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Air Gear (TV)

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Alternative title:
Эйр Гир (Russian)
エア・ギア (Japanese)
飛輪少年 (Chinese (Taiwan))
에어기어 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©Oh! Great/ KODANSHA • Marvelous Entertainment • Avex Entertainment • Toei Animation
Plot Summary: Itsuki “Ikki” Minami is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as “AT”). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of “flight” for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.
User Ratings: 2374 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 270 votes (sub:169, dub:87, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 466 votes (sub:304, dub:148, ?:3, raw:1, others:10
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 617 votes (sub:383, dub:206, ?:5, edit.dub:3, raw:3, others:17
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 521 votes (sub:345, dub:159, raw:3, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:10
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Decent: 246 votes (sub:157, dub:84, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 96 votes (sub:67, dub:25, raw:1, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Not really good: 58 votes (sub:42, dub:12, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 54 votes (sub:33, dub:16, ?:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 30 votes (sub:24, dub:4, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 5657 users, rank: #130 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.538 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7958, rank: #1680 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.332 (Good+), rank: #2243 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.61 / seen some: 6.25 / won't finish: 4.06)
Bayesian estimate: 7.332 (Good+), rank: #2004 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26
2007-05-07 (Philippines, ABS-CBN - Weekday HeroZone)
2009-04-01 (France)
2009-09-25 (Animax España)
2009-09-25 (Portugal)
Opening Theme:
"Chain" by Back-on
Ending Theme:
"Sky-2-High" by skankfunk
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 5
Reviews:
Air Gear V1 (Aug 27, 2008)
Air Gear DVD 1 (Feb 1, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Air Gear - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-12-02 (from $20.01)
    Air Gear - Complete Series [Viridian Collection] (DVD) 2010-05-25 (from $141.79)
    Air Gear - Complete Series [S.A.V.E. Edition] (DVD) 2011-05-24 (from $20.49)
    Air Gear - East Side Showdown (DVD 1) 2007-02-06 (from $9.98)
    Air Gear - Growing Wings (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $23.98)
    Air Gear - Growing Wings + Artbox (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $59.36)
    Air Gear - A New Legacy (DVD 3) 2007-06-05 (from $3.39)
    Air Gear - Wings Reborn (DVD 4) 2007-08-07 (from $22.98)
    Air Gear - A Battle of Kings (DVD 5) 2007-10-02 (from $14.95)
    Air Gear - Kill 'Em Dead (DVD 6) 2007-12-04 (from $18.86)
DVD (Region 4)
    Air Gear - East Side Showdown (DVD 1) 2007-11-07

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Series Composition: Chiaki J. Konaka
Script:
Chiaki J. Konaka (eps 1-25)
Storyboard:
Kazuya Komai (ep 11)
Kooji Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mamoru Hamatsu (ep 22)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (ep 19)
Ryōji Fujiwara (eps 14, 21)
Seiji Okuda (ep 24)
Takashi Yamazaki (ep 17) 
Episode Director:
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 1, 8, 25)
Harume Kosaka (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kurimoto (eps 11, 19)
Hirotaka Marufuji (ep 13)
Ichirō Suzuki (ep 7)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (ep 21)
Ken Ando (eps 5, 17)
Kenichi Maejima (ep 24)
Kōnosuke Uda (ep 16)
Mamoru Hamatsu (ep 15)
Masato Tamagawa (ep 23)
Michita Shiraishi (eps 3, 10)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (ep 14)
Shigeharu Takahashi (ep 18)
Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 4, 12, 20)
Yasuyuki Fuse (ep 9)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 6)
Yoshikata Nitta (ep 22)
Music: skankfunk
Original creator: Oh! great
Character Design: Masayuki Satō
Art: Yukiko Iijima (eps 1-25)
Chief Animation Director: Masayuki Satō
Animation Director:
Akiko Nakano (ep 17)
Chieko Miyakawa (eps 8, 16, 25)
Chūichi Iguchi (ep 23)
Haruo Ōgawara (ep 13)
Hideki Watanabe (ep 14)
Hirokazu Hanai (eps 5, 17)
Hironori Tanaka (ep 18)
Hirotaka Marufuji (ep 13)
Ippei Masui (ep 24)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 6)
Masakazu Ishikawa (eps 11, 19)
Masaki Kudō (eps 15, 22)
Masayuki Satō (eps 1, 25)
Masumi Hattori (eps 3, 10, 18)
Natsuki Egami (eps 2, 9)
Shinichiro Minami (ep 21)
Takehiro Hamatsu (eps 11, 19)
Takeshi Imai (eps 14, 21)
Yousuke Kabashima (ep 7)
Yuji Mukoyama (eps 4, 12, 20)
Art design: Yukiko Iijima
Cgi Director: Eiji Ihara (eps 9-25)
Art Advancement: Osamu Honma
Associate producer: Shinji Horikiri
CG Chief Director:
Kazuhiro Nishikawa (eps 1-8)
CG Production Manager: Masaki Hanai
CG Technical Director: Eiji Ihara (eps 1-8)
Color design: Mika Iwami
Editing: Kenta Katase
In-Between Check:
Aiko Seguchi
Ayumi Tada
Production Advancement: Yōichi Shimizu
Production manager: Yukio Noda
Production Organization: Munehisa Higuchi
Program Manager: Shunji Aoki
Publicity: Machiko Ishii
Recording: Erina Watanabe
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Sound Producer: Yuichiro Takabata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Back-On (OP)
skankfunk (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Back-On (OP)
skankfunk (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Back-On (OP)
Kenta Kamakari as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kaitou
Hitoshi Bifu as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke
KENN as Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura
Kokoro Kikuchi as Akito/Agito
Mariya Ise as Ringo Noyamano
Masami Kikuchi as Onigiri
Noriko Shitaya as Ton-chan-sensei
Rie Tanaka as Simca
Rieko Yoshimoto as Yayoi Nakayama
Seika Hosokawa as Mikan
Yukiko Hanioka as Shiraume Noyamano

Ai Nagano as
girl in Chinese dress #9
Ishiwatari
Kazu's Sister (eps 11, 16)
Ako Mayama as Jaba
Ami Michizoe as
Female Detective (ep 20)
Track & Field Club Captain (ep 3)
Daisuke Namikawa as Potemkine (Special Trick)
Daisuke Sasaki as
AT-Rider
Kawada (eps 23-24)
Rez-Boa-Dogs #22 (ep 2)
Gō Shinomiya as
Kintetsu Bulls (ep 9)
Samurai Spirit (ep 24)
Yamada (ep 23)
Haruhi Terada as
Ikki (young)
Ine Makigami (ep 21)
Hiro Yuuki as Mitsuru Bandou
Hiroaki Hirata as Yasuyoshi Sano
Humika Hideshima as Parts War Website Voice
Ikuo Nishikawa as Koroji
Jun Azumi as
Kitsune (ep 11)
Sabel Tiger (ep 12)
Schoolboy (ep 5)
Kanae Oki as Schoolgirl (eps 5-6, 20)
Kazunari Kojima as
AT-Rider
Kintetsu Bulls (ep 9)
Sabel Tiger (ep 12)
Senior Gunz Student (ep 11)
Skull Sader (ep 6)
Storm Rider (ep 7)
Yaou Member (ep 5)
Kazunari Tanaka as Inuyama
Kenji Nojima as Akira Udou
Kenjiro Tsuda as Spitfire
KENN as Kazu
Kōsuke Toriumi as Maki-senpai (ep 11)
Masafumi Kimura as Buccha's Father
Masahito Yabe as Plugman
Mayu Asada as Natsumi Iriya
Miki Itō as Ryo Mimasaka
Misa Watanabe as Kyou
Mitsuaki Madono as Yoshitsune
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Sora Takeuchi (eps 13-14)
Miyu Irino as Nue
Naoko Matsui as Rika Noyamano
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Magaki
Ooki Sugiyama as
Sabel Tiger (ep 12)
Yoshito (ep 17)
Rumi Shishido as Ren Fa (eps 19-20)
Satoshi Tsuruoka as Sumo Wrestler (ep 8)
Shinya Fukumatsu as Senior Gunz Student (ep 11)
Shouko Ishii as Emily
Tarusuke Shingaki as Onigiri's Father
Tomoyuki Dan as Orihara-sensei
Tomoyuki Shimura as
Gonzo
Gonzo Tokudawara
Toshinobu Iida as
AT-Rider
Bath House Owner (ep 13)
Kintetsu Bulls (ep 9)
Murata (eps 23-24)
Rez-Boa-Dogs #19 (eps 2-3)
Sabel Tiger (ep 12)
Senior Gunz Student (ep 11)
Skull Sader (ep 6)
Storm Rider (ep 16)
Uko Tachibana as Sanai Isoba
Wakana Yamazaki as Benkei (eps 23-25)
Yasuyuki Kase as Fumei Goshogawara
Yoshikazu Nagano as Samurai Spirit (eps 23-24)
Yusuke Oguri as
Higashi Middle School Student
Storm Rider (ep 7)
Japanese companies
Animation Production Assistance:
Ashi Productions (eps 14, 21)
Buyuu (eps 2, 9)
Magic Bus (ep 24)
NSET (ep 13)
Office AO (eps 3, 10, 18)
Sakura Create (eps 11, 19)
Studio Gazelle (eps 4, 12, 20)
Studio Rong (eps 5, 17, 23)
Studio Wood (ep 6)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 7, 15, 22)
Background Art: Studio MAO
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2006-04-11)
TV Tokyo
Digital Photography: Sanko Production (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 25
)

In-Between Animation:
Kagura
MSI
Music Production: Wall5 Project
Online Editing: TOVIC
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Sound Ring
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
John Swasey
Kyle Jones
Translation: Kaoru Bertrand
ADR Script: Clint Bickham
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford
Producer: Jin Ho Chung

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Media Coordinator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Mixing: Matt Wittmeyer
Packaging:
Andrew Burwell (Vol. 1-6)
Lauren Paterson (Vol. 2-6)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer
Subtitle Script & Timing: Christopher Williams
Translation Proofer: Brendan Frayne
Chris Patton as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami
Scott Evans as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami (Animax)

Andrea Kwan as
Akito / Agito Wanijima (Animax)
Ringo Noyamano (Animax)
Blake Shepard as Akito/Agito Wanijima
Candice Moore as
Emily Adachi (Animax)
Shiraume Noyamano (Animax)
Christine Auten as Rika Noyamano
Clint Bickham as Kazuma “Kazu” Mikura
Emily Woo Zeller as
Mari "Tom-Tom" Tomita (Animax)
Mikan Noyamano (Animax)
Rika Noyamano (Animax)
Greg Ayres as Onigiri
Hilary Haag as Shiraume Noyamano
Illich Guardiola as Kaito Wanijima
Luci Christian as Ringo Noyamano
Mark X Laskowski as Issha "Buccha" Mihotoke
Michael Dalmon as Akira
Monica Rial as Simca the Swallow
Nancy Novotny as Mari "Tom-Tom" Tomita
Shelley Calene-Black as Mikan Noyamano
Stephanie Wittels as Yayoi Nakayama

Alice Fulks as Natsumi Iriya (eps 11-13)
Andrew Love as Maki
Brittney Karbowski as Reng Fa (eps 19-22)
Charles Campbell as
Murata
Sunao
Chris Ayres as
Okuhira
Onigiri's Father
Plugman
Potemkine (Special Trick)
David Wald as
Mitsuru
Orihara
Elizabeth Byrd as
Narrator
Ryo (eps 16-17)
Eric Love as Yamada (ep 23)
George Manley as Purple Sweater Punk
Jason Douglas as
Magaki
Yoshitsune
Jay Hickman as
Humei
Saji
Spitfire
Jessica Boone as
Ine Makigami
Ishiwatari
Joanne Bonasso as Jabba
John Gremillion as
Gonzo
Inuyama
Sano
Josh Grelle as Kitsune
K.C. Jones as
Kawada
Kuu
Nue
Marcy Bannor as Isoba
Mariela Ortiz as Kei
Mike Vance as Korojii
Robert Schleyer as Koro
Robin Terry as
Benkei (eps 23-25)
Kyo
Vic Mignogna as Sora Takeuchi (eps 13-14, 20)

English companies
ADR Recording: ADV Studios
Animax India > Broadcaster: Animax India
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim (Australia & New Zealand)
Animax Asia
Animax India
The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Production: ADV Studios
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2008)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Myeong-Jun Jeong as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami

Gyeong-Su Hyeon as Jumeokbab (Onigiri)
Hyo-Seon Kim as
Akito/Agito Wanijima
Rika Noyamano
Jae-Ho Choi as Kazuma “Kazu” Mikura
Jeong Seonhye as Shiraume Noyamano
Ji-Yeong Lee as Ringo Noyamano
Myeong-Seon Lee as Mikan Noyamano
Sun Hee Kim as Simca the Swallow

Jeong Hunseok as Akira Udou
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Delphine Moriau
Emmanuel Dekoninck as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami

Alice Ley as Ringo Noyamano
Aurélien Ringelheim as Akito / Agito Wanijima
Christophe Hespel as Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura
Claudio Dos Santos as Issa "Buccha" Mihotoke
Coralie Vanderlinden as Shiraume Noyamano
David Macaluso as Kaito Wanijima
Hélène Couvert as Simka
Jean-Paul Clerbois as Onigiri
Sophie Landresse as Mikan Noyamano
Sophie Servais as Mam'zelle Ton

Alice Ley as Croissant Masqué
Bruno Mullenaerts as Sano Yasuyoshi
Célia Torrens as Benkei
Claire Tefnin as Emilie
David Manet as Akira Udo
Delphine Moriau as
Ikki enfant
Reng Fa
Ryo Mimasaka
Julie Basecqz as Nue
Laurent Bonnet as Mitsuru Bandou
Laurent Van Wetter as Professeur Ikitami
Marie Van Ermengem as Ryô Mimasaka
Olivier Cuvelier as Yoshitsune
Romain Barbieux as
Gonzô Tokudawara
Hûmei Goshogawara
Inuyama
Spit Fire
Sébastien Hebrant as Sora Takeuchi
Sophie Servais as Natsumi Iriya
Stéphane Pelzer as Kagami
Véronique Fyon as
Deathler Bartred
Rika Noyamano
French companies
Broadcaster: W9 (from 1st April 2009)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: Mirroring
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Miguel Pardo as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami (Spain dub)

Ana Esteban as Akito/Agito Wanijima (Spain dub)
Ana Laín as Mikan Noyamano (Spain dub)
Chema Novoa as Kaito Wanijima (Spain dub)
Daniel Serós as Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura (Spain dub)
Julio Rincón as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke (Spain dub)
María Salinas as
Mari "Tom" Tomita (Spain dub)
Shimuka (Spain dub)
Yamina Benaisa as Yayoi Nakayama (Spain dub)

Ana Esteban as Kyo (Spain dub)
Antonio Magén as
Nue (Spain dub)
Sora Takeuchi (Spain dub)
Chema Novoa as
Gonzo Tokudawara (Spain dub)
Masaya Orihara (Spain dub)
Yasuyoshi Sano (Spain dub)
David Marqueta as
Spitfire (Spain dub)
Yoshitsune (Spain dub)
Eva Magaña as Natsumi Iriya (Spain dub)
Gloria Gías as
Ine Makigami (Spain dub)
Jaba (Spain dub)
José Antonio Alaya as DJ Plugman (Spain dub)
José Carlos Marín as
Akira Udo (Spain dub)
Bola de Arroz (Spain dub)
Juanjo Hernández as Koji Magaki (Spain dub)
Lilian Violadé as
Benkei (Spain dub)
Reng Fa (Spain dub)
Ryo Mimasaka (Spain dub)
Ricardo Joven as Koroji (Spain dub)
Yamina Benaisa as
Narradora (Spain dub)
Rika Noyamano (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax España
Distributor: Japan Weekend Anime (Spain; DVD)
Dubbing Studio: Sonomaster (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Neox Kidz (Spain)
Pluto TV (Spain)
Licensed by: Motion Pictures (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Petra Barthel
Script: Petra Barthel
Konrad Bösherz as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami

Alexander Doering as Spitfire
Angela Ringer as Simca
Constantin von Jascheroff as Agito/Akito Wanijima
Gerald Paradies as Magaki
Jesco Wirthgen as Onigiri
Oliver Siebeck as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke
Robin Kahnmeyer as Mitsuru Bandou
Rubina Kuraoka as Ringo Noyamano
Susanne Herrmann as Shiraume "Ume" Noyamano
Tim Moeseritz as Kaitou Wanijima
Tina Haseney as Mikan Noyamano

Anja Rybiczka as Rika Noyamano
Cathlen Gawlich as Mari Tomita
Catrin Dams as Reng Fa
Claudia Galdy as Ine Makigami
Daniela Reidies as Emiri Adachi
Dennis Schmidt-Foß as Yoshitsune
Eberhard Prüter as Jabas Helfer
FGM Stegers as Onigiri's Father
Gerald Schaale as DJ Plugman
Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Yasuyoshi Sano
Ghadah Al-Akel as Benkei
Gisela Fritsch as Jaba
Jan Rohrbach as Kazuma Mikura
Jaron Löwenberg as Akira Udou
Lore Richter as Ryo Mimasaka
Maria Koschny as Natsumi Iriya
Marie-Luise Schramm as Kei Machida
Markus Nichelmann as Gonzo Tokudawara
Markus Pfeiffer as Sora Takeuchi
Petra Barthel as Erzählerin
Raul Richter as Nue
Sarah Riedel as Yayoi Nakayama
Sebastian Jacob as
Humei Goshogawara
Inuyama
German companies
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: VSI Berlin
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Noel Escondo as Itsuki "Ikki" Minami

Donna Alcantara as Ringo Noyamano
Mary Joy Adorable as Shiraume Noyamano
Pinky Rebucas as Simca

Allan Ortega as Sora Takeuchi
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Vítor Emanuel as Ikki (Portugal)

Bárbara Lourenço as
Ringo (Portugal)
Shiraume Noyamano (Portugal)
Sandra De Castro as Simca (Portugal)

Carla Mendes as Mikan Noyamano (Portugal)
Quimbé as
Bola de Arroz (Portugal)
Buccha (Portugal)
Spitfire (Portugal)
Rómulo Fragoso as
Kazu (Portugal)
Locutor (Portugal)
Sandra De Castro as
Agito (Portugal)
Akito (Portugal)
Rika (Portugal)

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Portugal
Canal Panda
Panda Biggs (Portugal)
Dubbing: Santa Claus Audiovisuais (Portugal)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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