Why does Escaflowne have two English dubs?

The original English dub, produced by the Ocean Group in Vancouver, was made from the standard materials of its day. The problem arrived with high definition: the Japanese HD release uses the director's cut, with extended scenes restored to the first seven episodes that had only existed in the Japanese video release. Funimation, which had rescued the license after Bandai Entertainment's closure (announced at Otakon 2013), found the old dub physically could not be laid over the new picture: at the restored scenes there would simply be no dialogue.

So on February 27, 2016, Funimation did something a major licensor had not done: it took the question to Kickstarter, asking $150,000 toward a new dub. Fans answered with $318,784 from 2,058 backers. The new Texas-recorded cast dubbed the whole series and, as a bonus, the film as well. The Collector's Edition of October 18, 2016 carries both: the new dub on Blu-ray, and the original Ocean dub preserved on DVD.