Oh and Matsumoto decided to draw the 2 Japanese characters as monkeys for some reason. They make the logical choice and charge American machine guns in order to go out in a blaze of glory. Some Japanese soldiers are the only 2 left on an island and must decide what to do. The fact that it had 1/5th the horsepower required for its weight and was so inefficient just made it SO cool! How about a Russian film that spends all its time celebrating how AMAZING the LaGG-3 was? From a historical viewpoint I just fucking hate this anime so much! Americans see it and just defecate in fear before 1 Maus kills 100,000 American pig dogs. This anime is like watching a German war film that is 1/10th anti-war and 9/10ths celebrating how fucking AMAZING the Panzer ViII Maus was. The Germans killed almost ten times that many Americans just using land mines. No American carrier or capital ship was EVER sunk by a Kamikaze, certainly not a fucking Ohka. Japan lost 2,800 planes and pilots to kill a mere 4,900 American soldiers. In fact, the whole tactic of Kamikaze in the Pacific was an utter failure. The Ohka was a complete failure and an utter piece of shit. Our hero pilots the Ohka into a capital class Aircraft carrier and just annihilates it, killing thousands of American soldiers in 1 glorious blow. These Yanks are just shitting their pants at how awesome the thing is. Throughout the episode, Americans are astonished by the speed and technological marvel of the Ohka. This means piloting the man guided missile known as the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka into an American aircraft carrier. The main pilot is a selfless and noble character who simply wishes to defend his country by any means necessary. We get to hear the tale of a noble Kamikaze pilot and his co-pilot the blob person.who looks like the Schmoo. Yep, if any country ended WW2 with its reputation intact and its national honor unsullied it was Germany. "I may be remembered as a coward and a traitor, but Germany's honor has been spared. "Any country that would use atomic weapons is a country that has forever lost its soul!" Yes Matsumoto! We get it! Nuking people is bad! German Harlock shoots down the plane and we get this gem of a quote. He must not let Hitler use atomic weapons to exterminate the people of the UK, US, and USSR. To add even more drama, she is being forced to ride on the plane carrying the bomb so she can witness its destructive power! Remember when America forced Robert Oppenheimer to ride on the Enola Gay and witness the atomic bombings? I sure fucking don't! The physicist girl begs German Harlock to shoot the plane down.
To add some melodrama, his girlfriend is a nuclear physicist and was the one who designed the bomb. He must defend a secret German bomber plane that's carrying an atomic bomb and heading towards London. Nope! This is split into 3 episodes and they're all kind of mess.Ī German ace pilot (who happens to look like Harlock), is given a very important mission. It will focus on just one figure on the axis side and lionize him while still not turning into Nazi propaganda. Nope! Well maybe it will be like "Blonde Knight of Germany" the biography of ace pilot Erich Hartmann. Many of the Axis soldiers will be humanized and realistic, while also being staunchly anti-war and pointing So I went into this expecting something like Das Boot. The plot is WW2 from the eyes of Axis fighter pilots. This was also made by Madhouse on an impressive budget. The director was Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who directed such classics as Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D. It was written by Leiji Matsumoto, who also did the character designs. This 1993 OVA had EVERYTHING going for it, but still somehow managed to wind up terrible. Time to review another obscure OVA! This time we're looking at The Cockpit.