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“Kal-el Albus attends sky island's flight school until air tribe attack ignites war over "end of the sky."”
The Pilot's Love Song
とある飛空士への恋歌
7.15
3,947 rank · 104,837 viewers · 226 favorites
Adventure
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Kal-el Albus attends sky island's flight school until air tribe attack ignites war over "end of the sky."
In order to uncover the "end of the sky," as spoken of in ancient mythology, Kal-el Albus is sent to Isla, an island in the sky. There he attends Cadoques High's Aerial Division, where he enjoys a carefree life with his schoolmates. That is...until a surprise attack by the air tribe drags Isla into a bloody war. (Source: NIS America)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 19 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 19 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 0.84
Running avg · Mar 2014 → Jun 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “When I first watched this anime, the story immediately got my attention. Well, romance genres always gets my eyes. The ending was quite the hanger so I'm really expecting for a second season. But I...”
- 9 “It is in my opinion, one of the best tearjerkers after Clannad. Dont start that thing about other anime having better tearjerker moments than this one because this is purely in my personal opinion....”
- 10 “Look if you want something that will give you enjoyment for 5 hours this will do that, if you want to have the feels every couple episode this will do that, the world haven't seen anything like it...”
Verbosity
Short · 26%
Medium · 32%
Long · 42%
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 Winter 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7986 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- DAX Production Producer
- 3xCube Producer
- ZERO-A Producer
- Sammy Producer
- NichiNare Producer
- Toppan Printing Producer
Licensed by
- NIS America, Inc. Licensor