Episodes

Image	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate	#
	Fateful Confession	Writer: Shoji Kawamori	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	April 2, 1996	#1
	High school freshman Hitomi Kanzaki runs around the track, hoping to break 13 seconds and get her first kiss from her crush Susumu Amano, but encounters Prince Van Fanel and a dragon who were transported from another planet named Gaea.
	The Girl From the Mystic Moon	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Shigeki Kuhara	April 9, 1996	#2
	A pillar of light transports Hitomi and Van to Gaea, where they meet Van's friend, Merle, and mentor Balgus. Invisible giants attack Fanelia during Van's coronation, leading to the awakening of the legendary Guymelef Escaflowne.
	The Gallant Swordsman	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroki Kanno	April 16, 1996	#3
	Hitomi and Van end up in the neighboring country of Asturia, where they meet Knight Caeli Allen Schezar, pilot of the Guymelef Scherazade. A delegation from Zaibach arrives, led by Dilandau Albatou. Van and Allen have a Guymelef duel.
	The Diabolical Adonis	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Takahiro Komori	April 23, 1996	#4
	Hitomi has a disturbing vision of Allen's fort engulfed in flames. Van is reunited with Merle. Led by the young and brash commander Dilandau, Zaibach forces attack Fort Castelo. Hitomi and co. escape aboard Allen's leviship, the Crusade.
	Seal of the Brothers	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	April 30, 1996	#5
	Following his capture by Dilandau and his Dragonslayers, Van is imprisoned aboard the Zaibach floating fortress the Vione, where he is reunited with his brother Folken. Hitomi, Allen, and co. help rescue Van, but not before Dilandau sustains a grievous wound on his cheek.
	City of Intrigue	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroki Kanno	May 7, 1996	#6
	Hitomi and co. arrive in Palas, the capital of Asturia, and meet Princess Millerna Aston. An alliance between Asturia and Zaibach causes tension between Allen and King Grava Aston. Van is briefly reunited with Folken before Hitomi saves him from Dilandau's attempt to avenge the wound on his cheek.
	Unexpected Partings	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Shigeki Kuhara	May 14, 1996	#7
	King Aston invites everyone to a banquet to celebrate Escaflowne and Van. Despite her recent engagement to Lord Meiden's son, Millerna continues to pursue Allen romantically. Hitomi is heartbroken to see Allen and Millerna kiss. Gecko People kidnap Hitomi, but Van saves her. Dilandau attempts to burn Palas but is stopped by Allen.
	The Day the Angel Flew	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Takuroh Shinbo & Hirokazu Kugyoh	May 21, 1996	#8
	Hitomi, Van, and Merle depart Palas. Hitomi and Van learn more about each other's families. Flying by an Energist mine leads to battle and kidnapping. Meanwhile, Millerna and Allen discover that Zaibach's next target is Freid, where King Aston's grandson Chid is the Prince. When an explosion of Energists causes a fault, Van unfurls his wings to save Hitomi.
	Memories of a Feather	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Takahiro Komori	May 28, 1996	#9
	Hitomi learns more about Van's tragic childhood. An ambush by Zaibach Guymelefs leads Van to step into the river so that they cannot use their stealth cloaks. Allen sustains a grave wound while protecting Hitomi, and Millerna arrives just in time to operate on him.
	The Blue-Eyed Prince	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	June 4, 1996	#10
	After Millerna successfully nurses Allen's wounds, the party arrives in Freid, the kingdom where her deceased eldest sister Marlene married into the royal family. Here, they meet Marlene's son Prince Chid, a blue-eyed innocent who still remembers stories his mother recounted of the peerless knight Allen.
	Prophecy of Death	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Takuroh Shinbo	June 11, 1996	#11
	Suspicion of treachery falls on Hitomi and the rest of the party, and chameleon-like Zaibach operative Zongi (disguised as a Freid Plaktu high priest) is sent to pry open her mind. During the ordeal, Hitomi reveals her origins from the Mystic Moon, but visions of Zongi's own past intervene, as well as a prophecy of death that sends Hitomi into a deathlike trance.
	The Secret Door	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Takuroh Shinbo	June 18, 1996	#12
	Hitomi's party exonerate themselves, and Duke Freid grants them an audience at his palace. With their input, Freid prepares for the imminent Zaibach invasion. Millerna discovers a secret door in her sister Marlene's music box. It reveals a diary recounting Marlene and Allen's past.
	Red Destiny	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Hiroki Kanno	June 25, 1996	#13
	Zaibach devastates the capital of Freid, and the Duke and Prince Chid flee with Hitomi's party to Fortona Temple in the country's outskirts. The monks here present the duke with the sword that unseals the legend of the power of Atlantis. Folken directs the Zaibach troops towards the temple, intent on claiming the sword and fulfilling Hitomi's vision of a bloody outcome to the battle.
	Dangerous Wounds	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Shigeki Kuhara	July 2, 1996	#14
	In the last battle, Van incurs life-threatening injuries which Hitomi discovers to match Escaflowne's battle damage exactly. Fortunately, Dryden, Millerna's betrothed, appears and uses his knowledge of ancient technologies to summon Escaflowne's original builders. The Ispano repair Escaflowne and in the process, heal the pilot whose blood pact intertwines his fate with the Escaflowne's. Thus restored, Van rushes to mete out vengeance upon the Dragonslayers, but suffers consequences.
	Lost Paradise	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Takahiro Komori	July 9, 1996	#15
	Van is enveloped into the world of the dead, and Hitomi goes to retrieve him, but not before she has a vision of the destruction of Atlantis. The previous battle's trauma disorients Dilandau as well, so Folken sends out Naria and Eriya, the leopard girl twins who answer directly to him, to continue the mission of capturing Escaflowne.
	The Guided Ones	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Takuroh Shinbo & Tetsuya Yanagisawa	July 16, 1996	#16
	Dryden discovers the location of the Mystic Valley in Allen's father's diaries. In the process, Allen confronts his bitterness towards his absent father, and Hitomi discovers her grandmother also visited Gaea. The party is pursued by Folken's floating fortress until Hitomi's pendant opens a portal to Atlantis.
	The Edge of the World	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	July 23, 1996	#17
	At the ruins of the legendary Atlantis, Hitomi, Van, and Allen encounter various figures in their past, including Hitomi's grandmother, Van's mother, Balgus, and Allen's sister and father. Hitomi also watches the history of Atlantis from the creation of the thought-realizing Atlantis Machine.
	The Gravity of Destiny	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Takuroh Shinbo & Tetsuya Yanagisawa	July 30, 1996	#18
	After Van receives a new Energist from his mother, Hitomi, Allen, and Van are transported in a pillar of light to the capital of Zaibach after Dornkirk attempts to activate his Fate Alteration Engine. Dornkirk explains to the disbelieving trio his apparently well-intentioned motives for all of Zaibach's actions.
	Operation Golden Rule of Love	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroki Kanno	August 6, 1996	#19
	Three weeks have passed since Hitomi, Van, and Allen's ordeal in Dornkirk's fortress. All of Asturia prepares for Millerna and Dryden's wedding and worries over King Aston's ailing state. Van gives Hitomi an almost-but-not-quite love confession that disillusions Hitomi, making her vulnerable to Folken's test of the Fate Alteration Engine.
	False Vows	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Takahiro Komori	August 13, 1996	#20
	With her upcoming marriage to Dryden on her mind, Millerna asks Hitomi for a tarot reading on its outcome. Hitomi reads a prediction of misfortune and disaster, but decides to tell Millerna a prediction of happy fortune instead. She hopes her thoughts and faith alone will be enough to change fate and reverse the prediction. Her hope is shattered by the entrance of fortune-enhanced soldiers Naria and Eriya at the wedding.
	Reaction of Fortune	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Yasuhiro Irie	August 20, 1996	#21
	Hitomi surrenders herself before the twin Zaibach leopard girls, but the reemergence of the sun causes a debilitating reaction in the fortune-enhanced soldiers. Naria crashlands back on Asturia, and returns to the royal castle on foot to capture Hitomi again. However, the side-effects of the fortune-enhancement process hurts her and Eriya, leading Folken to rethink his cause.
	The Black-Winged Angel	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	August 27, 1996	#22
	Asturia's royal council discusses whether to submit to Zaibach or rally against the empire. Folken summons Van back to the ruins of Fanelia which he indirectly helped destroy. Here, the brothers and Hitomi face two dragons, and Folken reveals the truth about his disappearance during the pre-coronation dragon-slaying ritual ten years ago.
	Storm Premonition	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Hiroyuki Takeuchi	September 3, 1996	#23
	Asturia and its neighboring countries agree to unite their forces against Zaibach and prepare for war. Folken joins the allied effort against Zaibach and lends his expertise and knowledge, despite Van's doubt and lingering resentment. Also, Dilandau finally returns to strike preemptively on the assembled forces at Port Rampant, facing Van once again.
	Fateful Decision	Writer: Hiroaki Kitajima	Director: Shigeki Kuhara	September 10, 1996	#24
	Hitomi finds herself transported back to Earth. It is once again the day before Hitomi would make her fateful confession to Amano and thus encounter Van. Reliving the events would reunite her with Van, but at the risk of hurting her best friend Yukari and returning back to the war.
	Zone of Absolute Fortune	Writer: Akihiko Inari	Director: Takahiro Komori & Hiroki Kanno	September 17, 1996	#25
	The pivotal battle between Zaibach and the alliance continues. Even after the Basram army employs the "doomsday weapon" in the form of a devastating Energist bomb, the fighting goes unabated. Folken decides the only way to end the war is confront Dornkirk personally and end his vision of the Zone of Absolute Fortune.
	Eternal Love	Writer: Ryohta Yamaguchi	Director: Hiroshi Osaka	September 24, 1996	#26
	At long last, Dornkirk's vision of reviving the power of Atlantis seems realized as the Zone of Absolute Fortune's effects spread across the battlefield and the world of Gaea. However, the war does not end as the Fate Alteration Engine only turns the combatants' bellicose thoughts into reality. Gaea's fate in the end lies in a girl from the Mystic Moon and a white-winged dragon.