Vision of Escaflowne Abridged is the third series to be abridged by hbi2k. It is the steampunk fantasy story of plucky shounen anime hero Van Fanel, and magical schoolgirl Hitomi as they try to stay one step ahead of the well-intentioned extremist empire of Zaibach...who are trying to capture Van's bad-ass mecha, the Escaflowne.