| air sucks, the main character is basically a pediphile who hangs out with 5 year old girls all day, and the plot is fucking confusing and it just boring fuck this show |
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| Air didn't strike me as being great probably because (for me at least) it had the unfortunate combination of being the KyoAni's earliest and roughest adaptation of a Key work as well as being the last of the three Key adaptations I watched. The execution of the story was not as well done as Kanon and CLANNAD. Nevertheless, I do think Air's OP is amazing and its story is probably the most creative of the three. The order I watched them was Kanon -> CLANNAD -> Air, by the way. |
| Like every Key anime it starts out boring and very slice of life at first but when they get to the climax, it just pulls you in and spits you out and when you're covered in that drool that this anime just spread on you, it gives your heart a complete emotional seizure. hahah bottomline is, for me, Air was very depressing and very sad but because of this sadness, you find hope. Maybe you're not one of those anime watchers who take anime as a bridge to their lives, an art form that speaks of your emotions that's dribbiing in your heart, makes you let it go. Some people get really affected easily by seeing people cry or get angry or find happiness, and that what made them love this series. The emotions. |
hazelinventado said: Like every Key anime it starts out boring and very slice of life at first but when they get to the climax, it just pulls you in and spits you out and when you're covered in that drool that this anime just spread on you, it gives your heart a complete emotional seizure. hahah bottomline is, for me, Air was very depressing and very sad but because of this sadness, you find hope. Maybe you're not one of those anime watchers who take anime as a bridge to their lives, an art form that speaks of your emotions that's dribbiing in your heart, makes you let it go. Some people get really affected easily by seeing people cry or get angry or find happiness, and that what made them love this series. The emotions. i think your thinking too much into anime, its just cartoons for jap kids |
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hypersonic124 said: hazelinventado said: Like every Key anime it starts out boring and very slice of life at first but when they get to the climax, it just pulls you in and spits you out and when you're covered in that drool that this anime just spread on you, it gives your heart a complete emotional seizure. hahah bottomline is, for me, Air was very depressing and very sad but because of this sadness, you find hope. Maybe you're not one of those anime watchers who take anime as a bridge to their lives, an art form that speaks of your emotions that's dribbiing in your heart, makes you let it go. Some people get really affected easily by seeing people cry or get angry or find happiness, and that what made them love this series. The emotions. i think your thinking too much into anime, its just cartoons for jap kids No, you just have a far simple-minded view of anime. The anime that is aired "for kids" in Japan does so in mornings on Weekends (like One Piece, Dragonball Kai, etc) or in primetime slots during the week (like Detective Conan, Doraemon, Shugo Chara, Precure, Bleach, Naruto, etc). The majority of anime made is aired on Japanese TV past midnight, and these are not targeted at kids in the slightest. |
hypersonic124 said: i think your thinking too much into anime, its just cartoons for jap kids And you claim to have seen Elfen Lied and Black Lagoon. Tell me, how old are you? |
| Air sucked. I think. I never manged to get through it. It was sooo boring. And stupid. And dull. And slow. But thats my opinion. |
| I can't say I'm surprised Penguin. I hated Bleach and Pokemon, yet you gave those perfect 10s. This certainly is not an anime for you. |
| According to your list, Penguinko, you've only seen one episode. I hardly find that enough to judge a 13 episode series on (15 if you include the Air in Summer Special). |
Meddigo said: I can't say I'm surprised Penguin. I hated Bleach and Pokemon, yet you gave those perfect 10s. This certainly is not an anime for you. I'm not against shoujo and tragedy/love anime. I reckon they're awesome. But air was really too slow for me. And I didnt really like the charcters or the plot. Redfoxoffire said: According to your list, Penguinko, you've only seen one episode. I hardly find that enough to judge a 13 episode series on (15 if you include the Air in Summer Special). Actually I've watched 10 episodes but didnt update it on here. So, unless everything drastically changed in the last 3 episodes, I still think it wasn't as great as people think it is. If it did change, then excuse me, I'll go finish it right now. :) Sorry if I offended anyone..but once more 'tis my opinion XD |
pillockMar 31, 2010 2:39 PM
| Again, you are entitled to your opinion. You like Bleach, which is mindless action and Pokemon which is mindless action with toys. Air TV is more of an artsy series. It thrives on subtlety, and it's not going to blow you away with any mindless action. So I certainly understand why you have your opinion. Perhaps later in life when you're looking for something subtle and heart wrenching you can come to appreciate Air a little more. One thing though. Air is not a shoujo. Not by a long shot. It was actually adapted from a visual novel that had H scenes, so it's primarily aimed at men, though of course plenty of women seem to like Air as well. |
Penguinko said: Actually I've watched 10 episodes but didnt update it on here. So, unless everything drastically changed in the last 3 episodes, I still think it wasn't as great as people think it is. If it did change, then excuse me, I'll go finish it right now. :) Sorry if I offended anyone..but once more 'tis my opinion XD Well, I did think the last 3 episodes were the best, but if you haven't liked it at all for the first 10 episodes I doubt that will change with the last 3. And no offense taken. There will always be someone who doesn't like something. Meddigo said: Again, you are entitled to your opinion. You like Bleach, which is mindless action and Pokemon which is mindless action with toys. Air TV is more of an artsy series. It thrives on subtlety, and it's not going to blow you away with any mindless action. So I certainly understand why you have your opinion. Perhaps later in life when you're looking for something subtle and heart wrenching you can come to appreciate Air a little more. One thing though. Air is not a shoujo. Not by a long shot. It was actually adapted from a visual novel that had H scenes, so it's primarily aimed at men, though of course plenty of women seem to like Air as well. While I agree with everything you say, I actually like both Air and Bleach (and Pokemon, though to a lesser extent). Although I do like Air more. I would never raise my score of Bleach, though Air is probably my 9 that is closest to a 10 on my list. |
Meddigo said: Again, you are entitled to your opinion. You like Bleach, which is mindless action and Pokemon which is mindless action with toys. Air TV is more of an artsy series. It thrives on subtlety, and it's not going to blow you away with any mindless action. So I certainly understand why you have your opinion. Perhaps later in life when you're looking for something subtle and heart wrenching you can come to appreciate Air a little more. One thing though. Air is not a shoujo. Not by a long shot. It was actually adapted from a visual novel that had H scenes, so it's primarily aimed at men, though of course plenty of women seem to like Air as well. Whoops, my mistake. And perhaps. People differ. :O Bleach - mindless action?! Interesting...you are also entitled to your own opinion. XD Redfoxoffire said: Well, I did think the last 3 episodes were the best, but if you haven't liked it at all for the first 10 episodes I doubt that will change with the last 3. And no offense taken. There will always be someone who doesn't like something. While I agree with everything you say, I actually like both Air and Bleach (and Pokemon, though to a lesser extent). Although I do like Air more. I would never raise my score of Bleach, though Air is probably my 9 that is closest to a 10 on my list. If its good enough for you, the I think thats great. You like what you like, right? But I take back what I said. Air does not wholly suck. For some people. I should've expanded on the whole suckyness thingy. |
| Air is good. It tells a very interesting story, manages to fit a LOT into just over 10 (12?) episodes, and has some of the most heart-wrenching moments that a human mind could handle. However, I feel Air wasn't as good as it could have been due to it being only 12 episodes. Some may commend this as it fit so much in (Although the last arc was a little annoying since we practically re-cap everything with little differences). This probably led to less character development and probably led to some difficulty with content. Anyway, I like Air mainly for the summer arc. I could watch a 24 episode series of those 3 travelling, seriously. |
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Psychodrake said: Anyway, I like Air mainly for the summer arc. I could watch a 24 episode series of those 3 travelling, seriously. ^this and the OP music/vid. |
| Air is one of those Ugly yet Beautiful Animes. |
| Idk man, without air I wouldn't be able to breath :/ Think of the consequences. Penko said: Whoops, my mistake. And perhaps. People differ. :O Bleach - mindless action?! Interesting...you are also entitled to your own opinion. XD Does Bleach even have a plot anymore? |
lucjanJul 19, 2010 12:59 PM
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Lucjan said: Does Bleach even have a plot anymore? God, I forgot about this thread. And man, Bleach was different(ish) when I posted that. It makes me sad to think of current-day Bleach :( |
Penko said: Lucjan said: Does Bleach even have a plot anymore? God, I forgot about this thread. And man, Bleach was different(ish) when I posted that. It makes me sad to think of current-day Bleach :( Umm, Bleach was on chapter 398 at the time you posted. I checked, and it was when Isshin first appeared. Almost nothing has changed since then (other than Aizen going ssj3) |
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| You checked...? I was actually talking about the anime but, I suppose it felt different. |
| Oh, well, I was speaking about the manga haha ^^ |
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| If u don't understand Air you will hate it..:p |
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Isaristh said: Please elaborate. >_> Because I personally thought it was the worst anime I ever saw. I thought it started out good and then went downhill. Yukito seemed to disappear for nothing. Minagi Tohno,Michiru,Kano,Hijiri and the others just seemed to be there to stretch the anime out. |
| its a great shw, yah its the worst of all the key shows but still |
| Overall i just couldn't get into the show. I did enjoy the past arc, but the rest of the story just seemed to be lacking something. |
| Was the first Key show for me. Wholly new and defenseless against the incoming tragedies that always wait for these characters. Got totally immersed. And I absolutely love the summer feel of the show. Summer has that strange, mysterious feeling to it, yea know? "It all happened that summer..." kind of thing. Ha. I think it depends on what the order of viewing. I didn't enjoy Kanon nearly as much, because I thought it was too dragged out and the payoff wasn't that great. I was expecting something more out of those girls, really, especially after Air. Haha, I sound evil....;; |
| Its alright I gave it a 6 mostly because it was short and the characters and story were not as good as those from Clannad, Angel Beats, or Kanon, but I did like the opening and ending. The last episode makes me cry everytime.... T_T |
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| i liked the movie but hated the series, too many characters for a short season like this. |
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| OH LAWD! Really now? I am dumb founded at why anybody would NOT like AIR and almost every anime KEY has ever played a part in making. The ONLY anime that sucked by them was One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e. Their first anime I believe. OVA to be exact. All of the other KEY anime, I gave a 10/10 to with no bias. |
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| I hated Air. Misuzu was more stupid then innocent. The story was too fast-paced and never gave you enough time or any real reason to care about the characters. I guess you were supposed to care about Misuzu BECAUSE she was so "innocent," but I found her way too irritating and childish to actually take seriously. The story didn't interest me, the characters didn't interest, I'll never understand why everyone bashes Clannad's eyes when Air's are so much worse (yes, I get it was made in 2005, but you get my point.) and I just couldn't find hardly any redeemable qualities about it. I guess I can understand why some people would like it, but I just couldn't at all. And no, I'm not heartless. I cried just as hard as everyone else did in Clannad:AS and Angel Beats!. At least I had reasons to care about the characters and what happen to them in those anime. |
ihateeveryoneJul 27, 2012 5:29 PM
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| I loved Air because of Misuzu (Japanese Voice) I just loved her cute personality, and just felt sorry for her by the end of the anime. Seeing the last few scenes of her as a kid, and seeing the relationship with her and her aunt grow made it beautifully sad, along with the amazing music score in the anime, though i do think this is weaker (storywise) of the 3 KEY anime's, it was the 1st one i watched. |
| As Key works go, this is by FAR the worst of them. I couldnt relate to any of the characters at all and the story just got stupid at the half way mark. The drama felt very forced and this anime seems a perfect example that if you put pretty visuals in, you will get fans regardless of how bad everything else is. |
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| I thought this show was utter garbage. No offense to Key, I love their other works. |
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5layer said: I thought this show was utter garbage. No offense to Key, I love their other works. I believe this one is really badly adapted. I still like Air more than Kanon. |
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| I think it's because of the end. |
Riptos said: As Key works go, this is by FAR the worst of them. I couldnt relate to any of the characters at all and the story just got stupid at the half way mark. The drama felt very forced and this anime seems a perfect example that if you put pretty visuals in, you will get fans regardless of how bad everything else is. Worst ? Little buster anime . Baammm. Watched air at 2006, love it, bought all the original merchandise (Series, Ova, movie ) Watched clannad after story, loved it, shed some tears. The ending pissed me off tho. Watched angel beats, it was average, the only interesting part is Otonashi past. Watched kanon, liked it. It was not bad . Watched little buster , threw my mouse to the wall. |
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Tommk said: Watched little buster , threw my mouse to the wall. LOL. Anyway, I never thought Air is the worst Key project. I never compared them based on how they adapted the anime so I only thought Air TV anime was just only badly adapted. Same goes for LB anime. |
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| I loved Air TV. I have the anime on DVD. I want the movie on DVD but since it has not been re-licensed yet, the price is a bit high. |
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 There are a number of reasons I simply adored Air (without having read the Visual Novel) and for the sake of organisation, I'll list them under subheadings. So... Empathy As a film student I've read through a lot of scriptwriting books and the one thing you must establish in your main character is empathy. Regardless of whether they are a 'good' character or not, there must be something that makes the viewer empathise with this character more than any other. The best characters tend to create the strongest empathetic connection with the viewer, and often a good way to test how connected a viewer is to a character is to have some tragedy befall the character or have them die. If the viewer cries or has some strong emotional reaction to these circumstances, you know you've created a great character. Misuzu I've found is one of the most empathetic characters I have ever seen. This is because misfortune is one of the things that establish empathy for a character; we feel sorry for the protagonist. Another quality to establish empathy is if the character is likable, ie. the fact that misuzu is optimistic, innocent and just all-around loveable. This is where I think Key did such an excellent job; juxtaposing Misuzu's upbeat, optimistic character against a life of utter misfortune creates a very strong empathetic connection. The culmination of how aweful her circumstances are occurs when: I found this utterly heartbreaking, especially after all the character development building her up as being totally optimistic in the face of any misfortune. On top of all of this is the ending, which is done so well. Unlike other series that use tragedy for tragedy's sake, Air's ending is bittersweet: I'm tearing up while writing this, wow... Atmosphere The simple atmosphere created by the Summer, the ocean and the sky subconciously created this beautiful association between the story and Summer. I suppose that's what Key was trying to do; and it works. Kanon 2006 did the same thing but with winter, but I suppose Air's atmosphere really hit home with me because it very much reminds me of the Australian summer (which it is right now). I find Key's works to be some of the most atmospheric anime productions and more specifically, they create atmospheres of melancholy which is hands down my favourite feeling to inspire in films, anime or my own work. Focusing specifically on melancholy in the summer, I felt Air's atmosphere was beautifully esablished. Art I absolutely loved the - what I can only describe as - purity to Air's art; it suited the feel of the anime down to the ground. I also stated this in my review, but Air was in that beautiful grace period of anime when digital colouring was common, but it wasn't required that a studio go over the top with post production effects (which in my opinion really takes away from the original art work). The art is clean and crisp and the clouds and the ocean (two very important visual themes in the show) are also stunningly rendered. All of this just forms into one package that creates this beautiful, sad, joyful, melancholic, breathtaking experience. That's my take on it anyway. Oh and as a huge bonus, it's probably one of about three or four anime that I've ever seen that has zero fan service. Boom. I'm done. |
Kamio-chanJan 12, 2013 7:51 PM
| The plot... one cannot meet another, flipping the coin and seeing their past selves being in the same predicament. Also how Air portrays the idea of an angel in the story and it's music this amv portrays everything i just said for you: |
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Sa-chan_ said: Tommk said: Watched little buster , threw my mouse to the wall. LOL. Anyway, I never thought Air is the worst Key project. I never compared them based on how they adapted the anime so I only thought Air TV anime was just only badly adapted. Same goes for LB anime. Please tell me in what way its badly adapted. |
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Tommk said: Sa-chan_ said: Tommk said: Watched little buster , threw my mouse to the wall. LOL. Anyway, I never thought Air is the worst Key project. I never compared them based on how they adapted the anime so I only thought Air TV anime was just only badly adapted. Same goes for LB anime. Please tell me in what way its badly adapted. Which one? Air or LB? But either way, I couldn't explain because I never found them suck regardless of the adaptation. As for LB, I played it's VN and I could say the adaptation could be way way better. Though it's a fact that in the VN, the starting events are awful and humor is bullshit and corny, but until the arcs that is. |
TennoujiJan 19, 2013 9:45 PM
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| Everyone has different opinions. and my opinion is Little Busters! is the worst of them all. Although Angel Beats! is fine. Air, Kanon, Clannad, Clannad After Story are Masterpiece. |
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