ANI-ZONE 23 EPISODE 10 Area 88

We talk of Area 88, a show about Air Combat, pretty boys, prettier girls and angst. Proof that Kaoru Shintai learned well from Leiji Matsumoto about torturing your characters. We touch on the manga, one of Viz’s “initial 3”, talk a LOT about the initial 3 OVAs, and cover the TV series that came long afterward. We also bring up the show’s excellent restructuring in adaption as well as its multiple penetrations of non-anime gaming culture.