The Sky Crawlers
2008 · Movie · PG-13 · 121 min · ★ 6.7 · 75% critics
Young pilots, destined to remain in adolescence forever, fight an adult-organized war where each day could be their last. As they begin to accept what their lives mean, they try to live fully in the middle of a carefully managed conflict.
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Details
- Original title
- スカイ・クロラ
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-08-02
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (173 votes)
- Box office
- $5,845,516
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Sky Crawlers if you want a beautiful, sad, thought-provoking war story with a slow, mysterious tone; Not for you if you need nonstop action or a clearer, tightly resolved plot, like with Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Pros: beautiful animation; deep themes; tense atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; muddled story; limited action
Themes
- based on novel or book
- peace
- fighter pilot
- aerial combat
- meat pie
- adult animation
- child smoking
- alternative reality
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Cast & crew
Rinko Kikuchi
as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
Ryo Kase
as Yuichi Kannami (voice)
Shosuke Tanihara
as Naofumi Tokino (voice)
Megumi Yamaguchi
as Mizuki Kusanagi (voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa
as Aizu Yudagawa (voice)
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Takuma Takewaka
as Uroyuki Shinoda (voice)
Mugihito
as Kyoku Yama (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
as Honda (voice)
Mabuki Ando
as Fooco (voice)
Fumie Mizusawa
as Call Girl (voice)
Directed by Mamoru Oshii