Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
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Title |
AIR | AIR |  |
Released |
12 TV episodes, 2 OVA episodes, 1 movie(on DVD) | 12 TV episodes, 2 OVA episodes, 1 movie | |
Dates |
August 14, 2007 | 2005 | |
Company |
ADV Films(original licensor), FUNimation(new licensor) | Key/Visual Arts | |
Creator |
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Director |
Tatsuya Ishihara | ||
Genre |
Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | |
Characters |
Haruko Kamio | Haruko Kamio | |
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Michiru | Michiru | |
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Minagi Tohno | Minagi Tohno | |
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Misuzu Kamio | Misuzu Kamio | |
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Potato | Potato | |
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-- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon and Anime Nation.
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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English Name |
Japanese Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haruko Kamio | Haruko Kamio | Kanna | Kanna | |
| Michiru | Michiru | Kano Kirishima | Kano Kirishima | |
| Minagi Tohno | Minagi Tohno | Kirishima Hijiri | Kirishima Hijiri | |
| Misuzu Kamio | Misuzu Kamio | Ryuuya | Ryuuya | |
| Potato | Potato | Sora | Sora | |
| Yukito Kunisaki | Yukito Kunisaki | Uraha | Uraha |
Air shows a paranormal story of a young man, called Yukito Kunisaki. He chases an old tale, told by his passed-away mother, about a winged girl in the sky.
One day, he gets stranded on an island, where he meets the somewhat strange and clumsy girl Misuzu Kamio, and with the permission of her mom, Haruko, Yukito can stay at her home for the time being.
A bit later on (all in the first episode), he meets the girls Kano, Minagi, and Michiru, all with different personalities. While being together with the four girls, he chases the told tale, and solves the individual stories of the four girls doing so. All of their stories seem to have a connection to the winged girl, and he decides to stay on the island.
While the first episodes of 'Air' can be rather funny, the later episodes show dramatic and paranormal stories, which can be very confusing, even after watching the whole series.
Yukito Kunisaki is a wanderer. He travels from town to town, searching... searching for a winged girl in the sky, a story passed down in legend through his family.
One summer day, he comes to a small town by the ocean shore. Here, he meets Misuzu Kamio, a strange young girl intent on being his friend. This is the story of the thousandth summer. This is the tale of many, the tale of those thousand years, culminating in the face of their relationship.
Flag[admin]#6 - Posted by amanda on Monday, July 4th, 2011 at 9:54am:
this anime is sooooooooo cute but sad at the same time, i own both the complete season and the movie, when i saw the ending of the show i cried because haruko just wanted to spend more time with her but everything was 2 late!!! poor haruko i felt bad for the father 2......the only thing i was curious about is where was yukito and did he even find out about her misuzu's death?????? he did in the movie!!!! -_- hmmmmmmmmmmm....... ... show more »
Flag[admin]#5 - Posted by KawaiiGirl104 on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 at 12:04pm:
This is probably one of my favorite anime series out there. It's a bit confusing, but I got it after a few times. ^_^ I have a question though: Yukito is Ryuuya-dono's re-incarnation, Misuzu is Kanna-sama's but who is Uraha's re-incarnation?
Flag[admin]#4 - Posted by I've commented. on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 10:37pm:
Notice how the characters in CLANNAD AND AIR AND KANON look similar. KEY VISUAL ARTS made all three series'. The anime companies helped too.
Flag[admin]#3 - Posted by I've commented. on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 10:31pm:
The people who made AIR (KEY VISUAL ARTS) also made CLANNAD and KANON.
Flag[admin]#2 - Posted by Michael Carey on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 1:47pm:
I thought the story very beautiful, the interaction of the present with the events in the tenth century was really imaginative.
It did leave me a little confused, though. The temple guard who helps the winged girl in the tenth century seems to commit himself to doing the same, through his descendents, for her kind forever. It seems clear that we are invited to understand that Yukito is one of these descendents - his puppet was sewn by the temple guard's wife a thousand years before - and that his destiny has brought him to Misuzu so that he can help her.
But when we return to the present Yukito has disappeared, and so has the implication that he is the temple guard today, following his destiny of helping winged girls. The implication now seems to be that the crow is the temple guard reincarnated, although he is not quite clear about who he is. The crow is responsible for Misuzu finding her dinosaur. Or is the crow supposed to BE Yukito? I don't get this.
The rather sudden disappearance of every preternatural implication in the final episodes is a bit disconcerting, as the story becomes an unmysterious one about mother/daughter relations. We are even left wondering in what sense Misuzu IS the winged girl. She has pains in her back, but that's about all. What does it mean that she has an "other self"?
The parallel of the winged girl finding her mother in the tenth century and Misuzu finding hers today is very effective, though, as are the tragic reflections about living out one's personal destiny, no going back, seen especially in the children on the beach for whom everything is "just beginning". The constant presence of the motifs of wings and air seems to point to an unrealizeable dream of escaping this, which Misuzu's mother has freed herself from at the close of the story.
A very beautiful, if somewhat confusing, series. ... show more »
Flag[admin]#1 - Posted by misuzu on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 1:44am:
I love the anime sooo sad I cried when misuzu died