TheOneThatYouWanted Review of Wings of Honneamise

Wings of Honneamise (1987)

Not for everyone but I had a blast watching it

[9/10 · 4 February 2017]

So yeah, I was looking at a list of the best animated films from the 80s and this is on the list. It was hard to find and seems to be noteworthy from being the first anime to deal in a real world setting with adult subject matters; I'm not sure how true that statement is but this anime isn't bad. It drags here and there but you can feel the well thought out philosophy and plot points. I like the opening monologue and how it makes you think you read it wrong until you start watching the film and understand why an aviation program would be harder to get into than a space program. Anyway, the film is about a space program that is just going nowhere and just there to literally waste money until the biggest slacker in the program turns his views around after meeting a strangely religious girl. He ultimately ends up driving those around him and etc, etc there is a lot more to it but I don't want to spoil anything. The film is a good one. It borders on being remarkable but never seems to go over the hump. But still worth a watch.