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Alternative title:
エリア８８ (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: military
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (Hard)
Vintage: 2004-01-08 to 2004-03-25
Plot 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 fiancee 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.
Chief Director: Isamu Imagake
Script: Hiroshi Ohnogi
Music: Kazunori Miyake
Original Manga: Kaoru Shintani
Character Design: Hiroshi Koujina
Art Director: Akira Suzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Ayako Kurata
Hiroshi Koujina
Mechanical design: Hiroaki Sato
Cast:
Shinichiro Miki as Makoto Shinjou
Takehito Koyasu as Shin Kazama
Chikao Ohtsuka as McCoy
Hikaru Midorikawa as Satoru Kanzaki
Hiroki Takahashi as Saki Vashtar
Masaya Takatsuka as Greg Gates
Ryou Hirohashi as Kim Aba
Sanae Kobayashi as Kitri Parveneh
Satsuki Yukino as Ryoko Tsugumo
Shigenori Sôya as Gustav Tanherm
Tomokazu Seki as Micky Simon
Hidenari Ugaki as Zenzo Tsugimo (eps 6, 11)
Hirofumi Tanaka as Campbell (ep 5)
Hisao Egawa as Captain Shibukawa (ep 6)
Kazunari Kojima as Ground Crewman (ep
Kazushige Tanaka as Larry
Keiichi Sonobe as McWell Representative (ep 11)
Kenji Nomura as Hans (ep 10)
Kimiko Saito as Alicia (eps 2, 8-9)
Koichi Sakaguchi as Enemy Controller (ep 2)
Kouji Haramaki as Roundell
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Patrick Reed (ep 10)
Osamu Ryuutani as Controller (eps 5-6)
Ryouhei Nakao as Steve (ep 2)
Takahiro Fujimoto as Hoover (ep 5)
Wakana Yamazaki as Taeko Yasuda (ep 6)
Type..................: TV Series
Source...............: N/A
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