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Area 88 (TV)

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[ remake of Area 88 (OAV) ]

Alternative title:
エリア88 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Deep in the sandy plains of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Asran, Japanese photojournalist Makoto Shinjou travels to the remote airbase Area 88 to document the activities of the mercenaries who destroy the country's enemies for a living. Among their ranks is Shin Kazama, a Japanese ace pilot who was tricked by his former best friend into signing a contract with the Asran's fighter squad. Because of this, he lost his career as an airline pilot and the chance to marry his fiancee Ryoko Tsugumo. Now, Shin has three choices in order to leave Area 88 and return to Japan: serve the mercenary group for three years, earn US$1.5 million, or desert the base, risking imminent death.
User Ratings: 292 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 39 votes (sub:21, dub:15, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 55 votes (sub:31, dub:21, Spa.sub:2, ?:1)
 Good: 92 votes (sub:52, dub:37, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 49 votes (sub:32, dub:13, edit.dub:2, Spa.sub:2)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:6)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 743 users, rank: #811
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.997 (Good-.00), std. dev.: 1.6747, rank: #1779
Weighted mean: 6.877 (Good-.12), rank: #1810 (seen all: 7.26 / seen some: 5.77 / won't finish: 4.48)
Bayesian estimate: 6.898 (Good-.10), rank: #1533
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2004-01-08 to 2004-03-25
Releases: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Mission (Fuga)" by angels
Ending Theme:
#1: "Dance in the Battlefield" by Keiko Terada (eps 1-8)
#2: "Dance in the Battlefield (English Version)" by Keiko Terada (eps 9-12)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    Area 88 DVD 1

Related releases:
    Area 88 - Complete Collection (Thinpak) (DVD) 2007-01-16 (from $26.99)
    Area 88 - Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-12-30 (from $23.99)
    Area 88 - A Lonely Crossing of Paths (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $3.00)
    Area 88 - Wings of the Wind (DVD 4) 2006-01-17 (from $21.29)
    Area 88 - Treacherous Skies (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $3.00)
    Area 88 - Treacherous Skies + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $5.00)
    Area 88 - Tightrope at the Speed of Sound (DVD 3) 2005-11-15 (from $19.32)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Isamu Imagake

Script: Hiroshi Ohnogi

Music: Kazunori Miyake

Original Manga: Kaoru Shintani

Character Design: Hiroshi Koujina

Art director: Akira Suzuki

Chief Animation Director:
Ayako Kurata
Hiroshi Koujina

Mechanical design: Hiroaki Sato

Production Cooperation: Ryousuke Takahashi

Theme Song Composition: Vincent De Moor (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Angels (OP)
Keiko Terada (ED)

 

Shinichiro Miki as Makoto Shinjou

Takehito Koyasu as Shin Kazama

Chikao Ohtsuka as McCoy

Hikaru Midorikawa as Satoru Kanzaki

Hiroki Takahashi as Saki Vashtar

Masaya Takatsuka as Greg Gates

Ryou Hirohashi as Kim Aba

Sanae Kobayashi as Kitri Parveneh

Satsuki Yukino as Ryoko Tsugumo

Shigenori Sôya as Gustav Tanherm

Tomokazu Seki as Micky Simon

Hidenari Ugaki as Zenzo Tsugimo (eps 6, 11)

Hirofumi Tanaka as Campbell (ep 5)

Hisao Egawa as Captain Shibukawa (ep 6)

Kazunari Kojima as Ground Crewman (ep 8)

Kazushige Tanaka as Larry

Keiichi Sonobe as McWell Representative (ep 11)

Kenji Nomura as Hans (ep 10)

Kimiko Saito as Alicia (eps 2, 8-9)

Koichi Sakaguchi as Enemy Controller (ep 2)

Koji Fukumaki as Roundell

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Patrick Reed (ep 10)

Osamu Ryuutani as Controller (eps 5-6)

Ryouhei Nakao as Steve (ep 2)

Takahiro Fujimoto as Hoover (ep 5)

Wakana Yamazaki as Taeko Yasuda (ep 6)

Japanese companies 

3D Graphics:
Group TAC
View Works

Animation: Group TAC

Broadcaster:
Animax
TV Asahi

Music Production:
avex mode
TV Asahi Music

Production:
Animax
avex mode
Media Factory
TV Asahi

Recording Facility: Studio Gong


English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Scott McClennen

Translation: David Hewitt

ADR Script:
Christine Auten
Scott McClennen

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Scott McClennen

Editing:
John Carrithers
Neil O'Sullivan

Head Of Translations: Javier Lopez

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Military Consultant: Kevin Divers

Mix: Matt Wittmeyer

Packaging & DVD Graphics: Russell Etchen

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Paul Mericle
Sara Muir

Production manager: Joey Goubeaud

Recording engineer: Jacob A. Gragard

Senior Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm

Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer

Chris Patton as Shin Kazama

John Gremillion as Makoto Shinjou

Andy McAvin as McCoy

George Manley as Gustav Tanherm

Hilary Haag as Ryoko Tsugumo

Illich Guardiola as Saki Vashtar

Jason Douglas as Satoru Kanzaki

John Swasey as Mickey Simon

Nancy Novotny as Kitri Parveneh

Rob Mungle as Greg Gates

Serena Varghese as Kim Aba

Eric Chase as Enemy Commander (ep 2)

Jim McClellan as Larry

Jon Talia as Pilot (ep 1)

Lee Stringer as Pilot (ep 1)

Luci Christian as Alicia (ep 2)

Mandar Sane as Pilot (ep 2)

Marty Fleck as Roundell

Mike Kleinhenz as
Boris (ep 2)
Radio Operator (ep 12)

Mike MacRae as Curly

Quentin Haag as Pilot (ep 1)

Rick Piersall as Mo

Stuart Halpryn as Pilot (ep 1)

Andrew Love

Bob Biggerstaff

Greg Ayres

Jacob A. Gragard

Jovan Jackson

Luci Christian

Marcy Rae

Mike Vance

Paul Locklear

Scott McClennen

Steven Foster

Vic Mignogna

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (Asia)
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Recording Studio: ADV Studios

Korean staff 
Korean companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Animax Korea

Korean cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Dubbing Production: Laurence FONTANAROSA

Production Assistant: Stephanie Leempoels

Recording:
Julie TRIBOUT
Michaël PICARD

Voice Direction: Philippe Roullier

Aurélien Ringelheim as Shin

Philippe Roullier as Shinjo

Antoine Tome as Kanzaki

Eric Chevallier as Greg

Jessie LAMBOTTE as Ryoko

Olivia Dutron as Kitori

Taric MEHANI as Kim Aba

Tarik Mehani as Kim Aba

Thierry Kazazian as Shaki

Vincent Violette as Mickey

Yann Pichon as McCoy

Cyrille Monge as
Boris
Randy
Shibukawa

Eric Chevallier as Gorille

Eric Peter as Roundel

Mathieu Rivolier as Gashav

French companies 

ADR Production: Studio Chinkel

Broadcaster:
Ciné Cinema Famiz
Gong (from September 2009)

Distributor: Dybex

Dubbing Studio: Chinkel

 
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