AIR GEAR IS LIKE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT ANIME IS TO ME. Anime takes regular every day things like rollerblading and just goes so over the top with it that i love it
There's just something about early 2000s shounen. It perfected that "cool" art style. You just know it when you see it. Bleach and Soul Eater are the first that come to mind. They just look so damn cool!
Soul Eater was legendary. I really miss the time before CGI. And even though there's amazing animation like Demon Slayer now, there's just something about that old art style that hits differently
You didn't read the manga did you? Oh great literally became incomprehensible. The man had Obama take over the mind of teenage girl. The mad ass battles weren't even the issue. That was fine. It was the level of weirdness it devolved into.
@@vkak1 Finished the manga and It was way better than anime. I was scared it wouldn't be able to convey those fluid movements in pictures, but it really was levels over the animation. So I guess it's personal opinion that matters here.
Personally, I always loved the panel in the manga where a specific character says "If you take away a man's dream, everything else in life just seems pointless."
@@ShiroeZakiI came to join the club, turned 26 this year in may and air gear was my favourite anime in middle school. Admittedly was a little young to watch it but saw eps when I was like 10 and was hooked ever since
Same here, more than 10 years since I saw Air Gear. Such a masterpiece for me, the Soundtrack was fire and the final battle in the manga was just out of this world. KOGARASUMARU BU KOROSU!!!!!
It's crazy, when all people have to do really is just find it, but simply refuse to because they're used to being drip-fed by mainstream media. And they turn on to a series just to keep skimming it for reasons to get turned off again, at the slightest toning down of blinking lights and "fast" action. When all it is still animated pictures on the screen. That's not really the case for me, because stuff I like such as Rideback or Toshokan Sensou, or Kemeko Deluxe will only just be discarded anyway for "turn-offs" like being too contemplative, when the anime audience simply doesn't have that dimension to them as watchers to care about such things. That's why anyone who says they "love" anime... yeah, that's the opposite of the concept of love. Just drop things the moment they start giving something against your expectations. That's already packed in with the idea of making this special slot for japanese animation as "anime", instead of just crediting Japan as maybe they jsut make some of the best and worst stuff out there because other countries lag behind.
@@johnnymcjohnson1373 the anime started heavily diverging from the Manga plot witch was way way better. I remember I read the Manga then checked out the anime and was massively disappointed
@@loopygordo Oh wow interesting - I watched this ages ago but it always stuck with me - i really should go read the manga heck cant believe I havent looked into it yet hahaha
The Air Gear manga is one of my absolute favorites. It's incredibly unique and full of that vintage 2000s skater culture you can't find anywhere else. I love how crazy it gets and I was fully enjoyed the ride the entire way through. The art is insane and if I could give myself amnesia to read it all over again for the first time I would.
@@567wizzle sorry if I’m a little late, but does the manga explore more beyond the last episode when ikki nails the jump and makes his triumph above the ranks into the god¿
air gear, no matter how many times i watch it, when the soundtrack starts playing i always get this shiver in my spine and feel the desire to be in their world. Air gear has consistently invoke this emotion and it is such a sleeper anime.
Damn, this took me back to my young adult life. Still remember Oh Great being one of the first artist I knew who went from h-manga to just manga. Now we're getting a ton of h-artist like Asanagi becoming light novel illustrators.
Air Gear will always be in my heart. The manga is truly a masterpiece. Hearing Chain made me cry alongside the other music. The anime was good but the manga is truly untouched
I remember my sister watching air gear and me watching with her, and the vibe is so immaculate, the feeling of freedom AT gives the characters is so immersive you can almost feel the sensation itself. But what has me coming back to this show is the soundtrack, it’s so amazing it makes me cry. Now I listen to the soundtrack when I’m skiiing and I now feel I can finally feels and sense that feeling of freedom Ikki experienced his first time flying on AT’s.
My heart bro. This series will forever be a major part of my childhood. This, metabots, bey blade, digimon and of course flcl, have the absolute amazing feeling of the future early 2000’s we never got with the aesthetics and cool futuristic technology. Like it’s the happy cyber punk future we should of gotten. I want to create a story and video game in this aesthetics. It’s like listening to drum and base and realizing there’s things we missed and that could of been. Late 90’s early 2000’s felt like our potential could be so much cooler.
Holy cow, you made an Air Gear video, starting off with Jet Set music?! Thought I was the only person I know who watched it. You’ve earned a lifelong fan, you touched a part of me today I never thought anyone would reach. Thank you. I mean this sincerely.
I really want JSR to make a comeback, as well as a Air Gear remake anime that completes it (if Tokyo Mew Mew, Shaman King, Urusei Yatsura, Kenshin, Bleach, Digimon,etc can come back, why not Air Gear?) If both were to come back, it'd be a damn shame if they didn't do a crossover project
When I started highschool back in 2008 (oh god I'm old now) everyone I was around was really into anime and this show is responsible for my headfirst dive into it. 14 year old me was so disappointed when there weren't more episodes
I wouldn’t call Air Gear my “favorite” anime, but it means so much more to me than most for no real reason. It just resonated with me emotionally at the right time in my life, and it will always be a part of my “road”.
I read this manga a long time ago and I simply loved it from the first chapter. It’s a once in never experience. The comedy, the coolness of it all just hit me as a teenager. Despite it escalating into the stupid levels of superpowers I still loved how the author never let go the main idea of the series and the end was perfect for that reason alone. You never stop having fun. The last episode of the anime shows exactly what I loved about it.
Skater of over 10 years, this show is what sparked it for me! I even named my first board Sora! Hands down my favorite childhood anime. Currently rewatching and the nostalgia is enough to make a 27 year old teary eyed 🥹
This manga literally changed my life, I found a new passion for rollerblading and since then I’ve met so many new people and made so many memories and found that same feeling of “freedom” Ikki and the crew felt. Much love for this series and thank you for being some spotlight to this incredible story.
It's been 11 years that I am still remembering Air Gear. The manga is still to this day amazing to me, as it's unique, and the draws from Oh!Great are just next level
Air Gear is the one manga that completely did it for me. This story really inspired my life. The chapter Vs. Sleipnir was incredible. We must move with the wind in our hearts.
i think when we talk about the battling system and heights, i think they all made sense in their scale. in the first few chapters, he had been riding on a thing of wind to make wings. It was also hinted at that the higher you go up the tower the more dangerous and less casual things would be. Ringo always said that ats should be just for fun, and the more you push up the tower the less fun you will have ( for shadowing danger).
This series was so much fun. The feeling of the characters always wanting to go faster, go higher, go farther. It was just so engrossing and I absolutely loved it. Even when things started to get crazy and they these insane AT magic skills and it felt like they had somehow accidentally stepped into a warzone without knowing what they were getting themselves into. But through it all you still got that sense that all they really wanted to do was fly. Damn, I really want to reread this series now.
I watched/read Air Gear during Highschool and until now I had completely forgotten I had even watched it. I'm 25 now, married and done with school and this unlocked so many memories from that time, it was around the time I was still fairly new to anime and manga and now I cant even count the amount of series I've watched/read. I'm tearing up at the sudden rush of nostalgia lol. Thankyou sir for reminding me of the good times, I am going to revisit some of these old series now and properly relive my childhood :)
If you're looking for a version of what Air Gear is where everything remained small scale, look up Sk8 the Infinity. It's about skateboarding instead of rollerblading, but the sense of teamwork, ride battles, and over-the-top moves is still there. Alot of people regard it as a spiritual successor series, and after watching it myself, I kinda agree.
This comment made me research the artbook for my friend because he loved air gears art, and we were just wondering how your aunt got her hands on the artbook?
In my opinion, this is your best video, although I can't fully understand it and read the translated subtitles, I still understand almost the entire video and I share your taste for this anime, which is different from everything else.
I'm glad you covered Air Gear, personally it's my favorite "Sports" anime, and the premise is pretty interesting. But the OST goes so hard, "Love Sensation" has to be the best song in the anime. Looking forward to your series!
@@InternetPitstop I'm actually slowly reading the manga from after the 25-ep anime ends and I'm enjoying it so far. In general, Oh!Great's works are fun to read, but I think Air Gear is his best one.
The second I saw the title have the words “Air Gear” in it, I jumped on it in less than a heartbeat. This anime, despite the ecchi fanservice, is part of the reason why I do activities that some consider dangerous or extreme. Thank you for covering this! A fresh reminder of its inspiration!
Air Gear MADE ME into who I am today. I would be a completely different person if I hadn’t discovered air gear. One of the saddest things in my life was how air gear was so underrated so I coudnt really share it with anyone but this makes me so glad to see a recent video about air gear get almost half a million views , please never let air gear fandom die
@@SkyJUSTIN6 i have all the volume at home, and the fact it goes off the rail (very far) make it really special and interesting imo, plus, (spoil(?)) it get back to its roots at the end
As a pro blader myself, I have to say, air gear has been everything to me, from sonic the hedgehog teaching me to be cool, jet set radio teaching me to have style right to air gear teaching me to be dynamic on my blades, I have to say from aggressive rollerblading for 11 years now (I'm 26) this Aries brings the fire with the wind to become a FIRE TORNADO! I'm shredding the sky, next, THE STARS!😆😆😆😆
Air Gear is just a beautiful experience, stylistically and storywise. It really spoke to me as well in my youth. Even now, it subconsciously forms a lot of my choices, both in the music I enjoy, how I style my streetwear, and my love for freedom and the open sky (which I explore through running, especially on my trips to different countries/locations around the world). Thanks for talking about it, will definitely recommend this video to anyone curious why it's a favorite anime of mine.
Air Gear is the anime that I think truly opened my eyes to anime as a medium. Also, the first anime I that ever made me find the manga. First long running manga I ever followed week to week. And the first anime I ever got personally upset they never continued.
I went from anime to manga for all the reasons you mentioned. I loved the team battles, and I got used to the progression into dbz roller blade super powers.. but I'll be honest about one thing. The art style is phenomenal, so much so I wanted tattoos of everything in the series, but i got to a point where I didn't have a clue what I was looking at on each page. Towards the later chapters, I had no idea wtf was going on, it was just chaos, but it was beautiful. I've returned for a second run attempt. Last time i finished just with pure perseverance. Waiting for each chapter and having no clue what was happening was hard. This time I'm gonna try and enjoy it more. Great video.
Air Gear manga is EXTREMELY UNDERRATED! It is the series that touches on a pretty deep topics about humanity and life choices. Sadly, most of the people do not stay with the story long enough for it to evolve from simple funny story about roller blades with over the top gags, to the divine philosophical phase of how the environment affects person and a meaning of choice and paths you take, being affected by your past. Love the fact that you're bringing it up! 🔥
Bro I'm so excited no one ever talks about air gear when it's absolutely goated. I feel so at home on this channel like I'm listening to a close friend banter about the things he loves and to feel such a bond is amazing you are my favorite RUclipsr and it's not even close.
I was just htinking about this anime the other day. I watched air gear on the youube channle on my wii in 2013. I was 100% in the phase of watching any aniome I come across and did not regret watching air gera. Great show and great message about finding you own path in life.
SPOT ON!!! brother man, you hit the nail on the head with why the manga and anime were so appealing in the early 2000s. Specially those soundtracks, op and ed were bangers (I have them on every device I own 😅). And if you want an AT feeling adjacent, just cruise downtown on a skateboard or roller blades during sunset with the whole musical album in the ears. Of course choose safe routes such as streets with less trafics or even 3am cruise when there is absolutly no soul around 😊 and don't forget the baggy clothes for wind sensations. It's bliss!!!
Air Gear, Jet Set Radio, and Halo essentially describe 2006 - 2009 for me. I was also on the now defunct Jet Set Radio forum back in those days. That's how I discovered Air Gear.
Bro, You have summon all the riders to come back to the skies once more. The tracks for this show hits hard especially acoustic version for the opening Chain, it bought me tears.
I have seen airgear at least 25 times alll the way through you never know when a new one will show up they released 1 at time after it was over like a a few years latter
Air Gear is one of my favorite manga because OhGreat just goes insane with the spread pages everytime. It also blends "soft" sci-fi and fantasy - for the sake of the Rule of Cool. Like power's doesnt have to make sense they just are there to be cool.
Dude! I always feel like I'm the ONLY person that still thinks about Air Gear! I still need to finish reading the manga someday, but I have to give credit to the anime for absolutely capturing me the first time I saw it. The OP and ED are both bangers that live rent free in my head, and it's only too bad this show stopped right when the plot was REALLY starting to get real.
I’m so glad I encountered this video. Not gonna lie, I only watched this series last year but it still felt nostalgic to me, so I can’t imagine what it’s like for you. It just represents the freedom of youth for me, messing about with your friends, finding yourself and feeling like sky is the limit with your whole life ahead of you. CHAIN is also my favourite anime track up to date, what a banger!
this was one of the first “niche” anime i had heard of and it’s been on my list since 9th grade. This video has made me finally get to it, thank you :)
I love the fact that you talked about the fashion side of the manga, at 6:16 you can clearly see the AT's Ringo is wearing are some Air Max 95s and little details like those go thru out the manga, everything about the culture of Hip Hop is there i think.
I’m afraid to rewatch this and lose that magic feeling from when I first watched it. The music, dub voice acting, characters, world was all just so awesome. I’m sad this didn’t get another season or 2. I know they probably couldn’t adapt it all since it goes off the rails but wish we would’ve gotten the tournament arc
I struggle with this same exact problem all the time with things. So I directly avoid doing things. My therapist has suggested doing things without expectations so that you’re not let down. Either way you’re gonna have those memories of your first time watching it forever so those will always be with you. I’m only 19 I’m too damn young to be worrying about nostalgia and all that lol. But I can’t help but living in the past for some reason.
I has this feeling, I know that if I rewatch these old animes that I loved so much like Inazuma Eleven, bleach, naruto, pokemon etc don't will be the same thing, you know. I'll just stay with those nostalgia feeling, knowing that, things past and I can't bring them back. I'll create new ones, new memories....
@@nemuritori yeah you can’t wipe your memory clean of thing you’ve done in the past unfortunately, that’s why people want to re-watch anime’s and shows and movies for the first time again. But re-watching things can still be really fun they may not feel the same they first did but you’ll get some of that feeling back and you might pick up on something you’ve missed.
I have rewatched it multiple times and the magic doesn't go anywhere LMAO. Certainly the animation quality isn't there but when you get immersed you're immersed.
Look I sometimes watch it multiple times a year I think I’ve seen the whole series more than 7 times there’s always more to see and if you read the manga it’s super cool
Air Gear is one of the first manga I borrowed from the library as an 11 year old, and the anime was torturously short!! The journey of Ikki and the crew is such an awesome story, the mystery and world building are second to none!
Thank the Lord you exist and that this video exists. Air Gear was killer and the manga is insane, love Oh Great's art style and his aesthetic. Loved Tenjo Tenge also. I just so happened to be the niche anime guy amongst my friends and acquaintances, so I'm really excited to see what fruit this series will bear. You're definitely turning into one of my favorite RUclipsrs, you deserve waaaayyy more subs dawg...
Thank you so much for showing everyone Air Gear. I love this show, I'm 32 now, but still prefer roller blading everywhere instead of driving or riding a bike. This anime hit a special spot on my heart. The sound track is so good. Love it!
I know I'm a year late to this trip down memory lane but wow bro. It's rare for me to be 100 agreed, but your review was perfect. You covered good and the less good gracefully. Air Gear has been my all time favorite anime from the moment if saw the first episode. It's the reason I started rollerblading and eventualy longboarding when I couldn't source hypno detachable rollerblades anymore. And you're not crazy, riding what ever wheels we had made us feel free. We'd ride around everywhere and we got pretty damn fast and we traveled pretty damn far. I miss that feeling and air gear and it's soundtrack definetly bring me back.
Air Gear is the first anime that made me say "I never thought anime could convey all this and make me feel this deeply about something" so I've never stopped watching anime
Omfg, I'm 4 minutes into your video and I'm already imploding from relating. Been listening to the ost even longer than TWEWY one. When you mentioned there are only 2 reactions... perfectly right. Okay, going back to watching!
i legit teared up watching your video bro, i didnt know about it but ive never forgot about the anime thankfully it aired on television when i was like 12 and its still one of my top 5 animes to this day, just the soundtrack you showcased had me crying of nostalgia but funnily enough ive been rewatching the anime since a month ago ahah. its a super underrated show and hopefully one day we gonna have a remaster worthy of Oh!Great's style. and i hope this video puts more people on this masterpiece.
Yoooo I did not expect discount NakeyJakey to talk about Air Gear. I don’t remember much about it but I do remember how much I liked the vibe created by the music.
The Air Gear manga was amazing both from an artistic and storytelling point of view. You’ve inspired me to read it again, with the soundtrack this time. Bro, this video is 👌🏻a masterpiece ❤ I still want a pair of air treks 😂
Air gear will always be one of my favorite animes. Im pretty sure that this anime nearly got me into roller skating. The soundtrack has never gotten old for me, and while i never knew why, the second you said whom the artist was explained exactly why I still listen to Over Kool to this very day. Even though its unlikely, I'll keep wishing that air gear will get reanimated cause this was one of THOSE animes that was done a disservice.
The illustration for the manga is just spectacular. My favourite is during the first time we met Kururu Sumeragi, tool "wing" and Ringo's final Thorn Regalia activation. Those are just *chef's kiss*. But anything with Tool Toul To is just awesome.
I remember being so obsessed with this series for a while and then when it ended I just felt so lukewarm knowing a the antagonist faced few repercussions and it ended with a generic everyone lived happily ever after and the MC is probably gonna end up with the childhood friend. Then a while later I was so glad there was an extra chapter where they remembered the MC had a date with really likable supporting character and it just left me very Satisfied with everything.
this anime was one of the reasons i got into aggressive inline and met a lot of people through skating. Such a great show, that soundtrack is incredible.
AIR GEAR IS LIKE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT ANIME IS TO ME. Anime takes regular every day things like rollerblading and just goes so over the top with it that i love it
It really takes rollerblading to levels you never expected lol
The show was so interesting people have for years been doing their own DIY projects of electric skates that go off road at 25 MPH
SAME!
@@senritsujumpsuit6021 those skates were my hooverboard style hope for the air gear skates
Air Gear is straight up my fav "sports" anime lol. Of course Internet Pitstop is covering it. The swagger if ykwIm
I will never forget Air Gear's opening. That shit slaps.
Seriously I've got like the whole soundtrack on my writing/working out playlist the whole playlist slaps hard.
The opening song is just pure nostalgia and joy
Nostalgia
Its 2020 version on Spotify slaps so hard, that I can feel a tire hits my head
SEEN THEM LIVE TWICE, THEY ROCK!
There's just something about early 2000s shounen. It perfected that "cool" art style. You just know it when you see it. Bleach and Soul Eater are the first that come to mind. They just look so damn cool!
Soul Eater was legendary. I really miss the time before CGI. And even though there's amazing animation like Demon Slayer now, there's just something about that old art style that hits differently
The character design , the world building , the artstyle overall was peak
World building?@@Gokudera64
@@mray4784 Worldbuilding is the process of constructing a world, originally a fictional one.
Those cool swagger like anime styles are so beautiful
Air Gear is like growing up. You wish things would stay as fun and careless as in your teens but eventually life gets serious.
Thats the point of shonen, easy to underetand roots that become more and more serious and highstakes as you enter adulthood
Air Gear was beyond top tier, the soundtrack was OP in of itself
Definitely one of those hidden gem animes
You didn't read the manga did you? Oh great literally became incomprehensible. The man had Obama take over the mind of teenage girl. The mad ass battles weren't even the issue. That was fine. It was the level of weirdness it devolved into.
@@vkak1 I did read the manga, it was different and I still enjoyed it. Everysingle chapter :)
@@vkak1 finished the manga as well and loved it, not sure wym but to each it's own you know
@@vkak1 Finished the manga and It was way better than anime. I was scared it wouldn't be able to convey those fluid movements in pictures, but it really was levels over the animation. So I guess it's personal opinion that matters here.
Personally, I always loved the panel in the manga where a specific character says "If you take away a man's dream, everything else in life just seems pointless."
Man, how true that is
The manga literally went completely ridiculously incoherent
It’s rare for me to find other people who know what AirGear is. I remember watching this back in middle school (25 now) so much nostalgia ❤
Same here I first found it at the same time on Netflix I think, was the shit in middle school just turned 26 myself
@@ShiroeZakiI came to join the club, turned 26 this year in may and air gear was my favourite anime in middle school. Admittedly was a little young to watch it but saw eps when I was like 10 and was hooked ever since
@@jaysonkangjoining the club also. the nostalgia trip is amazing every time. i hope they remake it one day
Same here, more than 10 years since I saw Air Gear. Such a masterpiece for me, the Soundtrack was fire and the final battle in the manga was just out of this world. KOGARASUMARU BU KOROSU!!!!!
Es un buen anime.
This guy is unlocking memories I’ve forgotten about
Yes!
For real he's hiting home runs with these videos. Nice to know there's people out there that enjoy the same stuff we do
It's crazy, when all people have to do really is just find it, but simply refuse to because they're used to being drip-fed by mainstream media. And they turn on to a series just to keep skimming it for reasons to get turned off again, at the slightest toning down of blinking lights and "fast" action. When all it is still animated pictures on the screen.
That's not really the case for me, because stuff I like such as Rideback or Toshokan Sensou, or Kemeko Deluxe will only just be discarded anyway for "turn-offs" like being too contemplative, when the anime audience simply doesn't have that dimension to them as watchers to care about such things. That's why anyone who says they "love" anime... yeah, that's the opposite of the concept of love. Just drop things the moment they start giving something against your expectations.
That's already packed in with the idea of making this special slot for japanese animation as "anime", instead of just crediting Japan as maybe they jsut make some of the best and worst stuff out there because other countries lag behind.
He unlocked air gear and slammed that door shut on why I never finished it
@@InternetPitstop I ready need to talk about girls with gun animes
This anime was so good it got me to read the manga and that was unthinkable for me back in 2015 times.
A remake of this by Trigger would be legendary.
See someone gets it
Yeah but Trigger does more original work
FRRRRRRRRR
It'll definitely fit with the rest of their portfolio
If a studio could do oh! Great art style really good in an anime format. Or a reboot of Tenjyou Tenge, or get the bakamongatagari version he is doing.
AIR GEAR NOT GETTING TO FINISH ITS ANIME WILL FOREVER BE MY LIFES BIGGEST LET DOWN I LOVED IT
I feel that, except for me it was Blue Exorcists abrupt anime ending
There is an OVA out there but it’s subbed and in pieces
Same bro .
@@johnnymcjohnson1373 the anime started heavily diverging from the Manga plot witch was way way better. I remember I read the Manga then checked out the anime and was massively disappointed
@@loopygordo Oh wow interesting - I watched this ages ago but it always stuck with me - i really should go read the manga heck cant believe I havent looked into it yet hahaha
The Air Gear manga is one of my absolute favorites. It's incredibly unique and full of that vintage 2000s skater culture you can't find anywhere else. I love how crazy it gets and I was fully enjoyed the ride the entire way through. The art is insane and if I could give myself amnesia to read it all over again for the first time I would.
its funny how the full English translations took until 2018 XD
I watched Air Gear anime in the end of 2000-s and I had no idea that the manga is literally Berserk-level gorgeous. Damn
@@Miraihi Yes it is one of the best drawn manga of all time genuinely, if you haven't read it I highly recommend doing so.
@@567wizzle sorry if I’m a little late, but does the manga explore more beyond the last episode when ikki nails the jump and makes his triumph above the ranks into the god¿
@@wetdrawls Yes, you have another 200+ chapters beyond that and it gets more insane than you can imagine
One of the first Series that got me hooked into Anime, Airgear will always have a special place in my heart
Yo same..air gear made me unashamed to openly love anime n I literally shared it with everyone I could ❤
i’m only 16 and everytime you upload i’m introduced to something amazing, thanks man for being like a cool older cousin to me
that's a high praise thank you!
air gear was awesome 1st watch ... check out dead leafs
I'm also 16 and I feel the exact same way. I'll definitely check out the manga
Please do check the manga
air gear, no matter how many times i watch it, when the soundtrack starts playing i always get this shiver in my spine and feel the desire to be in their world. Air gear has consistently invoke this emotion and it is such a sleeper anime.
Nothing will forcibly drag me back to 2012-13 like this anime's soundtrack. It is so fucking good 😭
Return of the king
Amen
Damn, this took me back to my young adult life. Still remember Oh Great being one of the first artist I knew who went from h-manga to just manga. Now we're getting a ton of h-artist like Asanagi becoming light novel illustrators.
Air Gear will always be in my heart. The manga is truly a masterpiece. Hearing Chain made me cry alongside the other music. The anime was good but the manga is truly untouched
This is true. I read the manga. To bad the anime cover the whole manga.
my fav manga of all time all I need si some anime studio to pick this up and re make it with a big budget it could be huge today
This channel is honestly such a hidden gem
This channel gives off NakeyJakey vibes.
@@BillDiff NakeyJakey is just JonTron, but with an exercise ball.
I remember my sister watching air gear and me watching with her, and the vibe is so immaculate, the feeling of freedom AT gives the characters is so immersive you can almost feel the sensation itself. But what has me coming back to this show is the soundtrack, it’s so amazing it makes me cry. Now I listen to the soundtrack when I’m skiiing and I now feel I can finally feels and sense that feeling of freedom Ikki experienced his first time flying on AT’s.
My heart bro. This series will forever be a major part of my childhood. This, metabots, bey blade, digimon and of course flcl, have the absolute amazing feeling of the future early 2000’s we never got with the aesthetics and cool futuristic technology. Like it’s the happy cyber punk future we should of gotten. I want to create a story and video game in this aesthetics. It’s like listening to drum and base and realizing there’s things we missed and that could of been. Late 90’s early 2000’s felt like our potential could be so much cooler.
Holy cow, you made an Air Gear video, starting off with Jet Set music?!
Thought I was the only person I know who watched it. You’ve earned a lifelong fan, you touched a part of me today I never thought anyone would reach.
Thank you. I mean this sincerely.
Glad to have you here in this corner of the internet!
Understand, understand, The Concept of Love!
I really want JSR to make a comeback, as well as a Air Gear remake anime that completes it (if Tokyo Mew Mew, Shaman King, Urusei Yatsura, Kenshin, Bleach, Digimon,etc can come back, why not Air Gear?)
If both were to come back, it'd be a damn shame if they didn't do a crossover project
Haha, I had the same experience. Crown jewel of nostalgia.
Kankfunk did make the music so….
I'm not even a skater, but this anime just radiated coolness.
I still remember when I watch this anime back in 2007 and I never skip the Ending song because how such a banger is it
The Team Ikki and Behemoth battle was my favorite arc
When I started highschool back in 2008 (oh god I'm old now) everyone I was around was really into anime and this show is responsible for my headfirst dive into it. 14 year old me was so disappointed when there weren't more episodes
I wouldn’t call Air Gear my “favorite” anime, but it means so much more to me than most for no real reason. It just resonated with me emotionally at the right time in my life, and it will always be a part of my “road”.
Well said
Very Well said.
I read this manga a long time ago and I simply loved it from the first chapter. It’s a once in never experience. The comedy, the coolness of it all just hit me as a teenager. Despite it escalating into the stupid levels of superpowers I still loved how the author never let go the main idea of the series and the end was perfect for that reason alone. You never stop having fun. The last episode of the anime shows exactly what I loved about it.
Skater of over 10 years, this show is what sparked it for me! I even named my first board Sora! Hands down my favorite childhood anime. Currently rewatching and the nostalgia is enough to make a 27 year old teary eyed 🥹
They need to make a remake and continue. This was a fusion of sports and combat that makes it really cool.
This has quickly become one of my all-time favorite channels. You definitely deserve to hit 100k.
This manga literally changed my life, I found a new passion for rollerblading and since then I’ve met so many new people and made so many memories and found that same feeling of “freedom” Ikki and the crew felt. Much love for this series and thank you for being some spotlight to this incredible story.
I wanted that too but I was too afraid to fall and seriously hurt myself. Sadge.
It's been 11 years that I am still remembering Air Gear. The manga is still to this day amazing to me, as it's unique, and the draws from Oh!Great are just next level
oh great was an amazing mangaka from start to mid plot but always fail at romance plot in every ending lmao
It still my favorite after 8 years
Air Gear is the one manga that completely did it for me. This story really inspired my life. The chapter Vs. Sleipnir was incredible. We must move with the wind in our hearts.
i think when we talk about the battling system and heights, i think they all made sense in their scale. in the first few chapters, he had been riding on a thing of wind to make wings. It was also hinted at that the higher you go up the tower the more dangerous and less casual things would be. Ringo always said that ats should be just for fun, and the more you push up the tower the less fun you will have ( for shadowing danger).
THIS MAN JUST KEEPS BRINGING ME HAPPINESS OML
I try man glad I can help!
This series was so much fun. The feeling of the characters always wanting to go faster, go higher, go farther. It was just so engrossing and I absolutely loved it. Even when things started to get crazy and they these insane AT magic skills and it felt like they had somehow accidentally stepped into a warzone without knowing what they were getting themselves into. But through it all you still got that sense that all they really wanted to do was fly. Damn, I really want to reread this series now.
Man I still come back to this awesome video. Hope we see more like this with other hidden gems. Get backers is another that comes to mind
Get backers !!!!!!!
Bro? This was probably one of the greatest actual animes I've seen over the course of the past 10 years, it's a must watch
@@bracerkum69420 are we bros? Same opinion and same profile pic
I'm so glad you decided to cover this series. I'm sure we can expect more of this kind on quality content from you in the future. Almost 100k!!
I watched/read Air Gear during Highschool and until now I had completely forgotten I had even watched it. I'm 25 now, married and done with school and this unlocked so many memories from that time, it was around the time I was still fairly new to anime and manga and now I cant even count the amount of series I've watched/read. I'm tearing up at the sudden rush of nostalgia lol. Thankyou sir for reminding me of the good times, I am going to revisit some of these old series now and properly relive my childhood :)
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If you're looking for a version of what Air Gear is where everything remained small scale, look up Sk8 the Infinity.
It's about skateboarding instead of rollerblading, but the sense of teamwork, ride battles, and over-the-top moves is still there.
Alot of people regard it as a spiritual successor series, and after watching it myself, I kinda agree.
I actually never watched the anime, but was gifted the Artbook from my Aunt.
I miss the 2000s, stuff had so much style back then.
This comment made me research the artbook for my friend because he loved air gears art, and we were just wondering how your aunt got her hands on the artbook?
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Bought it in a comic shop while on a trip in France
@@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 much obliged
I remember reading the final arc of Air Gear in highschool. It was one of the most hype balls-to-the-wall arcs in shonen to date.
True. It might not have made the most sense but God damn if it wasn't a fucking Thrill Ride the whole way through
In my opinion, this is your best video, although I can't fully understand it and read the translated subtitles, I still understand almost the entire video and I share your taste for this anime, which is different from everything else.
I'm glad you covered Air Gear, personally it's my favorite "Sports" anime, and the premise is pretty interesting. But the OST goes so hard, "Love Sensation" has to be the best song in the anime. Looking forward to your series!
Gotta put the Quotations on sports lol it gets crazy lol
@@InternetPitstop I'm actually slowly reading the manga from after the 25-ep anime ends and I'm enjoying it so far. In general, Oh!Great's works are fun to read, but I think Air Gear is his best one.
@@7RMadridfan that’s awesome! It’s a great series! I hope you enjoy your time
The second I saw the title have the words “Air Gear” in it, I jumped on it in less than a heartbeat.
This anime, despite the ecchi fanservice, is part of the reason why I do activities that some consider dangerous or extreme.
Thank you for covering this! A fresh reminder of its inspiration!
Air Gear MADE ME into who I am today. I would be a completely different person if I hadn’t discovered air gear. One of the saddest things in my life was how air gear was so underrated so I coudnt really share it with anyone but this makes me so glad to see a recent video about air gear get almost half a million views , please never let air gear fandom die
The manga is pure gold, the art's details is on an engineering level
If they brought Back with the manga stuff it would be OD better than most animes out
Did you read the last arcs story? It really runs off the rails
@@SkyJUSTIN6 i have all the volume at home, and the fact it goes off the rail (very far) make it really special and interesting imo, plus, (spoil(?))
it get back to its roots at the end
@@vindelqen the 1% 99% thing came from occupy wall Street you could really tell he was making it up as he went along by the end
@@SkyJUSTIN6 yeah, and i can't even mad about it. it's really a pure gold.
As a pro blader myself, I have to say, air gear has been everything to me, from sonic the hedgehog teaching me to be cool, jet set radio teaching me to have style right to air gear teaching me to be dynamic on my blades, I have to say from aggressive rollerblading for 11 years now (I'm 26) this Aries brings the fire with the wind to become a FIRE TORNADO! I'm shredding the sky, next, THE STARS!😆😆😆😆
Air Gear is just a beautiful experience, stylistically and storywise. It really spoke to me as well in my youth. Even now, it subconsciously forms a lot of my choices, both in the music I enjoy, how I style my streetwear, and my love for freedom and the open sky (which I explore through running, especially on my trips to different countries/locations around the world). Thanks for talking about it, will definitely recommend this video to anyone curious why it's a favorite anime of mine.
Someone from my community college recommended this to me when Netflix still sent dvd’s in the mail. That man will forever be goated in my memory.
Air Gear is the anime that I think truly opened my eyes to anime as a medium. Also, the first anime I that ever made me find the manga. First long running manga I ever followed week to week. And the first anime I ever got personally upset they never continued.
I went from anime to manga for all the reasons you mentioned. I loved the team battles, and I got used to the progression into dbz roller blade super powers.. but I'll be honest about one thing. The art style is phenomenal, so much so I wanted tattoos of everything in the series, but i got to a point where I didn't have a clue what I was looking at on each page.
Towards the later chapters, I had no idea wtf was going on, it was just chaos, but it was beautiful.
I've returned for a second run attempt. Last time i finished just with pure perseverance. Waiting for each chapter and having no clue what was happening was hard. This time I'm gonna try and enjoy it more.
Great video.
Air Gear manga is EXTREMELY UNDERRATED!
It is the series that touches on a pretty deep topics about humanity and life choices.
Sadly, most of the people do not stay with the story long enough for it to evolve from simple funny story about roller blades with over the top gags, to the divine philosophical phase of how the environment affects person and a meaning of choice and paths you take, being affected by your past.
Love the fact that you're bringing it up! 🔥
Bro I'm so excited no one ever talks about air gear when it's absolutely goated. I feel so at home on this channel like I'm listening to a close friend banter about the things he loves and to feel such a bond is amazing you are my favorite RUclipsr and it's not even close.
I was just htinking about this anime the other day. I watched air gear on the youube channle on my wii in 2013. I was 100% in the phase of watching any aniome I come across and did not regret watching air gera. Great show and great message about finding you own path in life.
This was so underrated. There has only been one other person ive meet in life who have seen this anime. This show was great. Great Plot.
SPOT ON!!! brother man, you hit the nail on the head with why the manga and anime were so appealing in the early 2000s. Specially those soundtracks, op and ed were bangers (I have them on every device I own 😅). And if you want an AT feeling adjacent, just cruise downtown on a skateboard or roller blades during sunset with the whole musical album in the ears. Of course choose safe routes such as streets with less trafics or even 3am cruise when there is absolutly no soul around 😊 and don't forget the baggy clothes for wind sensations. It's bliss!!!
Air Gear, Jet Set Radio, and Halo essentially describe 2006 - 2009 for me. I was also on the now defunct Jet Set Radio forum back in those days. That's how I discovered Air Gear.
Man I got so excited seeing this pop up! This series always felt like a fever dream I had as a kid
Bro, You have summon all the riders to come back to the skies once more. The tracks for this show hits hard especially acoustic version for the opening Chain, it bought me tears.
Every single time man lol
I have seen airgear at least 25 times alll the way through you never know when a new one will show up they released 1 at time after it was over like a a few years latter
Fuck it I'm rewatching it meow
Air Gear is one of my favorite manga because OhGreat just goes insane with the spread pages everytime. It also blends "soft" sci-fi and fantasy - for the sake of the Rule of Cool. Like power's doesnt have to make sense they just are there to be cool.
I haven’t watched this anime in years but I still listen to the fantastic soundtrack
This anime is easily one of the best intro OSTs I've ever heard. It's so upbeat and nostalgic
Definitely a hidden gem. I really want a modern remake of air gear
Dude! I always feel like I'm the ONLY person that still thinks about Air Gear! I still need to finish reading the manga someday, but I have to give credit to the anime for absolutely capturing me the first time I saw it. The OP and ED are both bangers that live rent free in my head, and it's only too bad this show stopped right when the plot was REALLY starting to get real.
Don't worry I own the manga. It's still got it's fans.
@@Emerild good, it's deserves it.
Bruuu you just brought back all my middle school flashbacks with air gear!!!!! The music the visuals the stunts god damnnnnn!!
I’m so glad I encountered this video. Not gonna lie, I only watched this series last year but it still felt nostalgic to me, so I can’t imagine what it’s like for you. It just represents the freedom of youth for me, messing about with your friends, finding yourself and feeling like sky is the limit with your whole life ahead of you. CHAIN is also my favourite anime track up to date, what a banger!
this was one of the first “niche” anime i had heard of and it’s been on my list since 9th grade. This video has made me finally get to it, thank you :)
I love the fact that you talked about the fashion side of the manga, at 6:16 you can clearly see the AT's Ringo is wearing are some Air Max 95s and little details like those go thru out the manga, everything about the culture of Hip Hop is there i think.
I’m afraid to rewatch this and lose that magic feeling from when I first watched it. The music, dub voice acting, characters, world was all just so awesome. I’m sad this didn’t get another season or 2. I know they probably couldn’t adapt it all since it goes off the rails but wish we would’ve gotten the tournament arc
I struggle with this same exact problem all the time with things. So I directly avoid doing things. My therapist has suggested doing things without expectations so that you’re not let down. Either way you’re gonna have those memories of your first time watching it forever so those will always be with you. I’m only 19 I’m too damn young to be worrying about nostalgia and all that lol. But I can’t help but living in the past for some reason.
I has this feeling, I know that if I rewatch these old animes that I loved so much like Inazuma Eleven, bleach, naruto, pokemon etc don't will be the same thing, you know. I'll just stay with those nostalgia feeling, knowing that, things past and I can't bring them back. I'll create new ones, new memories....
@@nemuritori yeah you can’t wipe your memory clean of thing you’ve done in the past unfortunately, that’s why people want to re-watch anime’s and shows and movies for the first time again. But re-watching things can still be really fun they may not feel the same they first did but you’ll get some of that feeling back and you might pick up on something you’ve missed.
I have rewatched it multiple times and the magic doesn't go anywhere LMAO. Certainly the animation quality isn't there but when you get immersed you're immersed.
Look I sometimes watch it multiple times a year I think I’ve seen the whole series more than 7 times there’s always more to see and if you read the manga it’s super cool
YESSSS Air Gear was such a cool idea and OSTs are still one of my favorite till these days
Air gear was my first ever true love for anime and the love for OSTs
Air Gear is one of the first manga I borrowed from the library as an 11 year old, and the anime was torturously short!! The journey of Ikki and the crew is such an awesome story, the mystery and world building are second to none!
I'll never forget reading Kogarasumaru vs the OG Sleeping Forrest. Hype didn't even begin to describe what I was feeling when they did an OVA of it
Even you using the OST at 19:00 made it so perfect. That OST can bring out emotion in any situation
Thank the Lord you exist and that this video exists. Air Gear was killer and the manga is insane, love Oh Great's art style and his aesthetic. Loved Tenjo Tenge also. I just so happened to be the niche anime guy amongst my friends and acquaintances, so I'm really excited to see what fruit this series will bear. You're definitely turning into one of my favorite RUclipsrs, you deserve waaaayyy more subs dawg...
Thank you so much for showing everyone Air Gear. I love this show, I'm 32 now, but still prefer roller blading everywhere instead of driving or riding a bike. This anime hit a special spot on my heart. The sound track is so good. Love it!
Not older than me. Hope everything go well😊
I know I'm a year late to this trip down memory lane but wow bro. It's rare for me to be 100 agreed, but your review was perfect. You covered good and the less good gracefully. Air Gear has been my all time favorite anime from the moment if saw the first episode. It's the reason I started rollerblading and eventualy longboarding when I couldn't source hypno detachable rollerblades anymore. And you're not crazy, riding what ever wheels we had made us feel free. We'd ride around everywhere and we got pretty damn fast and we traveled pretty damn far. I miss that feeling and air gear and it's soundtrack definetly bring me back.
Air Gear is the first anime that made me say "I never thought anime could convey all this and make me feel this deeply about something" so I've never stopped watching anime
Omfg, I'm 4 minutes into your video and I'm already imploding from relating. Been listening to the ost even longer than TWEWY one. When you mentioned there are only 2 reactions... perfectly right. Okay, going back to watching!
i legit teared up watching your video bro, i didnt know about it but ive never forgot about the anime thankfully it aired on television when i was like 12 and its still one of my top 5 animes to this day, just the soundtrack you showcased had me crying of nostalgia but funnily enough ive been rewatching the anime since a month ago ahah. its a super underrated show and hopefully one day we gonna have a remaster worthy of Oh!Great's style. and i hope this video puts more people on this masterpiece.
This show is a hidden gem!! So glad other people know bout this anime. 11/10
It’s hidden but it ain’t no gem lmao hidden gem
the manga is another level trust me. the art of mechanical is superb.
THE HALO REFERENCES AND ADULT SWIM ONES IS THE REASON WHY I LOVE YOU HAHAHA
i'm so lucky growing up in this era where u can find the urban style anime like this
Every day you upload it makes me happy
Yoooo I did not expect discount NakeyJakey to talk about Air Gear. I don’t remember much about it but I do remember how much I liked the vibe created by the music.
This was and still is one of my favorite animes
The Air Gear manga was amazing both from an artistic and storytelling point of view. You’ve inspired me to read it again, with the soundtrack this time. Bro, this video is 👌🏻a masterpiece ❤
I still want a pair of air treks 😂
Air gear will always be one of my favorite animes. Im pretty sure that this anime nearly got me into roller skating. The soundtrack has never gotten old for me, and while i never knew why, the second you said whom the artist was explained exactly why I still listen to Over Kool to this very day. Even though its unlikely, I'll keep wishing that air gear will get reanimated cause this was one of THOSE animes that was done a disservice.
Bubba sounds like an awesome friend.
Also, Air Gear is still one of my favorite anime. I wish it had more seasons. 👏🏽💯
Air Gear is still my #1 and will never be dethroned. Need it to get that Second Season that never happened. Very Sad
The illustration for the manga is just spectacular. My favourite is during the first time we met Kururu Sumeragi, tool "wing" and Ringo's final Thorn Regalia activation. Those are just *chef's kiss*. But anything with Tool Toul To is just awesome.
I remember being so obsessed with this series for a while and then when it ended I just felt so lukewarm knowing a the antagonist faced few repercussions and it ended with a generic everyone lived happily ever after and the MC is probably gonna end up with the childhood friend. Then a while later I was so glad there was an extra chapter where they remembered the MC had a date with really likable supporting character and it just left me very Satisfied with everything.
The big man is back with a fire vid
The soundtrack alone gives me a never ending weight of nostalgia. Takes me back to the good ol days
Yup childhood memories
this anime was one of the reasons i got into aggressive inline and met a lot of people through skating. Such a great show, that soundtrack is incredible.