Warlords of Sigrdrifa

Warlords of Sigrdrifa Key Visual.

Animated Series (2020)
Japanese title: 戦翼のシグルドリーヴァ

Starring:
Hibiku Yamamura (Claudia Bruford)
Nene Hieda (Miyako Muguruma)
Mao Ichimichi (Azuzu Komagome)
Sayaka Kikuchi (Sonoka Watarai)

When humanity is driven to the brink of despair by an alien threat called Pillars, a self-proclaimed god named Odin appears and bestows upon the people the power of "Valkyries"—battle maidens who pilot vintage aircraft called Hero Wings.

Claudia "Schwertleite" Bruford is the ace of the European Valkyrie Wing. When Japan's S-class Valkyrie passes away in battle, Claudia is relocated to Japan as a replacement. However, with a dark record of being the sole survivor in every mission that results in being nicknamed "Grim Reaper," she suspects she already knows why she was chosen.

Prepared to be shunned yet again, she arrives at the Tateyama Valkyrie Wing. Little does she know, her new comrades are a bunch of oddballs who have zero intention of accepting her dreadful nickname!

Note: This is an animated film. The aircraft shown in it are therefore not actual aircraft, however, where a reasonable depiction of an actual aircraft has been created, it has been identified as best as possible.

Hero Wings

Vintage aircraft, blessed by Odin, that are flown by battle maidens (Valkyries). As Claudia, Miyako, Azuzu, and Sonoka are the main characters of this series, their planes are the most prominently featured.

From front to rear: Azuzu's He 100, Miyako's Ki-44 and Claudia's Gladiator, and Sonoka's M.C.72R

Gloster Gladiator Mk II

Claudia's aircraft.

Nakajima Ki-44-II otsu

Miyako's aircraft. Her fixed 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine guns are swapped to AN/M2 Browning .50cals.

Heinkel He 100 D-1

Azuzu's aircraft. Her aircraft is highly modified, with the rear fuselage having a Sondergerät mounted on it.

Macchi M.C.72R

Sonoka's aircraft. The only seaplane to make an appearance in this Anime.

Grumman F7F Tigercat

Flown by Yayoi Amatsuka.

Avro Lancaster B Mk IS

Flown by Alma Contoro. Drops a Grand Slam on the Fuji Pillar in Ep.6.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6

Flown by Lizbet Crown.

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk IX

Flown by Layli Haltija.

North American P-51D Mustang

Flown by Kurumi Suzuhara and Moe Isurugi, who are training pilots that first appeared in Episode 6.

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik and Arado Ar 234 C-3

Ep.12

Various Aircraft

Ep.6 Fuji Pillar Assault

1: Curtiss P-36/H-75 ?
2: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ?
3: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
4: ?
5: Lioré et Olivier LeO 45
6: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
7: Boeing B-17G

Ep.11 Fuji Pillar Saikouryakusen!

1, 5, 8, and 14: Vought F4U Corsair
2, 9, and 11: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
3, 6, 10, and 12: Reggiane Re.2005
4, 7, and 13: Mitsubishi J2M Raiden

Unidentified Debris

Ep.6 Fuji Pillar Assault

Heinkel He 100 D-1

Ep.6 Fuji Pillar Assault

Other aircrafts

Non-hero wing aircrafts.

Mitsubishi F-15J

Flown by the Tateyama Shield Squadron, which escorts the Tateyama Valkyrie Wing.

The Shield Squadron's F-15s parked at Tateyama Base.

Amatsuka Yayoi's Shield Squadron also operates F-15Js.

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

Ep.1 Welcome to Tateyama Base! Seen dropping its payload on the Pillar that appeared at Mt. Denali to no avail.

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

Ep.1 Welcome to Tateyama Base! Dispatched to counter the Pillar of Mt. Denali.

Eurofighter Typhoon

Ep.1 Welcome to Tateyama Base! RAF and Luftwaffe Typhoons (the latter belonging to the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen") come to escort Claudia's sortie on the Mont-Blanc pillar.

A800ZM Typhon

Ep.1 Welcome to Tateyama Base! Transports Claudia and her Gladiator from her European base to Tateyama. Doubles as a mother ship in the same episode.

Mitsubishi UH-60J

Ep.2 Umihotaru Sea Assault! Used as a reconnaissance aircraft.

Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II

Ep.11 Drafted back into service in anticipation of the climactic battle as many of the newer planes were shot down in the fight against the Pillars.

Voisin III and Albatros C.I

Seen in the ending; this scene is a reference to what is believed to be the first dogfight in history between the two planes on August 28th, 1914.

Various aircraft

During the ending of each episode, various aircrafts fly by Claudia in a similar manner to the scene in Porco Rosso where thousands of shot-down planes fly together in the afterlife.