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801 Tts Airbats: 3rd Strike (Dub)
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801 Tts Airbats: 3rd Strike (Dub)
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$24.98
At Amazon
on 12-1-2008.
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The 801st Tactical Training Squadron, a stunt-show unit with female pilots, is the dumping ground of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, although that status doesn't figure into the stories the way it does in <I>Patlabor</I>. The rivalry between ace pilots Miyuki Haneda and Arisa Mitake intensifies with the arrival of maintenance officer Sgt. Takuya Isurugi. A good-natured boob in the tradition of Keitaro in <I>Love Hina</I>, Isurugi quickly becomes the focus of the jealous battles between Miyuki and Arisa. The plots of these seven episodes (the complete series) are slight at best, with a maximum of "fan service" bath scenes, cleavage shots, etc. In episode 4, which originally aired as a holiday special, the unit visits a remote, icy mountain resort that may be haunted. What appears to be the ghost of a World War II kamikaze pilot panics the girls while they're in the bath, but the supposedly comic ending simply doesn't play. Episode 5 involves unflattering American stereotypes, as pilots from the USAF Thunderbirds meet the Airbats. Based on a <i>manga</i> by Toshimitsu Shimizu, <I>Airbats</I> grew out of the popularity of <I>Top Gun</I> in Japan. As the opening titles proclaim, the show was made with the cooperation of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, although why the national military assisted a series that depicts its pilots as childish dolts who deliberately damage each other's planes in midair is anyone's guess. Rated 15 Up: Nudity, risqué humor, toilet humor, alcohol use, profanity, violence. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
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801 Tts Airbats: 3rd Strike (Dub)
Available from Amazon
Price: $24.98
Updated on 12-1-2008.
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