[Anime] Air Gear: THE GRINDING

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

Spoiler:

but yes the person in the orange jacket is a guy with homoerotic tendecies. His name is Agito/Akito depending on which eye he wears the patch. With the position of the patch he undergoes a personality change as well.

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.

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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.

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Only 13 episodes? Where did you read that?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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.

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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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by DarkZero

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.

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.

Originally Posted by chato

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 ..

Looks like people finally start understanding.

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

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by chato

Well not special scans. The ones that have color.

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.

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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

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Originally Posted by Foshi

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

... 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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Spoiler:

Simca cuts her HAIR, resulting in her being even more ugly. Gohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho hohohoho~:3

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.

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Well, Onigiri is at least cooler than Simca.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by HazelGuy

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!

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by chato

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

Spoiler:

Where do i start reading when Kogarasumaru go against Behemoth? Can't really wait another week for the episode.

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:

Spoiler:

The Behemoth arc starts at volume 6 chapter 68, the actual fight starts at volume 7 chapter 53.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I hope they stop after 26. *crosses fingers*

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

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

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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

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

I was speaking idiomatically.

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

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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

How ya doing, buddy?

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.

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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. :)

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