Key Animation
시리즈의 주인공 키리코 큐비는 사실상 '생존율 제로'인 전투에서 혼자 살아남게 되고 혹독한 부상을 입은 상태로 바로 다른 부대로 배속된다. 그곳은 바로 바코프 분대로 구성원간 공통점이라고는 전혀 찾아볼 수도 없는 콩가루 부대였다. 이후 바코프 분대는 '생존 확률이 제로에 가까운' 임무에만 연속으로 투입된다. 거기다 왠지 적군뿐만 아니라 아군까지 자신들을 죽이려고 안달내는 상황. 하지만 이 절망적인 상황에서도 키리코와 동료들은 힘을 합쳐 끝까지 살아남는다. 이런 말도 안되는 상황의 뒤에는 음모가 있었다. 사실 바코프 부대는 하나의 샘플이고 그들의 임무는 모두 실험이었다. 바코프 분대원들은 실은 요란 페일젠이 연구하던 '말도 안 될 정도로 생존율이 높은 이능생존체 후보자' 들이었다. 페일젠이 파기한 극비 자료를 입수해 이 사실을 알게 된 워컴은 이들을 한 부대에 몰아넣고 이들이 과연 죽나 안 죽나 실험을 하고 있던 것이었다. 워컴은 계속된 실험과 페일젠을 고문해서 얻은 정보를 바탕으로 그들이 이능생존체라고 확신하고 정말로 생존 가능성이 없는 무모한 작전에 그들을 투입한다. 하지만 바코프 분대는 자신들이 불사의 이능생존체라는 확신을 가지고 두려움 없이 작전에 뛰어들고 키리코는 자신과 같은 능력을 가진 친구들이 더 있다는 사실에 내심 기뻐한다. 하지만...
Animation Director
A young girl named Tomoko visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There she has a mysterious meeting with Sadako, the little girl who was 2 years old when the U.S. dropped the bomb on her city during WWII and 11 when she died from the effects of radiation poisoning. Sadako takes Tomoko on an eye-opening journey.
Character Technical Supervisor
Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. She's a bit of a crybaby, which is no secret to those around her. She loves playing with friends and singing cute schoolyard chants, and occasionally having fun with her three older brothers. Her mother is pregnant, and so she looks forward to being a big sister, only partially understanding the responsibility that might bring. Meanwhile, the war effort is growing, and it`s only the natural thing to do to be patriotic and support the country...Kayoko goes so far as to contribute her favorite dolly, whose materials could help build explosives. Time passes, and as she grows older, Kayoko sees how the war has affected her life and those around her. Nothing can prepare her for 1945, however, and the bleak times that are soon to come.
Character Designer
Based on accounts of the firebombing of Fukuoka.
The year is 1945. Everything as usual in the Fukuoka city. Some places in Japan have already been scorched by the fire of war, but here it is relatively peaceful and calm. The school still working, and the boys play war in their spare time. Daichi and his friend are the commanders of rival squads. One day a newcomer appears in the class - Yoriko, a girl evacuated from Tokyo. Yoriko takes life very seriously, she has good reasons - her childhood ended after the loss of loved ones in the bombing. Children get to know each other and become friends. They, as the rest of the city, do not yet know that on June 19 their life will be divided into "before" and "after".
Animation Director
Based on accounts of the firebombing of Fukuoka.
The year is 1945. Everything as usual in the Fukuoka city. Some places in Japan have already been scorched by the fire of war, but here it is relatively peaceful and calm. The school still working, and the boys play war in their spare time. Daichi and his friend are the commanders of rival squads. One day a newcomer appears in the class - Yoriko, a girl evacuated from Tokyo. Yoriko takes life very seriously, she has good reasons - her childhood ended after the loss of loved ones in the bombing. Children get to know each other and become friends. They, as the rest of the city, do not yet know that on June 19 their life will be divided into "before" and "after".
