Category — Trailers

I hope you’re looking forward to The Sky Crawlers, the latest movie from Mamoru Oshii.

An extended trailer for the film has been released online (video above) and I have to say, the more teasing glimpses I get, the more I’m desperate to get a hold of the whole thing. Also, Kenji Kawai’s soundtrack is shaping up beautifully well.

In addition to this, Japanese blogger bangin recently posted an explanation of the film’s keyword ‘kirudore’. Essentially, it’s defined as “children who stopped growing up at the puberty and have an (almost) eternal life”. This isn’t Peter Pan though, The Sky Crawlers is a movie about forever-young aircraft pilots fighting an eternal war for entertainment. Comparisons to Battle Royale seem apt, though I’m sure director Oshii won’t shy away from his trademark use of philosophy, even if I hope it’s not quite as dense as Innocence. Anyway, I don’t think it will be, as it seems Oshii is trying to capture a more romantic direction this time around. He said the following at a press conference for The Sky Crawlers in 2007:

“All I want to say is that simply living life has worth to it. In reality, I think we get few choices as to how we live our lives. Life is tough, but if we prepare for the unhappy moments, that preparation becomes our reason for living. I think experiencing hardships is one of the points of life and living.“

The film is out in Japan in August. It’s the anime I’m most anticipating in 2008.