Comments on: Air Gear – Anime First Impressions

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:58:42 +0000

P.S. This is my favorite anime.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:56:27 +0000

I can’t help but notice that people think he became such a great rider in the beginning. Through out the first few episodes he is always crashing. Not exactly what I would call a great rider. People complain that he beat skull saders after just a day of ATs, the fact is not only did he have back up from the A class team Sleeping Forest but he also got lucky in that he ended up on a powerline on the rail-rode system. That was the key to his victory. It was not his skill. Once he received that boost from the power line, he only had to balance and he was guaranteed victory. Keep in mind that skull saders were F class. They were not very skilled either. Even though he won he still crashed proving that it was the advantage granted by the power line rather than his own skill. The first time they show him and his team wining on there own merit is in the battle with behemoth. By that time they had plenty of riding time to get were they were. And they had plenty of challenges to push the to there level. But even then it was luck that Agito the A class rider was the last person standing. Even through to the end of the anime he is not perfect. He fails the jump numerous times although the initial knee injury played a part in that. The story is about how fast he advances but it is at a realistic and entirely possible rate.

By: bigturbin

bigturbin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:24:55 +0000

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By: BLusSky

BLusSky — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:24:21 +0000

Personaly i enjoyed the manga and maby it is just the fact that so many people dispise Oh!greats work. I mean his previous titles manga wise I liked because of the interesting art and yet he is hated upon because many of his manga are not so mainstreem. Yet the anime was poorly done, the character designs were lackinging in this anime the arts feel was complely different than that of the manga and to be honest the fact that this anime did not even explain many key points causes the misunderstand of its use of idioms and large scale of the story. The ending did leave it wide open but personaly i do not hope to see a second season torn apart like the first. Sadly enough the many persons who dislike Oh!greats work to me are just skeptical and childish haters not every manga and or anime is for everyone and so we should excpet that fact and stop all the pointless complaining because it takes alot to put out any sort of media be it CRAPTACULAR or THE GREATEST THING EVER MADE, and I do not see those of us around the net who are full of such disgust toward Oh!greats work doing anything to equal his actual efferts. Anyway my rabling needs to stop and once again this anime was poorly done but do not count it out because you never know if it may just spark something inside of you that will leave you wanting more.

By: SiLeNT-C-

SiLeNT-C- — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:14:23 +0000

okay, ill be the first to admit that when i first saw air gear, i wasnt fascinated by it. but the more i watched, the more i loved it.this was 1 of the only non-childish animes with violence, coarse language and slight nudity. it was also designed for a teen audience so ofcoarse its not gonna be shakespeare. i mean how many anime shows are? not naruto, not full metal alchemist not even inuyasha, all shows i love. point is, this show was aimed at teens and although its not shakespeare, who wants to watch shakespeare anyway? it had a differant plot and interesting characters, i wish they would continue the series. this is a fun show to watch simply for fun, no need for a deeply involved detailed plot that never ends, i love this show.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:08:31 +0000

No matter what everyone says i loved this anime.
The characters were really good and each stood out
and too me every good anime has to have some sexually funny parts, because its funnier
yea im dumb sometimes
though i kind of hate Ikki sometimes because he is so damn cocky
i hope that the second season comes out in eng dub soon

By: unicogirl

unicogirl — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:01:05 +0000

lol despite the flaws of the Anime and its weird pacing, its an alright show. i will be reading the manga though, bought the first volume. even without reading the manga first you can tell the anime is just off at some points.
i agree, that its one of those “so bad its good” type of anime, cause once you hit the 3rd ep..ya just want to keep watching. and then when it ends you are all “thats it! dang it!” . i hear there will be an OVA which is good, which i hope is licensed.

watched all of it in Japanese back in 06.
and Kenta is REALLY bad at voice acting, good at stage acting which is what he should stick to. i figured by a few episodes he would improve. Nope. he made Ikki boring and his voice and his acting just did nothing for the character.
i swear 13 episodes and he was just lousy! i was so disappointed.

there are a select few of Voices/Acting from the Japanese dub that are decent (in my opinion). it seemed as if the veterans tried to carry the newbies.

now the English dub however, was a Riot and i totally recommend watching Air Gear in English! i am so buying the DVD
Chris really made Ikki, Ikki! and every voice stood out. Kazu’s VA Clint was a bit shaky but unlike Kenta, he actually improved within a few episodes.

Agito – acting wise, he is quite good in both dubs. voice wise, its a selective liking. cause i find that both voices dont fit the character very well, but the amount of rage and anger that both VA’s gave him was very fitting. . he sounds like an irritating brat in Japanese while in English he sounds gritty and pissed.

Akito – lol too much of a girl in Japanese, and a bit fruity in English. but he was a joy to listen to.

the English dub kept you watching cause it was serious and funny.

Air Gear can be really REALLY cheesy. it seems like Oh Great is not use to writing for young boys. because there is some corny philosophical crap that goes on in Air Gear. “oh em gee, he gotz his wiings!!” “fly to da sky!!” “if you look at the sun it burns” and yada yada.

but you have to be impressed with his character design and anatomy. dude is pro at that. he just needs work on having a story flow and make sense.

from what i read. the Anime has gotten good reviews. so that should spur ADV to grab the mysterious OVA.

By: DizzyCritic

DizzyCritic — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:30:53 +0000

I gotta say the anime was an absolute disapointment, if they stuck with the manga, the “ANIME” series would’ve been a huge hit. The manga was actually enjoyable with a decent plot. But the anime eps are basically bits from the manga shoved together into a 20-30 mimute episode. The anime also missed out ALOT of important parts in the manga. Yep, the character designs are definitely stunning and the costumes are good as well.

The manga series is a hit topping top 10 charts in alotta manga websites ( aside from Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, CLaymore, etc.)

I already gave up on the anime but i will contimue with the manga series. I absolutely love Akito/Agito, he’s ‘bloody’ cute!( well he comes 1st place in the WSJ character popularity polls all the time, beating the main character by thousands XD)

Your Review maybe a bit too personal, leaning too much on your own taste. YOur comments,in my opinion, are too sarcastic and some people may like this kind of plot.

FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T EVEN GIVE THE MANGA A TRY, IT’S YOUR LOSS.

By: Sapatos-na-de-gulong

Sapatos-na-de-gulong — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:58:23 +0000

Basahin nyo muna yung manga nya….
Well honestly, I haven’t watch the anime counterpart of it…
But its a subjective criticism if you just watch the anime of it…