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Area 88 (TV)

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Alternative title:
エリア88 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: military
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: © Kaoru Shintani/MF•88 COMMITTEE
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: 422 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 45 votes (sub:26, dub:16, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 94 votes (sub:51, dub:38, ?:1, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 131 votes (sub:79, dub:50, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 71 votes (sub:46, dub:21, edit.dub:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 34 votes (sub:23, dub:10, others:1
1 greek subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:6)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1067 users, rank: #1155 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.965 (Good), std. dev.: 1.5912, rank: #4045 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.876 (Good), rank: #4188 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.16 / seen some: 5.73 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.896 (Good), rank: #3780 (of 7243)
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2004-01-08 to 2004-03-25
Release dates: 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)
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Area 88 DVD 1 (Aug 19, 2005)
Press Release:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Area 88 - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD) 2007-01-16
    Area 88 - Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-12-30 (from $79.97)
    Area 88 - Treacherous Skies (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $11.98)
    Area 88 - Treacherous Skies + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $31.98)
    Area 88 - A Lonely Crossing of Paths (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $20.69)
    Area 88 - Tightrope at the Speed of Sound (DVD 3) 2005-11-15 (from $11.33)
    Area 88 - Wings of the Wind (DVD 4) 2006-01-17 (from $7.39)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Isamu Imakake
Script:
Hiroshi Ohnogi (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Yuuichi Nomura (eps 5, 7, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Hiroto Katō (ep 6)
Hitoshi Nanba (ep 11)
Isamu Imakake (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 10, 12
)

Naoyuki Itou (ep 4)
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 7)
Takashi Watanabe (eps 5, 9-10)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 10)
Genta Honda (OP)
Hiroto Katō (eps 3, 6)
Isamu Imakake (ED; eps 1, 12)
Jōhei Matsuura (ep 3)
Kazumi Fukushima (ep 4)
Kunitoshi Okajima (ep 5)
Makoto Nagao (ep 9)
Takao Abo (ep 8)
Yutaka Hirata (eps 2, 7, 11)
Original creator: Kaoru Shintani
Character Design: Hiroshi Koujina
Art Director: Akira Suzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Ayako Kurata
Hiroshi Koujina
Animation Director:
Ayako Kurata (ep 12)
Gen Takase (eps 4, 9)
Hideo Maru (eps 1, 6)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 10)
Kaneaki Kusaka (ep 2)
Kenji Hattori (eps 2, 7, 11)
Seiki Tanaka (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 1, 6, 10)
Mechanical design: Michiaki Sato
Sound Director: Satoshi Yano
Director of Photography: Shinichiro Tate
2D Composite:
Chiaki Matsukura (View Works)
Chiharu Horita (View Works)
Hitoshi Tamura (Shinkuukan)
Mayuko Haseda (View Works)
Ryouichi Oota (View Works)
Takumi Miyata (Shinkuukan)
Tetsuji Sakamaki (Shinkuukan)
Yoshihiro Sekiya (Shinkuukan)
Yūjirō Yamane (View Works)
Yukako Umeuchi (View Works)
3D Composite:
Chiori Satou (Production I.G)
Eiji Mizutani (Production I.G)
Hiroki Matsukura (View Works)
Hiromitsu Saitō (View Works)
Hiroshi Souma (Production I.G)
Hisashi Akimoto (View Works)
Miki Yoshida (Production I.G)
Satoshi Shimura (Production I.G)
Shinya Odani (View Works)
Tomokazu Yoshioka (IKIF+)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka (IKIF+)
3D Modeling Cooperation:
Hironori Yoshida
Manabu Suzuki
3D Production: Yosuke Kagami (View Works)
Animation:
Ayako Kurata (OP)
Hiroshi Koujina (OP; ED)
Shō Misora (ED)
Color Coordination:
Yoshimi Mogi (OP; ED)
Yukiko Toida
Color design: Yoshimi Mogi
Digital Advancement: Kawai Ueno
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Episode Director Assistant: Tomoko Akiyama
Finish Check: Hironori Nochi
Format Editing: Masami Suzuki
In-Between Check: Yoshitomo Miura
Planning Cooperation:
Hiroji Matsuoka
Sou Yurugi
Producer Assistant:
Makoto Iijima
Sosuke Yamawaki
Production Advancement: Shunichiro Kanno
Production Cooperation:
Koutaro Nakayama
Ryousuke Takahashi
Production manager: Shoji Moriya
Recording: Sōshi Shiihara
Recording Adjustment: Satoshi Yano 
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Production:
Mikako Kurahashi
Yasuaki Sumi
Theme Song Arrangement: Cher Watanabe (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Cher Watanabe (ED)
Vincent De Moor (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Ken Takahashi
Theme Song Performance:
Angels (OP)
Keiko Terada (ED)
Shinichirō 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
Ryō Hirohashi as Kim Aba
Sanae Kobayashi as Kitri Parveneh
Satsuki Yukino as Ryoko Tsugumo
Shigenori Sōya as Gustav Tanherm
Tomokazu Seki as Micky Simon

Hidenari Ugaki as Zenzo Tsugimo (eps 6, 11)
Hirofumi Tanaka as
Campbell (ep 5)
Frank (ep 10)
Hisao Egawa as Captain Shibukawa (ep 6)
Kazunari Kojima as Ground Crewman (ep 8)
Kazunari Tanaka as Larry
Keiichi Sonobe as McWell Representative (ep 11)
Kenji Nomura as Hans (ep 10)
Kimiko Saitō as
Alicia (eps 2, 8-9)
Mother Superior (ep 6)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Enemy Controller (ep 2)
Kouji Haramaki as Roundell
Minoru Shiraishi as Operator
Naoki Imamura as Yamato Air Executive (ep 11)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Patrick Reed (ep 10)
Osamu Ryūtani as Controller (eps 5-6)
Ryouhei Nakao as Steve (ep 2)
Takahiro Fujimoto as
Hoover Kippenberg (ep 5)
Smiley (ep 8)
Wakana Yamazaki as Taeko Yasuda (ep 6)
Yousuke Akimoto as Boris (ep 2)
Yūji Kishi as Pilot

Ken Iwainofu (eps 1, 5)
Masashi Hamano (eps 1, 3)
Japanese companies
3D Direction: Studio Fantasia (ep 9)
3D Modeling Cooperation: Julia Japan
Animation Production: Media Factory
Background Art: Mori Art Studio
Background Scan: Scan-ya
Broadcaster:
Animax
TV Asahi
Color Inspection: Studio Toys
Key Animation:
AniVillage (eps 4, 9)
Daejin Animation
E-cho (ep 9)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 10)
Studio Wanpack (ep 7)
Synod (ep 7)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 10)
Music Production:
avex mode
TV Asahi Music
Planning Cooperation: Monthly Comic Flapper
Recording Facility: Studio Gong
Sound Effects: Rakuonsha
Sound Production: Aoni Production
special effects:
Asahi Production
Marix
Video Editing: Mitsui VTC
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Scott McClennen
Translation: David Hewitt
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2007, 2008 releases)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Scott McClennen

Creative Director: David Del Rio
DVD Menu Design: Bety Sosa (Thinpak)
Head of Translations: Javier Lopez
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Military Consultant: Kevin Divers
Mixing: Matt Wittmeyer
Packaging & DVD Graphics: Russell Etchen
Packaging Design:
Bety Sosa (Thinpak)
Larry Koteff (2008 release)
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)
Stuart Halpryn as Pilot (ep 1)

English companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (Asia)
The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Recording Studio: ADV Studios
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Han Choi as Makoto Shinjou
Won-Hyeong Choi as Shin Kazama

Hyeon-Seo An as Kim Aba
Ji Young Kim as Kitri Parveneh
Lee Byeongsik as McCoy
Lee Sangbeom as Micky Simon
Seung-Pyo Hong as Saki Vashtar
Won-Chan Lee as Greg Gates
Yong-Jun Kim as Gustav Tanherm

Park Yeonghwa as Roundell
Won-Chan Lee as Boris
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
French staff
French cast
Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Dubbing Production: Laurence Fontanarosa
Production Assistant: Stephanie Leempoels
Voice Direction: Philippe Roullier
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
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 (from 19 February 2006)
Gong (from September 2009)
Distributor: Dybex
Dubbing Studio: Chinkel

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