Should you watch The Sky Crawlers?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Sky Crawlers
Anime · 2008
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.
The sides of The Sky Crawlers
- Teenage pilots who never grow up
- A war fought as a show for adults
- Dogfights over a quiet airbase
The Sky Crawlers is good for you if…
- you like long silences, cigarettes and empty days at an airbase.
- you can take a story about kids made to die in a war.
- you like piecing together for yourself who the Kildren really are.
The Sky Crawlers is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: repetition · war · youth
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