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The Sky Crawlers

The Sky Crawlers

Alternative Titles

English: The Sky Crawlers
Japanese: スカイ・クロラ

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 2, 2008
Producers: Production I.G
Genres: Drama, Military
Duration: 2 hr. 2 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.631 (scored by 3785 users)
Ranked: #7712
Popularity: #705
Members: 6,811
Favorites: 40
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Synopsis

The Sky Crawlers is based on a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period.

Related Anime

Adaptation: The Sky Crawlers

Characters & Voice Actors

Kannami, Yuichi
Kannami, Yuichi
Main
Kase, Ryo
Japanese
Kase, Ryo
Sinterniklaas, Michael
English
Sinterniklaas, Michael
Kusanagi, Suito
Kusanagi, Suito
Main
Kikuchi, Rinko
Japanese
Kikuchi, Rinko
Sheh, Stephanie
English
Sheh, Stephanie
Teacher
Teacher
Supporting
 
Tokino, Naofumi
Supporting
Tanihara, Shosuke
Japanese
Tanihara, Shosuke

Staff

Oshii, Mamoru
Director
Ayaka
Theme Song Performance
Nishio, Tetsuya
Character Design, Chief Animation Director
Nagai, Kazuo
Art Director


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Jul 15, 2009
kurodayuchi
If you love me, will you kill me? I’m tired of this endless cycle…

The Sky Crawlers is a movie about genetically altered humans beings called Kildren (kill+children) who can never grow and are bound to endless aerial battles in an alternate historic period. This is a standard synopsis, the real one is that this is a story about meaning of the existence, wars, love, suicide, destiny, and emptiness.

It’s not a movie for general public taste; actually, most of people will probably want to give up on the movie before the first hour, since even though it’s a movie with war as a central subject and read more
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May 29, 2009
santetjan
Based on a series of books by Mori Hiroshi, The Sky Crawlers, the latest film by Oshii Mamoru (of Ghost in the Shell fame), tells a tale within a world that is essentially at peace, wherein wars have once again become the domain of contracted mercenary groups who fight each other in the name of their contractors, be it for some profound reason or simply for entertainment, these wars being fought to a large extent by 'Kildren', long-lived beings who are not quite human.
The film opens with the arrival of Kannami Yuuichi, a 'Kildren' ('Kild'?), at a small forward base of his company in Europe, read more
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Recommendations

Aerial dogfights, lots of CGI. An unexplored setting with wars against unfamiliar foes. The story and characters are quite different though.
Both are very thought-provoking

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Ending Theme

"Konya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete..." by Ayaka

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