# Anime depictions of an AC-130 gunship?

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**Created:** [June 7, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-an-ac-130-gunship/690266 "2014-06-07T12:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-an-ac-130-gunship/690266/1 "2014-06-07T12:34:23Z")

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Odd question time, again—and before entries start for the next AMV Hell compilation, would anyone here happen to know of anime works (TV, movies, etc.) that happen to feature an [AC-130 “Spectre” gunship](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-130) onscreen?

Surprisingly, the most I’ve been able to find is a one second clip from the [opening of the series “Freezing,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFC3ewU5OU&t=1m18s) although I haven’t actually seen the series itself—it looks a little heavy on pointlessly-scantily-clad-magical-teenage-girls and light on “plot,” for my tastes—so I couldn’t say if they make any other appearances.

Like I said, kind of a surprising paucity. But then, other appearances might just be too obscure works, or are simply poorly cataloged.

So…can any other otaku help me track down [Puff the Magic Dragon](http://www.horntip.com/mp3/1970s/1972ca_songs_of_sac_and_sea_%28CD%29/19_puff_%28aka_puff_the_magic_dragon%29.htm)?

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**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-an-ac-130-gunship/690266/2 "2014-06-13T19:26:12Z")

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That’s going to be a stretch. You’d need something set around the present day. They’re not AC-130’s, but would the transports dropping off the ARL-99B Helldivers at the beginning of _Patlabor_ suffice?

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-an-ac-130-gunship/690266/3 "2014-06-14T14:08:57Z")

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> [@psiekier](#):
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> That’s going to be a stretch. You’d need something set around the present day. They’re not AC-130’s, but would the transports dropping off the ARL-99B Helldivers at the beginning of _Patlabor_ suffice?

Alas, no; I’d need something much more visually similar to an AC-130 proper, or at least a C-130.

Thank you for your reply, though!—luckily, I’ve been able to track down an episode of Freezing that that has a solid few good seconds of footage, and I know of at least a coupla other anime sources that have Herks on display. I think I might have a fighting chance of piecing something together.