Area 88 OVA
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: Military
Objectionable Content: Significant
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage: 1985-02-05 to 1986-06-15Plot Summary: Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. Through the course of the series, Shin must deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.
Area 88 TV
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: Military
Objectionable content: Significant
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2004-01-08 to 2004-03-25Plot Summary: Deep in the sandy plains of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Asran, Japanese photojournalist Makoto Shinjou travels to the remote airbase Area 88 to document the activities of the mercenaries who destroy the country’s enemies for a living. Among their ranks is Shin Kazama, a Japanese ace pilot who was tricked by his former best friend into signing a contract with the Asran’s fighter squad. Because of this, he lost his career as an airline pilot and the chance to marry his fiancée Ryoko Tsugumo. Now, Shin has three choices in order to leave Area 88 and return to Japan: serve the mercenary group for three years, earn US$1.5 million, or desert the base, risking imminent death.
I was so obsessed with aircraft as a child, 90% of all the books that my parents bought for me dealt with aircraft of one form or another. I learned all their weaponry (what planes could carry what armaments), their max velocities at what altitudes, and so on and so forth.
It was kind of humorous watching the first episode of this on the online player awhile ago, I was sitting there naming off each aircraft as it showed up in the episode.
But man this is an exciting series (elsewhere some people call it a series with aircraft porn).
They did a superb job on the aircraft, both in how they move and how they look, not to mention, the soundtrack is just awesome!
It’s an excellent series formed from the basis of one of the most regarded 80s Anime (Area 88 OVA) with poignant storytelling and top notch production values.
