Other Media
Besides the manga and anime series, Area 88 can be found in several other media.
Art Books
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Scale Models
Scale modelling and Area 88 go hand in hand. According to an interview done with Tamiya News, Kaoru Shintani drew inspiration for the name from the 1/35 scale model German 88mmGunFlak 36/37 released by Tamiya in 1972. That's not particularly surprising co...
Scale Models (1/100)
Takara 1/100
Beginning in October 1982, not coincidentally right at the height of the manga series’ popularity, Takara released a ten-kit series of Area 88 models in 1/100 scale. Although it has largely fallen out of favour with scale model bu...
Scale Models (1/144)
No Area 88 model collection can be complete without the combo 1/12 scale figures and 1/144 (and 1/400) scale models that were released by Hasegawa in 1996. Given that 1/144 is not one of Hasegawa’s “house scales”, most of the airplane kits are reboxi...
Scale Models (1/72)
For Area 88 scale model builders, 1/72 scale is the arguably the best. It has, by far, the most official releases.
1996 Series (Hasegawa)
Perhaps emboldened by the successful release of their 1/144 scale planes with resin figures release, in 1996 ...
Soundtracks and Music
There have been several Area 88 soundtrack releases, on both vinyl and CD. For information on the CAPCOM video game sound files, please see our Video Games section .
Feature-length Animation Area 88 Music Collection PART 1
長編アニメーション エリア88 音楽集 PART 1 ...
Video Games
Video Games