Area 88(TV show/series, 2004)

Name: Area 88
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
Released: 2004

Original title: "エリア88" (Japanese/JA)

25min per episode | Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 12 episodes

Rating: 2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Area 88 (エリア88, Eria Hachijū-Hachi) is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war-torn country. Shin goes from head of his class at a world-renowned aviation school, dating the beautiful daughter of an airline president, to a mercenary fighter pilot bound to Area 88 by a three-year contract that he was duped into signing by a jealous and competitive childhood friend. He is determined to earn $1.5 million to buy his way out of the obligation and return home, and killing becomes second nature to him as he quickly rises to the top rank at Area 88. Overwrought with shame and self-loathing for what he has become, Shin begins to question whether he is still fighting for survival, or, like his fellow mercenaries, for the sheer excitement and camaraderie of battle. Area 88 was among the first three manga to be translated into English and published in North America. It had been adapted into an OVA in 1985, a video game in 1989 (released in North America as U.N. Squadron), and a 12-episode anime television series in 2004. It is also a brand of model aircraft in Japan. While it appeals to aviation fans for it... ()

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About Area 88

The adventures of a young pilot in a war torn country. Shin Kazama was duped into singing a three-year contract at Area 88, a secluded mercenary air force base. Determined to earn $1.5 million to buy his way out of the obligation and return home, killing becomes second nature to Shin as he quickly rises to the top rank at Area 88. He begins to question whether he is still fighting for survival, or like his fellow mercenaries, for the sheer excitement and camaraderie of battle.

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Area 88 Seasons and Episodes

01/09/2004Season 1 - 12 episodes

#1 | 01/09/2004Sky Blue - Desert Wings

Photographer Makoto Shinjou arrives at Area 88, an airbase for mercenary flyer's in the Kingdom of Aslan which is fighting a war against anti-government forces.

#2 | 01/16/2004Boris - Tombstone of the Setting Sun

Pilot Boris is called the Angel of Death because he always loses his companions on missions and returns alone, and therefore nobody wants to fly with him.

#3 | 01/23/2004Shin & Makoto - Finder of a Blue Sky

Shin and Kim shoot down an enemy transport plane, and McCoy tells all the men on base there was gold on board, so the pilots go out in a feeding frenzy to find the downed plane.

#4 | 01/30/2004Desert - Skies of Betrayal

Shin engages a large number of enemies all alone and his Crusader is destroyed. He manages to eject just in time to run into a sandstorm.

#5 | 02/06/2004Lip Stick - Unyielding Rouge

Kitri Parvaneh, cousin to Saki Vashtar, makes her first appearance just in time to save the lives of some of the Area 88 pilots, Kim in particular.

#6 | 02/13/2004Cross Over - Intersection of Solitude

Shin's new fighter arrives and he sets out on a training flight to break it in, just as Kanzaki is piloting a commercial flight nearby under the watchful eye of Captain Shibukawa, who is evaluating him.

#7 | 02/20/2004Hungry Boy - Sweet Soldier

Kitri expresses doubts about Kim's abilities as a pilot, and Kim's Harrier is in bad need of parts and repairs, but when an enemy bomber squadron draws near, the shortage requires her, Shin, and Kim to fly out alone to defend the base.

#8 | 02/27/2004Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet

A lone sniper brings operations at Area 88 to a halt with a few well-placed shots. A plan is conceived to get Shin up in the air using a decoy (Saki) to buy him time.

#9 | 03/05/2004Canyon - Tightrope at the Speed of Sound

The Area pilots are ordered to attack a well-guarded base that defends a rebel oil refinery the government wants to capture.

#10 | 03/12/2004Fire Ball - Contrails of Destiny

Area forces are sustaining heavy losses due to a rebel pilot with a lizard mark on the nose of his plane. This pilot turns out to be Patrick Reed, who flew under Mickey's command in Vietnam.

#11 | 03/19/2004Truth - Truth of the Sand

Shin shoots the final plane he needs to buy his freedom, but then crashes on landing. Kanzaki fires Shinjou, because Kanzaki and Ryoko have become engaged.

#12 | 03/26/2004Lock On - Wings of the Wind

Because of expenses related to his crash, Shin can't buy his freedom. Shinjou is expelled from the Area. Shin finds out Kanzaki and Ryoko are getting married, so he buys a new plane and attempts to desert.

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Area 88" (find it on Amazon), "Area 88" (find it on Amazon), "U.N. Squadron" (find it on Amazon)

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 10 languages: Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 01/09/2004

Last episode released on: 03/26/2004

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Πτέρυγα Μάχης 88"

"Eria 88"

Keywords: anime

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