The Sky Crawlers

The Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.

The Sky Crawlers is a 2008 drama animation movie directed by Mamoru Oshii, starring Rinko Kikuchi, Shôsuke Tanihara, Ryô Kase. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7/10 from 6,184 votes and runs 2h 2m.