Oshii's Sky Crawlers Animated Film Due in 2008
Infamous Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii will direct a new animated feature film, THE SKY CRAWLERS, to be released in Japan in 2008. The film is based on a popular five-part novel, of the same name, by the bestselling writer Hiroshi Mori.
The story unfolds in the future in which the main characters are youngsters, called "Kildren," are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren know that every day may be their last, because they fight a "war as entertainment," organized and operated by adults.