Air Gear Series
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Nano-technology has allowed small and powerful motors to be attached to roller blade wheels and the result is the Air Trek, high speed skates! Quickly gangs have sprung up claiming territories and power while sporting this new technology. With gang warfare abundant naturally the fighting and disputes are eventually resolved using the same technology that started it, hence the Air Trek battles begun. This story follows one boy who knows no limits as he struggles to rise to the top.
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Ever play one of the 'Jet Set Radio' games?... Take away the spray-paint and you'd almost have Air Gear. The formula of Air Gear would fundamentally be a light touch of romance (both straight and slight yaio), a heavy touch of comedy (often twisted and perverted), mixed in with plenty of smooth, pulsing action. The action comes in two main forms, fighting and Air Trekking, whether that be joy riding or one of the many battles. These parts ultimately give an upbeat anime which acts are a near future portrayal of urban street life.
Another important sensation that is hard to define is the reaction you have when witnessing someone else's undying passion for a cause, the characters are passionate about Air Trek and in turn you also feel that urge to support them.
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So close yet so far away... The storyline was original & enjoyable, the character animation was "so-so" but the biggest disappointment was the ending. If... You can call that an ending. It's obvious that they were only about halfway finished when the ended the anime. (which I'm sure the manga finished) However, if that was the case, then why did you animate it in the first place?
LonelyAmure rated 10.00:
And so I'd like to start off with a simple fact. If you've ever read the manga 'Airgear' by the Oh!Great sama of the
kingdom of all ultimate awesome manga and especially the ones you've never heard of, now's your chance. Let's start off
with a little ground first.
Airgear is basically about some kid named Ikki, and how he's brought into the active sport of Air Trekking, where you
use jet powered roller blades which you can do some various and awesome stunts with. The sheer amount of stunts is not
too much, which is great because then you get to remember some reminiscient awesome stuff like 23 Roll grind, which also
has shown up in the battle against Buccha, that one fat foo that used to love ramen and all the chicks love *aww you
remember the beginning don't you?* Anyway, it rather sounds as cliche or clichette, whatever, at all! In fact, it is
wonderfully set as most of the story somewhat foreshadows some of the later in it, but not so much that it's completely
predictable. Whether you've read it from them beginning like the aged veteran you're supposed to, or the newbie also
reading about his first time jamming with Air Trecks, Airgear the manga receives a 10/10, simply because of how awesome
it is. Don't you think Emily Adachi is hot? Don't you think it's crazy that she's the *p_______t*? Don't you want her to
fall in love with super hawt and uber lazy kazu? All the characters are very colorful, and it's so wonderfully
illustrated that I wish to give it an emmy just for the screenplay of turning black and white pages. You've got a fat
guy, you've got an eyepatched [strikeout]dyslexian[/strikeout] (OMG HES GONNA KILL ME!) super cool dude, you've got a
super buff guy, you got your crazy dude with a black crow as his sidekick, you've got this hot chick with pink hair, you
got this other hot chick which is a great mechanic and super uber awesome ikki's love interest which is pretty cool
because Kururu is so awesomely sexy and likeable, you've got that sis with the rebellious sour apple demeanor and
rivalry thing going on, and then you got spitfire WHO DIES OMG OMG *SADFACE* JUST LIKE AERITH IN FF7 *cries*, and a
whole bunch of other cast and crew and ATers.
ATs are just awesome to begin with. Period.
Now for the anime. Only 1 season? Well let's review that only one season. Though I hope for another season.
Airgear in it's anime form does, actually stick up to it's manga counterpart in it's beginning to the end. It covers a
good several amount of mangas illustrated by the Oh!Great Sama. Did I also mention the OP is super deliciously awesome?
Yeah, go search it. It's called CHAIN - BACKON. That OP is godly, I swear to the *SLAP* whoops I'm sorry I'm buddhist.
Anyway, just search it on google. It'll be the best 5 minutes of your life if you haven't done it yet. Yes, do it right
now. Before I get your email and nab you with a ton of requests to play Hello Kitty Online with your girlfriends.
*cough*
The anime introduces itself quite well. It's lovely in how it precisely coordinates the manga. Ok, rarely some stuff is
ever cut, and that's the filler part. Even the filler is exciting for mine own sake. The battles are the best part.
You'll watch Ikki find his love in AT, Kazu also finding his love in AT, Emily Adachi find her love in
[strikeout]Kazu[/strikeout]AT with the power of love, Akito and Big Man Buccha kicking it off in new styles, Yayoi
standing in the background with Akito being his little mechanic girl, and before it finishes there at least you get to
meet more of the cast like super awesome Yoshitsune and Benkei, and not only the uber awesome but homosexual Aeon Clock.
(sorry girls, the good men always seem to be either gay or married) *sigh* I don't even need to explain how much this
anime rocks for it's simple 1 season. I can totally rock my ears out to ecchi, comedy, slight romance that is not too
cheezy, and exciting, unique, battles that I'll live to remember when I watch that next episode or read that next
chapter.
Both are brilliant. The anime should have been longer, of course, but we'll have to wait until another awesome director
puts it up again due to Oh!Great sama's awesome power to choose the uber cool directors from the lame, anime-ruining
ones. Right? *wink* ^.-
I am currently caught up to volume 14 (North America release) in the manga and awaiting the release of volume 15 (TBA).
The anime doesn't interest me nor do I plan to watch it.
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My cousin recommended this series to me and I quickly took the bait. The art of Oh! Great (also known as Ōgure Ito) is
the best part of this manga. The story is also quite interesting and much different from most shounen titles out there.
Be warned though! This manga has a lot of mature content, especially nudity and sexual innuendos. You will see every
female character naked at least once (I'm not kidding). Although I'm sure this won't be a problem for most readers, it
is a bit excessive at times and does manage to dull the story down to a less mature level. Once you get past this one
blight you will immediately fall in love with the artwork and characters. The plot is gripping and the overall style of
this manga can be summed up with one word - "cool". Gangsters with roller blades may sound a little stupid,
but Oh! Great makes every part of the Air Trecks universe completely believable and just plain awsome. Don't be
surprised if you have the sudden urge to wan't to learn how to roller blade after reading.
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Favorire characters: Gabishi (蛾媚刺) "Skin Face" and Sano Yasuyoshi (左 安良) "Aeon Clock".
*Only read the manga up to volume 7* My friend recommended this series to me and WOW its very unique. I never though
roller blading could be so.. NEAT (>_<) I intend to continue this series, but currently stopped for no apparent
reason. The anime seems pretty dull in comparison. :P
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Favorite Characters: Mikan Noyamano and Shiraume Noyamano♥
Ugh, this is one of those cases the anime is just a waste compared to the manga, better not to bother watching it, unless you want to hear how the characters would sound like, and two good tracks for opening and ending titles, apart form, that... just... no, don´t.
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