Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
EmmyMoomin
I hate Air, I always will, but this movie ain’t half bad. Obviously it has Osamu Dezaki directing it, so it already has that over the series. But also it handles the romance better, the AIR arc is not total dogshit, and that the Summer arc is used better.
All in all, it handles THAT part at the end with a little more tact and nuance than the series did. Haruko is still a bad parent, but she tries a lot harder here, and that’s all I can really ask for. This is my ideal version of Air.
It’s still not perfect, I feel like it could have been a little longer 10 or 20 minutes more, perhaps. The final act is very speedy. But hey, at least it doesn’t have that crappy epilogue from the anime.
I highly suggest watching this over watching the series. I’ve never read the Visual Novel, but if the se…
Read at the sourcePaikaPingreen
For some reason, I decided to watch this movie right before going to sleep, so I'm pretty sure I'll have depressing dreams tonight.
I haven't watched the TV series yet, so I don't really know how much better or worse this movie is. What I can say for sure, though, is... this made me depressed, dude. I thought it was going to be an interesting fantasy movie, but it turned out to be completely different. When Misuzu's condition was revealed, I thought "well, shit. This is Your lie in april, Clannad and Silent voice again." I finished it anyway and now I'm just... sad. I don't even know what else to say.
Can I mention the music, though? It honestly surprised me how great some of the soundtracks were.
My reviews are usually way longer, but I have no clue what else to say. This movie left…
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I fully enjoyed the movie more than the television series for a number of reasons including: The movie is faster movie and focuses less on the extraneous events and the two main characters are more romantically involved.
Regarding the quality of the animation, the effects and the sound, they all were okay, but they weren't wonderful either. Overall, I'd say all three were nothing special. As someone said before, the animation looked a little inconsistent at times and their faces looked a little deformed. The camera angles were also a bit odd at times- I'm not a film major so I cannot explain it in great detail but something just seemed a bit off.
The story is the same as the television series, but it is more fast. The viewers still get to understand the main story without delving too m…
Read at the sourceSpringball64
The Air Movie was interesting to watch. I will leave it up to viewers to decide whether or not to watch immediately after the TV series, as I did that. I will say that I enjoyed this less in most aspects, but more in some more.
Story: I greatly enjoyed the story of Air, and this was no different. I do believe that this solved the plothole issues that I had found in the TV series, and I found this one's plot to be less confusing. 10/10.
Art: I did not enjoy the art style used in this movie, and the scenes were less pretty, IN MY OPINION. I do still agree that they were fine, and not *bad*, but not as good as what I had hoped for. 7/10.
Sound: I enjoyed the soundtrack in this movie, the music was very touching and thought-provoking. 8/10.
Character: I am once again forced into comparing…
Read at the sourceBlueKojiro
I far prefer the movie version of Air to its tv counterpart, and I think the condensed format works better for the story that it's trying to tell. Comparisons aside, though, I think as a standalone movie Air is a very moving piece of tragedy that can really tug at the heartstrings from the way it sets up your expectations for a tragic ending and delivers on it in a timely manner.
The story is once again about a man on a mission to find some lady in the sky that his mom used to talk about, and he finds a strange girl in a seaside town and decides to stick around for a while.
*SPOILER WARNING*
I felt as though Misuzu's death was very moving, and showing her physical decline was very difficult to watch, as was Haruko's mourning for her daughter. The scene between Misuzu and Yukito at the…
Read at the sourceMReyes96
To start off, I watched the Air movie after the series. I wanted to compare them and see how good it was. This was not a mistake, since the movie and the series are quite different in many ways. Personally, I believe the movie is so much better, and it should be watched before or after the anime. This is why... (NOTE: Spoilers will be announced.)
Art: 9
Compared to the series, the art in this movie is gorgeous. Lots of very bright lights, but also, the characters and settings are waay more appealing. Much nicer backgrounds (you actually see movement in the movie). Finally, they show very nice art when they show Kanna's story. Overall, I gave it a 9 because its very beautiful compared to the anime.
Sound: 8
Im a softie for emotional tunes. What InuYasha's "To Love's End" did to me, i…
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I have watched the movie not very long after I have finished the anime, while some say you shouldn't do that.
I kind of can agree with that because the story is almost changed completely.
The relationship between the two main characters become deeper and looks a bit similar to the relation between the lady with the wings and her guard.
There are things I don't like about what they changed, not only in the story but also about the art style.
For example they changed the way the eyes look, what I like, but some characters don't look the same anymore what is kind of a shame.
But I give the movie a 7.
[Note, this is the first revieuw I ever wrote.]
Read at the sourceWynter_Star
Since the AIR movie existed to condense the series into something a little less drawn out, and focused on Misuzu and Yukito’s relationship dominantly, I expected something to have superior quality to the original series. How wrong I was. Besides the tighter screenplay, this movie fails where it should have been strong: its technical aspects.
Animation :
This was my major problem with this film. Because Toei Animation decided to take on the project (the guys who made Digimon) instead of Kyoto Animation, the animation style has changed greatly, and for the worse. I’m not saying Toei Animation is a bad studio. They are capable of beautifully animating their work (see any of the Digimon Movies to see what I mean). However, it’s as though they didn’t really care for this production, or just m…
Read at the sourceHollowNightWolf
well, i didn't think i was going to be watching the air movie for quite some time but here i am with it completed and writing a review. i loved the anime air so i thought oh what the heck, lets see what the movie was like. so without further adieu, lets get on with the review. ^^
first off the story. overall, it gave me a feeling like it was a condensed, slightly changed version of the anime. it focuses more on misuzu's and kanna's story rather than any of the other characters (the other females like minagi and kano were not even in this movie but for a second which was a bit disappointing but bearable) i liked how kanna's story was revealed along side of misuzu's as a part of her project with animation. though it was different in that misuzu didn't have her dreams, i liked it all the sam…
Read at the sourceShiro-
Well...I watched the movie right after I finished the TV series...I can't say I'm disapointed...I actually am glad that I watched the movie too...It had some different twists at some parts...Like Ryuuya's love with Kanna [in the TV series it wasn't THAT serious and they never made sex lol >. . .
Read at the sourceAuronSurmount
If you are just finishing up with Air (TV) Series and are looking to see whether you want to watch the movie... I only have one thing to say to you...
Prepare for disappointment. The television series and that of the movie are completely different. They are about the same story and about the same people (for the most part) but unfold differently. But don't get me wrong the movie was good but not after you just watched the television series.
One thing I really noticed about this movie compared to the series is how powerful it was. What I mean is, The movie had some deep thoughts thrown out there but not even in the same ballpark as the TV Series. I watch the TV series and a cried because it was so sad. There were so many sad things throughout the series and the things that were said were…
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This movie was bad. I got interested in Air by a random AMV I saw at Otakon and decided to seek out this anime. My thought process was that the movie would have a higher production value than the TV series; this was my mistake. I now know that they have different directors and that the TV series is regarded as being better.
Sorry about the rant, let's get to the movie review.
Animation: The first thing you notice is the slightly experimental visuals. Lots of sun glare and strange but effective uses of the background becoming the foreground. It gives a slightly surreal but totally fantasy setting. It works. This is the only saving grace of the movie. Unfortunately it's not blended well with the regular animation and is more visual eye candy than an emotional additive to the experience.…
Read at the sourceZetaiSabishii
Story - 3
I watched this movie twice, and I still don't get it. the plot is totaly poor, mixed up and has no conection to the anime.
Art - 5
The art of the anime was so good, so pretty, so cute. then came the movie. everything is suddenly so...not cute._.!!! the eyes looks really bad, Misuzu looks like twice Haruko's age, and wasn't Yukito bishie?
Sound - 6
nothing special, but I like some of the voice actors.
Characters - 1
I am not even going to start talking of how hopeless the characters became in this movie.
Enjoyment - 3
I guess only those who are obsessed about romance will find any reason to watch this movie.
Overall - 4
If you watched the anime, PLEASE do yourself a favor and don't watch this movie.
If you are not planning to watch the anime anyway, don't feel bad if you don't ge…
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The movie of my favorite anime of all time, Air! I was severly disappointed with this and I will go into further detail in my review.
Story:
For the most part the story stayed true to the anime (which was the true story). This stayed with Yukito and Misuzu, and only had Kano and Minagi and Michiru as characters taht didnt even talk. They even turned Michiru into one of the children that watches the puppet show! WHAT THE HELL?!? Anyways. Very romantic. They focus more on romance :\ Hate it.
Art:
Sucks. Toei Animation failed epicly on this. Comapred to KyoAni's OUTSTANDING anime, this was just horrible.
Sound:
The opening theme was kept and the ending theme (partially) but was also split with a shitty new one. The insert song also was played at the wrong time. The new background score als…
Read at the sourceEnforcerAJ
M y advice, forget about the series. It's basically telling the whole story diferently, and that's what makes it so much better than the series in my opinion. However the art seems drawn differently. It looks a but more lower qualiity then the anime did, and Yukito's hair looked purple on my screen. Now it might have been the quality of video I was watching it on, but that's what it looked like to me. Also the ending made me bawl my eyes out so bring tissues.
Read at the source__SoRaTaRd__
this movie is one u can sit down on the sofa with your boyfriend and a tub of pop-corn
it will make you cry at the end but there are the odd funny moments with yukkito the main carecter
the story is simple so its easy 2 follow
air is a not so common anime but it should be on how high i would rate it
there is one thing to be carefull about tho. you have to watch the move before thanime or you wont really understand it.
i learnt that out the hard way
so watch this movie
Read at the sourceKaminaKai
"A condensed love story with significant differences from its TV counterpart."
[Spoiler Warning]
Advice #1: Do NOT watch the movie right after finishing the TV series. It is very tempting to do so (for comparison) but you are bound to be disappointed if you do so (due to various reasons to be discussed below).
Advice #2: Forget what happened in the TV series about Kano and Minagi as they play no part in the movie so do not hope for much of their appearance in the movie. (same for PIKO PIKO!)
Advice #3: Do NOT view the movie as inferior to the TV series. You are comparing French to English. The two are not even made by the same director!
Story:
It was a very good idea for Toei Animation to have both Kanna and Misuzu's story intertwined throughout the movie. This makes plot development…
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Once again we witness another shot from Toei Animation at one of Key's works, first from Kanon, and now a movie based on the eroge Air. Is it on the same level as the acclaimed Kyoto Animation anime or does it hide in the shadows once again, overwhelmed by Kyoto's masterpiece?
To put it rather bluntly, yes, it does. The movie is not that bad itself, but it just can't keep up with the series. But upon analyzing as an individual, without any type of comparisons, we can see that there are many good points worth mentioning, which could potentially place this movie under the "good watch" category.
Story> It has the same foundation as the series, but differs greatly in terms of events and sequence. It could also seem rather shallow at first, since many things from the series were omitted, incl…
Read at the sourceMaurox
Hmmm... It's actually my first time writing any kind of review, but I'll try my best...
First of All let me say I enjoyed original series. It was touching, it was interesting, had great art...
With that being said, I personally don't see much similarities between this movie and original. First: the animation. I just couldn't get used to new art, it kept bugging me through whole series. In Original series characters actually looked cute, while in this movie just freaky. Animation itself was OK though I think.
Then the characters... I'm sorry but the idea of making someone say "A", "definately A", and then without any real reasons say "B" out of the blue isn't really convincing. Besides the whole thing between the two was VERY streched idea IMO. Also Harukas character was completely chang…
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**MINOR spoilers included.
Air the movie was a different story compared to the TV series, but both started and ended the same way. There were a lot of differences, such as Misuzu and Yukito’s relationship, as well as Kanna and Ryuuya’s relationship. In fact, the story focused more on these relationships, removing the story arcs of Kano, Michiru and Tohno. I guess they wanted to give more light to Kanna and Ryuuya’s story (which is a good decision)
As for Misuzu and Yukito, their relationship was more boyfriend-girlfriend, whereas in the series, they were more like brother and sister. Kanna and Ryuuya were much closer too, and Uruha’s role was minor in the movie. The same with Kano, Michiru and Tohno. Actually, the last 3 I mentioned didn’t even have a role &…
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