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Area 88

Area 88

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Area 88

1985- 1986

1 Seasons

3 Episodes

7.7(7 votes)

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Animation

Action & Adventure

Drama

Overview

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying.

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Production Companies

Pierrot

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Shin Kazama (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

Mickey Simon (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi

Iemasa Kayumi

McCoy (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Ryoko Tsugumo (voice)

Shūsei Nakamura

Shūsei Nakamura

Gō 'Rocky' Mutsugi (voice)

Takuzō Kamiyama

Takuzō Kamiyama

Greg Gates (voice)

Tarō Shigaki

Tarō Shigaki

Saki Vashutal (voice)

Yoshito Yasuhara

Yoshito Yasuhara

Satoru Kanzaki (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Taeko Yasuda (voice)

Creative team

Written by: Akiyoshi Sakai

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