Girly Air Force (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2004

After successfully returning to Earth on the renovated Stratos 4, the four Meteor Sweeper girls are visited by Comet Blasters Chizuru Kubo and Annette Kerry, who brought with them a shocking video. Meanwhile, Orbital Station 7 is having serious problems...

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2006

Mikaze and her 3 friends are promoted to instructor positions. Meanwhile more comets are on their way to Earth and the mysteries behind the rift in the Cosmic Emergency Management Agency as well as the alien parasites begin to unravel. A shortage in pilots at the base calls for some drastic measures, and co-ordinated teamwork on everyone's part. In addition, Miharu has escaped from her captivity and everyone scrambles to find her and determine her intentions.

• OVA (6 eps)
• 2005 - 2006

Mikaze, Ayamo, Karin, and Shizuha were sent off to become official Comet Blasters, but have returned due to failing exams. Their past instructor, Sayaka, appoints them to be instructors since three new recruits will be training! Kiriko, Mirei, and Mana are the new interns, each with their own level of skill in operations; however, the world is inevitably invaded by aliens, and the three girls must put aside their teachings to battle these enemies. As they experience some struggle while in combat, they begin to think: perhaps there are enemies coming from the inside?

• TV (13 eps)
• 2003

When deadly asteroids threaten Earth, an elite team of interceptors--the Meteor Sweepers--are formed. Now, rookie pilot Honjou Mikaze and her three friends are caught up in tumultuous events that may expose a sinister conspiracy and put the fate of the world into the hands of a few young girls...

• TV (26 eps)
• 2008

It is the year 3287, and the countries of Roxche and Soux-Beil have been feuding for one hundred and thirty years. In the country of Roxche, the young air force pilot Allison has just reunited with her childhood friend Wil; and together, they are about to embark on a grand adventure. Whether it's ending the war between the countries with the help of a legendary treasure, traveling into hostile territory, or helping restore a princess's right to the throne, Allison and Wil will complete their missions with kindness and honor.

• OVA (5 eps)
• 2002 - 2005

In the distant future, Earth is being invaded by a mysterious alien race known as the JAM. Though suffering heavy casualties, mankind unites and repels their advance, pushing them back to their homeworld of Fairy. As to not take any chances of another attack, an expeditionary force is formed to pursue and eradicate any who managed to flee. The campaign is successful, with all but a few small pockets of JAM completely destroyed, and preparations are made for the fleet to return to home. Enter Leiutenant Rei Fukai, the pilot of a reconnaissance fighter jet known as the Yukikaze. With victory close at hand, he is assigned to do one final sweep of Fairy to put an end of the threat for good. However, during the flight, he is attacked by an unknown jet that appears to one of mankind's own, and barely manages to escape. Though the JAM are all but gone, it seems a new, more deadly threat has emerged, fiercely determined to stop the fleet from returning home alive...

• OVA (4 eps)
• 1993 - 1995

When the Japanese government puts civilian organizations in charge of the country's air force, some of these companies decide to put their aspiring idol singers behind the controls of their fighter planes. Among these groups of idol singers is Hummingbird, a five-woman team consisting of the Toreishi sisters—Satsuki, Uzuki, Yayoi, Kanna and Miina. During a taping session, video director Kudo sees some potential in these girls and jumps in to help them reach the top of the charts by directing their debut video.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2008

In a world where corporations snuff out the competition by sending fighter jets to attack their offices, teenage pilot Kannami Yuichi is reassigned to a new base. There, he meets Tokino, a carefree pilot who enjoys the company of older women, and Kasanagi Suito, his superior officer who he slowly falls for. However, not everything is as it seems. Soon, distressing questions are raised about Kannami's predecessor, a race of perpetual adolescents known as the Kildren, and the enemy ace of the skies, Teacher.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2004

Shin Kazama was once in training to become an airline pilot, until his jealous friend Satoru Kanzaki tricked him into signing a 3 year contract whose reward is $1,500,000, and whose escape is unthinkable. His mission since that day has been to work for a hidden base of mercenaries known as Area 88, with the skies as his new home, soaring into deadly battles and fighting to survive. Determined not to die, this ace pilot of Area 88 battles hard daily to one day leave the hell of being a fighter pilot. Will he ever return to his fiance Ryoko, or is he doomed to die in the skies?

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1985

Kazama Shin, tricked and forced into fighting for the remote country of Arslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. As the war rages on, Shin has to deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as he tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.