CG and Anime with WW2 pilot stories and dog fights.

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Originally Posted by sweln

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 :

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 :

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

Matsumoto had his big break with Otoko Oidon, a series that chronicled the life of a rōnin (a young man who was preparing himself for entrance examinations to universities and colleges), in 1971. Around the same time he started a series of unconnected short stories set during World War II, Senjo Manga Series, which would eventually become popular under the title The Cockpit.