The Sky Crawlers

[+Gr.Viper]

An anime with an incredible amount of high-quality 3D graphics and a vague, almost abscent storyline. So, very Yukikaze-ish in a sense.

The thinking behind plane designs is pretty obvious - if it's a pusher, it's cool. And no one's bothered that the only guy flying with a tractor prop can kill anyone.

 

No way am I making this mod. Just a heads-up for those who might. The anime itself is worth watching only for combat scenes (IMHO). Maneuvers make sense, aerodynamics is more or less respected, wreckage is cool... Although there are no ground attack scenes.

Only one plane type gets most attention - the coax-prop pusher. If you can't think of a weird plane design, rip off from Germans and Japanese.

Some pics of what is there.

 

[+Julhelm]

Those are real cool. Sort of CS'ish.

[mdatelmi]

very cool designs!

 

The last model (last two shots) remind me a "props A-10" ...an A/G version will be interesting!

 

Some model-kits an die-cast..and other cool stuff...here:

http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?searchpage=to...d=sky%20crawler

[+Stratos]

Which anime is this one??

[+Gr.Viper]

See topic title - The Sky Crawlers. A single 2hr movie

http://sky.crawlers.jp/tsushin/

[Hans Topp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sky_Crawlers

 

Talk about the comic and the flim

[+Spillone104]

Here a couple of vids.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llqoqei-k1Y

 

Ok this is a total what-if (sci-fi) but seeing the aircraft manouvers like in the film Sthealt.... well for me it loose some points. Overall it seems good.

[TX3RN0BILL]

Don't think I'd be overstating if I'd say this is a Crimson Skies' fan's wet dream come true... almost... Anybody got any idea what those planes are? And what the single "normal" fighter is?

[the test pilot]

i think they are all fictitious, but the single-engined puller seems to be a bit like some japanese prototypes from wwII

 

 

and, btw, what do you have aganist pusher props? XD

 

 

seriously, the first aircraft i've ever flown for real is a pusher, and the ride has been quite nice.

Edited May 3, 2009 by the test pilot

[johnrey]

Who are the friendlies?The Intercepting Ones or the Escorting Ones?

[Hans Topp]

I read that is a entertainment for the public, something like gladiators in the roman time.

[+Gr.Viper]

The premise is that two futuristic corporations/teams fight one another in the air, presumably, over some designated areas. Battles are broadcast as an entertainmnent show with scores etc. Pilots are sort of expendable: they're genetically engineered (and probably cloned) to stop aging process in their late teens, so they can only die if killed. Which happens to them a lot, but some go bonkers earlier.

[FalconC45]

Any idea if the anime would come in the states?

 

Falcon