"A pilot must choose between his duty to guard the first atomic bomb or to let it fall in flames, another is set to die on a human bomb as a suicide pilot, and the third attempts to reach base to fulfill a promise..."
The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories is a military and historic anime. It was originally released in October 1993 by Madhouse with 3 episodes running 23 minutes each. The ova anime does not have a continuation.
General Rating: 7.2/10
My Rating: 8.4/10
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About a Luftwaffe pilot who must choose between his duty to his country: to guard a bomber loaded with Germany's final hope of victory... the world's first atomic bomb... or his duty to the world: to let it fall in flames to enemy Spitfires and be a footnote in history. Of course, things are complicated by the plane's other cargo... the woman he loves.
2. Sonic Boom Squadron
Near the end of the war, Japan has implemented a new weapon -- a human-piloted rocket-propelled flying bomb. Aboard a bomber carrying one of these, young Ensign Nogami awaits his chance to die as a "cherry blossom", a suicide pilot. In a few hours, he will die. The date of his death is set: August 6, 1945.
3. Knight of the Iron Dragon
Two soldiers attempt to reach an air base in order to fulfill a promise despite the fact that it might have been rendered moot in the reality of war.
Fans of animes like Area 88, Macross, Porco Rosso, Eureka Seven, or the Gundam franchise will definitely love this anime and should give it a watch.
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