Air Gear: THE GRINDING
 

Oh! Great was responsible for Tenjou Tenge, and now he's back to terrorize us with another one of his works turned anime, and it involves ridiculously overpowered rollerblades. And girls. What were you expecting?

So, our protagonist Minami Itsuki ("Ikki") lives with the Noyamano sisters for some reason, and the household hierarchy is like this:
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Ikki is fascinated by the rollerblading acrobatics of a pink haired slut (Simca) voiced by Rie Tanaka:
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Unbeknownst to him, the Noyamano sisters are also accomplished "Air Trek" (rollerblades with ELECTRICITY!) users with their own group called "Sleeping Forest":
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Eventually Ikki discovers their Air Trek stash, steals one and goes rollerblading.

He's not very good at it.
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He gets mistaken for a newly inducted member, and hilarity/chaos ensues!
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We also have a hilariously bishounen policeman:
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Simca again because it's Rie Tanaka!
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OMG EYEPATCH
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HOLY SHIT WINGS
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The soundtrack (by skankfunk, Wall5 Project and Masaki Sakamoto) is simply awesome. Unlike Yasunori Iwasaki's abortion of a soundtrack for Tenjou Tenge (what happened to you ;_;) this one fits the theme of the show perfectly. I'd watch this show just for the music alone.

Yeah, totaly went and freakin' well used the WORST censor in the bath scene, damnit, just put some door in the way or somthin, guys! Make it plausible!

Also

Little update:

Title: Air Gear
Japanese Title: エア・ギア 天駆ける翼
Official Site: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/airgear/
Category: TV
Genres: Action, School Life, Sports
Year Published: 2006

As for the Anime it self I just LOVE IT!! A lot of humor and good fun. Non stop action and everything makes me want more and more!! Opening and ending theme is great will goto rip it in a sec. Can't wait for more!! I'm even thinking about looking for Manga.

Ahh thanks for the rip of the OP and ED, b4. and ...yeah pretty much what you all said. I fucking love it .. probably more than Tenjou Tenge.

damn right!

btw, does anyone know who's singing the OP theme?

nvm,

Opening Theme:
"Chain" by Back-on
Ending Theme:
"Sky-2-High" by skankfunk

No problem!! Thanks for the names =)

ahhh!! you beat me to making a sig and av!!. damn you!

to not make this post useless

Do you know where to get the manga? is out in the US now?

Personally I didn't really like AIR GEAR's animation too much. The manga takes itself a lot more seriously than this. Even Tenjou Tenge was serious about what it was doing, but this is a bit childish. I noticed this happening for a few series recently, like Black Cat.

It's got potential, I won't really go down on it too hard since its only the first episode, but it really depends on where they go from here.

I've read up to chapter 57 of the manga, and I'll be probably be checking out the anime as well just to see if it's any good.
Judging from the screenshots and descriptions on the first post, there are already some minor differences between the anime and manga, nothing much...

Found it on one of the sites but it's not free... need to look more =) Even if it's not released in US you can always read scanlations.

for sure this is damn near the best show of the season well.. at least the coolest
sure made me wanna hop on my blades and do some tricks

I really enjoyed this one, as BigBlah said, I'll watch this for the music alone if nothing else. Especially the opening, I've had it playing over and over since I got it from this thread.

If I'll find any news about pissible OST or OP & ED signels I'll let you guys know =)

Scanlation from earlier chapter by Snoopycool, and afterward the manga is picked up by ... forgot >_<

But all i know is that I have seen up to volume 6 or 7 raw. Also the manga is strickly Oh Great! style... lotsa fan service!! :D

Well I think I'll stick to the Anime for now maybe later I'll switch to the Manga =)

Can anyone post a link for subed episodes? Or sites with scanned mangas? I really want to try this >.>

It's not surprising that this could be a really good anime series since it came from the makers of one of my facorite animes: Tenjou Tenge. Like Bigblah said, the music is Kickass and so far, it's best new anime i've seen this year. (Even though it's only 1 episode). I've grabbed some new anime, like Kiba, Soul Link, Capeta, xxxHolic, Noein, and Disgaea..., but AG impressed me the most.
The others were good, but AG is a step ahgead mof them. it's more fun than the others. it's like a preson grabbing your collar and begging you to listen to what they're saying. Needless to say, it got my attention.

Did you look on my signature =D Unted it there is secret link that will take you to the first episode =)

Addon:
Here are some information about main characters provided in first episode:

Lmfao. thanks alot man. HEH? WHy is this so small file comparing other animes I normally watch? ERrr... which torrent is best? (as in seeders.)

It's the only torrent by now. If any other FanSub Team will release it I'll let you know.. you all know =). Stay Tuned!

Scumm scans is currently working on the air gear manga and doing an exceptional job.

you can get the chapters off of irc and occasionaly they post the new ones on tokyotosho.

After seeing ep 2, it's turning out to be pretty corny. I hope it gets better.

As for me Air Gear is one of the best Anime this Season =) Right next to Ergo Proxy =).

Thanks for the torrents, guys! :)

I think it's a pretty awesome series. Oh! Great has yet to disappoint me, hehe.. As far as being the best anime this year so far, I still prefer Ergo Proxy over this, but Air Gear has excellent potential. I'll be making efforts to keep up to date with the latest episodes. :)

Yeah.. So far, I quite like it. A fresh concept for anime (I don't remember seeing anything like it, at least, but I don't watch that much anime), and great music! I'll be eagerly awaiting for a soundtrack~

Episode 2 was pretty cool; it gave some more definition to the characters' personalities (specifically Simca, who = <3). I look forward to episode (or should I say Trick?) 3.

I cound't wait till I get home so I download it at work =P Well boss was not there so I could watch it for a moment or two. Later I just put it on my MP3 player and took home =D. Now after all this cleaning and stuff I'll take a shower and watch it =)

HOLY SHITTU THIS IS ANIMU!?

I edited the manga for a while and slit my wrists 40 times during that time. Anime better be good.

I just saw 2nd Trick and... WHOA!!! It's full of action and awesoem music peaces!! I just can't wait till I know more about AT and other stuff!! Got new avatar from the OP. Got another waiting for it turn =). Can't wait for Trick 3!!

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watched the first episode and im totally disappointed. Oh!Great's manga's are too good for himself. First they ruined the TenTen anime now this. Sure Air gear isnt the most serious manga but this was just stupid. Throwing in the Skullsaders fight just like that without no build up was just lame. The way ikki got his first air trecks is also kinda... lame. the whole manga just had a more serious approuch to it all.
You guys need to get the manga for this asap. It's nicly animated tho which cant be said for the TenTen anime. Music reminds me of Jet set radio (no surprise i guess...)

Hey we have Manga fan here... anyway this thread is about Anime =) Some people start from Anime not Manga so we can says same thing about Manga you like so much =).

agreed.

Many people always have this way of comparing the anime/manga's story. now if it was reverse, i bet you this much they would like it more and the other way around lol. hey , it happens.

Also. episode 2 was great btw ^^;. i just gotta finish the last 15 mins of it (was at work).

yeah but the thing is, the manga is the original so of course this will be compared to the manga duh.
It's not like the Cowboy bebop which was anime first and then manga.

I still do have a giant Shonen Jump manga back from 2003 that feature this series in manga form. Althought I didn't quite understand what was taking place at that time, due to both language barrier and starting somewhere in the middle of the series, I did find the concept quite interesting and have wondered when an anime would be produced.

I just watched the first episode and it is very good. Undoubtly it reminds me a lot of Tenjou Tenge.
What I think will definitly keep me watching this anime was Simca (I think that's her name). I really liked her attitude and else.

Since this anime is from the same creator of Tenjou Tenge, I was wondering, I heard that the Manga of Tenjou Tenge is better than the anime and I was thinking if this one could be too. Do you think it's worth to read this one for some more info ?

Tenjou Tenge anime sucks. Tenjou Tenge manga rocks.
Air Gear anime sucks. Air Gear manga rocks.

So yes.

Also you like slutty chicks with slutty attitudes? Ok. Fine by me.

I just saw the 3 eps today and damn I'm hooked ^_^
This is basicly jet grind radio with maturity. Unlike tenjou tenge, this one looks like it will have an ending. A "real" ending.

Tenjou Tenge flopped in so many ways that the manga still goes on and i dunno WHAT the fuck is going on anymore >.>

so far , i got 2 people and my little brother hooked on to this anime. they love it. I hope the manga comes out so ican pick them up.

I'm also enjoying this show. Sure, it follows the typical shonen formula pretty closely, but that hasn't ever stopped me before.

Ep 3 seemed to be more of an exposition episode, which was kind of a bummer. But at least it looks like it'll jump into action sequences first thing next episode now that all the talking is out of the way.

hm.. I been reading my friend's manga. and wtf? is it me or is the Aki guy fag? He kissed ikki.. wtf? someone clear me out on this.

Is it just me or does Ikki look an awful lot like Rock Howard from Mark of the Wolves/King of Fighters?

I just think it's hilarious he's supposed to be 13. Ringo being 14 is even worse though.

judging from his outfit he does look like him.

Any idea if the 4th episode came out?

Air gear shows on tuesdays right. So I guess there will be a raw coming out soon.

Initially I've been a bit dissapointed. Nothing overly impressive so far and they've been doing some cleanup, from what I saw off the manga ages ago.
We'll see, we'll see indeed..

exactly. he looks at least the age of Ichigo from Bleach or Rock from Black Lagoon. why doesn't whoever's in charge make him and Ringo look their age? why make them look older? for more mass appeal? hmm...

subbed episode 4 of air gear is out ^_^
http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allo...5D.avi.torrent

We'll remember that , B.

I was getting a little worried that Kyuu-Fansubs were slackin. but then again.. there are other stuff to do. Im glad its here though. I can watch this and sleep later on.


So far.. the first three episodes are doing well. It only surprises me that Ringo and Ikki are young as fuck. How old is Simca?

Clearly her big breasts would indicate anywhere between 10~12 years old. Amirite? On a serious note, though, I didn't find the adaption from manga > anime to be all that bad. I think some people are just too anal.

Just finished watching 4th episode. More action and few new music tracks. Ikki start first part war and is using Air Trek build from 2 different sets (Pimp My Ride?). Now every player have his own unique trick. You just need to see it =). Can't wait for the 5th one to see how will Ikki win =D.

Damn that Buccha. For him to pull off a stunt like holding his stomach in was an interesting idea. never seen that anywhere lol. Im pretty sure ikku will rely on the metal part thats over Buccha.

I wouldn't mind seeing some more of Spitfire. I've only read the first couple of chapters of the manga, since I don't want to spoil the anime, but I'm hoping they'll be able to fit everything into the anime because I'm interested now in just how far he goes.

Also, I noticed that Spitfire's voicing is done by the same person who does Inui from PoT. At least I think it is, I don't understand a word he's saying but the tone is very similar.

If you're looking for the manga then might I suggest www.stoptazmo.com they have all the chapters to date. It's a forum d/l place so you'll have to sign up though I would recommend staying out of the forums they can be a bit shitty in some of them.

I'm actually trying to avoid reading it at the moment, I'll wait until the anime finishes and then have a read of the manga. But yeah, I'm thinking he's going to either hop over the tunnel onto the grill, or depending on whether Bucha is too tall wallride over him.

In all fairness the amount of changes they've made to the story so far, I'm not sure if they'd even follow the way he gets around it in the manga. Don't get me wrong though, enjoying both immensely. It's kinda like Jet Set Radio the anime lol.

Any idea when to expect the girl in the straight jacket to show up? She showed up briefly but so far we still haven't seen her since.

straight jacket? Does that person happen to have an eye patch? If so then it's not a girl...

I think I should start watching the anime.

That character with the orange jacket, right? The voice actor sounded like a girl...

Yeah it's a guy, should be sometime soon if I remember correctly, don't hold me to that though.

OK guys time to wake up =D We have fresh and still warm episode 05 on board!! Just watched it and I have to say that fans of Simca will see every peace of her beautiful body =D Damn this Ikki is lucky guy!! I can't say how Ikki will will the part war but he will do it (wow that's surprise...). We know a lot more about 8 Kings Road and way that Ikki have to pass to get to the top.

Here's the link, grab it!!
[Kyuu] Air Gear - 05[B1886A76]

P.S
Ikki will get his official emblem =) But I think that will be in episode 06.

Thats crazy. I guess Simca knew all along that Ringo was the successor. This episode was good. lots of Simca-fanfare for everyone. She may be a whole lot to everyone but I still believe Ringo to be one of my fav female characters. The rest of "sleeping forest" should just die. (Dont spoil anything AG manga-people ^^; )

Ikki is a wimp though. How could he fall asleep on pussy? bleh =/.

I do hope he joins up with Simca. I sorta want the story to be a little different compared to other kinds where they have the main character join the right side.

Im a fan now of both the anime and the manga but I also realize that the anime is not always gonna be tru to the manga so look at it this way the manga gives you the idea but the anime gives u the visuals...close to so here yall go. They got 1-5 in .avi format
Http://www.fansub.tv/
just in case B4 don't get a chance to upload the newones

Happy treking

PS - TenTen's anime don't suck

Agreed. and thanks for the link, trek. Im sort of getting annoyed with TenTen a little cause they aren't really doing shit for it. If they are then thats kool but come on.. its been over a year.

http://membres.lycos.fr/shouten/ohsnap.png

Best episode yet? Probably not but that was a classic moment and I felt compelled to share it all over again with everyone here! :)

Here we have some more screen caps =D More Simca-chan actions in it =)


I hope DVD version will not be censured =P

I'll get the dvd in a minute >.<. But yeah. thats what im talking about . Ikki's a wuss for falling asleep to that. lol. One of her face expressions relates to Natsume Maya. I dont see that one though.. Ringo's just mad cause Sim has bigger tittesss

Good thing i caught this episode last night. This and School Rumble .

With 5 episodes ( IMHO) going very good? Im sure it wont fall like some other animes. I believe there was a new song in episode 5 .. I guess we should call it Spitfire's theme? ^^;

Air Trek's anime fail to show the uniqueness(art style and coolness-wise) seen in it's manga, as of the few episodes that is available now. Perhaps later it'll pick up, and I do hope it picks up.

From the first post here it was rather fight Manga Vs Anime then discussion =D I saw only Anime and for now I don't have time to look for Manga. Air Gear is right after Ergo Proxy and before The Third in my top 3 Anime series this season. Kyuu is doing great job with translation. Yoroshiku want to release first 2 episodes to.

I'm not so sure she's a bimbo as much as she plays a bimbo. She definately has underlying reasons for hanging around naked all the time, but I don't know how sincere she is about it, particularly after seeing how the groups treat her.

The characters.

If you notice in the opening, they are twins. One has the 'patch on the left eye, the other the right eye. Pretty sure they are guys from what I read about the anime.

I thought she looked fine to me. Oh! Great didn't really exaggerate much with Air Gear as they did with Tenjou Tenge. Unless I'm missing something from the manga.

You sure? I thought that it was one guy with 2 personalities. When ever the left is covered I think he becoems evil and right is good. Something like that.

No, I don't mean it like that, I mean she's not just there to help him for his own good, she has reasons for it, (as was mentioned by I think Mikan that she was all over the different road kings) either because she's using him or because she wants to get all of the kings back together.

What Taegueki says is correct. This might be a bit of a spoiler,

As for my opinion on the anime, I have to disagree with the majority in here. That what is claimed to be an exceptional anime with lots of potential is an utterly ridiculous rip off of the original story and art. I don't intend to insult anyone who thinks different, but to call THIS top notch and "definitely one of the best of the season" one really has to be blind. I mean, where is that oh-so-good artwork? I don't see it.

What I see is just another CG show that has static backgrounds, stiff characters and re-appearing cells. You might want to add characters turning into lightnings due to skip budget-expensive action scene drawing to that.

Don't worry, we are not done with the artwork complaints, this was just the animation part, the colours and character design are still waiting.
Well, for the colours: Ikki's hair is not blue. Ringo is not a redhead. Spit Fire is not a REDhead either. I can't comprehend why on earth they would change the official colour design. I don't care though, not like this wasn't obvious after what they did with Tenjou Tenge.
Next is the character design and I won't tell you much about it. Just take a look at the bath scene in Episode 5. I didn't know Son Goku was an AG character.

One thing though, really, none of you can complain about the so-called "cersorship". What did you expect? Were you really thinking they would be running around naked? On a TV show!? The crows are much more meant to be amusing than annoying. Also, if you compare the original to the anime - oh shock - you can't see any nipples or vaginas. This is a shounen ecchi manga, not a hentai. Get that into your heads.

On to the voices. Ikki sure has the voice of a thirteen year old, but neither the age nor the sound match his looks anywhere close. Ringo and the others sound fine, nothing special here.

Next major point: The story. You cannot mix randomly chosen parts of four volumes of a comic into ONE episode of an animation. You just can't.

There are only two good points about this anime:
1. Onigiri looks even more ugly than in the manga. That is good.
2. The music is awesome - breathtaking. (Well, breathtaking despite being an ecchi title.)

All in all, Air Gear was majestically ruined for the reasons I mentioned. It is not worth watching and certainly not the best thing around. Just put in two more bucks and the result would have been much more something like the real big shots of the season. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi would be an example animationwise, even though I am not a fan of that series. If you still look for a legitimate reason for watching it, do it for the music; it is well-composed and chosen, and just fits the theme perfectly.


And no Forsety, I don't think I'm being anal.

You have very good points. Can't argue with that.

This is definately why I kind of distance myself from the manga. I like to see movements and i like to see action in...action @.@.

You are right with some certain coloring though. Ringo looks different in every episode ^^;. Reading your thoughts about it just made me decide to not read the manga at all.


Air Gear Anime all the way ^^.

You're really missing on out on something if you don't read it.
Just wait till the anime finishes if you don't want to spoil yourself by reading the manga.
It's worth it friend.

The anime is giving me a great impression with Air Gear ep 6. I'll let B4-Hunter do the honors in posting the torrent.

It was Ikki vs the Skullsaders. Ikki won by using Buccha's signature move on the walls. Very impressive. Can't wait for ep 7.

Ikki joining Simca's team wont be that bad but I prefer Simca joining Ikki's Team. I get the feeling Ikki will make some crazy ass moves by combining his rivals',teammates' moves. At least thats what I think so far.

I will have to post something to spoil your interest I guess.

Can you use spoiler tags from now on for those of us that haven't seen the episodes?

And I'm fairly certain Simca is already in her own team, I remember someone mentioning Simca of the Swallow, I assume thats the name of her team.

Yep, she is in her own team.

Mangas like these... Spoiler or not, its not THAT important but the action and fun of it what counts most. I dont expect much story out of it but its still on my good anime list.

and yeah. From now on lets all use spoiler tags.

Sorry, don't get me wrong I wasn't having a go at you about the spoilers, I just like to watch episodes from scratch. I'll probably avoid reading the manga though till the anime is done though.

I haven't seen the manga so I can't say anything about the different styles of drawing but I know its not incredible, but its passable and as someone said earlier, the direction they went with the music was fantastic. I'd even watch it just for the music and I like the way the story is going as well.

I hope you guys know that episode 06 is aready out? If you're looking for torrent just look on my signature. But if you prefer something faster just drop to the IRC on #kyuuketsuki on irc.rizon.net. Ok I'm about to watch it so spoiler later =D.

Yep... I just realized it was out like 16+ hours ago after I saw Chato's post about epi 6... it was awsome how Ikki masters other people's move fast.

My addiction to anime doesn't reach as far as manga. I find that for an action and fast-paced show such as this, the anime must have really been a bore to see still frames of things going really fast.


Ep. 6 Trick spoiler.

Yeah I'm just after episode 06 =) I checked and there will be only 13 episodes =( Shame that it will be so short. Can't wait for another. But yeah we will wait for it another 7 days.

Nice that we finally meet Agito the kid with eye patch =) For more you have to see it for your self =D
Thank's =D It's some sort of ritual now =P I'm the one who post and get banned for it =D Just joking. Torrent is under my sig as usually =) Grab it people!!

Only 13 episodes? Where did you read that?

I agree. The anime won't even catch up to manga with 13 epi if it is following the manga. Any links?

Thats really disappointing if they're only intending 13 episodes. I could see them having trouble finishing this series in 26 episodes, let alone 13. Perhaps they're seeing how popular it becomes before committing to a full season.

Well it's not 100% sure if there will be only 13 episodes. Trick:13 will be in TV at 28.06.2006. There is not later informations about another episodes. Maybe there will be more but I can't say.

Source: www.AniDB.net

Maybe they want to stop at 13 to try to improve the animation a little more ? This would only mean that I HAVE to read the manga as well.

I highly doubt that. There usually is no second season for a 13-episode anime (in case it wasn't clearly announced the first season runs from X-Y and the second from A-B, priorly). Even if it was a 26-episode season, I don't see how they would bring the anime to end. The manga has 14 volumes and is still ongoing.

On an upside, this means we get the OST faster. Though I'd like to see exactly where it finishes up to, but I can't see him becoming the Wing/Sky/Whatever it is king in 13 episodes.

It took him 6 episodes to actually meet someone from clas A. He only won two part wars. It can't be true =(.

Where can I get manga? Any website or IRC channel? I think I'll try it.

Exactly. He hasn't even raced a A class person yet and from what Simca was saying he's going to have to go up against a lot of different people. In 13/26 episodes? I can't see it happening. That said, I'd be just as happy to see the series stretch to two seasons as long as the music stays good, the story continues and the animation perhaps improve slightly. But hey, at least we don't have to worry about filler.

As to the manga, www.stoptazmo.com has it, I noticed when I was grabbing the new Prince of Tennis.

Yeah. I think that 26-30 should be just fine. Maybe they'll add some specials or something. Well anyway all we can do is wait for another episodes and info from Anime DB. Till then I'll try manga a little =).

You can download the manga from highspeed XDCC-Bots in #scum-scans@irc.irchighway.net or download it via Bittorrent at http://bt.scum-scans.com.

Air Gear manga was officially liscenced(sp) to Del Ray. Vol 1 in english is coming out this July. $11 supposedly <<

Manga > anime. The anime was so heavily watered down, it makes meh cry ;_; The manga is way better (details, uncensored, more to it) but I still love Agito/Akito in the anime =d And, despite the watered down...er..ness of the anime, I still can't see fitting all of it into 13 episodes <.<

isohunt and deltaanime also has the raw manga's up to vol 13 (atm)
I'm just an avid Agito/Akito fan girl sooo...=p

I don't think 20~30 epi is fine. It will be milked just like how Slam Dunk was milked.

As a matter of fact, it is already milked. I don't see why you are still whining.

Alright. I checked with the first chapter of the Manga version. I guess I can understand the difference and interest between both sides here. I'll be honest, I found the manga's introduction alot better than the anime but the TV series version was decent

They shouldn't have cut down the beginning part where Ikki was showing his badass side then seeing the Storm Riders whip his ass. However, accepting the fact that the anime will only be 13 episodes is just pathetic.I'll try and read the next few chapters whenever.

...I still like Ringo's look in the anime >=p.

Just watched episode 07!! (To say the true it was 2 days ago but =P). It was nothing special... only few things about Ikki and Ringo. We know few new stuff about Bucha =). Download torrent should apear in my sig soon so just keep looking =D.

I gave up on this anime once it became clear that TV Tokyo are about using the most stupid ways of censoring shots ever.
Jezz, and I find irony in saying this, but the Japanese realy need to take some lessons from Williams Street and such.

I have been watching the series lately and i have gotten to around episode 5. So far the series is great and is never shy of a few jokes here and there along with good life learned lessons and the importance of following your heart...along with other things like i worry that i am going to get really interested into the series and then end up being dissapointed by how things turn out plot wise with the whole and all that stuff.

hello guys, sup totally new here. it's nice to find ppl that appreciate so firmly that they would like to discuss it thouroughly. though comparing from manga to anime isnt always a must do. i mean there isn't one single anime i know that follow the manga correctly. not to mention illustrations. someone did mention tenjou tenge for example. but it should be better to either read manga first then watch the anime or vice versa. because you could get sidetracked with one or the other. that one could jsut throw in a filler as the anime does or the manga will show what was supposed to really happen. but as soon as the manga is licensed. the producers can do w/e the heck they want with it so hey. theres really not much we can argue about why they changed certain things. hey, we just dont like it. or we do like it. everyone has different opinions. but hey w/e the anime is great. music wise, comedy and some other stuff there. well guys. whaddya say?

Totally agree withn you there. I started reading the manga..Some of you already know what i thought about it so there's no point in going more further with it. If anyone remembers Shiraume's face in that one scene in episode 7.. she's starting to look a little like her manga design there . I just think a few people are lazy to animate or just rushing ... Umm..its been more than 3 weeks.. episode 10 should be out soon but where are 8 and 9 ?>.>;

EDIT : The Full Opening of Air Gear came out today.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jm34db

The beat is a bit different and touched up. I love it >=]

Actually the 10th episode came out today , Killa.

Also, try to be careful with grammar. Many people dont like that ^^;.

Looks like we're getting more Air Gear fans.

Well, even so, scanlations of the original version are not going to stop, so that doesn't really matter. Let the publishers change it all they want, the fans will keep it the way the author created it.

Looks like people finally start understanding. :)

Naw I understand. Besides , the manga also has a few flaws as well. Like Ringo looking a little chubby or too colorful in those special scans...>.>

Chubby? Special scans? What are you talking about? :X (Even if that's the case, so be it, it is the original after all.)

Well not special scans. The ones that have color.

Air Gear is awesome :D
I can't wait till the 8th epi comes out! ^^

I also read the manga, and I have to say that they are pretty different

:)

I love this series! After watching it, I wanted to go rollerblading again since it's summer time, but my rollerblades don't fit anymore so I'm going to have to get new ones :eyebrow:

Rollerblades are way easier to manoeuvre with on the streets than a skateboard... skateboarding is fun to do tricks and stuff on but not so useful for travelling around

EDIT: Does anybody know why - when I go to the front page to try and download those music files, the forum logs me out? I really want to get the Opening Theme song! > <"

Get the one I posted up . Its a few posts back on the same page and its the FULL Opening theme of Chain

I'm sorry, but I still don't know what you are talking about. If it is about the pages that occasionally come with the chapters in a seperate folder called "Artwork", then I have to tell you that these are not done by the creator of the manga. They are done by fans, for fans.

In case you're talking about the pages actually coloured by Oh!great, then I have to tell you that Ringo only appeared on a cover once so far, and she does, by all means, not look chubby, but rather skinny on that one.

She looks like it here.

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/985...10120139no.png

And maybe a few others but i haven't read that much of it just yet. The anime is doing a fine job so i wont stick with the manga all the way.

Ahh, now I se ewhat you're talking about, thank you.
Yes, you're right, she did look a little chubby from a few angles at the beginning of the story. That's quite a normal thing, most manga-kas go through some sort of visual development while drawing a series. There are vey few exceptions to this (20th Century boys, for example).

Now I'd still like to know what colours you are talking about. ò_ò

I respect the fact that every character have different clothes, fine. But for Ringo, i can only accept the ones she has for the anime (she needs to lose that stupid hat though). This is the only one so far.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3...ar1024b6zd.jpg

The soundtrack is still yet to be released, though we're all waiting for it too, so just keep checking and it'll be posted on here eventually.

The AG Ost is set to release next month on the 26th.

Some more info:

Air Gear Original Soundtrack

• Catalog No.: AVCA-22835
• Format: CD
• Number of discs (or other units): 1
• Release Date: 2006/07/26
• Price: 2913yen (US$ 25.77/ 3059yen Tax incl.)
• Item weight: 120 g

HERE you can find all episodes that are on torrent including fansubbed and RAW's. Hope that helps.

Yo, im new here but i was wondering if anyone knows the location of episodes 8,9 and 10 subbed. I know they are doing their best to sub it, but ive looked everywhere and can't find them :aargh: regardless.... it was interesting to note that wen downloading a different anime torrent i got trolled and found episode 9 subbed for air gear instead >.>

Tokyo Toshokan would be the first site to have subbed episodes show up. same with baka-updates. I really dont know whats going on with Kyuu-fansubs but whatever. i'd rather have them release those 3 episodes in one day .

This is an interesting series. Can't wait for the soundtrack its great. Haven't read the manga so I don't know how much it diverges. Just wish the episodes were released a bit faster.

well if u like the anime, i wouldnt recomend reading the manga just yet ^_^ those three episodes are there but arent being translated *cries* unless someone has and havnt bothered to release it lol XD

Personally, I don't like reading scanlations. I much prefer having the book in my own hands when I read. Air Gear is a good anime but I will wait for the English release of the manga before I start reading it.

LoL ok ok =P I'll just check why the hell there is not new release yet =) If anything comes up I'll be sure to post it here =D

EDIT:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9823/ag2nm.jpg

I asked =P Info comes from #kyuuketsuki

Non of fansub teams got after episode 07. [Darkside-Raws] have episodes till 10 so all we can do is wait for [Kyuu].
If anyone want I can post links to RAW episodes or just send you HERE.

We are all professionals. If you saw episode 11 that wasn't even released then you are dude from future that all papers write about... post only confirmed lies.

Could be some home edition subs there are many fake torrent online. We may even find somewhere soft subs for AG. I'll wait till [Kyuu] cause they have experience in translating it and don't want to get any miss used words. If there is credit about who was translating it post it here.

Episode 8 has been released. Here. Downloading now.

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Episode 8 was as usual quite funny. Ikki and the gang are close to being held back a year in school and they help their teacher Ton-chan with some of her past problems. No battles this episode but some good character development for Ton-chan.

Ton-chan sensei = best comedic female anime character of 2k6. This episode's animation was pretty good. Especially since it was all on ton-chan.

I await for the 9th one tomorrow?

Like we could all suspect two episodes ware released one after another. Since no one posted link to Trick 09 here it is: [Kyuu] Air Gear - 09 [69B6D327]. When I'll get back home I'll be sure to watch both of them since my PC at work is darn slow =D. Then episode 07 of Disgaea and Ergo Proxy 14 left to see =).

This episode is made of lol, weird, and WTF!!! A very funny episode as usual. Mostly a battle between the Bull team and Agito the Shark. And no, I don't want to see man juice either or Ikki taking a shit.

From Ringo's reaction, it looked as if she was enjoying every second of it.
I do enjoy Agito's personality along with his engrish talk and the rest of his "fuuukinn' shyat".


Another good episode.. the RAW for 11 just came out.We need 10 now!

Grrrr Ringo is lame imo =P Wheres the Simca!! lol. Episode 10 looks goood. I can forshadow something happening... but ill leave it to myself =P Agito/Akito is awsome imo..... though i swear he was a gurl first time i met him XD

Yeah, Simca is awesome. Much better than Ringo, but we know in the end Ikki will end up with Ringo.

Yay! finaly battle has come around in ep.9 ... too bad the second half comes in ep.10 :( (WHY DO WE WAIT AGAIN!? T___T)

Anyone notice they missed coloring part of the youngest sister's head eyepatch thing in one of the segments in ep.2? :tpg:

I was always hoping Ikki would end up with Simca cause Ringo is already going to head to the top of being the successor =/.Ikki should turn into a villian XD.

Limitless/smoothkilla, please improve the level of english in your posts or I'm going to end up deleting every one of them. This is a discussion board, not an instant messaging program.

... and that is a good thing. Oh how I'd like to spoiler you guys, making you lose your love for Simca at the same time. Then again, I'm not an asshole. :o

I took a peek at a recent chapter of Air Gear. Doesn't look too suprising only Ringo doesn't have her glasses on and



Spoil as much as you want as long as its in a spoiler.

Agreed. Go ahead and spoiler us as long as its in the spoiler tab. But Simca is the best! Ikki should go with Simca >.>

PS: I'd like to know why people keep saying "cuz i tink shes gotta nice personaliti". She obviously is just a big boobed slut and really hasn't shown much of her character yet.

who said that ? O.o

Also, Simca needs to lose that hat. Admit that Simca fans . It seems to grow in every episode..

What?! The hat is awsome in my opinion. Though just so you know, im pretty sure this aint a spoiler ^_^ (she doesn't wear the hat in the manga, often anyway). The point is though, Simca is better than Ringo =) i can't wait till trick 10 gets out =D

*cough* Big boobs ALWAYS develop fans >.>

For this anime. The music got me interested and from there the story and characters made me a fan ;p. Only that leader of skullsaders is boring and needs some color.

Limed for great justice! Oh, also, there is a new subber who has just subbed episode ten.

http://www.firedowndrop.com/

I thought about it, but I need my Air Gear fix more. I can always grab the Kyuu ones later on. The OST seems so far away. :(

I'll update once I've watched it with some screen shots or what I thought of it either way.

well the ost got pushed back to august now ..sigh.. i still wonder when the end theme will be released. the only thing i dont like about the new fansub group is they use BRIGHT colors and i have to squint even if i mess with the brightness and stuff. but i didnt want to wait long for kyuu. and Ep 11 Raw is up on Bt

That new fansub group sucks. I hate that big block raw they use and the subs go by so fast you have to pause the show just to read them all.

Ya I had to do the same They used really bad fonts.and colors also. at least it held me out till kyuu releases 10.

What concerns Simca or Ringo, I would see them both... with or without Ikki .... =]

Kyuuketsuki released their late episodes including episode 12 this week. Still, no Simca or nothing. The story is getting interesting at least.

btw, Onigiri is getting lame . Funny but also reaching borderline boredom.

This is a series that makes me laugh out loud every episode. For that I will continue to watch it.

Episode 11 and 12 were great and got things back on track. Ikki finishes forming his team, names it, and enters his first battle. I especially liked Croissant Mask helping out when the team was on the verge of losing. It's funny how Agito/Akito's attitude changes just by switching his eyepatch. Yup, Akito is incredibly gay(not that theres anything wrong with that).

Well, Onigiri is at least cooler than Simca.

yeah i've notice that too
Simca hasn't been in the current episodes but eh Akito makes up for it

i seriously think something is wrong with me i can't get enough of those shounen-Ai characters :edgartpg:

Yeah. Agito does make up for her absence. I think its also good that way . If they have her around every episode. she'll get boring and annoying . Ringo is enough to be annoying (still one of my fav characters ;p).

By watching Ep 12, does anybody still thinks that air gear will only have 13 eps?

P.S: Sorry Mi english really sucks! (I'm learning)

I believe the anime will have more than that. According to ANN, They will have 25 episodes.

Damn, and here I had my hopes up. ;_;

Look at it this way, its not too far off and we'll have the OST. Then you won't even have to watch the show to listen to the music. =D

Just watched episodes from 10-12 and I love it even more =D Ripped track from episode 10. So any1 can listen if he like. It's still with voices but =) Better then nothing =D Will upload it later.

P.S
http://tetchang.hp.infoseek.co.jp/wf04w/wf04w015.jpg

Looking fwd 2 seeing 11 and 12...

2 B4-Hunter:
cool statue of Simca ... =]

HA! =D Thanks! AG is getting better and better. Hope there is a lot more to came in another episodes.

So the ep had the guy in the wheelchair.


Also, I need that OST. Particulary for the songs that play at 16:02 in nine, 17:09, 19:30 from episode eight and 11:25 from ep ten.

I finnaly got to see ep 11,12 and 13... and I loved it. A bit unexpected was the wrestling thing, but I guess it's what makes the show worth it...
and that speedyGonzales on wheelchair added some mistery to it...
but Rika-chan's expresion, as Ikki did his distracting maneuver at the end of ep 13, was a bit surprising and got me wandering ...

Anyways... 1 thing is clear 2 me, I'm totally hooked on AG and I can't wait to see all the ep... probably I'll be sorry in the end, coz the show will be all other... but there's no other way....

Soooo.... is ep 14 finally out there ???

A third group has subbed it, but its not Kyuu.

And my bad about the unspoilering, forgot to use it.

This series is really funny. I still laugh out loud each episode. 13 wasn't bad, looks like the story is about to pick up.

Btw, anyone have any info on the soundtrack release date?

Its the 27th of August I believe. However, I keep thinking 27th of July for some reason and getting excited because its not far off. This irritates me to no end.

Hey everyone ^^ just started watching AG yesterday and saw all 13 eps ^^ at the pace the story is moving i still think that 25 episodes will rush it a bit too much. We are already in episode 13 an he still in F-Class so we are to assume that in less than 10 episodes he will beat 17 battles to reach the top and then in 2 more episodes Ikki will become the king and have the final "Event"?.....

I don't see him getting too far in the story in this season. I haven't read the manga, but even with the plot advancing a bit in the last few episodes I don't think it'd be possible for him to reach A class in 26 eps. They mentioned in the episodes that you have to win 3 equal class battles to advance a class and so far they've only had one. Hopefully they'll get a bit more interesting once they move up to other classes where its not just a straight race.

On the plus side, a second season means a chance to improve the show a bit and a second OST. The animation does seem to be a little hit and miss sometimes, like when The animation during that part looked excellent, wheres sometimes it can be a bit too basic. But still. Its a fun series to watch and its flaws can be overlooked, since they're mostly minor and the music is excellent.

Hi iv just apeared on the scene due to me watching this new /manga/anime air gear and im hooked like many of you so here is a little more infomation this is the official website for the entro song called chain its a j-rock band obiosly and its called back-on unfortunetly it is inpossable to get the full song and not just the small anime opening but here it is anyway wiwiwibiaiciki-ioinicioimi good luck the sorry its difficult because im not allowed to past websites just take all of the i's out of it and put the . were necacery

The full opening is available, someone posted it a few pages back I believe. Here's a repost though for you. Back On - Chain.

yes and the ost will be out in august Im def going to buy it:edgarrock:

A month from today. Not that I'm counting or anything.

Also, I'm going to breakdown and finally download the manga I think. My need for an Air Gear fix is higher than my willingness to avoid ruining the plot.

HAH! Finally a rescued soul!

I think the first vol came out a few days ago. I'll probably check it out as well.

ya the 1st vol came out in the US few days ago. i also decided to read the manga on ch68 waiting for 69 hopfully soon

Shame that Air Gear is not released in HD TV or even wide screen version =( Besides episode 15 is just out. [Kyuu] keep rocking =)

Here is one Trivia i picked up from today's Air Gear episode or even in the whole series



Well other than that. It was another good episode. Hope to see 16 tomorrow.

Yo dudes, thanks to this thread I discovered a new and awesome anime! Really something different again, I love it :)
Can't wait for that OST, Air Gear has excellent music. Btw, is it normal for the shitbird to censor anything that's bad? Now I'll miss all the dirty stuff :(

I'm also looking for scanlated manga but I couldn't find one. Does anyone know a nice link to it :p

I think they'll probably release the dvd's uncut like they did with the GANTZ anime. Depends on them really.

Just go read the manga and you'll get everything uncesored.

http://scum-scans.com

This one might help.

It looks like the only fully uncensored release will be the us version. I got my copy of the r2 v1 in the mail today and while the breasts aren't covered anymore, the crotches are.

Just cheked out episode 16 by Lechie's fansub. Yeah its a little bit off in the spelling grammar, but its still good.

episode 16


Agito massacred all the other stormriders in their territories. Akira from team behemoth made his move . All im saying for now since no one seen it but me.



And it looks like the animation is back to what it's supposed to be. Episode 15 looked way off.

next time put spoiler tags..

Sorry about that. I was meaning to put it in the second part of the post.

its ok just dont wanna ruin it for other people you know so is it really ending at 26eps? cant wait few more weeks till the ost is out i hope it has all the dif variations of the Op theme thats played alot

ALRIGHT Miyagi. Question. cause i might just get to the manga as well.

well ep 16 by kyuu just got released as for the manga start at 49

Episode 17 was also released by Leichi 's Fansubs. Not bad but for quality its so so. If you're a fan, that shouldn't matter ;p. Thanks for the heads up, johen.

Many might be happy that

ah ok not alot of ppl fansubing this im still tryin to dl the 17raw ill wait for kyuu kus i read the manga

Damn, i didn't know that new episodes came out. Whats the Schedule for this anime?

Not enough episodes. :(

http://scum-scans.com or http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=491 for the manga.

Don't worry, Episode 17 is this week's. I guess the schedule would be every Tuesday (Japan's Time). But either way, Leichi released theirs like 30 mins after the RAW's release. They aren't bad either.

Air Gear is def my fav manga. it tied Death Note, as for the anime i do enjoy it, but lik some1 said before it is a bit less serious then that of the manga at time, but still very good, i really lik the opening and the ending

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and also does ne1 kno where to download the full ending and opening songs

Opening single was released by Nipponsei a while back, you can get it here [Nipponsei] Air Gear OP Single - CHAIN [BACK-ON].

Sorry for the late response Chato, I wasn't really paying attention to this forum anymore. Either way, if you want to read the manga, you should start soon, since the anime will have caught up in a few episodes (if it didn't already). As for your question:

i really hope they have a season 2 and at least have more than 26 eps... it would be sad if they pulled a tenjou tenge... basically killing the anime off and leaving it so open ended. I hate it when they do that... then it drives you to read the manga to find out what really happens in the end.

Spoiler tags equal [.spoiler] then the text you want to enter as spoiler then [/spoiler] at the end.

Just remove that . from the first set of brackets and you're golden. And yep, scans are up to 81 so far.

I found the .avi version of Air Gear instead of .mkv.

Does anybody wants me to upload the torrent or the .avi video itself?

too much info later on in the series... it follows the concept of the manga but the beggining of the AG manga series is that, they give Ikki the AT's but in the anime .. he steals thems

I hope they stop after 26. *crosses fingers*

it seems air gear episode 19 isn't subbed or been realeased in RAW yet.
i am looking forward to watching episode 19

Lechie released episode 19 a while ago, I can't recommend downloading his encodes though.

the first DVD of AirGear has only 12 eps and the 2nd will have the rest If i'm correcy

Lechie is doing great their translations are more accurate then Kyuu's althoug kyuu has the quality of helping the people to make it more simple english
personally I look at the Raws...but if I had to choose subbers.
Take Lechies for early watching pleasure and again if you need
and afterwards download Kyuus for the collection..

Also the manga is out till 82 scanlated and all I know cause I'm the shuyinsan from Mangacult.
The manga gets way more interessting

I don't think there will be a season 2 cause they rush to much..
but we'll see..I think the anime is alright..not spectacular but its a good anime to watch..

also mangacult wants to make it clear that we are not really a scangroup...
we merely are impatient fanboys/girls who help the fans.
we do quick scanlations with good translations..
if you want the quality and the scanlation of a group take Scum-Scans..they are the real deal.

We'll probably get OVA's in the future =/.

Just saw Lechie's 19th episode. I really like how the animation is going. Other than that,I still like the anime.If it does end at 25/26 , This is good enough for me to just read the chapters.

ah so thats a new fansub group ill have to dl it when i get back from work.on an other note i preorderd the ost. 34tracks i cant wait to hear ill have it by next friday i wonder what the first press will include i would love a team kogarasumaru sticker ill have it riped and upload it either here or send it to nipponsei if they dont release it before me..

TWELVE episodes on one DVD!? Holy crap, usually anime DVDs have only 3-4 episodes. I wonder what's going on.

well thats what it seemed like but then again would be very fast..
and its only 24 dollars..so i guess its indeed four..

where did i get that 12 anyways???
ow yeah from amazon.co.jp
but it doesnt say it anymore..

The only anime DVDs that (usually) contain more than four episodes are HongKong bootlegs. Note that these are not official and in no way related to the original japanese release. It is pirated material with reduced framerates, bad audio and engrish subtitles. Dont buy these, even if they have a professional looking DVD cover and wrapping.

Here's one of those examples:
eBay-link

Just checked out episode 20.



After the series i think i'll just get in the manga but I still think the anime should expand a little more >.>.

preview of episode 21

Oi Hazel Guy~
Say, wasn't the OST due to be released one of these days? August 28th or something... :S

Does anyone know if the OST has been released on torrent yet? I am sooo lucking forward to getting my hand on it :D

yes the ost was released wensday but my cd wasnt shipped till friday..i should be getting it tommrow so i will rip and scan and upload it on megaupload or just wait till i give it to nipponsei hopfully i get the cd tommrow

Yup, finally. Actually, I woke up 2 hours ago and thought, wait, today is OST day!

You're a good man Johen. (Or lady. I'm not sure. Sorry)

I'm really hope it covers most of the BGM in the show, theres a few of the minor ones that I'd really like to see on there. Now I just have to wait for the Ouran Host Club OST and I'll be set.

lol im a guy. but yea the music is composed from one of the members of back-on and a member from skankfunk i believe..ill be gettin it this morning just checked the tracking ill be gettin it in a few hrs.ill post it here once i rip and listen to it 1st lol

Gah, hurry up post it already. Nipponsei was going to release on the 23rd, but they failed. D:
Please... ._.

SRy thought i would get it monday.but i wil be gettin it this morning im going to the post office early this morning to pick it up forget waiting till noon for the mail dont worry ill post it asap this morning

What would it take to get you to release a lossless ape/flac+cue rip? :)

Haha, don't worry, that was more of a joke than an actual request. Take your time.

well im in a rush to hear it just as bad if not more than you lol but yea its in my town i have to wait till the post office opens im just going there to pick it up then ill rip,scan, and upload it here before i send it to nipponsei:edgarrock:

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erm pm me i dont know how to do those yet if you can help me out ill do it no prob if i have enough time before i go to work

Oh do you have any burning program like Nero Burning ROM for example?
I'm not sure exactly how to use that one to create an ISO (I use DVD decrypter but it only works for DVD discs) but it shouldnt be too hard. I hope someone can give you more detailed instructions though because I'd really like to hear this OST as well.

Oh and creating an ISO is basically making an exact image replica of your CD unto your computer. Others can later use that file to burn that information unto a CD-r.

Hi, i'm really impatient about the Air Gear OST.
Did all of you like Air Gear 20, for me the chapter was so great and i cannot wait anymore to see the 21th chapter :) and about the recording stuff i think that with nero burning rom you have to look for an option called "save tracks" or "save track". I think that you can find that option in the recorder menu then choose how do you want to save the cd tracks.
But if you want to do a image of the cd to upload it later, i recommend Alcohol 120% it's very easy to use and it's a great program.
OK that's all i wanted to say. Bye.

sadly it doesnt have any of the Chain Bgms but still overall a good soundtrack

http://rapidshare.de/files/31234521/...track.rar.html

Been waiting for this one to be released. Thanks a lot Johen.

Thanks for the soundtrack, i waited so long for this moment :P

Fuckin'A, johen. Thanks. This OST has about every fuckin tune unlike some OST's. Listening to all of them is kinda a way of thinking that the anime will only be 25 episodes >.<.

Thanks a lot Johen, its much appreciated.

Look at it this way guys, if they continue to a second season (though I think they'd have to wait a while for the manga to get further ahead, maybe in a year or so) it means another OST. =D

Thanks again Johen.

Thanks a lot Johen. I'll listen to it tomorrow after school. =p
I skimmed through them now though, and sadly it seems to be missing the one song I wanted the most. =/
It's the music that plays some times when Ikki does something special, like when he gets past Bucha in the narrow corridor, or when he started winning againt Rika, and when he was riding Agito's fangs, and the Wing's Road appeared again.

That's the one I wanted the most, but there are some other nice songs on the OST.

I know what you mean. That one track is sorely missing. Fortunately, the rest of the soundtrack holds up and features many of my favorite tunes from the show.

I know the one, its the same as Johen mentioned, its Chain, the opening song, theres about 3 or 4 variations of it they used in the show that unfortunately are missing, but like Foshi said, it has pretty much every other song they used.

Hopefully at some point we'll see them but in the meantime we've got the rest of the OST that Johen was good enough to upload.

your very welcome yea thats the only bgm that wasnt on it the diferent versions of chain hopfully in the near future a 2nd ost if they do a 2nd season there will be a 320 version soon this one was VBR the 320 one will be on nipponsei

glad to have shared this great ost

OST
 

Grr....Theres this one song in Ep 20 that i really want.

I really really want that song, if anyone has it, post it here please?
Also, can someone link to that full version of Chain? The link i followed on the earlier page was dead or something o_o; Thanks.
And yes Air Gear rocks! Reminds me so much of JSRF, i'm gonna wait to read the Manga, at least until this season is over.

Thats another variation of Chain playing in the background, as I said before they have a number of them, none of which came out on the OST.

Heres the full version of Chain though for anyone that didn't have it.

Chain - Back On

actually the song when he gets past bucha is mr shine which is on the ost..:rock:
but all the other instances... were pretty much remixes of chain:doh:

i just love betrayal 303 the intro bass is nice but yea the ost would be 100% complete if it had all the dif versions of Chain and yes thats what i thought of when i saw it the 1st time made me think of JSR

Awesome! Thanks for the soundtrack Johen :D
Yeah, too bad the Chain remixes aren't in. In my opinion they we're some of the best parts I was looking forward too. Luckily the rest of the tracks sound evenly cool. I really hope they release it someday :)

welcome and yea i hope in the near future a 2nd ost comes out with those songs

Once again, this OST is fire. I give it a 10/10. It would've been better if he had more but 34 tracks IS good enough.

Anyone get episode 21 yet?

yea makes me wanna dance.lol i can def play that at a party mainly something anime related party or something lol no havnt got 21 yet its out? ya would be a 11/10 if it had the chain remixes

Hmmm... this OST is a HUGE dissapointment to me. Hearing it in the anime I expected it to blast me off my socks - but unfortunately it didn't. I mean, compared to other OSTs these days it's still good and all, but no-where good enough for me to spend money on it. Guess I was just awaiting it too eagerly. The missing Chain tracks is what's pulling it down.

Oh yeah, actually minor enough to not be even mentioned, but I don't like how they tried to funky-fye(?) the names of the tracks by using "da" instead of "the" and so on. <_<;

Still, a big thanks to Johen who graciously ripped this for us people.

As soon as he gets past Bucha, Mr Shine stops and a Chain song is playing.

Well I just ripped the Chain music from Episode 20, (even though theres voices and sound effects in the background.) and put it on my MP3. ^^;

But the OST has some nice tracks I like. Especially "ROCK FROM DA BOTTOM". I forget when it was played in the anime? But I like it.
Other nice ones are "SKY GRINDER", "SNAPPED", (Agito: Ore ni chikara!!) "MAD BABIES", "BLIND 2 SEE", "BETRAYAL 303", and "ANTHEM 4 PIPE DREAMS".

Ah, no wonder it sounded so familiar, anyways, thanks for the full version of Chain! I'm gonna put it on my 360 in a second.

Could you post it for us? I think we all really enjoy that sound and would love to have it in Mp3 form ^_^;
From the looks of it, Episode 21 isn't out yet.

I'd like to 2nd this if you wouldn't mind uploading them.

I like pretty much all the tracks, though I'm not as big a fan of Anthem 4 Pipe Dreams.

Sky Grinder, 2 Blind 2 See, Mad Babies, Mr Shine, Rock From Da Bottom are my favourites, with Fly Da Mission heading the list as my favourite by far.

Trick:21

Oh sure, but keep in mind that the voices and sound effects are still there.
But I still enjoy listening to this one on my mp3.

Here's the link.

~Edit~

Umm, I'm getting this message when I try to post:

"You need more posts before you are allowed to post URLs or images."

Chain variation, courtesy of Hiku. So, yeah, thats one down. Thanks Hiku.

I really like that song. I hope it appears on an OST or single soon.

By the way, does anyone know for how long the anime will keep going?
And where can you find manga chapters above chapter 72? (If thats ok to ask?)

They rushed alot of information including :



This week's episode came out today. I'll edit to see what's up.

EDIT: Well I guess this series might go a little further than 25 episodes. There are a few new tracks in episode 22 (including let me see your love). Also, I'm not liking a few ...faces. They got bored and made them have a big fuckin jaw.

I'm confused about some things regarding the story in the manga. *Manga spoilers*
In the anime, Nue explains that Genesis consists of 4 kings with 4 regalia.
But looking at their team list, I only see 3 kings.

Spit Fire - Flame King
Nue - The Thunder King
Nike - Gem King

Then there's Yoshitsune - Rumble King, but I don't think he joined the team until a while after Nue asked Ikki to lead Genesis.
So who are these 4 kings Nue is refering to? Perhaps he was refering to Sumeragi Kururu's Pledge king of Tool Toul To?

And who is this girl, and whats the story behind her?

~Edit~
Oh yeah, I can't post URL links..
Well I was thinking of the girl who has some sort of ports all over her body, and it seems Nue is the same.

Episode wasted.

The Pledge Queen I think. I'm just going from what I've read though, but I'm unsure as to whether they are a part of Genesis or are a neutral team that helps kings regardless of what Team they belong to.

The final episode came out earlier. As much I didn't understand what the hell they were saying. I think we might get more episodes in the future. Hopefully, it'll be alot more better.

wait a minute, episode 24 is the last o_0
doesn't even feel like the series went that far. Well I'll wait for the subtitled version from kyuu.
There better be another season though.

Yeah, this doesnt make any sense at all. I really hope they will continue, there are just too many questions unanswered :/

There will be another season. Hopefully tuned up animation as well. And it is 25 episodes , amigo ^^;.

Really? Where have you got this info? Guess it's normal for the Japanese to call the last episode of the season the final episode. :)

It wasn't confirmed. I just have this feeling that they'll continue it a little later on. You know how it is when animes and manga have to be seperate and not too close.

Oh like that :)
Well I really hope they do, it's quite unfinished yet. And Ikki still has to work his way up and show the outcome of his plans to battle against Genesis later.

Yes, 25 is the last episode of this season, just finished watching it. It was interesting they didn't touch some of the tracks from the OST and used some there were not on it.

Oh, also, as to the questions regarding there being so many kings. Yoshitsune (Rumble King) mentions in this episode that while there may be more than 8 kings, only 8 of them are closely related enough to the sky to be able to ascend the top of the tower with the Sky King.

The path of the Wind King is the purest and therefore only someone who was the Wind King may become the Sky King.

Overall though, I did enjoy the series. The animation wasn't incredible, but I thought that the music suited the show perfectly. Hopefully they'll get Skankfunk back to cover any other seasons or OVAs they end up doing.

Honestly, I prefer OVA's. Some episodes were a bit boring and most of you mentioned that some scenes are just fillers.

The fillers we're pretty good in my opinion, not as bad as Naruto anyways :p

Other than the jarringly bad animation segements that looked like a 3yr old drew them, this was a good series. Hope there's more although I heard this show got horrible ratings in Japan.

Yeah I got the feeling that this was the season final as well. Hopefully Air Gear is more popular than Tenjou Tenge, and will continue after taking a break for a while.

I just watched episode 24 and there is episode 25, and its the final one, as Ikki says it is as it is showing the preview for 25. Hopefully there will be another season, as this episode is just the finale of the Trident fight, but theres still all the Kings etc. Hopefully it wont go like Tengu Tenge and have 1 OVA to finisht eh whole thing off -_-

That's OH Great for ya. But I was also saying "wtf" when i saw a few chapters in the recent TenTen chapters til it finally goes back to normal (if you know what im talking about). So it's safe to say that if they still plan to make more episodes. They need to focus more into the animation and stick with the manga's story -.-.

It's over! It finally is over! ^_^
Now let's just hope they will stop milking money of the name and quit making even bigger fools of themselves.

PS: I love how it got one of this season's worst ratings. No viewers = No second season. :)

I just realized how Oh Great! is going on a rough start with the anime versions. They should've animated Sapphire Star or West Side Street u.u. That dont really mean shit to me cause im still a fan of both Tenten and AG. They should just take their time with it if a 2nd season comes out...>=p

Wow. May be i'm too slow. But i think "Air Gear" isn't bad at all.

Yeah. I was introduced to the anime first so I'm not all that disappointed like the manga dudes here ;p.

No no. Not dissappointed at all. We saw it coming, so we're happy it's over. :D

Spam for the win, yay! o/

Song
 

Hey, what's the song at played when Ikki apologizes in ep 25 called?
thanks!

Mannnn i rekon theyve stopped subbing air gear after ep 25 ive been waitin a pretty long dam time for ep 26

That's because, there is no episode 26. It ended with 25 (supposedly the first season). Other than that, there are no more Air Gear episodes. If a new one does come out, it needs a better presentation.

oh yehhhh well atleast i can watch bleach and naruto while im waitin for air gear season 2

D: I call that sadness upon sadness sir.

I don't think there will be personaly simply cuz none of his mangas went superbely well as anime (eh... >_> yeah). *shrugs* I guess that's how life goes. :cow:

hey all.. im new here..just joined today found this forums while was googling for air gear stuff nice to meet you all
well i heard there's an air gear movie coming out? is this real?

Not that I've heard of. Also, I say we turn this into Air Gear manga thread now that the anime is over.

hahaha im sure season 2 will come out.. next year

yea me too, these manga idiots...think they are so high and mighty just because they read a book :cow:

Mna. I'm jsut soo mad at Oh! Great right now lol. like come on why'd he have to kill air gear soo early. lol. i know that school was starting and japan does the whole new animes, old animes end thing. but come on!!!!!! * GRRRR * i love AG

it was getting harder and harder to watch just the remaining 6 episodes so im glad it ended that way

pretty sure down the road i'll start collecting the manga for sure and just continue the storyline there

there is too many good anime's i need to catch up on than worry about a 2nd season of Air Gear :edgarrock:

Air Gear
 

Yeah, I've been reading as much of the AG manga as I can. Scanlations aren't being whipped out fast enough to feed the hunger. I even had my mandarin friend come over and read AG to me from a Chinese website. XD!! HEH. He could barely do it on account of it being written in "Traditional" he said it was hard. LOL

Anyway, since the anime left me hungrier still I've been wracking brain trying to find time between the next release of AG and right now! So I got a little desperate for the adventure of AG and actually started looking into rpg boards.

I found one, it's like the only one I've seen but it's pretty young and doesn't have enough players for more than like 4 teams. That's kind of the reason why I'm here. Yeah I love AG, so much so that I want to rp it too. If you feel the same way or are interested PLEASE come by the AG rp board and do something fun.

The link is:freeforum101.com/mikesagrpg/index.php?mforum=mikesagrpg

Bring your friends too. It really wanna start doing some reallu fun stuff with more players so the rp can get really good. So at least stop by and browse around if you're the even the least bit curious or are fond of AG.

Sincerely, Kaoru

Message Out!

o.O Are you advertizing or something? IDK, someone go and check that site out >.> I am too lazy.

Advertising?

I'm not selling a product, I just want to role play. I want to rp with other people like Air Gear as much as me. It's too small right, we need a few more guys and girls who are fans to stop in and have some fun.
Personally, I'm kinda lonely.

I was browsing through Play-Asia looking for some DS games and came across this.

So, we finally get the missing tracks.

Also, has anyone been keeping with the manga? Its been picking up a lot since after the Devil's 30-30.

Cool, I can't wait for the second OST.

And I've been following the manga so far and I have to say the story is getting very interesting.

It's been a long time since I read the recent chapters. Know a good site that keeps up to date?

Stoptazmo is where I get mine. They update every few days, or you can grab them straight from the actual Air Gear forum.

I usually get them at Manga Underground.
http://silverado.mindwerks.net/

Most of the latest chaters are still in raw though, but there are some translations to be found at http://mangahelpers.com/
Which I think is the best site for manga, and you can also find the Air Gear chapers over there.

W00t! Can't wait for that second OST, I thought they gave up a long time ago:D
Any news on the Air Gear movie?

There's an Air Gear movie? That's news to me.

Hi there im new here and i saw a post that have a link to the opening song named Chain by Back-On...may i request that someone repost it plsss coz im been searching through the web but i just cant find the fulll version. Even AIR the Groovy Trick soundtrack doesnt contain the full version. someone please upload it again and thx alot.

You could at least tell us what you thought about it ;p.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cb85tg

Next time, If you want to request a song or OST, go to Audio Request, amigo. Ciaoz.

lOl the feeling i got from the opening of air gear was that this anime is dammit god awesome i could feel my sprit livening up with this song and the unquie way in which this tis genre of anime put off its great stunt and tricks... certainly worthwhile watching for me jus a pity its 2 short as compared 2 the manga. not read it yet but dling the chapters 1-140 i tink in chinese ^^ but not read yet though.

You'll probably love the manga more than the anime. If you look a few pages back, you'll understand what this other dude (miyace) feels about the spirit of Air Gear.

Ehh im not QUITE into all this Censor stuff >_> meaning i am GRATEFUL that there actually was some O_o this anime would have been completly AWESOME without stuff-like-that (perverted stuff) but i still loved it xP ROFL Akito was so damn cute it almost hurted :erm: no wonder my friends started thinking i am gay >_>

hey i just think that cute innocent type is the best ^^ next after the cold evil like guy, which would be his other side O_O man *drools* that character is the best created one i've seen so far!

-sm

Chapter 118 has been released on torrent here.

For those thinking about reading the manga, I really did enjoy the anime series of Air Gear, but I have to admit that the manga is head and shoulders above the anime.

If you do want to read it but want to watch from where the series left off, grab all the eps from 90 or so and you'll be good. And it completely takes off after 30-30 challenge.

I watched the first episode of the anime that was put up on IGN yesterday. I kind of liked it....I mean the fanservice didn't bother me, though it did kind of seem out of place. Anyway I should really check out the manga soon as well...I've been meaning to for a while anyway.

The fan service is sort of extreme to the point of you get sick of seeing it, but it does drop to a more reasonable level later on. Well as far as Oh Great! standards go anyways.

I checked out the dubbed version (IGN) the other day. Not bad. I love all the cussin' and Adv's voice actors. Always did. However, twats are still covered by the crow.

I'm actually tempted to buy the dvds.

Did they carry the music across or did they change it?

The music stays gold in the dub version. ADV never pulls a weak stunt like that. That kind of failure lies within 4kids(Yugi-Oh and One Piece) and Funimation (DBZ and DBGT).

My only rant about the dub is why Spit-Fire was given an accent.

This might be easier if I could just get a link, if you don't mind posting it.

Also, Air Gear chapter 120:

http://media.tv.ign.com/media/873/873849/vids_1.html

Where did you get chapter 120?

The Air Gear boards on Stoptazmo. Chapters usually go up a couple of days before they officially go up on the website.

There's up to 122 now.

http://trozzy.com/Sleeping-forest/in...ir=Air%20Gear/

Chapter 122

Chapters are now out up to 126 and god damn they are good.

Just wanted to remind everyone it's almost the 28th of February, which means Air Gear OST 2 is coming out :p
I really have to catch up on the manga, from the looks of the spoilers it seems it's getting really interesting. And are they still planning on a second season or what?

Damn right, I been waiting for this!!!!

There is an anime club at my school! Sweet huh?

well the tracklist for the 2nd Soundtrack has been released and great news we will get all the diferent versions of chain

1. CHAIN[ROCKIN' 8 GLIDER MIX]
2. MASSIVENESS
3. CHAIN[TEKNO VALUE MIX]
4. FEAR 4 TERROR
5. CHAIN[MAGNIFICENTRAL MIX]
6. DELUSION
7. CHAIN[POPPY HOPPY MIX]
8. MELO-POLE
9. CHAIN[ACOUSTIC COWBOY MIX]
10. RISE ELECTRIC
11. CHAIN[UNDERWATER MIX]
12. SKY-2-HIGH[BATTLE-MENTAL MIX]
13. CHAIN[FOLLOW UP 30 MIX]
14. CHAIN[FOLLOW UP 15 MIX]

expect me to upload this soundtrack With scans and if possible ill try ripping the dvd if someone can pm me and maybe help me out since its R2 Dvd

Holy batshit, there are so many Chain remixes in there! This OST will rock our world :D

That'd be great if you could. I'll help you out with whatever I can.

The tracklist is excellent, its pretty much everything that was missing from the first we wanted.

just caught up on the manga and i cant wait for ch133 as for the soundtrack my cd is shipping so expect me to have it in a few days

here it is air gear soundtrack 2 ripped by me enjoy

http://rapidshare.com/files/18878624...rick_.rar.html

Awesome! We love you man :D

You're a life savor, son. And its 320kbps. I owe you one, gracias.

thanks ^^;

Thanks a lot Johen.

Anyone seen the new chapters up at Sleeping Forest?

thanks ive been trying to get these cant wait to read them

Wow, thanks a lot man! =p I'm DLing it now. Can't wait to listen to all the Chain songs. ^^;