Sentou Yousei Yukikaze


Yukikaze

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Battle Fairy Yukikaze, Yukikaze Operation, Fairy Air Force
Japanese: 戦闘妖精雪風
English: Yukikaze
German: Yukikaze
French: Yukikaze
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 5
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 25, 2002 to Aug 26, 2005
Producers: Bandai Visual
Studios: Gonzo
Source: Novel
Genres: ActionAction, Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: MilitaryMilitary, PsychologicalPsychological, SpaceSpace
Duration: 37 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.191 (scored by 72297,229 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #33852
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Popularity: #4999
Members: 20,557
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Synopsis

It has been 33 years since an alien race, known as the JAM, emerged from a hyperspace passage over Antarctica with the sole purpose of invading Earth. Despite their unexpected initial assaults, a combined effort by humanity not only pushed the JAM force off of Earth but also moved the frontlines of the battle onto the JAM's homeworld of Fairy. Though out of sight and mind for the majority of Earth's inhabitants, the conflict still rages on Fairy, where the United Nations has established five bases and a powerful, technologically advanced military—including the Fairy Air Force (FAF).

Lieutenant Rei Fukai acts as a pilot for the FAF Special Air Force’s Boomerang reconnaissance squadron, flying a Super Sylph fighter jet with the personal name "Yukikaze." Soaring high above and observing the battles for air superiority, he is responsible for collecting and analyzing valuable intelligence on JAM methods. While his flying skills are unmatched, he also heavily relies on the highly advanced weaponry and near-sentient AI system of his aircraft.

Though despised by other members of the FAF for his antisocial and standoffish nature, Lt. Fukai continues to carry out his duties along with Yukikaze. However, during a particularly bloody battle, the appearance of an unresponsive and hostile aircraft catches the lieutenant off-guard—an aircraft which is of the same make and model as his own.

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Background

Sentou Yousei Yukikaze won the Tokyo Anime Award in the OVA category in 2003 and 2006. It also won the Packaged Work Award at the 2003 Animation Kobe Awards. The show's combat scenes were produced with help from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

The series was released on DVD as Yukikaze by Bandai Entertainment from February 17, 2004 to July 11, 2006.

Characters & Voice Actors

Jackson, Lynn

Supporting
Ikeda, Masako
Japanese

Rombart, Ansel

Supporting
Hashi, Takaya
Japanese

Foss, Edith

Supporting
Yamada, Miho
Japanese

Staff

Maseba, Yutaka
Producer
Iida, Umanosuke
Producer, Planning
Ishikawa, Manabu
Producer
Ookura, Masahiko
Director, Script, Storyboard


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"RTB" by Monsieur Kamayatsu




Reviews

Aug 26, 2024
I haven't read the original novel, but from the start it was clear to me that Battle Fairy Yukikaze was an adaptation of an older work. It's an odd mix of background paintings that feel taken straight out of mid-70s sci-fi novels, and digital-anime characters that look like obvious redesigns of much older ones, what with their bell-bottom pants and gaunt, Matsumoto-esque expressions. It straddles a line similar to other 2000s remakes like Cyborg 009 and Golgo 13, which I find comforting. It's a plangently philosophical story about humanity's battle with a fundamentally unknowable alien and eventually with itself. The plane-combat action scenes are fantastic, ...
Dec 7, 2019
This OVA is way better than I remember it being; watching it again more than ten years later. I remember it being confusing, but that was probably because I was watching it as it came out with months between each episode's release.

Looking back, studio GONZO has had a mixed bag of excellent and terrible series. This is definitely one of their good ones. The plot may seem surreal or confusing in places, but if you go back and watch it a second time it seems pretty straight-forward. Parts might seem ambiguous, but that's just a quirk of Japanese storytelling. They ...
Apr 20, 2013
Mixed Feelings
A very pretty and detailed OVA but the plot is too disjointed and confusing.

PLOT: I liked the premise of the plot and the setting of the action, but felt that the execution could have been much better. The scripting just feels random and it's almost like there are huge chunks of exposition cut from the final edit. I did like the realistic approach to warfare and the fact that there is no mecha – its all fighter jets, but I did feel that they went overboard with the techno-jargon as all that just went straight over my head! The central characters are no where near ...

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