jgrose Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 From the AN news page today: According to the Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo ( http://natsumemaya.terminus.net.au/news.htm ), the Japanese Comic Flapper Magazine has announced that Kaoru Shintani's classic military adventure story Area 88 will be revived for a new anime TV series next year. The Area 88 manga was first adapted into anime in a 1985-86 3 episode OAV series. Quote
bsu legato Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Area 88...? Wow, now there's an OVA/manga that I heven't heard about in a long time. I wonder what prompted them to bring this back after all this time. Quote
JsARCLIGHT Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Sweet. The technology finanally exsists (CG) to make the dogfights look super good like the Mac Zero stuff. Quote
areaseven Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Yeah, but who's gonna play Shin? Kaneto Shiozawa died three years ago. Quote
Jemstone Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Yeah, but who's gonna play Shin? Kaneto Shiozawa died three years ago. A sound alike sounds good to me. I'm just happy they are breathing life back into Area 88. Stupid CPM won't even release allt he OAVs on DVD. Quote
milty66 Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Is there any news if it's going to be a retelling of the story from the beginning, or a continuation like kadokawa did with Arslan? This actually has me excited again....A-88 is one of my favorite stories ever. Quote
Commander McBride Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Yes! I wonder if it'll be from the beginning, or if it'll pick up from the end of the already made stuff... Quote
Apollo Leader Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 If this is true, I wonder if the new series will pick up where part three ended or will this be a totally new interpretation that may or may not be set in 1979-1982? Quote
Gaijin Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 (edited) Very cool news indeed...hope Sega or Namco grabs the rights to make an updated video game. The old Capcom arcade/SNES UN Squadron version was one of my favorite shooters. Edited October 6, 2003 by Gaijin Quote
yellowlightman Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 I'm guessing that since the manga are pretty old, they might just reuse the characters in a new story? But I'd certainly prefer them using the original story, especially since I never completed my collection of the old Eclipse comics. Quote
Smiley424 Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 nice, been meaning to get around to checking out Area 88 for a long while now. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 Impressive Area-88 is the best shooter for the Super Famicom. Quote
Mechwolf Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 Cool news. Now if someone would reissue & finish the Area88 manga for N.A. audiences, I'd be happy. Quote
myk Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 I wonder if Shin will keep his usual haircut. Actually, we all know that they'll make him look like Aegis Fokker... Quote
SpacePirateNeko Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 Same haircut please...and use an 80s artist ...not one of these boring "lets make everything as angular and ugly as we can " wannabee artist Quote
Knight26 Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 Totally sweet, I wonder if it will be a retelling with a whole new storyline, an animated version of the whole manga run, which would be sweet, or a continuation of the animated storyline. Personnally I hope for an animated version of the original manga. Quote
DestroidsRage Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 SWEET!!! This is incredible news!!! I still havent bought Area 88, but I've been planning on it for a while. Now I have a huge incentive to get my ass in gear ^__^ ! Power to the classics! -BEN-MAN- Quote
Angel's Fury Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 (edited) Wht's Area 88 about? (detailed discription please) Edited October 9, 2003 by Angel's Fury Quote
hevangel2 Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 In short, Area 88 is a comic about mercenary pilot fighting a civil in an oil rich middle-east country. The main character is a commercial pilot trainee and got tricked by his friend sign his life away to become a mercenary when his friend want to marry his girlfriend. The comics center around our hero who joined Area 88 (the air base's name), his mission, his relationship with his teamates, and ultimate fight against the bad guy who is secretly behind the whole civil war. Quote
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