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Inkthinker · Yuurei Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1

I'd like to dream that they'd do a better job of matching his style than TJTG did...

I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, but maybe they were just waiting for him to establish enough of it first.

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

So far there's over 100 plus chapters. So we don't have to worry about it getting filleritis for the first couple of seasons anyway. Cool

deadleaf6 · Yuurei Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 4

Air Gear is probably one of my favorite manga. I sure hope they do a good job.....unlike they Tenjo Crying or Very sad

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

Looks like it will start to air in the spring according to the first page of chapter 116.

MrProphet · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

More news about the hot topic of the month: Air Gear (in various incarnations).

The animation will be produced by TOEI (no excitement here!)

The director will be Mr. Hajime Kamegaki of Fushigi Yuugi and Ayashi no Ceres fame. Well, he didn't screw up Yuu Watase, maybe he won't screw up Oh! great. Cool

The script will be written by Ms. Chiaki Konaka, who did quite a lot of work: Armitage III, BGC2040, Hellsing, RahXephon, Lain, Texhnolyze. Lots of cyberpunk anime, as you can see. We'll see what she can do with shounen.

The character designs will be done by Mr. Masahiro Sato. He has an impressive resume of work on stuff like Ghost in the Shell, Peacemaker Kurogane, Armitage III, Blood, Sousei no Aquarion, Noein, Mahoromatic. Lots of Production I.G. and Satellite work, so I expect something good out of the guy.

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

Honestly, my biggest worry is the character design. After what happend to TT.....But it looks like they have some very talented staff working on this show, considering the pedigree of a couple of those guys. It looks like it'll end up being a faithful adaption. But we won't know until it starts airing. Sorry, bad pun. Twisted Evil

MrProphet · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

I am terribly sorry to disappoint you, but here it is:

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/airgear/

I don't know about you guys, but personally, I find Anime Ringo to be horrible. I mean, this is Ringo?!?! Ikki's somewhat off too, but not as badly as Ringo.

PS Seems like I am now the bearer of news on Air Gear anime. Well, gotta keep myself busy with something, with TJTG being so far between. Cool

Dembol · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:19 am Post subject:

Well, we barely can see ringo on that picture (unless there are some clickable places that I missed), but my impression is that her hair are weird and Ikki's smile looks scary.

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

We'll have to wait for the first episode and see how it is. Confused

Buccha is wearing a pink and white shirt...lol I guess there was bound to be some problems. For some reason Ikki's smile seems kinda generic.

jboncha · Yuurei Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

I'm really liking the Air Gear manga & I cant wiat to see how the anime turns out.

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MrProphet · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

Man....

Man... I'm speechless.

Mikan looks alright. But what the hell did they do to SIMCA!?!?!?!?!

Dembol · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

FTW?! Is the raw out or something?! Previews? Trailers?

MrProphet · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject:

Dembol · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject:

Found a couple more on 4chan. I never thought that it can serve as an information source Smile

Simca:

Ringo:

MrProphet · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

Wow, thanks a lot!

Is there a chance that they'll get it right this time? Real Simca and Ringo look good. Cool

jboncha · Yuurei Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

Wow.
Those screencaps are looking really good.
Hopefully as soon the episodes start airing & they get subbed someone will post up links to them in this thread... Wink

J B

miyagiCE · Tamashii Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 40

Eww... I knew it... they screwed up big time.
Ringo's hair is brown.
Brown != Red.
You get that Toei...?
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strid3r · Yuurei Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 18

I like the screencaps as well. Anyone know if any groups have announced plans to do the series?

MrProphet · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:59 am Post subject:

Here's an insert from the latest manga chapter (122).

http://mrprophet.com/images/airgear/apr2006/airgear-122_21-anime.jpg

You can see Anime Agito and Ikki, and some of the seiyuus. Agito looks even girlier than in the manga. Cool

moyism · Senpai Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 440 Location: NJ

MrProphet · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

And here's the trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-rBNOh5sEmA&search=AirGear

Mataza-kun · Tamashii Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 40 Location: Italy

Sorry if I ask, but where do you find raw chapters after 101? Or did you scan these (that page and the other chapter you linked long ago) yourself?

MrProphet · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

All over the place, actually.

Jojohot's forum has a chapter each time usually, and if not, there are other places.

MrProphet · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject:

First episode is out: http://datorrents.com/download.asp?id=8466&name=%5BFreelance-Raws%5D%20AIR%20GEAR%2001%20%28WMV9%20640x480%2024fps%29.avi.torrent

jboncha · Yuurei Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

MrProphet · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject:

Well, that was unexpected. For one thing, they've totally recombined and messed up the storyline. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but I certainly never saw it coming.

The first episode was all over the place:

- Scull Saders storyline was moved from place to place (some of it is actually done in flashback)
- Introduction of the sisters, Ikki and Simca
- Ikki learns that Noyamano sisters do Air Trek, so gets into it himself.
- Ikki gets to a meeting place where stormriders meet
- We get to see... wow... Spitfire (this early on?)... Kaito and Agito (what the hell are they doing here this early in the game?)
- Then it goes straight into the Sleeping Forest and Ikki vs. Scull Saders.

As you can see, the anime doesn't follow the manga to the letter. Even much less so than Tenjou Tenge, which had it's own share of rearrangements. But it actually feels fresh and interesting this way and we get straight into action, instead of just messing around with introductions.

What they did right?

- Air Trek! Animation isn't so good in general, but they did get AT right almost from start to finish. Seeming it animated, even if not great, is still very nice. They didn't put sky high production values in it, but they got the spirit and the idea right.

- The humor. It's unbelievable funny. Even funnier that the original in some respect. The fanservice shots were pure gold. Cool

- Ringo, Mikan and Ume are spot on, especially Ringo, who just shines as the perfect meganekko girl-next-door.

- Ikki is the correct mixture of annoying, stupid, cocky and adorable. Same thing goes for Kazu and Onigiri. Kazu is almost a copy of Oh! great's art. Onigiri is even uglier, which is hard to believe. Cool

- Simca is just perfect. Tanaka Rie just nails that one, from the flirting to the surprise at Ikki's daring. She then leads him on like a baby.

- There was very little of the Wanijima brothers, but it did seem like Agito and Kaito were done right.

- Music is great. It's different stuff, ranging from rap, techno, house, nu-metal, funk, ska, other stuff, but the show is peppered with "cool" tunes. Nothing less to be expected from Avex Mode, I guess. It's very fitting to the whole extreme rollerblading theme of the show.

What's not so good?

- Character design and animation is rather sloppy at several points. It felt like is was subcontracted to some weird douga studio that got some of the stuff right on target, but just doesn't have the skillz to make a polished gem. It just looks sometwhat B-class, even though it's a very nice B-class

- Spitfire. OMFG!!!! Spitfire is supposed to be blond, not a flaming red-head. And when I say "red-head", I mean RED! He just looks hilariously wrong. Cool

- Rika. She looks nothing like her manga counterpart. Not that she is all that bad (there's very little of her), but she doesn't feel like Rika at all. But then again, we aren't going to see the Real Rika for some time, if it goes according to the manga.

Is it worth watching? For the fans of the manga, a resolute yes. For all others? Well, maybe not, but see if you are interested and decide on your own.

It's definitely not a 5-star show, but it's hilarious and it looks like a nice distraction from the "heavy" shows this season.

I used to absolutely hate Air Gear because of how non-sensical and plotless it was, but turned to appreciate that very nature of the manga. It's just a thing to relax, something just to enjoy briefly for the humor and the T&A and then forget it.

FuguTabetai · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:42 am Post subject:

so when is this show on? I doubt I would catch it in real life due to the hours that I'm working, but I'm curious if it is in one of those crazy 1am slots or what.

Starakin · Kouhai Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 110

it's really aired at 1am o_O
http://www.mahou.org/Showtime/#Soon

Dembol · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

I just watched the raw. Wow! It looks good (,but TJTG also looked good at first Wink

).

I liked the sound. Especially the guitar opening, but what pissed me off that to a dynamic and fast song the OP animation is somewhat static (i.e. not much going on). In the episode itself the music was also good. Voice actors are rather well chosen except for the fat Ikki's friend (sorry, I'm bad with remembering character names),m I always thought that his voice should be lower (just your typical fatguy voice). My favourite voices are definetely Simca and Ume.
I also enjoyed the storyline mix-up. What pissed me off in the manga that there's little action and plot development for the first couple of volumes. The studio probably decided that in order to lure viewers who didn't see the manga they must speed it up and so far it's ok.
Animation looks decent where it counts (action scenes...I loved the scene where Simca jumps from her usual training spot in the air (or whatever that was)) apart from that it sometimes looks weird and sloppy, but it doesn't matter.
It was quite funny. I didn't get most of the dialogues (since my JP is poor), but situation humour made me laugh.

MrProphet:Spitfire wasn't that bad and he doesn't appear that much anyway.

Overall: Looks nice. If they keep it up then we might get a really good anime.

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

Has there been a specific episode count announced for the show? That might be a good indication of whether or not they'll try to pull off 'rushed like a bitch' ending like TT.

MrProphet · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject:

Not really.

But, considering that they almost finished an entire 1st volume in one episode, you can make your calculations.

jboncha · Yuurei Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

miyagiCE · Tamashii Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 40

This is what I think about it. Neutral

FuguTabetai · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject:

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

Despite the ugly CG they used and some of the other problems I'll keep on watching it. There's nothing else from the new anime season that has grabbed me yet.

deadleaf6 · Yuurei Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 4

protocol7 · Tamashii Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 64

I personally love air gear but the anime is too jumbled.like a chapter stew seeing chapters mixed in from all over the place.

musy admit i like to see it animated but compared to the manga it's crap.

OH great u just set the bar too high for these toei bastards.

FuguTabetai · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

man that first episode was dumb. I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't understand Japanese. The premise that one unknown dude could have so much more potential and ability than people who've clearly devoted a lot of time to their sport is so over-done and unbelievable, even if I do relent to suspend my disbelief on rollerblades that let you ignore physics, the underlying story is bad.

but, the girls are hot, so I'll keep my eyes open for it. damned if I'll stay up to 1am to watch it when it's on tv though.

strid3r · Yuurei Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 18

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

Hopefully, it gets better later. Although it'd be nice if they'd stop fucking with it. >_>

moyism · Senpai Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 440 Location: NJ

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

At this rate it can only get worse. I am not amused.

miyagiCE · Tamashii Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 40

Haha, I can't comprehend how you guys even HOPED this was gonna be any good. I mean, it was so obvious it would suck.
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Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

I was hoping because I like Air Gear. The series doesn't really pick up till later on so I'm going to skim the raws to see if Toei picks up the slack.

bubblegum2000 · Yuurei Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Location: France

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw what they did to Spitfire's hair Shocked

I knew they would do something ugly but it's not as bad as I expected it to be. Ikki is okay, Kazu is horrible sometimes, Simca rocks, Agito and his brother seem totally crazy... I guess the anime is okay then.

But really, why did they do that to Spitfire?

Hollowshingami · Doushi Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 276 Location: NA

It was a decision on the studio's part, I guess and the host of other problems.

Sleepy Weasel · Doushi Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 216

after watching the first 3... I think I like the manga a lot better Razz

even tho I have not read it all yet. btw, why air at 1am?!

moyism · Senpai Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 440 Location: NJ

MrProphet · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Air Gear anime is slowly growing on me.

It's still lame and messes the story badly, but it has cute moments that are to die for. Cool