The Sky Crawlers is based on a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period.
Japanese study overview
Sky Crawlers is a Japanese anime of 9,139 characters, with 1,098 unique words and 542 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,098 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
This title is too short to reliably find similar media.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×29
- 草薙Kusaka×21
- 思うto think×21
- 函南Kannami×18
- 僕I×15
- 君you×14
- 子供child×14
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×14
- 人person×13
- 前in front (of)×12
- 殺すto kill×12
- 機chance×11
- 優一Masakazu×10
- 仁朗Jirou×10
- 土岐Tsuchiki×8
- 前任者predecessor×4
- 湯田川Yutagawa×4
- 戦域war area×4
- タバコを吸うto smoke a cigarette×3
- 黒豹black panther×3