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Area 88

Animax Ended Action • Anime • War

1 Season · 12 Episodes · Premiered January 8, 2004 · Ended March 25, 2004

Area 88 takes place in the late 1970s/early 1980s and is largely set in a war-embroiled Middle Eastern country called the Kingdom of Asran. The war uses mercenary fighter pilots, with its headquarters at a secret desert air force base called Area 88. Up-and-coming airline pilot Shin Kazama gets tricked into signing up by his "friend" Satoru Kanzaki. Facing execution for deserting from Area 88, Shin reluctantly turns into a fighter pilot and attempts to serve his three year contract out. Area 88 attracts all kinds of people with all kinds of assorted and often sordid pasts. Among the other mercenaries are Mick Simon, an American who couldn't adjust to normal life after his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Mick becomes Shin's best friend at Area 88. Another familiar sight at Area 88 is McCoy, a greedy weapons dealer who sells everything the mercenaries need from toilet paper to the plan...

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

12 episodes
E01
Sky Blue - Desert Wings
Thu, Jan 8 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E02
Boris - Tombstone of the Setting Sun
Thu, Jan 15 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E03
Shin & Makoto - Finder of a Blue Sky
Thu, Jan 22 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E04
Desert - Skies of Betrayal
Thu, Jan 29 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E05
Lip Stick - Unyielding Rouge
Thu, Feb 5 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E06
Cross Over - Intersection of Solitude
Thu, Feb 12 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E07
Hungry Boy - Sweet Soldier
Thu, Feb 19 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E08
Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet
Thu, Feb 26 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E09
Canyon - Tightrope at the Speed of Sound
Thu, Mar 4 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E10
Fire Ball - Contrails of Destiny
Thu, Mar 11 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E11
Truth - Truth of the Sand
Thu, Mar 18 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
E12
Lock On - Wings of the Wind
Thu, Mar 25 2004 3:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Cast

Takehito Koyasu
Takehito Koyasu as Shin Kazama
Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki as Mickey Simon
Hiroki Takahashi
Hiroki Takahashi as Saki Vashtar
Shinichiro Miki
Shinichiro Miki as Makoto Shinjou
Shingenori Souya
Shingenori Souya as Gustav Tanchelm
Ryou Hirohashi
Ryou Hirohashi as Kim Aba
Sanae Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi as Kitri Parvaneh
Chikao Ōtsuka
Chikao Ōtsuka as McCoy
Hikaru Midorikawa
Hikaru Midorikawa as Satoru Kanzaki
Kimiko Saito
Kimiko Saito as Alicia
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