Area 88 - Tightrope at the Speed of Sound (DVD 3 of 4)

Release date: 2005-11-15
Suggested retail price: $29.98
Age rating: 13+

SKU: DAET-003
UPC: 702727116025 702727116025
ISBN-10: 1413911102 1413911102
ISBN-13: 9781413911107 9781413911107

Description:
Japanese ace Shin Kazama was staring at a cozy future at Yamato Airlines, where he was dating the president’s daughter. Instead, he’s tricked into signing on as a mercenary and now must serve a three year hitch or raise $1.5 million to buy his way out.

All supply transports to Area 88 have been cut off by the enemy. With the base running low on fuel and ammunition, supply costs have soared. The task of freeing the base from the enemy's stranglehold falls to Shin Kazama and a couple of unlikely pilots.

As if all that weren't enough, a sniper holds the base hostage. The pilots are willing to fight, but they have to locate the sniper first, so Makoto Shinjou decides to help out with his photographic skills. The thanks he gets is the ride of his life in a cavorting fighter jet on a dangerous roller-coaster ride through a narrow canyon. The well-protected enemy base lies at the opening to the canyon, but who will make it - and who will fail?

Contains episodes 7-9.

DVD Features: Anamorphic Video, Production Sketches, an Interview with Isamu Imakake (Director) & Satoshi Yano (Sound Director), an interview with Isamu Imakake (Director) & Shinichiro Tachi (Director of Photography), Aircraft Specs, Character Bios, Clean Opening Animation, Clean Closing Animation, Previews.

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

(added on 2005-08-30, modified on 2005-08-30)

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