Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings (2006)

Original title

よみがえる空 -RESCUE WINGS-

Directed by

Katsushi Sakurabi

Genre

action anime and manga, drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young helicopter pilot joins a search and rescue unit of the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The series follows his training and missions as he learns the responsibilities of saving lives.

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What happens

Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings (Japanese: よみがえる空 - Rescue Wings-) is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff which aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2006. The main character is 2nd Lieutenant Uchida Kazuhiro, a helicopter pilot in a search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The anime is a part of the Rescue Wings media franchise produced by Bandai Visual which also includes a live-action film released in 2008, where the main character is a female pilot played by Yuko Takayama, as well as two manga series with different stories focusing on search and rescue squads and personnel. The real life JASDF Komatsu Air Base hosts a search and rescue wing in addition to two fighter wings with F-15J's and T-4's as portrayed in the anime. JDS Haruna (DDH-141), on which Hongou lands on to refuel in Episode 3, is a real ship of the JMSDF. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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