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##AREA 88 TV and OVA Discussion

TV Episode 12 | Index Thread | The End?

Today's Discussion Prompts

• What do you think their goal was in creating the TV version? Do you think they succeeded?
• Could this have worked as a full length series? Should they have made a faithful adaptation of the full manga?
• What do you think of rewriting to give Rocky a real character arc?
• Should Japanese fighter jet anime stick to Ikenai Borderline, Highway to the Danger Zone, or Anthem for their BGM?
• Best and worst plane representation in TV and OVA?
• Did any OVA arc o

##AREA 88 TV Episode 12

"This is Zero-Zero Section, Kazama Shin."

Lock On / Kaze no Tsubasa (Wings of the Wind)

TV Episode 11 | Index Thread | OVA and TV Discussion

This is a TV Only thread!

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

Tomorow's discussion covers both the TV and comparisons with the OVA.

• What do you think their goal was in creating the TV version? Do you think they succeeded?
• Could this have worked as a full length series? Should they have made a faithful adaptation of the full manga?
• What do you think of rewriting to give Rocky a real cha

##AREA 88 TV Episode 11

"I'll listen when I get back."

Truth / Suna no Shinjistu (Truth of the Sand)

TV Episode 10 | Index Thread | TV Episode 12

This is a TV Only thread!

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Q1: What do you think of Kanzaki and Ryoko's wedding? How is that going to play out?
• Q2: Did Makoto get what was coming to him? Were you waiting for it?
• Q3: How much of Shin's misfortune is due to Kanzaki, and how much is due to his own self-sabotage?

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

I got nothing. I'm getting verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves

##AREA 88 TV Episode 10

"If you leave here, don't ever come back."

Fire Ball/ Onsoku no Tightrope (Fateful Contrail)

TV Episode 9 | Index Thread | TV Episode 11

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Patrick Reed — Mickey's former comrade in Vietnam, now a mercenary for the anti-government forces. Aircraft: MiG-23

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Why didn't Patrick stay in Oklahoma?
• What do you make of Shin and Makoto's discussion of friends and Kanzaki?
• [OVA:]>!This episode seems to have addressed the themes of the OVA the

##AREA 88 TV Episode 9

"What's the point of being alive anyways"

Canyon / Onsoku no Tightrope (Tightrope at the Speed of Sound)

TV Episode 8 | Index Thread | TV Episode 10

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Roundell — Aircraft: Blackburn Buccaneer

Today's Discussion Prompts

• [OVA] >!Did this version benefit from the extra time? Did it seem more credible? Did you miss the Harriers?!<
• Q1: What do you think Makoto gained from his ride-along?

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

• [Q1:]>!Why didn't Patrick stay in Okla

##AREA 88 TV Episode 8

"He was measuring the time left in a life."

Sand Glass / Suna no Juudan (Bullet of the Sands)

TV Episode 7 | Index Thread | TV Episode 8

This is a TV Only thread!

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Q1: How do you feel about this change in tone in middle of the series?
• Bonus Q2: Seen any sniper movies / anime?

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

• [OVA] >!Did this version benefit from the extra time? Did it seem more credible? Did you miss the Harriers?!<
• [Q1:] >!What do you think Makoto gained from his ride-along?!<

Trivia: Th

##AREA 88 TV Episode 6

Hungry Boy / SWEET SOLDIER (Sweet Soldier)

TV Episode 6 | Index Thread | TV Episode 8

This is a TV Only thread!

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Q1: Did Kim raise any death flags for you?
• Q2: Was this a clever use of the Harrier or a complete fantasy?
• Q3: !How mercenary was Shin to pick Kim for his fuel? Or was that just a cover?

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

• [Q1:]>!How do you feel about this change in tone in middle of the series?!<

Trivia: This episode is probably adapted from a chapter where Kim's Harrier duels a V

##AREA 88 TV Episode 6

"You have the look of someone waiting for a lover. And you have the look of a hunter stalking his prey."

Cross Over / Kodoku no Kousaten (Intersection of Solitude)

TV Episode 5 | Index Thread | TV Episode 7

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Shin Kazama — Aircraft: F-5E

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Based on the OVA, you may have been expecting more from today's encounter. But on its own, how would you rate the Shin-Kanzaki and Shin-Ryoko scenes?
• Are you watching the previews?

Tomorrow's D

##AREA 88 TV Episode 5

"If you're going to talk to a lady, start by taking a shower first."

Lip Stick / Kachiki na Rouge (Unyielding Rouge)

TV Episode 4 | Index Thread | TV Episode 6

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Kitori Palvanaff — Daughter of the king of Aslan. Aircraft: Mirage F-1 (damaged)
• Shin Kazama — Aircraft: F-4 Phantom (temporary)

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Q1: How is Kitori going to shake up the dynamics at Area 88? Do you think she's intended to be a love interest?

Tomorrow's Discussio

##AREA 88 TV Episode 4

"If you understand how good water tastes, you can survive in the desert."

Desert / Uragiri no Sora (The Treacherous Sky)

TV Episode 3 | Index Thread | TV Episode 5

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Ryoko Tsugumo — Daughter of Yamato Airlines CEO and Shin's girlfriend
• Satoru Kanzaki — Shin's childhood friend and betrayer

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Q1: Do you think this was a good spot for Shin's flashback?

Tomorrow's Discussion, Today!

• [Q1:] >!How is Kitori going to shake up

##AREA 88 TV Episode 3

"Your sky just came into view."

Shin and Makoto / Aozora no FINDER (Viewfinder of a Blue Sky)

TV Episode 2 | Index Thread | TV Episode 4

This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Randy — Aircraft: A-4 Skyhawk
• Shin Kazuma — Aircraft F-4 Phantom (temporary)
• Greg Gates — Aircraft: A-4E (wrecked)
• Big Sammy — the Area 88 radar
• Makoto Shinjou — working for somebody

Today's Discussion Prompts

• [First Timers (anybody?)] >!What do you think the story is behind the

##AREA 88 TV Episode 2

"I can't be your friend. Friends always betray. They go and die ahead of me."

Boris / Yūhi no Bohyō (Tombstone of the Setting Sun)

TV Episode 1 | Index Thread | TV Episode 3

###People, Places, Things

Boris — British pilot. Aircraft: F-8E Crusader Gustav — head mechanic of Area 88 Roundel — Saki's executive officer at Area 88

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Compare Shin and Boris, as the Crusader pilots who always returned. Who is the Shinigami?
• Boris won't give up his battered F-8. Is that sentiment

##AREA 88 TV Episode 1

###Blue Sky / Sabaku no Tsubasa (Desert Wings)

OVA Episode 3 | Index Thread | TV Episode 2

###This is a TV Only thread!

###People, Places, Things

• Shin Kazuma — Ace Pilot at Area 88. Aircraft: F-8E Crusader
• Mickey Simon — former USN pilot. Aircraft: F-100D Super Saber
• Greg Gates — former Danish AF pilot. Aircraft: A-4E Skyhawk
• Kim Aba — Youngest pilot at Area 88, from the African country of "Runga" Aircraft: AV-8A Harrier
• McCoy — independent supplier for the base
• **Saki Vasht

##AREA 88 FORTIETH Anniversary Rewatch

##ACT III: Burning Mirage

OVA Episode 2 | Index Thread | TV Episode 1

###People, Places, Things

• Shin Kazuma — Aircraft: F-20A
• Jess — Aircraft: Kfir (killed)
• Nuyen Van Com — former pilot of the South Vietnamese Air Force, known as the "Shark of Tonkin Bay" Aircraft: F-105 Thunderchief (killed)
• Mickey Simon — Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat
• Roundell — executive officer of Area 88
• "Iron Hand" Campbell — Aircraft: A-4 Skyhawk (killed)

Today's Discussion Prompts

• Do you like Coca-Cola™
• How much would you crave cup ramen

##AREA 88 FORTIETH Anniversary Rewatch

##ACT II: The Requirements of Wolves

Episode 1 | Index Thread | Episode 3

###People, Places, Things

• Saki Vasthar; son of the anti-government forces leader Aircraft: Kfir
• Bugsy Malone — Aircraft: F-4 Phantom (presumed killed)
• Shin Kazama — Aircraft: F-5E Tiger II (wrecked), Kfir (temporary)
• Rocky — (killed)
• Guiseppe Farina — a mafia don
• Charlie "The Phoenix" — Aircraft: F-16 (killed)

About The Manga

In 1979, Shogakukan rebranded their MANGAKUN magazine to Shounen BIG COMIC. Debuting with the new magazine was a new serial, AREA 88, by Kaoru S