The sky is the part of the atmosphere or of above space visible. Daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a deep blue surface because of the air's scattering. The sky anime is sometimes defined as the denser gaseous zone of a planet's atmosphere. At night the sky has the appearance of a black surface or region scattered with stars.
スカイ・クロラ (Japanese), 空中殺手 (Chinese (Taiwan),Sky Crawlers, l'armée du ciel (French),The Sky Crawlers - I cavalieri del cielo (Italian),The Sky Crawlers: Eternamente (Portuguese)
he first book written and published, but meant to be the last in the series, was The Sky Crawlers, first released in June 2001. A shinshobon (refurbished) edition of the book followed on October 2002, while the bunkobon (paper back) edition followed on October 2004.
The first book, chronologically, in the series, None But Air (ナ·バ·テア, Na Ba Tea?), was released in June 2004, while the shinshobon edition for this volume followed on October 2004 and the bunkobon edition followed on November 2005. The second book in the series, Down to Heaven (ダウン·ツ·ヘヴン, Daun Tsu Hevun?), followed in June 2005, while its shinshobon edition followed on December 2005 and its bunkobon edition followed on November 2006.
The third book in the series, Flutter into Life (フラッタ·リンツ·ライフ, Furatta Rintsu Raifu?), followed in June 2006. The fourth book in the series, Cradle the Sky (クレィドゥ·ザ·スカイ, Kureidu Za Sukai?), was released on June 25, 2007, while the fifth book was released in 2008.
The misplaced publishing order was intended to show there is no need to read the story in the chronological order.
Official links of The Sky Crawlers
Countdown of "The Sky Crawlers" (Japanese)
Production I.G. [WHAT'S NEW]
スカイ・クロラ 特設サイト (Japanese)
押井守 ::: 空中殺手 The Sky Crawlers ::: (Chinese (Taiwan))
押井守監督最新作 映画「スカイ・クロラ The Sky Crawlers」公式サイト (Japanese)