That was a game based on Area 88, but was changed to UN Squadron because there was no license to distribute the anime outside of Japan. A lot of anime games during the ‘80s and ‘90s underwent changes for Western markets either for licensing reasons or in order to appeal to a different audience.
I loved it and bought it again but I hate not being able to save or enter a code to start from where I want. I don't have a whole afternoon to play through the whole damn thing anymore.
UN Squadron is one of my top 10 video games of all time and I play it every now and then on my SNES with an old television set. I have 4 copies (just in case, so that I can play it forever in this same way), two of them with original package. I love that game to death. It's flawless. I thank God I was born in the 80s so that I could play UN Squadron. The music is beyond perfection. I even have the original Capcom arcade board of the previous game on the franchise (Carrier Airwing), although it's not the same.
In Vietnam, Sparrow accuracy and reliability was so low US planes would salvo 4 at a time to due to the low (10% kill) accuracy. Sparrows did improve but these mercenaries could be using old surplus. Firing Sparrows and then reversing course would break lock-on and cause all the Sparrows to miss. Also, expose their hot tailpipes to the primitive IR guided missiles the Fishbeds would carry.
@@ivanivanovich4294 These mercs are flying F-14s, F-18s and even F-16s. Area 88 must be paying really well if they can access such cutting edge fighters during the early 80s, further emphasized by the fact that the enemy faction largely relies on MiG-21, Harrier and MiG-27 spam than getting MiG-29s.
MrAJdude57 Yeah. It would be awesome if Namco and this anime producers work together and made an anime like this with more than 12 episodes, called ace combat or something like it.
I love the way area 88 was drawn out every sketch was awesome and simply majestic , i really didnt like the Re edited newer version with the CGI which was ...... yeah... low standard but the old anime of Area 88 was awesome
@geijin This is a lot better than a lot of the anime out there. I've seen all of the original anime (this one has been remastered by the looks of it) and the detail of the animation as well as the story is superb. Definitely one of those hidden gems of anime.
@ThyPeasantSlayer found the manga to about half way into the story, alot of good stuff in it plus ive read part of the final issue script....lets say it was heavy stuff explaining why father had a sudden change when sakis uncle got crowned. Lets say that war was way more than a black on white power struggle.
It's true, but it was only ever officially released in English in the US as the two merged acts, so just loosely I'd prefer to call it [OVA2] for lack of a better name, to avoid confusion.
To e clear though, the Navy should have both the F-14D and F/A-18E. The two were basically the Navy's "F-15" and "F-16". Tomcats could intercept and destroy bombers and/or fighters from maximum range with the AIM-54, and the Super Hornets can follow up with an AMRAAM strike, and then both could dogfight with the remaining enemies.
Mickey Simon uses an F-14A. It was one of the original 40-something F-14As slated for Iran back in the late 1970s, but McCoy managed to snare it with some good money. The Aim-54 Phoenix had been cancelled, and only Iran had them at this time. The AMRAAM didn't even exist when this is set (late 70s/early 80s). The missiles they are using are likely a mix of AIM-9Bs and AIM-9P-4/5s for the short-range stuff, and AIM-7E-2 Sparrows for BVR combat.
What always bugged me of 'Area 88' was the "video-game" attitude it always had toward air warfare...in each episode we see dozens of planes go down while everyone with even a passing knowledge of Third World air warfare during the Cold War era knows that actual air-to-air engagements were few and far between and that planes were mainly used for CAS missions and the occasional bombing run on some logistics/civilian/industrial objective...
@Cort086 There was no English dub until like 20 years later with the release of the special edition DVD, which came with all three episodes of the OVA in both English and Japanese as selectable languages.
if memory serves me correctly: The super hornet is a bigger airframe, it can carry more armaments,has a longer range, and better electronics. Many people think that the Navy should have upgraded the F-14D rather than making the fleet of hornets
Super hornet is a lot smaller than a tomcat, but bigger than a hornet. Navy wanted the refurb and new tomcats, but Dick Cheney gonna do, what Dick Cheney gonna do.
@MegaEvilToaster , that's a good point, although it seems unlikely that the Migs would be using all-aspect IR seekers. Anyways, I'm nitpicking what is, after all, gorgeous animation of what are now classic warplanes (Mirage, Tomcat, even the Tigershark, etc.) in fictional action and it's not like I'm a pilot or anything!
It doesn't look like they do or that the impact of the Missile or Bullets is enough to shred the plane and pilot. Some of it even impacts the cockpit itself.
@@Iffy350 they may not even have the spare money to buy a new ejection seat. I bet most of those pilots did try to eject, but just like Jess, they had faulty ejection seats
Damn, Jess. It's too bad what happened to 'em in the first 8 minutes. If he was kept alive any longer, he would've killed someone else along with himself..
you said it, I like this and the new one, but this is the better of the two versions. I wish they would make an ace combat style game based off this anime
You can say that again! It 's not because the 04 series was bad but, compared to this, it looks like a ''Japanese Smallville with air fights''!!! For once more, well done! I still don 't understand how you found the eng dub!
yeah, i think that a AMRAAM, i think is that, we lauch him, at least in a f16, and later he gets close enough to the target he own mini radar sensor can find the enemy. but the spparow to chase the enemy the pilot gotta stay on him, i think u understood. srry my english im brasilian
They got my eyes, they got my arms, they got my kidneys, they got my car keys and my lunch! He's blind and can hardly use the stick but he can still chase his friendly's six?
cont. While the Tomcat was a maitenence hog here's the mentality behind the previous statement. "The Super Hornet is still a weak aircraft just like its older sister. As stated above, the Navy should have gone full tilt with the F-14D. The F-14D can fly farther, faster and with a greater payload than either the F/A-18C or the F/A-18E/F.Current pilots and RIOs transisitioning from the Tomcat the the Super Hornet are not impressed. Less power, less gas, less range."
Likely because they are using older AIM-7E-2 Dogfight Sparrows. Older Sparrows weren't exactly very good, to the point where pilots in Vietnam would fire off all 4 at a single target. This is known as Ripple-Firing.
To answer your late question, you can find it here on RUclips. The English OVA is right here if you haven't already watched it. ruclips.net/p/PLzJP4T5PB5zWXowey62AzsiraM-95Ya2A
Technically, this is OVA 3, considering it's Act III, but the DVD release merged Acts I and II, removing some scenes from the original releases, at least according to what I've read, and the Japanese audio track wasn't really as great as the English one, but eh, at least the dub sounds pretty good. (Even so, I don't really have the OVAs, though it would be cool to have them. I found out about this from reading it online.)
It's a bad day for Jess... Those pilots didnt know what is the ejection seat for.. looks like lot of casualty... by the way.. English dub. Really cool....
Jess knew the ejection seat was there, but it just wasn't usable. As Jess stated, he forget to get the ejection mechanism repaired. Most of the aircraft the mercenaries get are second-hand, meaning they've already been used for a good few years
Seriously, where the hell does one find this OVA? I tore google APART trying to locate it and I haven't found jack. This fucking show is harder to find than the Holy Grail...for like, the Anti-Christ. o.o;
Your quest is now over. If you haven't already found and watched it now, it can be found on RUclips, both English and Japanese versions. The link here takes you to a playlist of the English OVA Version. ruclips.net/p/PLzJP4T5PB5zWXowey62AzsiraM-95Ya2A
Rear seat is only for operating the radar in extremely long range modes related to firing the phoenix missile. In the series, the pilot figured they'd never get hands on any of those missiles, so had the seat removed, and the radar locked to pilot control.
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I still think this is probably one of the best animes ever made.
5:33 - 5:39 has got to be the most badass clip of a Tomcat in an anime!
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I love the plane gore in this. It’s better than any cgi anime I’ve ever seen
It's like nobody remembers UN Squadron on SNES. One of my favorite SNES games of all time.
That was a game based on Area 88, but was changed to UN Squadron because there was no license to distribute the anime outside of Japan.
A lot of anime games during the ‘80s and ‘90s underwent changes for Western markets either for licensing reasons or in order to appeal to a different audience.
Thanks for the reminder. Couldn’t remember the game. Played in the arcade.
I loved that game
I loved it and bought it again but I hate not being able to save or enter a code to start from where I want. I don't have a whole afternoon to play through the whole damn thing anymore.
UN Squadron is one of my top 10 video games of all time and I play it every now and then on my SNES with an old television set.
I have 4 copies (just in case, so that I can play it forever in this same way), two of them with original package.
I love that game to death. It's flawless. I thank God I was born in the 80s so that I could play UN Squadron.
The music is beyond perfection. I even have the original Capcom arcade board of the previous game on the franchise (Carrier Airwing), although it's not the same.
In Vietnam, Sparrow accuracy and reliability was so low US planes would salvo 4 at a time to due to the low (10% kill) accuracy. Sparrows did improve but these mercenaries could be using old surplus. Firing Sparrows and then reversing course would break lock-on and cause all the Sparrows to miss. Also, expose their hot tailpipes to the primitive IR guided missiles the Fishbeds would carry.
Mercs would not have access to an F-14 in 1982
@@ivanivanovich4294 These mercs are flying F-14s, F-18s and even F-16s. Area 88 must be paying really well if they can access such cutting edge fighters during the early 80s, further emphasized by the fact that the enemy faction largely relies on MiG-21, Harrier and MiG-27 spam than getting MiG-29s.
I agree all the way on that one. Even after many years later, that one tune is very addictive. I've had it stuck in my head for years.
This is how Ace Combat would look like as an anime...no this is Ace Combat in anime !
MrAJdude57 Yeah. It would be awesome if Namco and this anime producers work together and made an anime like this with more than 12 episodes, called ace combat or something like it.
Quite the opening sequence.
Have this on DVD still rewatch it every year or so even though I've seen it over hundred times, its just that good.
I love the way area 88 was drawn out every sketch was awesome and simply majestic , i really didnt like the Re edited newer version with the CGI which was ...... yeah... low standard but the old anime of Area 88 was awesome
4:05 I love how Shin says "You noticed me too late..."
Then the launch of the missile starts shins decent to a killer
There is even a look-a-like paint job of Shin's F-20/F-5 for the F-20 in Ace Combat Zero!
Lucky guy!!! And very kind of him to share this with us, the rest of the fans! Glad to see that there are lots of fans worldwide!
@geijin This is a lot better than a lot of the anime out there. I've seen all of the original anime (this one has been remastered by the looks of it) and the detail of the animation as well as the story is superb. Definitely one of those hidden gems of anime.
This anime is one of the few I actually like to watch
Weebs would probably hate it, but I damn love it since I play a lot of Ace Combat as well
Anybody else think that this is ALOT better than the 04 tv series?
I just finished watching the 04 series and this is a lot better.
@ThyPeasantSlayer found the manga to about half way into the story, alot of good stuff in it plus ive read part of the final issue script....lets say it was heavy stuff explaining why father had a sudden change when sakis uncle got crowned.
Lets say that war was way more than a black on white power struggle.
@ThyPeasantSlayer sakis father is leading the anti government forces
@ThyPeasantSlayer I always tell people "don't ruin the TV series by watching the OVA first" The OVA is better, but both are worth watching
It's true, but it was only ever officially released in English in the US as the two merged acts, so just loosely I'd prefer to call it [OVA2] for lack of a better name, to avoid confusion.
To e clear though, the Navy should have both the F-14D and F/A-18E. The two were basically the Navy's "F-15" and "F-16". Tomcats could intercept and destroy bombers and/or fighters from maximum range with the AIM-54, and the Super Hornets can follow up with an AMRAAM strike, and then both could dogfight with the remaining enemies.
SuperTomcatAce well this is not a real millitary unit its a group of foreign legion fighters stuck in a conflict and buying their own planes.
Mickey Simon uses an F-14A. It was one of the original 40-something F-14As slated for Iran back in the late 1970s, but McCoy managed to snare it with some good money.
The Aim-54 Phoenix had been cancelled, and only Iran had them at this time. The AMRAAM didn't even exist when this is set (late 70s/early 80s). The missiles they are using are likely a mix of AIM-9Bs and AIM-9P-4/5s for the short-range stuff, and AIM-7E-2 Sparrows for BVR combat.
Holy crap, this is actually good
Nostalgia hit me with a sledgehammer.
Le Legend Itself
Ohh!I was a child!
What a memories...
What always bugged me of 'Area 88' was the "video-game" attitude it always had toward air warfare...in each episode we see dozens of planes go down while everyone with even a passing knowledge of Third World air warfare during the Cold War era knows that actual air-to-air engagements were few and far between and that planes were mainly used for CAS missions and the occasional bombing run on some logistics/civilian/industrial objective...
This reminds me a little of Robotech
It's called "Sands of Illusion" It's on the soundtrack for OVA 3
@Cort086 There was no English dub until like 20 years later with the release of the special edition DVD, which came with all three episodes of the OVA in both English and Japanese as selectable languages.
thank u so much, that really helped
if memory serves me correctly: The super hornet is a bigger airframe, it can carry more armaments,has a longer range, and better electronics. Many people think that the Navy should have upgraded the F-14D rather than making the fleet of hornets
Super hornet is a lot smaller than a tomcat, but bigger than a hornet. Navy wanted the refurb and new tomcats, but Dick Cheney gonna do, what Dick Cheney gonna do.
awesome intro. Niice quility of viod .
military aircraft are just another one of my interests :)
The english dub its not bad but i think that its a bit colder for a drama story like Area 88
@MegaEvilToaster , that's a good point, although it seems unlikely that the Migs would be using all-aspect IR seekers. Anyways, I'm nitpicking what is, after all, gorgeous animation of what are now classic warplanes (Mirage, Tomcat, even the Tigershark, etc.) in fictional action and it's not like I'm a pilot or anything!
Don't any of these guys know what the ejection seat is for? ;)
It doesn't look like they do or that the impact of the Missile or Bullets is enough to shred the plane and pilot. Some of it even impacts the cockpit itself.
Doubt some of these mercenaries have the money to replace the aircraft if they get shot down. Shin’s F-5E cost $500,000.
@@Iffy350 they may not even have the spare money to buy a new ejection seat. I bet most of those pilots did try to eject, but just like Jess, they had faulty ejection seats
Plus, unlike GI Joe the cartoon, ejector seats aren’t faster than missiles or cannon fire.
Chris Patton rocks as the voice of Shin Kazama.
@1bearcatf8f the A-4G was specifically built for Air Defense and was used by the Australians.
Damn, Jess. It's too bad what happened to 'em in the first 8 minutes. If he was kept alive any longer, he would've killed someone else along with himself..
you said it, I like this and the new one, but this is the better of the two versions. I wish they would make an ace combat style game based off this anime
There is actually a SNES game based off of it. In the US it was Released as UN Squadron.
@COD04MW They usually fire two missiles at a time, because missiles usually don't hit their target
@madamadadane Somebody piloting an F-4E used flares when a Mig-21 Fishbed fired its AA-2 Apex air-to-air missiles on them.
a good film we gotta
@dacarfreak2000 The F-15 and X-29A were not available aircraft during the time period set in the anime; especially to mercenaries.
Japan seriously thought in the 80s that the military industrial complex would go so hard that peeps just casually merc in jets in the middle east
that did kinda happen but not mercs really more life foreign legion likes stuff.
My F-5 Fighter Jet
its quality is superb, so im guessing he might have bought the DVD collection that came out in 04 or 05
take a GOOD look at the fine details...the 04 series lacked it...
@helbent4 Not if they put their engines on low power. Also, reversing course would be an evasive manuver, especially with flares
This is episode 3.
@MegaEvilToaster Oh, wait... I realized it was the 1980's. Missiles aren't as reliable as today, right?
I used the song "You're a Lucky Guy" for a video I made. It's a great song. In fact its quite addictive even now.
I really can 't believe what I 'm seein'! Well done buddy! Where and how in the world did you find this in English?!?!
歌もビデオの初回のおまけのシングルの英語バージョンにすれば完璧
You can say that again! It 's not because the 04 series was bad but, compared to this, it looks like a ''Japanese Smallville with air fights''!!! For once more, well done! I still don 't understand how you found the eng dub!
yeah, i think that a AMRAAM, i think is that, we lauch him, at least in a f16, and later he gets close enough to the target he own mini radar sensor can find the enemy. but the spparow to chase the enemy the pilot gotta stay on him, i think u understood. srry my english im brasilian
Well its a fictional story involving two peer adversaries fighting for air dominance.
They got my eyes, they got my arms, they got my kidneys, they got my car keys and my lunch!
He's blind and can hardly use the stick but he can still chase his friendly's six?
Probably being taught that anything you can hold is a weapon...
The original Voice of Shin its the rule, i love the English to but, the original ever its the beast.
cont.
While the Tomcat was a maitenence hog here's the mentality behind the previous statement.
"The Super Hornet is still a weak aircraft just like its older sister. As stated above, the Navy should have gone full tilt with the F-14D. The F-14D can fly farther, faster and with a greater payload than either the F/A-18C or the F/A-18E/F.Current pilots and RIOs transisitioning from the Tomcat the the Super Hornet are not impressed. Less power, less gas, less range."
wait why was the phantom shooting in the first place 7:17
@neoritter I know. I said I will love this MORE if he uses F-15 or X-29.
Not really use it.
If this interested you look up Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) on PC or RALFIDUDE's DCS videos on RUclips
@COD04MW You'r A Lucky Guy
I wonder why Mickey and the other F-4Es and F/A-18As have to pop 2 AIM-7s at a time to take down a single enemy?
Likely because they are using older AIM-7E-2 Dogfight Sparrows. Older Sparrows weren't exactly very good, to the point where pilots in Vietnam would fire off all 4 at a single target.
This is known as Ripple-Firing.
I want a area-88 movie
wow, looks like u know a lot bout airplanes
Anyone know the name of the song near the end at 8:00
Can someone tell me where I can find the whole English dubbed version of this?
To answer your late question, you can find it here on RUclips. The English OVA is right here if you haven't already watched it.
ruclips.net/p/PLzJP4T5PB5zWXowey62AzsiraM-95Ya2A
@Girder3 He didn't know. That was the problem. He was panicking and shooting at random.
@PrezPendejo No see, he was firing at that other guy like he knew when there was somebody was in his forward arc.
No, the nose looks different, I think it's a Kfir.
why is it that Micky was the only one who used flares to evade missiles???
Wait, go it, Dassault Mirage III, some of them had canards.
Shadx27 those aren’t mirages those are IAI Kfirs which are based on the mirage
lol, i notice :)
Technically, this is OVA 3, considering it's Act III, but the DVD release merged Acts I and II, removing some scenes from the original releases, at least according to what I've read, and the Japanese audio track wasn't really as great as the English one, but eh, at least the dub sounds pretty good. (Even so, I don't really have the OVAs, though it would be cool to have them. I found out about this from reading it online.)
Cuando los misiles le daban a cualquier cosa que se les cruzará XD
It's a bad day for Jess... Those pilots didnt know what is the ejection seat for.. looks like lot of casualty... by the way.. English dub. Really cool....
Jess knew the ejection seat was there, but it just wasn't usable.
As Jess stated, he forget to get the ejection mechanism repaired.
Most of the aircraft the mercenaries get are second-hand, meaning they've already been used for a good few years
Is it true that cannon can break through the cockpit & hit the pilot?
...If he was blinded how did he even know when and where to shoot?
Oh yeah. This is a pretty hardcore cartoon. Not something you'd normally see these days.
@CaptainGaruda THIS IS NO BULLSHIT
2:28 thats a F-18 Super Hornet?
lol, yeah
does anyone know the name of the first song?, and also the one when shin joins the first fight if they are different songs...
Sands of Illusion, and You're a Lucky Guy.
yeah... hey, does a Hornet is much different from a Super Hornet, or is almost the same thing?
No. This takes place in the mid 80s, so it's just a regular Hornet.
Do you know in Viet nam mig 21 is a legend.You can't take the f14 or some new jet to vs the old jet.
Seriously, where the hell does one find this OVA? I tore google APART trying to locate it and I haven't found jack. This fucking show is harder to find than the Holy Grail...for like, the Anti-Christ. o.o;
and don't worry, it's clean. Just an annoying chat on the side
Your quest is now over. If you haven't already found and watched it now, it can be found on RUclips, both English and Japanese versions. The link here takes you to a playlist of the English OVA Version.
ruclips.net/p/PLzJP4T5PB5zWXowey62AzsiraM-95Ya2A
3:40 Can someone tell me the name of the track playing? I can't seem to find it in the OST.
The track is called "you're a lucky guy"
Your a lucky guy -Area 88 Burning Mirage
What plane is Jes flying? Looks almost like a Jas 37, but not quite right to be that. Or I am just constantly seeing it at bad angles.
@Magni56 Is a Kfir. BTW, is present even in the manga
IAI C2 KFIR, old Israeli fighter.
I'm pretty sure that's start of OVA3.
3:05 single seat f-14 tomcat!?? WTF!!?
Rear seat is only for operating the radar in extremely long range modes related to firing the phoenix missile. In the series, the pilot figured they'd never get hands on any of those missiles, so had the seat removed, and the radar locked to pilot control.
F-14 TOMCAT RULES
i felt sorry for jess tho
It was between 3:24 and 3:30 when it happened.
they dnt make stuff like this anymore
Anybody knows what song that plays from 3:40?
COD04MW Not sure if you're still alive but it is "Area 88 You're a lucky guy"
I am still. Thanks
i will love this anime more if the main carachter uses a F-15 or X-29A not F-5E
That’s an F-20 tiger shark an upgrade to the F-5
The Mercs weren't able to afford fancy plsnes like the F-15. Those were reserved for tge official Asranian Air Force.
of course the bad guys use MIGs
Hey, I didnt know they use bad words in cartoons like these???
the only anime that doesn't involve cancerous monster girls
American Patriot what about macross
American Patriot initial D