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| May 19, 2009DVD Talk
Three good documentaries, all shot on videotape but presented here in HD, are offered.....This is a slow, deliberately paced film, quite unlike any other anime I've seen recently (or even perhaps not so recently).....the CGI is amazing at times.....The Blu-ray Like the film itself, The Sky Crawlers ' AVC 1.78:1 image is restrained..... ... Full Review
| Dec 16, 2008cinefantastiqueonline.com
this is clearly the work of Mamoru Oshii, anime's master of sublime mystery.....You'd think so from the lush, elegiac feel of THE SKY CRAWLERS.....tentatively courts Suito (Rinko Kikuchi), the air base's female commander, suggests the fine hand of a director who can distill beauty from strikingly disparate situations..... ... Full Review
| Sep 03, 2008Screen International
Lucas divison Skywalker Sound worked on the crystalline dogfight sound design, and the wistful ambient music, by longtime Oshii collaborator Kenji Kawaii, is a delight.....The art direction is superb, placing sleek but unfuturistic fantasy double-prop planes....The story is told elegantly in gradual, slow-drip mode;.... ... Full Review

