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801 T.T.S. Airbats (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Aozora Shōjo-tai (Japanese) 
Japan Air Self Defence Force Tactical Training Squadron 801 T.T.S. Airbats 
青空少女隊 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , comedy , romance 
Themes: aircraft , military 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: When aviation mechanic (and anime fanboy) Takuya Isurugi is transferred to the 801st Tactical Training Squadron, he gets more than he bargained for. Moderated by hard-headed veteran ace Mitsuru Konishi, the "Airbats" are an all-female aerial acrobatic team consisting of loose cannons Miyuki Haneda and Arisa Mitaka, karaoke freak and gambling genius Sakura Saginomiya, and junk food lover Yoko Shimorenjaku. Both Haneda and Mitaka do not get along with each other, and their rivalry worsens when they both fall for Isurugi. But with the entire JASDF having doubts about the team, the Airbats must work as a team or face total disbandment. 
User Ratings: 252 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (dub:10, sub:8)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:22, dub:12, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 82 votes (sub:54, dub:25, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:35, dub:21, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:11, dub:10, ?:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 524 users, rank: #2084 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.564 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.5936, rank: #5802 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 6.496 (Decent+), rank: #5941 (of 10235) (seen all: 6.60 / seen some: 6.09 / won't finish: 3.78)
Bayesian estimate: 6.544 (Good−), rank: #5339 (of 7688)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 7 
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1994-10-21
Release dates: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"Niji ni Naritai" (虹になりたい; "I Wanna Be a Rainbow") by Mayaka 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Taiyō ga Atatameta Kimochi" (太陽があたためた気持ち; "The Sun Warms My Heart") by Aya Hisakawa and Ai Orikasa (eps 1-3) 
#2: "Fuchū Shigure" (府中しぐれ; "A Light Rain in Fuchū") by Kikuko Inoue (ep 4) 
#3: "Aozora no Love Letter" (青空のラブレター; "Love Letter in the Blue Sky") by Yukana Nogami (eps 5-7) 
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
News: Show:
ADV Delays Re-Releases (Jan 10, 2005)
Anime Newsbriefs: (Sep 16, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - First Flight (DVD 1) delayed/cancelled
    801 T.T.S. Airbats (DVD 1-2) 2002-06-11 (from $91.99)
VHS
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - 1st Strike (Dub.VHS 1) 1998-09-00 (from $14.99)
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - 2nd Strike (Dub.VHS 2) 1998-11-03
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - 3rd Strike (Dub.VHS 3) 1998-11-11
    801 T.T.S. Airbats (Sub.VHS 1) 1995-07-14
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - 2nd Strike (Sub.VHS 2) 1998-11-03 (from $5.00)
    801 T.T.S. Airbats - 3rd Strike (Sub.VHS 3) 1998-11-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yūji Moriyama 
Director:
Junichi Sakata  (eps 3, 7) 
Osamu Mikasa  (eps 1, 4) 
Shin Misawa  (ep 6) 
Tōru Yoshida  (eps 2, 5) 
Yūji Moriyama  (ep 1) 
Script:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (ep 5) 
Ryōe Tsukimura (ep 2) 
Ryoichi Yagi (ep 3) 
Soya Fujiwara (ep 7) 
Yōsuke Kuroda (ep 6) 
Yūji Kawahara  (eps 1, 4) 
Storyboard:
Junichi Sakata (ep 7) 
Tōru Yoshida (eps 2, 5) 
Yūji Moriyama (eps 1, 3-4, 6) 
Original Manga: Toshimitsu Shimizu 
Character Design: Yūji Moriyama 
Art Director: Yōji Nakaza 
Chief Animation Director: Yūji Moriyama (ep 3) 
Animation Director:
Takahiro Kimura (eps 2, 5) 
Tōru Yoshida (ep 2) 
Toshiharu Murata (ep 3) 
Yasuhiro Ōshima (ep 7) 
Yūji Moriyama (eps 1, 4, 6) 
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami 
Director of Photography:
Akihiko Takahashi (eps 1-3) 
Takashi Azuhata (eps 4-7) 
Art Setting: Nobuhito Sue (eps 4-7) 
Assistant Animation Director: Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 5) 
Assistant Director: Osamu Mikasa (ep 7) 
Color Check:
Eiko Inoue (eps 4, 6) 
Kazuko Nabeshima (eps 2, 5, 7) 
Shūko Itō (eps 1, 3) 
Color Coordination:
Eiko Inoue (eps 4, 6) 
Kazuko Nabeshima (eps 5, 7) 
Osamu Mikasa  (eps 1-3) 
Color setting:
Eiko Inoue (eps 4, 6) 
Kazuko Nabeshima (eps 2, 5, 7) 
Shūko Itō (eps 1, 3) 
Editing:
Akihiro Kawasaki (Okayasu Promotion) 
Hideaki Murai (Okayasu Promotion) 
Kiyotaka Miyake (Okayasu Promotion) 
Toshihiko Kojima 
Yumiko Nakaba (Okayasu Promotion) 
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi (Group Donguri/Studio Theta; eps 2, 4-5, 7) 
Ayumi Hasebe (Anime R; ep 5) 
Chisako Ushijima (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Daisuke Agata (Studio Angle; eps 6-7) 
Eizō Kawada (Studio Takuranke; eps 5-7) 
Eri Sano (Anime R; ep 5) 
Fumie Kamiyama (Studio Takuranke; eps 5-7) 
Harumi Ito (Anime R; ep 5) 
Hideki Ejima (Studio Wombat; ep 4) 
Hideki Tachibana (Studio Takuranke; eps 4-7) 
Hiromi Nishikawa (Studio Takuranke; eps 5-7) 
Hiroshi Tanaka (Studio Takuranke; eps 4-5) 
Hitomi Ando (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Jun Nakai (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Kazuhito Satsusa (Group Donguri/Studio Theta; eps 2, 4-5, 7) 
Kazuya Morimae (Studio Angle; eps 5-7) 
Keiji Shigesawa (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Keita Inoue (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Kenichi Ogawa (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Koichi Kawai (Anime R; ep 5) 
Koichi Nakaya (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Kōichi Takai (Anime R; ep 5) 
Kumiko Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 5) 
Manabu Yasumoto (Studio Angle; eps 5-7) 
Masahiro Emoto (Group Donguri/Studio Theta; eps 2, 4-5, 7) 
Masayuki Chunan (Studio Angle; eps 6-7) 
Masayuki Shibuya (Group Donguri/Studio Theta; eps 2, 4-5, 7) 
Mayumi Takada (Anime R; ep 5) 
Miho Okiayu (Anime R; ep 5) 
Mikine Kuwabara (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Misa Sugimoto (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Naomi Miyoshi (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Noboru Kawamori (Studio Angle; eps 5-7) 
Noriko Tanaka (Anime R; ep 5) 
Norio Soga (Studio Angle; eps 5-7) 
Nozomi Nakayama (Studio Takuranke; eps 4-7) 
Reiko Mano (Group Donguri; ep 2) 
Rie Kondō (Studio Takuranke; eps 5-7) 
Sachiko Fujiwara (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Satomi Tanaka (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Shōgo Morishita (ep 5) 
Sōji Shinohara (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Tadashi Kubo (Studio Wombat; ep 4) 
Takaaki Ogawa (Group Donguri/Studio Theta; eps 2, 4-5, 7) 
Takahiko Yoshida (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Takako Tamura (Mu Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Tatsuya Ichikawa (Anime R; ep 5) 
Tatsuya Urano (Anime R; ep 5) 
Tomomi Ishikawa (Studio Takuranke; ep 7) 
Tomomi Okamura (ep 2) 
Tomomi Tanaka (Studio Wombat; ep 4) 
Yasuhiro Ishimura (Studio Mu; ep 3) 
Yasuo Ishimori (Studio Wombat; ep 4) 
Yasuo Sato (Studio Takuranke; ep 4) 
Yasushi Isoi (Studio Takuranke; eps 4-7) 
Yōko Ikekawa (Studio Takuranke; eps 4-7) 
Yuichi Watanabe (Studio Wombat; ep 4) 
Yūji Tateno (eps 2, 5) 
Yukiharu Taniguchi (Studio Angle; eps 5-7) 
Yuko Uetake (Studio Takuranke; ep 7) 
In-Between Check:
Hajime Yoshida (eps 1-7) 
Hirokazu Kaku (ep 7) 
Hisashi Saito (ep 2) 
Key Animation:
Akira Inoue (eps 2, 5-6) 
Akira Takeuchi (eps 1, 3-4) 
Eiji Suganuma (ep 3) 
Fumiko Yoshida (ep 2) 
Hiromi Muranaka (eps 5-6) 
Hiromitsu Morishita (eps 2, 5) 
Hiroyuki Kasugai (ep 7) 
Hiroyuki Nakamura (ep 6) 
Hisashi Saito (eps 4-5, 7) 
Katsutoshi Tsunoda (ep 7) 
Kazuchika Kise (ep 3) 
Kazuhiko Shibuya (ep 7) 
Kazuhiro Sasaki (eps 2, 6) 
Kazuya Kuroda (eps 1, 4) 
Keiichi Ishikura (ep 3) 
Keiji Ishihara (ep 4) 
Kenichirō Katsura (eps 1, 7) 
Kenji Teraoka (eps 4-5) 
Kiichi Takaoka (ep 7) 
Kōdai Iwata (ep 3) 
Kōichi Arai (eps 3, 6) 
Kōichi Usami (eps 3, 5) 
Kōji Matsuyama (ep 2) 
Makoto Bessho (eps 1-2) 
Makoto Yamada (eps 2, 5) 
Manabu Tanzawa (ep 7) 
Mariko Fujita (ep 7) 
Masahiko Itojima (eps 4, 7) 
Masahiro Kase (ep 2) 
Masahito Sawada (eps 2, 6) 
Masashi Yanagishita (ep 2) 
Mayumi Hirota (ep 6) 
Noriaki Tetsura (ep 1) 
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (eps 2, 5) 
Satoshi Ishino (eps 2, 7) 
Seiichi Nakatani (ep 6) 
Shiho Takeuchi (ep 3) 
Shin Matsuo (ep 3) 
Shōichi Masuo (ep 6) 
Shuji Kawakami (eps 3, 6) 
Shunji Suzuki (eps 2, 5) 
Takahiro Kimura (ep 5) 
Takahiro Kishida (ep 3) 
Takahiro Komori (eps 1, 4, 7) 
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 2, 5) 
Takuji Yoshimoto (eps 1-2, 5-6) 
Tōru Takahashi (eps 4, 7) 
Tōru Yoshida (ep 5) 
Toshiharu Murata (ep 3) 
Tsuyoshi Kimura (eps 1, 6) 
Yasuyuki Noda (ep 7) 
Yōji Niizuma (ep 1) 
Yōko Kikuchi (eps 1, 3-4, 7) 
Yoshie Kawamura (ep 7) 
Yoshiharu Shimizu (eps 1, 3-4) 
Yoshikazu Samura (eps 5, 7) 
Yūichi Tanaka (eps 1, 4, 6) 
Yūji Moriyama (OP, ED; eps 1, 6) 
Music Director:
Hiromi Yamaguchi (eps 4-7) 
Shousei Ito (eps 1-3) 
Production manager:
Airi Masayuki (ep 4) 
Hajime Suda (eps 3, 5) 
Hisago Zuikou (eps 2, 6) 
Norio Yamazaki (ep 3) 
Satoshi Hasegawa (ep 1) 
Yoshiki Sakurazuki (ep 7) 
Recording:
Naotsugu Uchida (eps 4-5) 
Ryōko Nashimoto 
Takako Morohoshi (eps 1-3) 
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhira Hirano 
Sound Coordination: Tōru Nakano 
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound Production) 
Sound Production Manager: Junko Tanimoto 
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara 
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Orikasa (aps 1-3) 
Aya Hisakawa (eps 1-3) 
Kikuko Inoue (ep 4) 
Yukana Nogami (eps 5-7) 
Ai Orikasa as Arisa Mitaka 
Aya Hisakawa as Miyuki Haneda 
Shinichirō Miki as Takuya Isurugi 

Kikuko Inoue as Sakura Saginomiya 
Norio Wakamoto as Capt. Mitsuru Konishi 
Yukana Nogami as Yōko Shimorenjaku 

Hideyuki Umezu as Cmdr. Kōji Kengamine 
Mahito Tsujimura as General Tsukamoto 
Nobuaki Sekine as Colonel Yumioka 
Rei Sakuma as Lieutenant Jeger (ep 5) 
Shigeru Shiibashi as Father 
Toshihiko Seki as Sanshirō Hiyama 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kazuaki Akizuki 
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Kusanagi 
Cooperation:
Anime R (ep 2) 
Double R (ep 2) 
Development: Imagica 
Editing: Okayasu Promotion 
In-Between Animation:
Anime R (eps 2-3, 5-6) 
Big Bang (eps 2-3) 
Chaos Project (ep 7) 
Dragon Production (eps 2-3) 
GAINAX (eps 2-3, 6) 
Group Donguri (eps 2-3) 
Madhouse (ep 7) 
Mu Animation Studio (ep 1) 
Production I.G (eps 6-7) 
Studio Angle (eps 2-3, 5-7) 
Studio Egg (eps 1, 4) 
Studio Fantasia (eps 1-3, 6-7) 
Studio Ghibli (ep 4) 
Studio Hatenkou (ep 5) 
Studio Kuma (ep 1) 
Studio Mu (eps 1-5) 
Studio Take Off (eps 2-3) 
Studio Takuranke (eps 1-7) 
Studio Theta (eps 4-7) 
Studio Wombat (eps 2, 4-5) 
Music Production: BMG Victor 
Music Production Cooperation:
Arcadia Studio (eps 1-3) 
Hot Wave (eps 4-7) 
Paint:
E-cho (ep 1) 
Madhouse (eps 1-6) 
STEC (eps 1-2, 4, 6) 
Studio CATS (eps 2-3) 
Studio Fantasia 
Studio Kuma (eps 1-2, 4, 6) 
Studio Mac (eps 4-5) 
Suzuki Animation Planning (eps 2-5, 7) 
Recording Studio:
Central Recording (eps 1-3) 
HALF H·P STUDIO (eps 4-7) 
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO 
Special Cooperation With: Japan Air Self-Defense Force 
Titles:
4-chome Factory (eps 3, 5) 
Maki Production (eps 1-2, 4) 
VTR Work: Video-Tech 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Gary Dehan 
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto 
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts 
Ichiro Arakaki 
Masako Arakawa 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Sharon Papa 
Producer: Gary Dehan 

Additional Translation: Shoko Oono 
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams 
DVD Producer: David Williams 
Editing: Joey Goubeaud 
Graphic Design: James Bates 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas 
Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent 
Maki Nagano 
Miyuki Kamiya 
Recording engineer: Charles Campbell 
Sound Design: Paul Killam 
Subtitle Script:
Brad Atwell 
Matt Greenfield 
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes 
Robert Newell as Takuya Isurugi 
Sascha Biesi as Miyuki Haneda 
Stacey Sperling as Arisa Mitaka 

David Arnsberger as Capt. Mitsuru Konishi 
Maxine O. as Yoko Shimorenjaku 
Shawn Sides as Sakura Saginomiya 

Amy L. Gamber as Lieutenant Yeager 
Charles Campbell as
Dream Team Leader 
Foxtrot One 
Ramen Chef 
David Kroll as
Gen. Tsukamoto 
Thunderbirds Member 
David R. Jarrott as
Announcer 
Col. Yumioka 
Gary Dehan as
Cadet 1 
Control Tower 
Dream Radio Operator 
Karaoke Crowd 
Thunderbirds Member 
Waiter 
Harry Soapman as Disco Singer 
James Elliot as Thunderbirds Member 
Jeffrey Garrett as Toshimitsu Tokaji 
José Marrero as
Karaoke Crowd 
Pilot 
Soldier 
Kelley Huston as
Cadet 2 
General’s Assistant 
Karaoke Crowd 
Kumi 
Matt Wood as
Karaoke Crowd 
Pilot 
Soldier 
Michael Dalmon as Cmdr. Kouji Kengamine 
Sascha Biesi as Ayako 
Stacey Sperling as Aiko 
Travis Dean as Promoter 
English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network 
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia) 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Licensed by:
ADV Films  (Expired) 
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios 
Recording Studio: Monster Island 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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