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Flashbacks to a Certain Aerial Pilot Trailer Sat, 6 Aug 2011

Madhouse Studios (Redline, Summer Wars) have released a trailer for their adaptation of a popular light novel by the name, Flashbacks to a Certain Professional Airship, published in 2008.

 

The story takes place in a world divided between two powers at war and focuses on issues such as empathy and love between people of different social status. Main protagonist Charles Karino, a Revaamu Empire mercenary who flies a two-seater seaplane named Santa Cruz receives an assignment: to fly solo over 12,000 kilometers of enemy waters to protect a girl named Fana del Moral who is the next in line to the empire's throne.

The production staff features director Jun Shishido who directed Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, script-writer Satoko Okudera (Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and character designer Hidenori Matsubara (Ah! My Goddess!/Sakura Wars) who adapted Haruyuki Morisawa’s original light novel illustrations. There are also veterans who have worked on series such as Appleseed, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Sakura Wars. The anime is utilises CG for high quality flight scenes and the film will be released in Japanese cinemas on the 01st of October.

For more information about the anime, including pictures and a trailer, visit the site

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