Audience reviews
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GhostStreamer
I’ve rarely seen an anime so well put together in so few episodes.
The characters are all well-rounded and charismatic in their own way, and they’re also quite easy to relate to. They’re all very well developed, considering how short the series is.
It’s mysterious in some ways and leaves quite a bit open to the viewer’s interpretation, which is nice (unless you like everything to be explicit or explained on screen).
The soundtrack is excellent, especially the hypnotic, beautiful opening and ending songs.
It’s a short, well-made series that gets right to the point. I liked it a lot and really enjoyed it; I don’t know if as much as Clannad, but definitely more than Charlotte.
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*Air (2005)*
rating: 10/10 🪽
wow. this anime took my breath away in every single episode. with only 12 core episodes it told the story of the importance of the time we have here on this planet and the impact we can make upon one another by giving emotional support to our loved ones during difficult times. you learn to live regardless of circumstance; just to do your best. it seems KEY Visual studio learned from Kanon’s mistakes and ironed this one out properly. thoroughly moved by the message that love can endure cross generations and maintain significance e.g. mother to child or further. i am comfortable calling this a masterpiece.
this is definitely the best anime i’ve ever seen. ill be sure to watch the special, *air in summer* and the movie too for which i’ll write a separate revie…
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Pretentious, messy, and anticlimactic BS that tries too hard to be profound and ends up looking goofy and shit. The first episode is very promising; I could look past the bad dialogue here and there, and the song choices are good too. The way the relationship between the two main characters develops is pretty cute and fresh to me, and the way Yukito interacts with other characters is funny and entertaining as well.
But it all starts to crumble when they talk about the wings, and the dreams become tedious and forced, especially in the last four episodes. It's all pretentious, try-hard-to-be-profound BS that only leaves you confused.
The art style is pretty, though.
3/10
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Air, one of the shows that I stumbled upon whenever I was searching for anime that evoked the frutiger aero aesthetic. A show that has beautiful landscapes, pleasant colors, a relaxing soundtrack, and a story that is beautiful, yet woefully rushed. This also happens to be one of Kyoto Animations first shows, and it is clear they were still learning how to adapt visual novels into anime adaptations.
Starting with the story, Air does feature one of the most unique and interesting stories presented in anime that I have seen. Yukito is a traveling puppeteer, simply trying to make a living while searching for a girl in the sky. He stumbles into a small town by the sea and encounters Misuzu, a student with an infectiously joyous cheerful attitude. There's a lot of supernatural and mystical elem…
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I didn't enjoy the show.
The animation it's pretty good, the story it's debatable, but the problem for me it's the characters.
I won't say things about the animation because it's well done by the time it's made. The story if you think deeply and thoughfully for a few hours you can see the light in the end of the tunnel, and it kinda make sense, you can see the effort to not leave loose ends, even though it failed.
But the characters, ah the characters, are just too boring and annoying.
It was like a torture for me to watch a slow paced anime with such boring and annoying characters. I won't say a thing about the development of the characters because they didn't improve at all.
It was so hard to watch this anime and because of that I don't recommend it.
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The earlier episodes were great. They were funny and I liked the characters, the animation and colours were great too. About half way through the series they start to go more into the story and mystery they set up in the first half, and this is where the series started to fall apart for me. The answers to my questions were not interesting at all and at some points I was super confused as to why some things happened as well and that just frustrated me even more than I already was by how dull the series got after this point. The last half is super cry bait that was way too fast for me. I love Anohana and that's the most cry-baity cry-bait series I've ever seen but at least that felt slow enough for me to actually care while this gave me a few episodes to get to know ALL of the characters the…
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I've been watching anime since I was a kid, growing up with stuff like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, and Hamtaro, but it wasn't until 2005-2007 that I began to really look into what anime really was and dip my toes deeper into stuff outside what was airing on TV. I actually came across fansubs of Air while looking for another show, and knowing nothing about it, I watched it and I wound up enjoying it. Fun fact: This, along with Ouran High School Host Club, were some of the first anime I watched fansubbed, before they were brought to the US on home video. I didn't learn about the concept of licensing until later. I used to think anything that wasn't on TV was only in Japan until I learned that anime and their English dubs could only be watched on DVD, not on TV (Depending on the series). I en…
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8/10
Hey! Dont give me those side-eyes for this review. "Why does this guy give so high review but actually not recommend this works?" It starts with one thing. It's a Key visual novel, what else? obviously, you are in for a ride if you are actually an avid visual novel reader (and mostly know what Key could be capable of into what they will do into their stories). For those of you who wants to see romance in this movie, there's actually a little bit of romance, well after that there's none.
This show is unique in its own way, it feels like you are trying to connect into the world, into the Air world itself. While there's actually world building (well this might be misinterpreted) it's actually a fresh new air to drama, actually it's good for you who wants to try the definitely regular…
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I watched this during my early teens and with my bookworm-ish persona being kicked in to watched the anime. It's a very heavy anime in terms of how the story develops to the viewers of anime. So many tear-jerking moments for me. Now after this and being more accustomed to Japanese media culture in general, it does make me feel like Air (the whole anime series in question) is like a high-budget J-dorama that is animated instead. I like it. I like the general mood and the presentation of this. However, I don't think I can watch it again.
If I can describe the end of this anime series in the most mundane and way, I will say it like this. Tragedy being masked with uncertainty and hope. Negative, positive, and something whatever all mixed into one. A huge rush of various emotions will be prese…
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Maybe it was just a cooincidence, I happened to have watched the entire series in the summer heat on a hospital bed after a surgery. With the A/C not really working, I had to open the window and rely on the occasional breeze, but it didn’t help much. Outside of the window is the early summer scene of Beijing: trees blooming in the ocean of leaves and flowers, overheated people walking in the shadows of traditional Chinese architectures in hopes of avoiding the midday sun, and cars and buses crawling dizzily on the 2nd ring road, as if they were dehydrated too. The sky is the same color as in the anime: unnaturally blue and sorrowful. On the hospital bed, I struggled to hold back my tears to avoid interrupting other patients’ sleep as I explored the world of “Air”.
On my little anime tier…
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I've been watching too many slice of life gal game adaptations, because all these characters are blending together and it's nearly impossible to tell them apart anymore. It was hard to get emotionally invested when I couldn't keep track of who was who for a lot of the first half of the show. It was also just a really confusing plot in general.
VN adaptations sometimes like to not explain anything ever because they're under the assumption that you've dumped the full 80+ hours into playing the original before jumping into this adaptation. That's just my assumption because weird supernatural stuff kept happening and nothing was ever explained. I'm not the only one lost here, right? Why is there magic? What does the magic mean? Are these people reincarnations? What do the wings mean? Was prot…
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A forgotten summer breeze.
As many people will tell you, AIR was the anime that built the Kyoto Animation as we know and love these days. Its part of the "big 3" KEY animes which were an absolute hit at the time: AIR, Kanon(2006) and Clannad; famous for their music and drama sequences. Made in production in the year 2000 with the anime coming in 2005, AIR manages to strike gold but at the same time losing its search to a greater success.
Don't get me wrong, the anime does deserve a higher grade due to the music and the great story it has; 7.3 seems insulting for an important anime like this. Tori no Uta was probably one of the most played songs back in 2005-2006 and the artstyle while goofy by today's standards, i think it portrayed the best version of moe ever. So why the low scores?
It…
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I don't know what to feel about this anime.
The final arc was a solid 10/10, but the whole bird-woman-story felt really disjointed imo. Some major things come out of nowhere that doesn't really make sense... I dunno... I might just get the story wrong but they could've done that in a better way. The other characters in the series just didn't exist in the final arcs anymore, a little cameo or something would've been nice.
6 episodes was a little too short to grow attached to the relation Yukito and Masuzu had.
Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed this anime and cried at the final arc. If you saw Kanon and/or Clannad you'll start to see a pattern Key Visual likes to do (I'm not gonna tell what because it's a spoiler).
I'm most likely gonna check out Air In Summer but it's not on the top of my w…
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Air is anime based on a visual novel. It tells us the story (more sophisticated, historical story) about the legends of the Angels. Anime is composed of 12 episodes that describe mostly the tale of Misuzu and Yukito. The story itself will confuse you at first (If you are confused after watching this, you aren't alone). Later, all of the puzzles and clues in the anime will be solved and explained. Moreover, the feeling from you watches this anime is really like a roller coaster.
I recommended this anime for those who want to watch some classic anime with excellent art and story. The blend of romance, drama, a slice of life, supernatural, and a little bit of comedy and historical is incredible. There is no ecchi scene (the e…
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There is this anime that came out about a couple of seasons ago called Air, you probably don't know about it, its pretty indie. its part of the key visual novel anime trinity from kyoto animation, along with Kanon which is pretty good, and clannad, which i don't have the integrity to watch.The thing about these stories is that its just basically just glorified animated soap operas but with a magical twist to them. That trait is probably the most apparent in this anime.But the problem with the story in Air is that you don't know if the conflicts from the story are coming from mental state of the characters or the weird mystical things. The formula of the anime is that the main character meets with each girl and deals with their problems, but most of the problems are just magical things that…
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Towards the end, this story starts to lose sense and you have to rack your brain hard to figure out what is happening or why it is happening a lot of the time. A lot is explained later on but for quite a while you are confused. Upon understanding, it squeezes your heart and you adore it.
Oh boy, the art style. If you have seen some older works from Kyoto Animation, such as Clannad or Kanon, then you know what I am talking about. The art style draws you in and as much as you may dislike it at first, you soon come to love it at the same time.
The music in this is amazing! Some of my favourite anime music comes from Kyoto Animation. Referencing back to Kanon and Clannad, they all have such beautiful music that can bring a tear to your eye if used correctly, which it always is. The sounds…
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Air TV is my religion.
It sounds silly to say. But Air speaks to me such a spiritual level that I can't overlook it as being a big part of what my very soul is made of. This is not a review, this is simply ecstatic banter, because I love it so much that I simply can't keep this love to myself anymore.
Of course this anime has a couple annoying things about it, but,
LOOK at that sky.
LOOK at that lighting,
These birds flying,
The way Misuzu's hair flows in the wind,
These calm waves in the sea. LISTEN to the chirping of the cicadas,
AND MOSTLY, LISTEN
To that wonderful music.
Sure, you could argue that these characters' design makes them look a bit silly,
But this artistic quality, I think it's unmatched by any other anime. For anyone that likes summer, this has to be the greatest ode t…
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(English is my 3rd language so ignore the obvious mistakes I make while writing)
Air was a well thought out anime, which had a lot of potential under its sleeve, but the hopes of it becoming a great series were shattered brutally.
In no ways was watching Air a waste of time, infact if you are looking for metaphoric poetic anime based on raw human emotions, then air is definitely worthwhile. The dialogue in this show is damn good as well, and each word uttered has some kind of deep meaning to it. Air although is a clearly messed up and infuriating show at times, it does have lot of redeeming qualities. The characters are well made,even if they are kinda generic, the animation is stellar, and the summer blues and raw emotions humans feel are portrayed really well, throughout the majority o…
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I finished this today and I want to die. 10/10 would watch again, great times!
Story - Feels/10
It's heavy stuff my brother... I wasn't ready...
Art - Pretty colors/10
It's Kyoto at it's finest, great colors, beautiful landscapes, fluid animation. You name it. Sound - Emoitonal/10
Every track fits the scene perfectly, the OP and ED are timeless classics and really do a good job at setting the mood for the series. Some of the tracks from the OST really kick you in the balls because of how emotional it can get.
Character - Cute girls and funny MC/10
MC is relatable, the girls are cute. They all have a deep and emotional story, just a shame that they don't get as much screen time when their arcs are over. The show felt too short cause of that.
Enjoyment - Tears/10
I found myself lau…
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This is my first review, so bear with me. Air is notable, because it is from kyoto animation and experimental. It is also one of their earlier works; succeeded by kanon and clannad the following years. The moai fad many people like and remember, and good music. The characters and story are somewhat forgettable, but the whole series had the lightness of floating on air. You won't watch it and say it's one of the best anime, but it's good at what it does and does it well. Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric) and (Broly) voiced the lead. It's an anime I would watch again and recommend. KyoAni is one of my favorite anime studios with high quality animation. Because they don't rely on violence to show power or fan service to show charisma. If you watch Air you're not an airhead, but to accept the transc…
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