CG and Anime with WW2 pilot stories and dog fights.
 

I have recently encountered this teaser that has very interresting image rendering (mix between 3D and 2D comics) :

http://vimeo.com/17053492


Also, for those that haven't been close to what japanese animation has to offer, this is probably the nicest stuff I've even seen regarding to WW2 dogfights / pilot story (very fictionous also).

"The Cockpit" from Matsumoto (1993)

Wiki :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cockpit_%28film%29

Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wsIG...eature=related


And off course, prior to WW2 era, there is this maginificient movie called "Porco Rosso", from Hayao Miyazaki :

Wiki :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso

Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibFwVWgICc

You can find the film in DVD with english subtitles easily on amazon, and I recommend the french version for those who speak french, because the main character is perfectly dubbed by Jean Reno.

Well the series The Cockpit by Reiji Matsumoto is a bit older than that, it came out in 1971. There are also three parts, one about a Ohka pilot, one about a FW190 D pilot and one about a infantry man in the Philipines who drives his final race on a motorbike. On that last part you especially see it is from the seventies as the main character looks more like a hippie than a soldier. Your mentioned date is the release date for the US-version not the Japanese one.

Here qouted from : http://wn.com/Matsumoto_Leiji

Interesting stuff, while we're on this subject I would like to make a contribution. Sky Crawlers, from the guy behind the well known anime movie Ghost in the Shell wich I'm sure you've heard of/seen. It's all fictional but good nontheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcpm...eature=related

Not released, but it seems promising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZn65...layer_embedded

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I read somewhere "Paths of Hate" had premiered at a film show in Warsaw about 2 weeks ago.

Is a short film though, not a full length feature.

Yes, Paths of Hate is 10 minutes long.

Ah yes, I had forgotten Sky Crawlers.
I'll try to find some onther animes / CG films that feature 1930's-1950's planes.

First thought : Zipang, but it's more a king of "Nimitz film" on the japanese point of view.
Wiki :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipang_%28manga%29

Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMycF...eature=related

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't double check the date, and since I saw it for the first time around 1999, I supposed it wasen't as old.

Interesting. I have a comic book made by Hugault. It tells about a FW 190 pilot too. He has the same problem: He's fighting on the wrong side. (But no atomic bomb)

Well comic books there is a lot.

Here in France there is something like a new one every month about planes (covering all eras) but in terms of quality it isn't as nicely done as japanese anime (mostly the story).

Tons here : http://francejohn.pagesperso-orange.fr/cwe_rivaux.htm

The anime I posted but in the flyboys movies thread.

Japanese looks to have no issues or few with the war.Looks like its not a taboo there.Actually,there is even a nazi fetish going on.