Anime AIR

Anime AIR

Based on the Dating Sim A I R, Key proudly made it into the tv series AIR. Like most of their series, it's based on a theme. AIR is based on the summer theme.

Kunisaki Yukito is on a quest to find a girl with wings. His mother told him about the legend, so he could continue her quest to save her. He ends up in a small town near the sea where he holds puppet shows for money, with the doll he got from his mother. He meets a girl called Kamio Misuzu, who tries to befriend him from the moment she saw Yukito.

Yukito rudely tries to ignore her kindness, but still ends up staying at her house. Misuzu is eager to play with Yukito. Like throwing water at eachother in the sea, running along the beach, playing cards and waving bye-bye when they go home. Misuzu has an obsession with dinosaurs since she was little. Thus, she keeps saying the praise 'Gao!', the sound which dinosaurs made.

As Yukito tries to earn money in this strange little town, his doll gets kidnapped by a dog called Potato. He doesn't bark, but yells 'Piko, Pi, Pikori!' (Kinda sounds like a Pokémon, huh?). Potato leads him to a girl who is on the same school as Misuzu, called Kirishima Kano. She has a yellow ribbon tied to her right-arm. Her sister told her that she can use magic when she takes it off when she's grown up.

Another weird girl Yukito meets is Tohno Minagi. She's in the same class as Misuzu and is the creater of the astronomy club. She's tall and shows no real emotion. But when you get to know her, you'll see she's a caring and loveable person. She has some troubles in her family, so she usally ends up playing with Michiru, who has the same name as Tohno's younger sister who died at birth.

The past of these girls are revealed through the storyline, which will also bring us back 1000 years in time, when Winged-beings existed and were a threat to mankind. Yukito's Ancestor, Ryuuya, had to protect Kanna, a female winged being. Eventually they fell in love, but Kanna died with a curse by the monks. Ryuuya got also cursed, because he was the one who Kanna loved. He made a child with his companion, Uraha, and tought their child how to use magic with the doll and the history of Kanna. Eventually, Ryuuya died by the curse.

As the story goes on, Misuzu talks about the dreams she got after she met Yukito. They were about a girl with wings, who had sad dreams. They start to turn worse, and its rumoured that she will loose her memory and finally die after her last dream. Yukito tries to prevent this with the history and the doll obtained from his mother.

AIR is a relaxing story in the beginning, but gets sadder nearing the end. In the jump back in time, there are rather violent scenes with murder and blood, so some people will still get their needs. =/
It's an unusual story and it doesn't really look like it's made from a Dating Sim. In general, AIR is a great anime and a must-watch!

Rating: 5
Studio: Visual Arts/KEY

Total Episodes: 13

Episode 01: ~breeze~
Episode 02: ~town~
Episode 03: ~whisper~
Episode 04: ~plume~
Episode 05: ~wing~
Episode 06: ~star~
Episode 07: ~dream~
Episode 08: ~summer~
Episode 09: ~moon~
Episode 10: ~light~
Episode 11: ~sea~
Episode 12: ~air~
Episode 13: ~recap~

.:Oficial Anime Site:.