts as you wish on whichever days you want.
If you cannot make it on time to the part 1 of the event in April, fret not, there will be a part 2 in September, using similar prompts (but with a twist) that will be announced after the part 1 is over. You may even share the WIP in April and the finished work in September (as a suggestion).
Submissions created using AI technologies are not allowed! If you want to participate, your own creativity and effort is required.
NSFW submissions are allowed, but MUST BE POSTED ELSEWHERE in accordance with Tumblr regulations.
Tag your creations with #escaflowneweek so that fellow participants, fans, and the blog moderator(s) can more easily see and interact with your work. Since tag search has never been perfect, it is also recommended to tag the @escaflowneweek blog in the post text to notify the moderator(s) of your work.
Participants who do not have a Tumblr account are encouraged to submit links to their creations using link below. The moderator(s) will post submissions as they are received.
For any questions, please message @escaflowneweek.
Day 1 (30/3): Changing Fate / Three
Day 2 (31/3): Wish upon a Star / Calligraphy
Day 3 (01/4): Slaying of a Dragon / Beast
Day 4 (02/4): Royal Affair / Sisters
Day 5 (03/4): Guided Ones / Trials
Day 6 (04/4): Mysteries of Gaea / Ruins
Day 7 (05/4): Eternal Love / Time-loop
The Pillar of Light or "Il Pilastro di Luce" is a mysterious, well, pillar of light that appears at critical plot moments in the anime. It has the power to teleport people over vast distances of time and space. Inextricably linked to the beautiful and strange world of Gaea, I thought to use this imagery for today's prompt.
Oh how I wished as a kid that this pillar of light would shoot down from the heavens and take me far, far away from the life around me. Do I still have this fantasy? Of course. That's the enduring love I have for this series, all these decades later.
I finally got down to my storage unit, where most of my personal anime collection resides. In it are these two lovely enamel character pins of Van Fanel and Hitomi Kanzaki! Picked these up in Japantown, San Francisco, CA in the late 2000s at a collectibles store. It’s a shame they aren’t designed to gaze at each other. I believe these were created along with other Bandai-Sunrise characters from Cowboy Bebop and The Big O.
Thank you for participating in Escaflowne Week, Part 1!
We were very happy to see many of you sharing our love for the now 30 year old franchise! And it's not over. We all have busy lives, and maybe you really wanted to take part but circumstances didn't allow you to do it by last week. But rest assured, all contributions (even the late ones) will be shared here! You may share them when they're ready or just wait and prepare them for the second part of the event, which is planned for September 21-27, 2026.
Additional prompts for Part 2 will be revealed in the next few weeks.
No worries though, the old prompts are still good and can be used!
Remember, if you want to take part in the event, it is necessary to make a public post (not a community one) and tag this blog in it to let us know❗
(@escaflowneweek in the text or #escaflowneweek in the tags)
Full rules are inlcuded in the Part 1 prompts announcement.
Happy anniversary, The Vision of Escaflowne. This series opened my eyes to beautiful animation, deeply moving music, and a sweeping storyline (even if it was edited by Fox Kids) when it premiered in North America. I had seen nothing like its kind before then, so it impressed upon me at a critically young time.
I’ll love it forever for many reasons. I will continue to share that love through the shifting stages of digital platforms where fans can still find each other and share their experiences, no matter how much time passes.
This video celebrating the now decade-old redub in HD from Crunchyroll remains my favorite cut of the series (shame about that thumbnail though).
