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The Sky Crawlers (movie)

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Alternative title:
Exploradores del Cielo (Spanish)
Los Exploradores del Cielo (Spanish)
Sky Crawlers, l'armée du ciel (French)
Skycrawlers (Spanish)
The Sky Crawlers - I cavalieri del cielo (Italian)
The Sky Crawlers: Eternamente (Portuguese)
スカイ・クロラ (Japanese)
空中殺手 (Chinese (Taiwan))
青空の行者 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
Themes: aircraft, death, military
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story unfolds in another 'possible' modern age. The main characters are youngsters called "Kildren", who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a "war as entertainment" organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.
User Ratings: 787 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 84 votes (sub:65, dub:13, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Excellent: 132 votes (sub:90, dub:34, ?:1, others:7
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
)
 Very good: 180 votes (sub:128, dub:41, ?:1, raw:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Brazilian Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 163 votes (sub:109, dub:44, others:10
2 French subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:52, dub:18, ?:1, others:2
2 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 70 votes (sub:46, dub:15, ?:2, raw:2, Eng:1, others:4
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:18, dub:5, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian edited dub
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 38 votes (sub:27, dub:9, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:7)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1145 users, rank: #1078 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.175 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0402, rank: #2984 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.096 (Good), rank: #3110 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.12 / seen some: 4.47 / won't finish: 3.67)
Bayesian estimate: 7.103 (Good), rank: #2875 (of 7243)
Running time: 121 minutes
Vintage:
2008-08-02
2010-10-24 (3xl - Televisió de Catalunya)
2010-12-26 (Rai 4 - Italy)
2011-04-21 (Latin America)
Premiere date:
2008-08-02 (Japan)
2008-11-27 (Singapore)
2008-12-05 (Taiwan)
2009-09-25 (Spain, Cines Gólem Madrid)
Release dates: We have 7
Ending Theme:
"Konya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete (今夜も星に抱かれて)" by Ayaka
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
Based on a series of novels by Hiroshi Mori.
Reviews:
Sky Crawlers (Dec 22, 2008)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Sky Crawlers (Blu-ray) 2009-05-26 (from $8.02)
DVD (Region 1)
    The Sky Crawlers (DVD) 2009-05-26 (from $6.84)
Universal Media Disc
    The Sky Crawlers (UMD) 2009-05-26

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay: Chihiro Itō
Unit Director: Toshihiko Nishikubo
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Hiroshi Mori
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio
Art Director: Kazuo Nagai
Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio
Mechanical design: Atsushi Takeuchi
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Animation Check:
Junko Nishimura
Rie Mizorogi (assistant)
Art Setting: Takashi Watabe
CGI Supervision: Hiroki Hayashi
Color setting: Kumiko Yusa
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Line Producer: Toru Kawaguchi
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Recording engineer: Shuji Inoue
Sound Effects:
Randy Thom
Tom Myers
Sound Effects Editing: Scott Guitteau
Special Thanks To: Hideaki Anno
Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura
Rinko Kikuchi as Suito Kusanagi
Ryo Kase as Yūichi Kannami

Chiaki Kuriyama as Midori Mitsuya
Shosuke Tanihara as Naofumi Tokino

Ayumu Hasegawa as Airplane Pilot
Daisuke Hirakawa as
Aihara
Aizu Yudagawa
Eija Niskanen as Tourist
Fumie Mizusawa as Prostitute
Hiro Shimono as Airplane Pilot
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Honda
Ian Moore as Public Line
Jill Sinclair Ito as Tourist
Joe Claire Bainbridge as Newscaster
Kenichi Mochizuki as Maintenance Staff
Lucy as Towa's Dog
Mabuki Andou as Fūko
Mako Hyōdō as Kusumi
Megumi Yamaguchi as Mizuki Kusanagi
Mugihito as Mugirou Yamagiwa
Naoto Takenaka as Bar Owner
Ooki Sugiyama as Airplane Pilot
Pericles as Towa's Dog
Takuma Takewaka as Uroyuki Shinoda
Tomomi Watanabe as Prostitute
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Towa Sasakura
Yoshinori Fujita as Airplane Pilot
Yukari Nishio as
Bus Guide
News Announcer
Yuriko Hishimi as Yuri

Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Ezra Weisz
Michael Sinterniklaas as Yuichi Kannami
Stephanie Sheh as Suito Kusanagi

Troy Baker as Naofumi Tokino

Bryce Hitchcock as Mizuki Kusanagi
Doug Erholtz as
Aizu Yudagawa
Blond-Haired Kildren
Kirsten Potter as Fuko
Mari Devon as Towa Sasakura
Paul St. Peter as Mission Briefer

English companies
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Sony Pictures
Internet Streaming:
Crackle (Expired)
Tubi TV
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Ein's M&M Co, Ltd.
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Julie Basecqz
Cathy Boquet as Suito Kusanagi
Gregory Praet as Yuichi Kannami

Pablo Hertsen as Naofumi Toniko

Claire Tefnin as Mizuki Kusanagi
Emmanuel Dekoninck as
Aihara
Aizu Yudagawa

French companies
Broadcaster: Canal + Family (from March 2011)
Dubbing: Sonicville
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Screen Inserts: Alfonso Vallés (Spain dub)
Albert Trifol Segarra as Yuichi Kannami (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Suito Kusanagi (Catalan dub)
Graciela Molina as Suito Kusanagi (Spain dub)

Alejandro Graue as Naofumi Tokino
Angel de Gracia as Naofumi Tokino (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Naofumi Tokino (Catalan dub)
Eduard Itchart as Naofumi Tokino (Catalan dub) 
Gemma Ibáñez as Fuko (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Karin Zavala as Midori Mitsuya
Maria Rosa Guillén as Towa Sasakura (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Midori Mitsuya (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Paula Ribó as Mizuki Kusanagi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Aizu Yudagawa (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Agustina Priscila as Mizuki Kusanagi
Albert Roig as Cambrer (Catalan dub)
Alfonso Vallés as Mugiro Yamagiwa (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Ariadna Giménez as Bus Guide (Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Aihara (Catalan dub)
Carmen Calvell as
News Announcer (Spain dub)
Presentadora (Catalan dub)
Cesc Martínez as Isamu Hiiragi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Aihara (Spain dub)
Diego Brizzi as
Aihara
Aizu Yudagawa
Hernan Bravo as Uroyuki Shinoda
Joan Massotkleiner as Honda (Catalan dub)
Joel Mulachs as Fuko (Catalan dub) 
Marta Estrada as Yuri (Catalan dub; Spain dub; waitress)
Natalia Rosminati as Towa Sasakura
Oscar Redondo as Uroyuki Shinoda (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Kusumi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Bar Owner (Spain dub)
Vicente Gil as Honda (Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez (Catalan dub)
Carles Lladó (Spain dub)
José Antequera (Catalan dub)
Marta Estrada (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Vicente Gil (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
3xl (Televisió de Catalunya)
Animax España
Canal MAX (Latin America)
HBO (Latin America; 2011-04-21)
HBO Latin America
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD and Blu-ray)
Sony Pictures Television (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio:
Takemaker (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming:
Claro Video (Latin America)
Crackle (dubbed; expired)
Filmin (Spain)
Nubeox
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Sony Pictures (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Guglielmo Pellegrini
Executive producer: Claudio Rapino

Dubbing Assistant: Paolo Magliozzi
Dubbing Sound: Francesco Longio
David Chevalier as Yuichi Kannami
Eleonora Reti as Suito Kusanagi

Flavio Aquilone as Naofumi Tokino
Valentina Mari as Midori Mitsuya

Achele Paolelli as Towa Sasakura
Emiliano Coltorti as Aizu Yudagawa
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Rai 4
Distributor: Dall'Angelo Pictures
Dubbing: D.P.R. & SERVICE
Sound: ITALIA FILM
German staff
German cast
Translation: Nina Olligschläger
Giuliana Jakobeit as Suito Kusanagi
Tobias Nath as Yuuichi Kannami

Rubina Kuraoka as Midori Mitsuya
Tobias Kluckert as Aizu Yudagawa / Aihara

Jan Spitzer as
Mechaniker
Sekretär Honda
Julia Blankenburg as Kusumi
Reinhard Scheunemann as
Barbesitzer
Mugirou Yamagiwa
Robert Glatzeder as Naofumi Tokino
Sabine Falkenberg as Towa Sasakura
Sabine Walkenbach as Kellnerin Yuri
German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Danish staff
Danish companies
(none)
Distributor: Pan Vision
Danish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Vanessa Alves
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco
Fernanda Bullara as Suito Kusanagi
Yuri Chesman as Yuichi Kannami

Hermes Baroli as Naofumi Tokino
Luciana Baroli as Midori Mitsuya

Elcio Sodré as Aihawa
Fátima Noya as Towa Sasakura
Flora Paulita as Mizuki Kusanagi
Ricardo Sawaya as Uroyuki Shinoda
Samira Fernandes as Fuuko
Vagner Fagundes as Aizu Yudagawa

Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Dublavídeo
DVD Distribution: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Brazil)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Pan Vision (Sweden)
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)

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