F-ZeroOne Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Theres going to be a game. Its on Wii. And its being developed by the Ace Combat people! http://kotaku.com/5018178/ace-combat-team-...pired-wii-flier Radar looks familiar... Quote
electric indigo Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Great visuals, especially the landscapes look like painted background art from the anime. Here's a video of Oshii playing the Wii game & some nice gameplay at the end: http://sky-crawlers.namco-ch.net/asx/trailer_500k.asx The background music remind me of AC3. Though the female pilots have changed a bit since Rena Hirose. http://sky-crawlers.namco-ch.net/index2.html Quote
electric indigo Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Pics of the Sanko die-cast toy from Beagle: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10073067 Quote
vanpang Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 The screening would start on 2 August 2008 in Japan Quote
vanpang Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Judging by the cockpit panel and silhouette of the aircraft in the trailer, I'd say the alternate timeline would be somewhere around late 1945 or 1946-ish. The aircraft silhouette looked like that for the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden Did the Allies tested the Shinden after the war ended ? How did it fare against Allied fighters of that time ? Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 The aircraft is undoubtedly based on the Shinden, but a somewhat upgraded one, rather like how a Spitfire Mk. XXII was practically a different aircraft to the Mk. I, though still sharing some of the classic line. The same goes for the "Mustang-a-like"; to me it looks like a Ta. 152 crossed with a Mustang. Quote
GreatMoose Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 I am soooo excited for this. There's not much in this world that's cooler than a Luft '46 anime. Win. Quote
electric indigo Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 The same goes for the "Mustang-a-like"; to me it looks like a Ta. 152 crossed with a Mustang. I'd rather call it "Wulf-a-like" Didn't Space Cruiser Yamato also have a fighter design based on the FW-190? Quote
TSP Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) I'd rather call it "Wulf-a-like" Didn't Space Cruiser Yamato also have a fighter design based on the FW-190? That was Captain Harlock. I say the Sky Rai is a mix between FW190 and P-75 Edited July 29, 2008 by TSP Quote
electric indigo Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Found it <linky> - you're right, it's from Harlock. Quote
vanpang Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Oshii's Sky Crawlers would be competing against Miyazaki's Ponyo at the Venice International Film Fest in late August http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-...-intl-film-fest Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 I'd rather call it "Wulf-a-like" Yes, probably more accurate - I first saw the design a little while ago and was going from memory; I revisited the design after posting that and yes, it does have more of a FW about it - or, as I say, a Ta. 152. Quote
electric indigo Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Fine Molds 1/48 Sanka announced for late August at the affordable price of 3400 Yen: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075181 Quote
electric indigo Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 From Hobby Japan Nice lineart - http://photo.163.com/photos/xiaot.com/159931876/4909529895 Bandai EX kits & Kotobukiya kits - http://photo.163.com/photos/xiaot.com/159931876/4909460698/ 1/48 Sanka & half-scale mockup - http://photo.163.com/photos/xiaot.com/159931876/4909460176/ Quote
TSP Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Yeah!!! More 1/144 scale modeling fun. I guess pictures will be available during Plamodel Radicon. http://www.hlj.com/product/PLZPC-7 Quote
TSP Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Japanese Blu-Ray and DVD release is set for the 25th of Febuary 2009. The price for the limited edition box set is kind of nerd appropriate. Only 41000 Yen (43050Yen incl. Tax) !!! Not bad for a Blu-Ray box set with only 1 feature presentation and the Kotobukiya pre-painted display model (4800Yen) in 1/72 scale. http://sky.crawlers.jp/tsushin/news/2009225-dvdbluray.html Edited December 30, 2008 by TSP Quote
GRAND CANNON Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 Do we know if an American distributor has picked this up and when/if it will be released stateside? Quote
yellowlightman Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 Sony did a limited showing in New York, but I'm not sure if that's evidence they'll do a full release in the US or if it was just necessary for them to do so they could submit it to the Academy Awards. A friend of mine attended the showing and reviewed it here: http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2008/1...-the-end?blog=1 Quote
eugimon Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 got to watch it. Oshii seems to have reigned in his musings somewhat but I think it was still needless distracting. Animation was okay, weak for a theatrical but okay for an OAV or for a really well produced TV show. Aerial battle stuff was fun, the dog fights anyways, the larger battle got a little confusing I thought as to what the principle characters were doing and where. Lots of trademark Oshii stuff here, the dog, the music box, big unblinking grey eyes. If you're into Oshii, you'll like it, if you're not... well, it's more of the same, boring self indulgent musings punctuated by violence. Quote
wolfx Posted March 2, 2009 Author Posted March 2, 2009 If you're into Oshii, you'll like it, if you're not... well, it's more of the same, boring self indulgent musings punctuated by violence. I don't exactly like oshii...but i like fighter jets. A friend told me that the total fighter pr0n in the whole film is less than 15 mins though. And the thing that struck him most is the awesome engine noises. Otherwise its pretty dry. Can't wait for srts to be released. Quote
sharky Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 FYI I picked up the DVD at Wal-mart today. I will check it out tonight. I think it's so cool that I can get something like this at Wal-mart of all places. Shows how far the progress of anime distribution has come. I remember the days where I'd be lucky to find something like this as a bootleg fan dubbed VHS tape for rent at the local comic shop. Quote
RavenHawk Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 I watched it (subbed) a couple months back and liked it a lot. Gave my thoughts on it in the "current anime" thread. Quote
Graham Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 Worth it or not? Thinking about picking up the DVD. Graham Quote
shiroikaze Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 (edited) Worth it or not? Thinking about picking up the DVD. Graham If you seen Ghost in the Shell 2, you know what to expect more or less. Slow pacing with a thoughtful/cryptic story. Even if you don't like it too much, the really great--but short and sparse--dogfights inbetween makes up for it I guess. If you can find a Blu-Ray for it, it looks great in hi-def. Edited May 29, 2009 by shiroikaze Quote
RavenHawk Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 Worth it or not? Thinking about picking up the DVD. Graham Definitely worth Netflixing, don't know about buying it though. Quote
sharky Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 If you seen Ghost in the Shell 2, you know what to expect more or less. Slow pacing with a thoughtful/cryptic story. Even if you don't like it too much, the really great--but short and sparse--dogfights inbetween makes up for it I guess. If you can find a Blu-Ray for it, it looks great in hi-def. I would second that motion. I enjoyed it even if it was slow paced, but I expected as much given who the director is. As you say, if you've watched Ghost in the Shell 1 or 2, or Patlabor 2 for that matter, you know what to expect. Although I would say the the flying scenes were evenly spaced throughout whereas Patlabor 2 had very little action. The setting is an air base so you have interruptions throughout where they have to scramble, etc. The animation quality is top notch. I liked the feel of it with the WWII era nostalgia. It was almost as if technology only progressed a little bit after WWII. The aircraft is more advanced than any WWII aircraft, but there is no jet technology. The dogfight scenes were awesome and I thought the story was interesting. It's hard to recommend a buy for the DVD as it is really a matter of personal preference. I bought the DVD and I didn't regret it. But, you have some people that absolutely hated the first Ghost in the Shell, and I thought it was really good. Quote
Akilae Posted June 3, 2009 Posted June 3, 2009 Finally had a chance to see this. Oshii has toned down a bit, but I think instead he's gone with even more silence... not that that's bad, since I actually like the way the movie is set up. The dogfights were pretty good. I don't think they needed to be drawn out affairs. The last dogfight was the best and had the most impact. After watching it a few times and thinking about it a bit, it makes sense why the last dogfight ended the way it did. Quote
Hikuro Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 I'll be honest, the art didn't mesh with crap, and the movie was boring as sin. I wouldn't even bother recommending it for a storyline that went NO WHERE until the end. Quote
505thAirborne Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 I'll be honest, the art didn't mesh with crap, and the movie was boring as sin. I wouldn't even bother recommending it for a storyline that went NO WHERE until the end. Wow, I was thinking of getting this one on DVD. Its thats boring?? Quote
Hikuro Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 Wow, I was thinking of getting this one on DVD. Its thats boring?? unsure.gif There's a scene where you see a guy spend about 2 minutes folding a piece of paper, maybe 3 or so times. There are maybe 4 characters or more that are a complete waste of time and animation and yet they even received lines. You wouldn't of even known these characters are "Teens" as they put it without it brought up a few times and never really explained until 3/4ths thru the film. You don't even really have a clear understanding on who the enemy is or why there is even a war going on, you just know there is. The enemy has an ace pilot, you see him maybe 4 times for 30 seconds each, but all you see is his plane, you don't know ANYTHING about him or why he's even really appearing...well you know why but it's discussed for like 10 minutes and it's garbage dialogue. There's even a segment where 3 characters go fin bowling.......BOWLING!!! And they stand there for a good while and wait for their balls to return to them.......WASTE. There are a lot of moments where they speak english so I found it useless to even put on the dub track. And again, the animation of the characters and most of the environment around them is 2D while the planes are VERY well drawn out in 3D and "life like"...sort of what I had issues with on Macross Zero. The CG is very good, but doesn't mesh too well with the 2D. However didn't have that problem from Frontier cause while it was CG'ed it was cel shaded. Again, boring animation, boring and almost non existent plot, characters are not driven to do squat but waste your time. I could pretty much sum up all the bull crap in the 2 hours i wasted in 30 seconds but I wont even bother. Quote
Akilae Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 (edited) There's a scene where you see a guy spend about 2 minutes folding a piece of paper, maybe 3 or so times. There are maybe 4 characters or more that are a complete waste of time and animation and yet they even received lines. You wouldn't of even known these characters are "Teens" as they put it without it brought up a few times and never really explained until 3/4ths thru the film. You don't even really have a clear understanding on who the enemy is or why there is even a war going on, you just know there is. The enemy has an ace pilot, you see him maybe 4 times for 30 seconds each, but all you see is his plane, you don't know ANYTHING about him or why he's even really appearing...well you know why but it's discussed for like 10 minutes and it's garbage dialogue. There's even a segment where 3 characters go fin bowling.......BOWLING!!! And they stand there for a good while and wait for their balls to return to them.......WASTE. There are a lot of moments where they speak english so I found it useless to even put on the dub track. And again, the animation of the characters and most of the environment around them is 2D while the planes are VERY well drawn out in 3D and "life like"...sort of what I had issues with on Macross Zero. The CG is very good, but doesn't mesh too well with the 2D. However didn't have that problem from Frontier cause while it was CG'ed it was cel shaded. Again, boring animation, boring and almost non existent plot, characters are not driven to do squat but waste your time. I could pretty much sum up all the bull crap in the 2 hours i wasted in 30 seconds but I wont even bother. Just to provide a counterpoint. There is significance behind the newspaper folding. It's not 2 minutes, he only takes less than a minute to fold the newspaper, but he folds it in a very specific way. Towards the latter half of the movie another character folds it in the exact same way. That sequence was meant to clue the audience in on the possibility that most of them are actually clones of someone else. The enemy has an ace pilot that you never see, yes. However, if you sit down and think about everything they talk about in the movie, plus the newspaper folding, and the broken matches then it becomes very obvious WHY you don't need to know anything about him, because you already know more than you need to about him. Heck, just look at that very last dogfight, Kannami is blown away by the exact same maneuver he uses in his very first dogfight. Those are the only two scenes in the whole movie served up on slow mo... that's already a big enough hint. Yes, the bowling scene is slow... but I think it's very symbolic of how Kannami and Kusanagi don't have much to look forward to in life, living life without a spark so to speak, whereas Tokino is more of a live-in-the-here-and-now type. So while some people wouldn't waste money on the DVD, I would actually spend the money to get a blu-ray of this. EDIT: So I'm a loser and went back to watch the bowling scene. Kannami has the skill and performs well, but has nothing really to live for. Kusanagi has simply stopped caring and hence doesn't even get a strike. Tokino is still full of youthful exuberance, gets a strike, and is overjoyed by it. Edited June 6, 2009 by Akilae Quote
eugimon Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 I think by now people should know what they're going to get with Oshii. If you think his movies are thoughtful and philosophically interesting then you'll enjoy sky crawlers. If you think his movies are boring and little more than his intellectual masturbation translated into film, then you won't like sky crawlers. Quote
The_WOZ Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 I watched this movie a couple of days ago, I hadn't much hope about it (got bored of Innocence just 15 minutes into the film and thus was hessitant about watching another Oshii movie). But I liked it, the history hooked me (even if I suspected they were all clones from the very beginning). Make sure to watch the extra scene after the final credits. Quote
RavenHawk Posted June 7, 2009 Posted June 7, 2009 I enjoyed it thoroughly, but obviously at least one person here didn't. Rent it/Netflix it, see for yourself, then decide whether or not you want to buy it. Quote
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