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Release Date:
February 5, 1985
Original Title:
エリア88 Act I: 裏切りの大空
Alternate Titles:
Area 88
Area 88 Act I.II
Area 88 acto 1: traición en los cielos
Area88 Vol.1
에어리어 88 Act I: 배신의 하늘
Genres:
Action | Animation | Drama | War
Production Companies:
Pierrot
Project 88
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 109
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.
Art Direction:
Mitsuki Nakamura
Character Designer:
Toshiyasu Okada
Director:
Hisayuki Toriumi
Director of Photography:
Juro Sugimura
Hitoshi Kaneko
Executive Producer:
Ren Usami
Music:
Ichirou Nitta
Original Story:
Kaoru Shintani
Producer:
Yuji Nunokawa
Screenplay:
Akiyoshi Sakai
Sound Director:
Shigeharu Shiba
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