The Cockpit (OVA)

The Cockpit
ザ・コクピット; (Za Kokupitto)
Genre	Historical, Military
Original video animation
Directed by	Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ep 1); Takashi Imanishi (ep 2); Ryōsuke Takahashi (ep 3);
Written by	Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ep 1); Takashi Imanishi (ep 2); Ryōsuke Takahashi (ep 3);
Music by	Masahiro Kawasaki (ep 1); Akira Inoue (ep 2); Kaoru Wada (ep 3);
Studio	Madhouse (ep 1); Jacom (ep 2); Visual 80 (ep 3);
Licensed by	Urban Vision
Released	October 22, 1993
Runtime	30 minutes each
Episodes	3

The Cockpit (Japanese: ザ・コクピット, Hepburn: Za Kokupitto) is a Japanese original video animation series based on Leiji Matsumoto's World War II manga Battlefield. The OVA series is written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi, and Ryousuke Takahashi.

Kawajiri's Slipstream follows a Luftwaffe pilot on his mission to protect Germany's trump card: the world's first atomic bomb. Imanishi's Sonic Boom Squadron explores the last hours of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka pilot on August 6, 1945. Takahashi's Knight of the Iron Dragon tells the story of two Japanese soldiers in Leyte as they attempt to keep a promise.