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.
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¿
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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'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.
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 🥹
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 :)
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! 🔥
ALMOST 100K!!! here's the Soundtrack of this vid: ruclips.net/p/PLhr2nXSQmQdk16eevHbVgh-Wqa8rPEIuM and mid bump song was made by: m.soundcloud.com/pvtaidan/lo-fi-beat-for-internet-pitstop
Yo IP, I gotta apologize to you for underestimating this channel. In a different comment a month ago I had said that you were gonna hit 100k by 2023 at the current quality. But it seems your channel's not even gonna wait till November for that. I'm very happy for you, keep up the insane growth and insane quality.
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.
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 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’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
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.
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...
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.
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!
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.
Oh! Great's manga were something that influenced me to read and professionally pursue art (I actually am one now). All of his work always looked so detailed with silly stories to me and I really enjoyed it. Also this mangaka is one of the few iconic artists that influenced a lot of other artists in the art industry. If you've not hear of this believe me there's always one in your room who knows XD
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!
there was a forum I was apart of when I was a kid that had a lot of people trying to create real ATs. It was so cool, and is still a top favorite in my life.
first off: thanks for the memory trip! air gear inspired in me such a love of movement itself, moving my body in a way that's fun and freeing (I love footwork in the martial arts I've practiced because of this) second off: I started reading the manga, and I've unfortunately gotta agree that I really would've enjoyed things staying low-stakes, to me the transition to naked custom-engineering and actual literal magic was just too jarring. I've since developed a love for that kind of logic-be-damned, rule-of-cool, centered anime, but I really was enjoying watching this kids do rad tricks with motorized rollerblades. I'm kinda getting the vibe of what I wished air gear was from the first few eps of sk8: the infinity (just started), colourful characters tricking out and displaying such a clear flow-in-motion from (mostly) just good physics and athleticism.
Oh Great! was a huge inspiration to me when i was kid because of his art style. He was my favorite mangaka for years because of his style. And despite the ecchi/lewd and childish aspects of his works, he's always had a knack for dropping in interesting nuggets of wisdom and philosophy.
I grew up with air gear like u said it was one of those stage two anime I ended up watching as a kid like 5-6th grade and it captivated me I watched the whole show and went into Barnes n noble the next day to buy physical copies of the manga so I could give them to ppl to read and also the panels were sexy asf. The biggest sadness was always expecting a s2 because the soundtrack and setting carried the show more than the story. I still listen to overlooked when I go driving and I’m glad u made this video because almost no one knows much about this show . Which tbh should be considered a time piece
I discovered your channel no later than yesterday - I was watching your "fashion in anime" video and I coincidentally thought to myself ""man, he should mention air gear" - what a cool coincidence to see you uploading this today !
@@InternetPitstop indeed, was a fun bit of closure to see :) and again, just one thing came to mind that you could've mentioned: one of the characters is literally named spitfire, after the skater/clothing brand
dude its so weird to find ppl talking about airgear it seems like nobody talks about it and i legit love airgear. i know its not the best and has some things that could be "kinda cringe" but i just love it man its just so cool its one of those shows that it will stay in my mind rent free for ever
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.
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.
Man, that's a lot of work for a video about a old anime no one barely remembers. I appreciate the effort, man. Air Gear meant so much to me grinding through high school. Want wait to see more of your videos.
Air Gear was the one that made me into rollerblading and to this day I crave a pair of e-rollerblade on par with AT (the regular ones of course not regalias) performance be made already.
Jesus, this just popped in my recommended and wow. Almost the entire video i had goosebumps. Never heard someome talking about air gear and this show is severly underrated and i wish they finished the story in the anime
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 found Air Gear in my early teens. It gave me a reprieve from a lot of my frustrations and anxieties during that time, it gave me mental wings. It was also the first anime I remember watching repeatedly.
My first expsosure to this show was when scrolling through a Totally Legal streaming site in highschool and scrolling through a list alphabetically. Even then there were things I didn't much care for in the humor, but the freedom and "sky" stuff always struck a chord with me. I had never looked into the manga, but seeing it now honestly makes me want to pick it up for the art alone.
I only read the manga and it was one of my favourites. Not because it is extremely good but when I am younger, it gave me these fantastic imagination of all these cool stuffs flying on the sky, feeling the speed. The way the author draw also always have a very strong visual and composition so even art style is one of the top for me. Thank you for sharing it
My oldest brother showed me the anime when I was around 10 or 13 and I still go back to rewatch it 8 to 11 years later. I wish there were more seasons in the anime or to stay more grounded in the manga as you said. Regardless, it is up there with my other nostalgic animes/mangas.
An Air Gear reboot animated by Bones would be crazy. The series has such a unique style, and seeing it morph into a high stakes battle anime with all the animation it deserves would be amazing.
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
Good Sir, you have done a great service to the YT/Anime Community by reminding people/maybe introducing too into Air Gear. Great series and the mold (visually) for Touma Kamijo imo. #Iykyk
Brooooo Air Gear I watch/Read that anime/manga every year as a ritual and I'm about to rewatch that anime again a little early but you can't ever get tired of that anime. Shoman King got a reboot, Here hoping we get an Air Gear Reboot. You just got a sub and a like from me
Love seeing people talk about Air Gear, so underrated I watched this when I was like 11 and loved every minute. Got to read the manga the anime wasn’t enough 😂
I simply have run inline skates since like 8 years old and happened to see the anime starting college and loved it since it was so relatable. Still running my blades at 34 years old, it's the best feeling.
You are godly for the mentioning of this anime I'm currently watching it again on Xbox 🎉🎉🎉 but it always leaves me wanting more 😢 and that baby song made you focus like nothing else 😂😂😂 ever in a anime
Air Gear was one the very best anime I've ever seen. This show was soooo good, I just can't believe they never continue this series to the end. The Kings & Queens of Rollerblading, This made me want to try to mod or create something that air trecks.
I found Air Gear was by chance when I was in elementary school, so around the 2000's era during first grade, I was introduced to animes with animation that is close to Air Gear and One Piece before they upgraded it. I got into reading mangas and other webtoons in 2017. I love this show so much that I remember watching 2 times, now Im going to read the manga and you're about the comedy.
Man you explained everything perfectly you've definitely gained another subscriber! The nostalgia this show brings me is immense it means the world to me, i love it soo much. I love it so much I recently got a tattoo of Ikki lmao
Man Air Gear was something else... I loved it and then as I kept reading it just got more and more convoluted and the exposition in each volume just became so much that I couldn't keep it up.
I know I’m late, but before I stepped on board properly, I rollerbladed a lot. I got pretty damn good at it as a kid, and when I was pushing twenty five miles an hour down country roads and bursting into my small town as fast as the cars rolling down the road…yeah, that felt like freedom to me too. I’m gonna be picking up a pair of skates again, and I just got done rewatching air gear and discovering the OVA’s. Thank you for spreading the word g. As a mature rider now, I’m gonna delve into the more complicated aspects of inline. Who knows, maybe I’ll learn to fly.
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 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.
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.
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
Nothing will forcibly drag me back to 2012-13 like this anime's soundtrack. It is so fucking good 😭
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
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.
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….
This channel is honestly such a hidden gem
This channel gives off NakeyJakey vibes.
@@BillDiff NakeyJakey is just JonTron, but with an exercise ball.
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.
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 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
Return of the king
Amen
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.
THIS MAN JUST KEEPS BRINGING ME HAPPINESS OML
I try man glad I can help!
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'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
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.
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 🥹
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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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! 🔥
This anime is easily one of the best intro OSTs I've ever heard. It's so upbeat and nostalgic
ALMOST 100K!!!
here's the Soundtrack of this vid: ruclips.net/p/PLhr2nXSQmQdk16eevHbVgh-Wqa8rPEIuM
and mid bump song was made by: m.soundcloud.com/pvtaidan/lo-fi-beat-for-internet-pitstop
Yo IP, I gotta apologize to you for underestimating this channel. In a different comment a month ago I had said that you were gonna hit 100k by 2023 at the current quality. But it seems your channel's not even gonna wait till November for that. I'm very happy for you, keep up the insane growth and insane quality.
Air gear🎉🎉🎉😊❤
@@greyfox4838 lol thanks my guy I was just as surprised man
Yeah bro skin doesn’t make you feel free you are validated
If it’s possible can you please do with zatch Bell
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.
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!!!
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.
Definitely a hidden gem. I really want a modern remake of air gear
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 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.
Agito has the energy of a chainsaw stuck inside of a hamsterball.
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
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.
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
YESSSS Air Gear was such a cool idea and OSTs are still one of my favorite till these days
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...
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.
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 remember reading the manga after seeing a clip of spitfire’s introduction thinking “that was cool, I gotta check this out”. Good times.
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.
Every day you upload it makes me happy
Bruuu you just brought back all my middle school flashbacks with air gear!!!!! The music the visuals the stunts god damnnnnn!!
Oh! Great's manga were something that influenced me to read and professionally pursue art (I actually am one now). All of his work always looked so detailed with silly stories to me and I really enjoyed it. Also this mangaka is one of the few iconic artists that influenced a lot of other artists in the art industry. If you've not hear of this believe me there's always one in your room who knows XD
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!
there was a forum I was apart of when I was a kid that had a lot of people trying to create real ATs. It was so cool, and is still a top favorite in my life.
Air Gear was my shit back in the day. Great sound track as well. Also I peeped that Black Cat cameo
Amazing soundtrack!
Btw, look into Gantz or Darker Than Black(first two seasons😅)
The big man is back with a fire vid
first off: thanks for the memory trip! air gear inspired in me such a love of movement itself, moving my body in a way that's fun and freeing (I love footwork in the martial arts I've practiced because of this)
second off: I started reading the manga, and I've unfortunately gotta agree that I really would've enjoyed things staying low-stakes, to me the transition to naked custom-engineering and actual literal magic was just too jarring. I've since developed a love for that kind of logic-be-damned, rule-of-cool, centered anime, but I really was enjoying watching this kids do rad tricks with motorized rollerblades. I'm kinda getting the vibe of what I wished air gear was from the first few eps of sk8: the infinity (just started), colourful characters tricking out and displaying such a clear flow-in-motion from (mostly) just good physics and athleticism.
Oh Great! was a huge inspiration to me when i was kid because of his art style. He was my favorite mangaka for years because of his style. And despite the ecchi/lewd and childish aspects of his works, he's always had a knack for dropping in interesting nuggets of wisdom and philosophy.
I grew up with air gear like u said it was one of those stage two anime I ended up watching as a kid like 5-6th grade and it captivated me I watched the whole show and went into Barnes n noble the next day to buy physical copies of the manga so I could give them to ppl to read and also the panels were sexy asf. The biggest sadness was always expecting a s2 because the soundtrack and setting carried the show more than the story. I still listen to overlooked when I go driving and I’m glad u made this video because almost no one knows much about this show . Which tbh should be considered a time piece
The way 12 year old me desperately wanted to attach motors to my roller blades after watching this show 😂
bro yes! lol
I discovered your channel no later than yesterday - I was watching your "fashion in anime" video and I coincidentally thought to myself ""man, he should mention air gear" - what a cool coincidence to see you uploading this today !
woah! really! that's perfect I even talk about the fashion a bit too!
@@InternetPitstop indeed, was a fun bit of closure to see :) and again, just one thing came to mind that you could've mentioned: one of the characters is literally named spitfire, after the skater/clothing brand
The soundtrack alone gives me a never ending weight of nostalgia. Takes me back to the good ol days
Yup childhood memories
dude its so weird to find ppl talking about airgear it seems like nobody talks about it and i legit love airgear. i know its not the best and has some things that could be "kinda cringe" but i just love it man its just so cool its one of those shows that it will stay in my mind rent free for ever
Air gear was amazing! I was so pissed that it never finished the anime! I've only recently started collecting manga, so it's a pain to get copies 😬
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.
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.
Man, that's a lot of work for a video about a old anime no one barely remembers.
I appreciate the effort, man. Air Gear meant so much to me grinding through high school.
Want wait to see more of your videos.
Thank you so much dude!
Air Gear was the one that made me into rollerblading and to this day I crave a pair of e-rollerblade on par with AT (the regular ones of course not regalias) performance be made already.
Jesus, this just popped in my recommended and wow. Almost the entire video i had goosebumps. Never heard someome talking about air gear and this show is severly underrated and i wish they finished the story in the anime
This manga was so damn good.
I swear to God bro , OH great! Is the only artist that has truly influenced my art
@@king_koby9591 Nice mate, have you ever taken a look at Shin Angyo Onshi? It has some amazing designs.
Ogure Ito's art is godly. I own several vols of the manga.
@@Voeluspa45 nah , I'll check it out rn
Mentioning Oh!Great! manga quality, this man earned my respect right there.
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.
aw shit, was not expecting Air Gear to ever to show up on the radar again. I love this IP and wish it was picked up again, still listen to their OST.
THE HALO REFERENCES AND ADULT SWIM ONES IS THE REASON WHY I LOVE YOU HAHAHA
Oh Great! 's art style in Air Gear and Tenjo Tenge are very underrated. They both need full remakes
i love his art as well. Not so much about the anime adaptation.
I found Air Gear in my early teens. It gave me a reprieve from a lot of my frustrations and anxieties during that time, it gave me mental wings. It was also the first anime I remember watching repeatedly.
the ferrari jacket is 🔥
Right in the feels. I love AG to this day!
My first expsosure to this show was when scrolling through a Totally Legal streaming site in highschool and scrolling through a list alphabetically. Even then there were things I didn't much care for in the humor, but the freedom and "sky" stuff always struck a chord with me.
I had never looked into the manga, but seeing it now honestly makes me want to pick it up for the art alone.
I only read the manga and it was one of my favourites. Not because it is extremely good but when I am younger, it gave me these fantastic imagination of all these cool stuffs flying on the sky, feeling the speed. The way the author draw also always have a very strong visual and composition so even art style is one of the top for me. Thank you for sharing it
My oldest brother showed me the anime when I was around 10 or 13 and I still go back to rewatch it 8 to 11 years later. I wish there were more seasons in the anime or to stay more grounded in the manga as you said. Regardless, it is up there with my other nostalgic animes/mangas.
An Air Gear reboot animated by Bones would be crazy. The series has such a unique style, and seeing it morph into a high stakes battle anime with all the animation it deserves would be amazing.
I own hundreds of volumes of manga, but Air Gear is the only one I own every volume of.
Where do you even go about getting them man, I’ve been looking for so long to complete my set :’)
@@AkaruiSpark some from amazon and some from ebay. I have a few duplicates from buying overlapping sets.
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
Good Sir, you have done a great service to the YT/Anime Community by reminding people/maybe introducing too into Air Gear. Great series and the mold (visually) for Touma Kamijo imo. #Iykyk
Brooooo Air Gear I watch/Read that anime/manga every year as a ritual and I'm about to rewatch that anime again a little early but you can't ever get tired of that anime.
Shoman King got a reboot, Here hoping we get an Air Gear Reboot.
You just got a sub and a like from me
Great video, Air Gear needs more love and recognition. Skate to Infinity feels like a spiritual successor in some ways to Air Gear.
wow you really unlocked something for me here, I loved the anime and manga as a teen!
I get you man, this series was a series that helped shape so many people and realise that they can find there road in life too.
The thing about anime is that if it’s a sport or competition it does not miss
Love seeing people talk about Air Gear, so underrated I watched this when I was like 11 and loved every minute. Got to read the manga the anime wasn’t enough 😂
Please now we're whising for the anime to continue. TwT
I would like to see how it would looks like on 2024 with a new season!
Duuuude I've watched Air Gear like 3 times and I never get bored. I'm glad you made a video on it.
I simply have run inline skates since like 8 years old and happened to see the anime starting college and loved it since it was so relatable. Still running my blades at 34 years old, it's the best feeling.
You are godly for the mentioning of this anime I'm currently watching it again on Xbox 🎉🎉🎉 but it always leaves me wanting more 😢 and that baby song made you focus like nothing else 😂😂😂 ever in a anime
Ahh being a teenager in 2006 and 2007 watching air gear, what a time
God That Intro Song is a banger. Watched this years ago and was sad there was no S2
Air Gear was one the very best anime I've ever seen. This show was soooo good, I just can't believe they never continue this series to the end. The Kings & Queens of Rollerblading, This made me want to try to mod or create something that air trecks.
I found Air Gear was by chance when I was in elementary school, so around the 2000's era during first grade, I was introduced to animes with animation that is close to Air Gear and One Piece before they upgraded it. I got into reading mangas and other webtoons in 2017. I love this show so much that I remember watching 2 times, now Im going to read the manga and you're about the comedy.
This is one of my favourites, it's what got me back into anime years ago.
Air gear was so good, the comedy espcially too was some of the best I've seen too that I still remember to this day. So sad it only got one season.
I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH AIR GEAR AS A KID MAN 💕😭 thanks for making this video
Man you explained everything perfectly you've definitely gained another subscriber! The nostalgia this show brings me is immense it means the world to me, i love it soo much. I love it so much I recently got a tattoo of Ikki lmao
Man Air Gear was something else... I loved it and then as I kept reading it just got more and more convoluted and the exposition in each volume just became so much that I couldn't keep it up.
I feel you dawg!! I remember many moments where I had to reread pages to fully understand wtf was going on lol
I know I’m late, but before I stepped on board properly, I rollerbladed a lot. I got pretty damn good at it as a kid, and when I was pushing twenty five miles an hour down country roads and bursting into my small town as fast as the cars rolling down the road…yeah, that felt like freedom to me too. I’m gonna be picking up a pair of skates again, and I just got done rewatching air gear and discovering the OVA’s. Thank you for spreading the word g.
As a mature rider now, I’m gonna delve into the more complicated aspects of inline. Who knows, maybe I’ll learn to fly.