The animation doesn't just look real, it thinks like a real machine, every frame of Yukikaze moving with the weight of actual physics, actual danger. You're watching a film about whether an AI plane understands its pilot better than he understands himself, whether communication with an alien intelligence is possible or just a mirror where we see our own obsession. The narrative fractures on purpose, leaving you to piece together what is sensor data and what is projection, what Fukai controls and what controls him.
A mysterious pillar of fog has appeared over the South Pole, and humanity discovers it's a gateway for extraterrestrial invasion. As the alien threat Jam bleeds into our world, the United Nations mobilizes its finest defense force to push back the incursion. Pilot Fukai Zero flies Yukikaze, a cutting-edge reconnaissance aircraft designed for one purpose: gather intelligence and survive long enough to bring it home. His skill in the cockpit is unmatched, and he leans heavily on the jet's advanced weapons and nearly sentient AI, though his cold, aloof manner leaves him disliked by fellow pilots. Then, amid a brutal battle, a hostile aircraft that will not respond to contact attacks him, and it is the very same model as his own. Rendered entirely in 3D, this psychological sci-fi OVA runs five episodes.
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