The Cockpit

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Synonyms: The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories, Seisouken Kiryuu, Slipstream, Onsoku Raigekitai, Sonic Boom Squadron, Tetsu no Ryuukihei, Knight of the Iron Dragon

Japanese: ザ・コクピット

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 3

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 22, 1993 to Jan 21, 1994

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Urban Vision

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Manga

Themes: Adult Cast, Historical, Military

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.19¹ (scored by 5,861 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #3526²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #5467

Members: 14,803

Favorites: 64

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Synopsis

1. Slipstream
About a Luftwaffe pilot who must choose between his duty to his country: to guard a bomber loaded with Germany's final hope of victory... the world's first atomic bomb... or his duty to the world: to let it fall in flames to enemy Spitfires and be a footnote in history. Of course, things are complicated by the plane's other cargo... the woman he loves.

2. Sonic Boom Squadron
Near the end of the war, Japan has implemented a new weapon -- a human-piloted rocket-propelled flying bomb. Aboard a bomber carrying one of these, young Ensign Nogami awaits his chance to die as a "cherry blossom", a suicide pilot. In a few hours, he will die. The date of his death is set: August 6, 1945.

3. Knight of the Iron Dragon
Two soldiers attempt to reach an air base in order to fulfill a promise despite the fact that it might have been rendered moot in the reality of war.

(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Lt. Rheindars

Main

Horiuchi, Kenyuu
Japanese

Ensign Nogami

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Midorikawa, Hikaru
Japanese

Soldier Godal

Main

Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese

Soldier Utsunomiya

Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei
Japanese

Melhenna

Main

Shinohara, Emi
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Kawajiri, Yoshiaki

Director, Storyboard, Screenplay, Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director

Takahashi, Ryousuke

Director

Imanishi, Takashi

Director, Episode Director

Kramer, Steve

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Ending Theme

"Kanashii Toki wa Itsumo" by Hiroyuki Matsuda

Reviews

May 18, 2023

DISKOWN

Recommended

The Cockpit is an OVA series that consists of three different stories that are all interconnected by an anti-war theme. Because of this, the narratives of each episode are rather weak, as there is little time to fully develop characters. However, the series does its best but could have done better with an extended runtime. The art and animation throughout the series are top-notch and pay great attention to detail. While the OVA is not historically accurate, it ultimately succeeds in portraying the extreme ideologies at the end of the Second World War, as well as their human cost. Overall, The Cockpit has its shortcomings ...

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Nov 11, 2023

SgtSalamander

Mixed Feelings

The Cockpit is a rare beast of an anime. It's about WW2, doesn't cover it exclusively from the Japanese perspective, and consists of three self-contained vignettes. It's a strange mix of topic, genre, and format, resulting in an OVA which is conceptually strong, but still falls short in some ways which are too glaring to ignore. Beginning with the story, it is right off the bat the strongest part of the show. They are poignant tales of morality, honor, and military tragedy that manage to lay bare the conflict of these things within the human heart in artful and arresting fashion. Though, the show starts ...

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Jul 3, 2019

ktulu007

Not Recommended

The Cockpit is an early 90s Madhouse OVA and it's based off of a Matsumoto Leiji manga. I'll be honest, I have never read or watched one of his works before. And I'm sure a bunch of people will say this is the wrong one to start with, but fuck it, we're going live.

Story:

The OVA is basically made up of three different stories, each one about soldiers during World War II. I'll probably go into the problems and high points for each episode individually before discussing the generals.

The first is about a Deutsche pilot who gets disgraced and then is offered a chance at redemption, ...

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