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Area 88 (OAV)

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[ adapted from Area 88 (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Area 88 (TV) (remake)

Alternative title:
エリア88 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, romance
Themes: military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 132 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 33 votes (sub:24, dub:5, ?:2, Ita.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:23, dub:14, ?:1)
 Good: 24 votes (sub:15, dub:9)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 347 users, rank: #1345
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.439 (Good+.43), std. dev.: 1.7975, rank: #1000
Weighted mean: 7.353 (Good+.35), rank: #993 (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 5.92 / won't finish: 2.55)
Bayesian estimate: 7.364 (Good+.36), rank: #777
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 1985-02-05 to 1986-06-15
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"How Far to Paradise" by Derek Jackson
#2: "Sabaku no Illusion" by Shima Kitahara (ep 3)
Ending Theme:
"「悲しみのDestiny」 (Kanashimi no Destiny)" by MIO
#2: "So Long My Love" by Shima Kitahara (ep 3)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
Comment:
Central Park Media's version of Area 88 had all three episodes released on VHS and laserdisc, but only episode 1 was released on DVD.
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Related releases:
    Area 88 (DVD) 2008-11-25 (from $11.06)
    Area 88 (DVD) 2006-07-25 (from $10.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hisayuki Toriumi

Screenplay: Akiyoshi Sakai

Music: Ichiro Nitta

Original Manga: Kaoru Shintani

Character Design: Toshiyasu Okada

Art director: Mitsuki Nakamura

Sound director: Shigeharu Shiba

Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Kaneko
Juro Sugimura

Executive producer: Ren Usami

Producer: Yuji Nunokawa

Chief animator: Toshiyasu Okada

Production Design: Ren Usami

Theme Song Performance:
Derek Jackson (OP)
MIO (ED)

 

Kaneto Shiozawa as Shin Kazama

Iemasa Kayumi as McCoy

Kei Tomiyama as Mickey Simon

Sakiko Tamagawa as Ryoko Tsugumo

Taro Shigaki as Saki Vashutal

Yoshito Yasuhara as Satoru Kanzaki

Chikao Ohtsuka as Guen Van Chom

Makio Inoue as Charlie

Masashi Hirose as Campbell

Mayumi Tanaka as Satoru Kanzaki (young)

Michihiro Ikemizu as Bowman

Mikio Terashima as Ryouko's father

Shigeru Chiba as Escape Killer #1

Shuusei Nakamura as 'Rocky' Mutsugi Goh

Takuzou Kamiyama as Greg Gates

Tesshô Genda as Boris

Toshio Furukawa as Bucksy

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Yasuda (ep3)

Japanese companies 

Distributor: King Video

Music Production: Starchild Records

Production:
Project 88
Studio Pierrot


English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Scott McClennen (ADV Films)

Translation: Neil Nadelman (Central Park Media)

ADR Script: Clint Bickham (ADV Films)

Executive producer:
John Ledford (ADV Films)
John O'Donnell (Central Park Media)
Mark Williams (ADV Films)

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky (Central Park Media)

Dubbing Manager: Peter Bavaro (Central Park Media)

Dubbing supervisor: Anthony Salerno (Central Park Media)

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami (ADV Films)

Mixing:
Bernard Hayden (Central Park Media)
Boaz Atmoz (Central Park Media)
Jason Candler (Central Park Media)
Matt Wittmeyer (ADV Films)

Production Coordination: Edward S. Whang (Central Park Media)

Project Translator: Brendan Frayne (ADV Films)

Senior Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm (ADV Films)

Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer (ADV Films)

Chris Patton as Shin Kazama (ADV dub)

Dan Olk as Shin Kazama (CPM dub)

Randy Glass as Shin Kazama (Manga dub)

Andy McAvin as McCoy (ADV dub)

Brian Brite as McCoy (CPM dub)

Hilary Haag as Ryoko Tsugumo (ADV dub)

Illich Guardiola as Saki Vashtal (ADV dub)

James Ward as Mickey Simon (CPM dub)

Jason Douglas as Satoru Kanzaki (ADV dub)

Jayce Reeves as Saki Vashutal (CPM dub)

John Swasey as Mickey Simon (ADV dub)

Kathleen McInerney as Ryoko Tsugumo (CPM dub)

Rob Mungle as Greg Gates (ADV dub)

Tim Livo as Satoru Kanzaki (CPM dub)

B.H. O'Neill as Boris (CPM dub)

David Fuhrer as Mick Simon (Manga dub)

David Stuart as Goh "Rocky" Mutsuki (CPM dub)

George Manley as
Charlie (ADV dub)
Embassy Director (ADV dub)

Jack Cardwell as Greg Gates (CPM dub)

Mark Blackburn as Saki Vashutal (Manga dub)

Mark Lang as Ryoko's father (CPM dub)

Pete Zarustica as Bucksy (CPM dub)

Shannon Conley as Yasuda (Manga dub)

Tim Breese as Satoru Kanzaki (Manga dub)

Wendy Walker as Ryoko Tsugumo (Manga dub)

Adam Kilgour (Manga dub)

Alan Spalding (Manga dub)

Brian Gurl (Manga dub)

David Purves (Manga dub)

Lee Stringer (ADV Dub)

Louis Atlas (Manga dub)

Rachael Nanstad (Manga dub)

Roger Rifkin (Manga dub)

Rory Kaplan (Manga dub)

Steven Bogard (Manga dub)

English companies 

ADR Recording: ADV Studios

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps (Expired)

Dubbing: Sound Dimensions, NY (CPM Dub)

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

Licensed by:
ADV Films
Central Park Media (Expired)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 
(none)
 

Flavio Arras as Shin Kazama

Ivo De Palma as Saki Vashtal

Luca Semeraro as Mickey Simon

Marcella Silvestri as Ryoko Tsugumo

Marco Balzarotti as Satoru Kanzaki

Maurizio Scattorin as McCoy

Alberto Sette as
Nguyen Van Chom
Soichiro Ito

Anna Bonel as Cameriera

Antonio Paiola as Zenzo Tsugumo

Augusto Di Bono as
Boris
Giuseppe Farina

Claudio Moneta as Go 'Rocky' Mutsugi

Enrico Maggi as Analista Militare

Felice Invernici as Bugsy

Gianfranco Gamba as
Commissario Di Polizia
Rappresentante Della Makwell

Marina Massironi as Satoru Kanzaki (child)

Massimiliano Lotti as Charlie 'La Fenice'

Orlando Mezzabotta as Col. Roundell

Paolo Marchese as Ambasciatore Di Aslan

Pietro Ubaldi as Greg Gates

Roberta Gallina Laurenti as
Shin Kazama (child)
Taeko Yasuda

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)

 
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