The Cockpit (1993)
- Original title
- ザ・コクピット
- Directed by
- Yoshiaki Shimojō, Takashi Imanishi, Ryōsuke Takahashi
- Genre
- historical anime and manga
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A three-part anime about soldiers in World War II. Each segment follows a different person: a Luftwaffe pilot protecting an atomic bomb, a kamikaze pilot on his final mission, and two Japanese soldiers keeping a promise in battle.
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What happens
The Cockpit (Japanese: ザ・コクピット, Hepburn: Za Kokupitto) is a Japanese original video animation series based on Leiji Matsumoto's World War II manga Battlefield. The OVA series is written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi, and Ryousuke Takahashi. Kawajiri's Slipstream follows a Luftwaffe pilot on his mission to protect Germany's trump card: the world's first atomic bomb. Imanishi's Sonic Boom Squadron explores the last hours of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka pilot on August 6, 1945. Takahashi's Knight of the Iron Dragon tells the story of two Japanese soldiers in Leyte as they attempt to keep a promise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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