It’s about time an Escaflowne post appeared on this blog. I first watched it a couple years ago and talked about it with a collab with other bloggers considering that one blogger was watching it around the same time. You can read this on Lita’s blog here. Still, it never made an appearance here yet. … More #MechaMarch The Vision of Escaflowne: Playing With Fate
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