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Nov 19, 2010 3:36 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Well, just finished watching episode, noticed better art compared to TV series and change in voice actors, previous voices seemed better, atleast for me.
Too bad they didn't show the rest of the Kogarasumaru gang.

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Nov 19, 2010 8:34 AM
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The after credits was funny...and for some reason it feels like Ikki's "inside house" voice doesn't fit at all. The battle was awesome though the deciding winner still leaves me like "AHHH Why" even from when I read it the first time.
It feels like they didn't focus on Ringo getting hurt from her Regula till the very end. Imo it would cause more of a effect from people if they slowly showed her taking damage from it instead.
I hope they do a OVA on the Jet battle as well!

Nov 19, 2010 4:28 PM
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It was awesome.My head just for a second blew up for a thousand pieces.
I want to watch next OVA))) If this OVA will have good reviewes than they'll do second season or restart first))))
Nov 20, 2010 7:21 AM
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I want more! It was too good.
Nov 20, 2010 9:54 AM
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Does anyone know, which group has the intention to sub this ?
Nov 20, 2010 12:13 PM
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Dunno lol, but i asked my group about doing this. Got left with a bitter taste in my mouth as it would take too much time to gather encoders and timers.

But hey, AG is well known series, im sure someone will pick it up.

As for the anime, it was great, but i think they, on some occasions, made little too visible the usage of too much CG.

Nov 20, 2010 10:58 PM
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aeon has white/silver hair?

good ova. looking forwars to the next one
Nov 20, 2010 11:56 PM
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Meh, only hardcore Air Gear fans who read and enjoy the manga can truly enjoy this. The art was better, but it just lacked the feel that the original anime had, but I guess the poor direction the manga took is to blame for that.
Nov 21, 2010 2:25 AM
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At first I hardly was able to recall this episode from the manga but as it went on, I slowly remembered the whole zombie fake regalia thing. I have to say it was a pretty good OVA and dam Ringo is such a tease. Kuru-girl (ugh keep forgetting her name) isn't as appealing as when she is in the manga. Ah well, awesome scenes, I wish a season 2 of this quality would come out instead.
Nov 21, 2010 3:41 AM

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So badly done but w/e, rather stick the the manga.




On a serious note, what did they do to Kururu ffs; the seiyuu is so bad and her hair is meant to be blond damn it.
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Nov 21, 2010 4:16 AM

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From what I remember Kururu's here IS supposed to be pink not blond, it was in one of the color pages.

The original anime was so shit in compared to the ova, original anime wasn't an anime it was just colored pages of the manga put together, at least the ova had a better feel to it, 2nd season in this quality would be so much better. >_>
Nov 21, 2010 4:37 AM

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I just,,,what happened with all seiyus,,,,their voice really sound off place...even Haruka Tomatsu cant replace old Ringo...
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Nov 21, 2010 5:09 AM

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Kururu's adaptation is disappointing..
Nov 21, 2010 5:22 AM

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I loled.
let's just see if they can make the 2nd OVA more interesting ヽ(´ー`)ノ
Nov 21, 2010 5:25 AM
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the animation is good
but the seiyuu is very bad even though it's haruka tomatsu
it just don't give the feeling( i think)
especially kururu seiyuu
i think all of the new seiyuu is bad


sorry for my bad english
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Nov 21, 2010 6:05 AM
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It wasnt what I was hoping.. but still it was interesting and waiting next episode xD
Nov 21, 2010 6:09 AM

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And they cramped every awesome things into just 25 minus episode? Most of all they skipped the explanation of the use of Sonia Road.

All the new seiyuu were really bad, specially the one for Sima she seems really off of her character. As for Ringo and Ikki's they were somehow acceptable after a while. And Both, seiyuu and anime they did not do any justice for Kururu character at all. Only the moment she repair the wing regalia which gave her a little shine other than that she is just a side character in this episode. Well they would have done everything right and awesome if they just followed the manga everything. I can't say I want to complain that much since I got to see that KISS >_<

NEED A SECOND SEASON OF THE SERIES AND BLURAY OF THIS OVA.
OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD REMADE THE WHOLE SERIES AND FOLLOW MAGNGA.


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Nov 21, 2010 6:11 AM

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ReaperEXE said:
Meh, only hardcore Air Gear fans who read and enjoy the manga can truly enjoy this. The art was better, but it just lacked the feel that the original anime had
I completely agree. Honestly, I can't even remember anything about the first season by now (except that I enjoyed it), but I just wasn't feeling anything from this OVA.
Nov 21, 2010 6:44 AM
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It was good ... yet apparently very few people liked it ... then again

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...only hardcore Air Gear fans who read and enjoy the manga can truly enjoy this...


Yet this is also true
Nov 21, 2010 6:54 AM

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Just watched it, but I made sure to have reread the matching chapters first.
It was okay, the animation was good, but they shouldn't have tried to force it all into 1 ep or at least not in such a short one.

Because they left out lines and made some situations way too short, I felt like I was watching a 28 minute summary/recap. It's logical you can't completely follow if you haven't read the manga, since it's like in the middle of the story, but this is too much. If I hadn't reread the chapters, even I wouldn't have been able to follow the story in this episode.
They left out parts in such a way it lacked consistency.
The current score of the OVA is 8.01, which I honestly can not understand. It's not a complete failure, but it doesn't deserve it.

I also miss the skanfunk music guiding the TV series, really loved that.


oh right, one more comment: what's up with some of the colouring?
Aeon's hair, as mentioned before is probably the best example.
Both in manga & tv series he obviously has brown hair, why the hell make it white :s
Nov 21, 2010 7:37 AM

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I love it, ofc this is only for air gear geeks. If you'r not and still thinking about seeing this just gtfo :P
Nov 21, 2010 9:06 AM

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I'm big AG fan and i have to say they rushed too much we waited years for the OVA, we could have waited a bit more why the hell did the push everything into 1 episode.It would be so much funier to see the party and Aeon panicking face. Alsoit started too random at least the could have shown a little recap 2-3 minutes. And they gave Ikki(no offence) but what's with that gay voice it's more or less shoking. That was the bad stuff, despite all this fouls the episode was better than the original anime at least i think so, and i enjoyed the last scene although they did leave Agito out of it. And we finally got to see the so call KISS~ (Kyaaa) (rofl). Well iit was prety good entertaiment.
Nov 21, 2010 9:07 AM
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i waited quietly for this and finally its out well and yes it wont be the only episode as it seems


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HOLY SHIT this was bad. It was not like I was excpecting a masterpiece, but it seems like this is inferior to the original series in every way. Gone are the old voices and with them all the facial expressions. Ikki had a blank face throughout the episode and during the battle yelled like Vegeta would yell out over 9000 ( W1ND INFINITYYY AthMouSpHereEeEe !!!111eleven ). Also, the joke(s) seemed a bit off and to be frank, retarded.
And last but not least...gone is the awesome soundtrack. The original soundtrack was the most fucking awesome thing next to Hellsing OVA songs ( which are yet to be released ), and now they are replaced by some random, generic songs. Not only were the original TV songs superior, they had a key role in setting the atmohsphere and mood. Fucking sucks.
Nov 21, 2010 11:47 AM

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Only a good watch if you've read the manga. My friend watched it with me and he had only seen the anime and we had to pause over 5 times so that I could explain what was going on.

That aside, I personally really enjoyed it as I have read the manga. If you were hoping for a season 2 type OVA then you'll be very disappointed.
Nov 21, 2010 1:34 PM

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I need to catch up with the manga so I can understand what just happened because I was confused but i'm glad to see that Kururu hair is officially pink and not blonde like others believed.
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Nov 21, 2010 2:46 PM

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Siva said:
And they cramped every awesome things into just 25 minus episode?

NEED A SECOND SEASON OF THE SERIES AND BLURAY OF THIS OVA.
OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD REMADE THE WHOLE SERIES AND FOLLOW MAGNGA.




Excatly, something like FMA.
Nov 21, 2010 3:17 PM

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It sort of felt like the OVA was missing something. I thought that the OVA would have more of an effect on me, but it just seemed like some parts of the OVA wasn't as 'strong' as I thought it would be.

I really loved reading these chapters, and there were some Ikki and Ringo scenes that were done very well, such as the end of the race, and before Ikki left the house.

After the credits was funny, didn't expect Aion not to be wearing any pants :P
Nov 21, 2010 3:34 PM

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me demand s2!!! ^.^
Nov 21, 2010 3:36 PM

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I agree with most things said here, to reiterate a few...

"It's for hardcore AG fans" - Duh, i didnt see any explanation making it accessible to none hardcore fans

"It was missing something" - IT WAS! it didnt have the feel of the original despite having better art work and sound


Personally, i really enjoyed it, it wasnt perfect, and hopefully they'll work on the flaws of the first for March's release. But it was still good to this bit animated so beautifully :)

Hope we get to see more from the storm king as opposed to the wind king soon

And finally i leave you with this... What happened to Aeon's hair?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! its been brown for as long as i can remember, why did he suddenly become old?
Nov 21, 2010 5:09 PM

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I havnt been reading the manga and I watched the series and I thought it was fantastic and it left me beggin for more.

9/10.

I would love a season 2. btw.
Nov 21, 2010 5:12 PM

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Never watched the Air Gear anime series, but enjoyed the OVA. Think I'll check out the series now.
Nov 21, 2010 5:24 PM

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God I wish A T's were real T_T.The animation and the way they move was much better in this ova.
Nov 21, 2010 6:49 PM

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llamaben said:
ReaperEXE said:
Meh, only hardcore Air Gear fans who read and enjoy the manga can truly enjoy this. The art was better, but it just lacked the feel that the original anime had
I completely agree. Honestly, I can't even remember anything about the first season by now (except that I enjoyed it), but I just wasn't feeling anything from this OVA.


but who cares it was fucking great and i got to see Kururu
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Nov 21, 2010 7:29 PM

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whoops. Totally thought Kururu was Simca.
Nov 21, 2010 7:57 PM
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Love this OVA, it was exactly what I was expecting.
Of course it could be better, but well, I enjoyed it anyways.

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On a serious note, what did they do to Kururu ffs; the seiyuu is so bad and her hair is meant to be blond damn it.


You read my mind; I JUST HATED HER VOICE.
It made me feel sick xD.
Nov 21, 2010 8:36 PM

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I enjoyed the OVA. It was fun. But I will say that I wasn't expecting much. And I was confused early on as it's been forever since I watched the tv series and have only read a few volumes (and that was long ago too).
Nov 21, 2010 9:09 PM

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dem exploding clothes!!!!!! x)
Nov 21, 2010 9:57 PM

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I wonder why... it's just.. slightly off, this OVA. (They should've done a LOT better on Kururu. -.-)

Nov 21, 2010 11:42 PM

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this OVA reminded me of why i fell in love with Air Gear in the first place. those beautiful skate moves they do, seriously it's like combining figure skating and cirque de soleil in anime form.

the change in voice actors i can get use to and i liked Kururu on this episode. and i don't know if anyone noticed, but near the beginning half of the episode Simca answered "She's my older twin sister." to Ikki when he asked about ringo (I HATE HER).
was it just a typo from the subbers or did they change that fact from the manga? because I Do Not Like It at all.

I definitely Like It (4.5). would have loved it but my hatred for ringo is just to much
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Nov 22, 2010 2:01 AM

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the animation was good but:
when did Simca's eyes turned purple o.O
and Ikki has a stupid face and is never serious~in the OVA he looked completely different! and i miss Kenta voice soooo much T.T
and that Kanon boy was pretty hot XD.Why the hell didnt put him in anime T.T
AND I DIDNT SEE AGITO AT ALL DX
Nov 22, 2010 3:13 AM

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good ova but little short imo they skip some important parts.
Nov 22, 2010 11:26 AM
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Watched the OVA and thought I missed the season 2 of this series...The OVA seems so far ahead from where they left off in the anime series =/
Nov 22, 2010 1:11 PM

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Incomprehensible, in every sense of the word.
Nov 22, 2010 1:59 PM

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How long this OVA will be? Has anyone know a number of planned episodes?

Nov 22, 2010 2:09 PM

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Watched the OVA and thought I missed the season 2 of this series...The OVA seems so far ahead from where they left off in the anime series =/
Nov 22, 2010 5:54 PM

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I would have preferred season 2, but this is good too. The battle animation really brought the manga to life, which is a bit of a feat considering how good the manga is at showing motion and action.

But...but...where's the Skankfunk music??? D=

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Nov 22, 2010 8:44 PM

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Citrix said:
Watched the OVA and thought I missed the season 2 of this series...The OVA seems so far ahead from where they left off in the anime series =/

This. Considering that I haven't read the manga and have only watched the anime, where should I pick up in the manga to actually understand WTF is going on in this ova?
Nov 23, 2010 8:52 AM

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Having not watched the anime and only read the manga, I don't have the same complaints with it being different from the anime. I expected that it will skip over a lot of details but I didn't think it was this many. But what I was looking for in this OVA was not the details but the fight, which was done good, and the KISS, which was awesome.
This OVA was bundled with the manga so I think manga readers would be the only ones to understand and enjoy this.
Sadly, this is one of the few fights left that was really good in AG before it went downhill fast.
Hoping the next episode would be the next big fight in the top of the building that was awesome.
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anyone care to explain what Ringo was doing on the bed? ;D

and what side effects does she normally get for using her regalia?


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