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Air Gear (TV)

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[ adapted from Air Gear (manga) ]

Alternative title:
إير جير (Arabic)
エア・ギア (Japanese)
飛輪少年 (Chinese (Taiwan))
에어기어 (Korean)
Themes: sports
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Minami “Ikki” Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as “AT”). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of “flight” for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.
Video:
User Ratings: 1362 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 178 votes (sub:127, dub:42, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 272 votes (sub:198, dub:65, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Very good: 365 votes (sub:275, dub:72, Spa.sub:4, Por.sub:3, edit.dub:3, ?:3, raw:2, Ger.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 270 votes (sub:205, dub:59, raw:3, Por.sub:2, ?:1)
 Decent: 116 votes (sub:94, dub:19, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 58 votes (sub:45, dub:11, raw:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:37, dub:7, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:9, ?:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 18 votes (sub:16, dub:2)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3099 users, rank: #159
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.590 (Very good-.40), std. dev.: 1.85, rank: #850
Weighted mean: 7.371 (Good+.37), rank: #997 (seen all: 7.69 / seen some: 6.37 / won't finish: 4.23)
Bayesian estimate: 7.372 (Good+.37), rank: #776
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26
2007-05-07 (Philippines, ABS-CBN - Weekday HeroZone)
2009-09-25 (Animax España)
Opening Theme:
"Chain" by Back-on
Ending Theme:
"Sky-2-High" by skankfunk
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 4
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Reviews:
    Air Gear DVD 1

DVD
    Air Gear - Box Set (DVD) 2008-12-02 (from $51.09)
    Air Gear - East Side Showdown (DVD 1) 2007-02-06 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear - Growing Wings (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear - Growing Wings + Artbox (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $8.00)
    Air Gear - A New Legacy (DVD 3) 2007-06-05 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear - Wings Reborn (DVD 4) 2007-08-07 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear - A Battle of Kings (DVD 5) 2007-10-02 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear - Kill 'Em Dead (DVD 6) 2007-12-04 (from $5.00)
    Air Gear V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2007-11-07
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Series Composition: Chiaki J. Konaka

Episode Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Music: skankfunk

Original creator: Oh! great

Character Design: Masayuki Sato

Animation director: Masayuki Sato

Art design: Yukiko Iijima

Producer:
Nobuaki Suzuki
Takao Yoshizawa

Art Advancement: Osamu Honma

Background Art:
Hiroyoshi Hanamura
Yu Saito

CG Chief Director: Kazuhiro Nishikawa

CG Production Manager: Masaki Hanai

Color design: Mika Iwami

Digital Photography:
Haruhiko Ishikawa
Masamichi Shimizu
Takayoshi Matsuhira

Editing: Kenta Katase

In-Between Animation:
Haruko Ueda
Harumi Ozeki
Michiyo Sugawara
Reina Yamauchi
Yumi Kamiya

In-Between Check:
Aiko Seguchi
Ayumi Tada

Key Animation:
Chieko Miyakawa
Daisuke Shimada
Eiji Fukuhara
Fujio Oda
Kozue Komatsu
Megumi Mimoto
Miyako Kitada
Nobuhiro Masuda
Ritsuko Okabe
Seiji Matsushita
Shin'ichirou Fukushima
Takayuki Manaka
Yasue Ohno
Yosuke Yoshimoto
Yuki Kuwabara
Yukiko Kobayashi

Planning:
Kozo Morishita
Yoshiaki Kataoka

Production Advancement: Yooichi Shimizu

Production manager: Yukio Noda

Program Manager: Shunji Aoki

Publicity: Machiko Ishii

Recording: Erina Watanabe

Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito

Sound Producer: Yuichiro Takabata

Theme Song Arrangement:
Back-On (OP)
skankfunk (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Back-On (OP)
skankfunk (ED)

Theme Song Performance: Back-On (OP)

 

Kenta Kamakari as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kaitou

Hitoshi Bifu as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke

Kokoro Kikuchi as Akito/Agito

Mariya Ise as Ringo Noyamano

Masami Kikuchi as Onigiri

Noriko Shitaya as Ton-chan-sensei

Rie Tanaka as Simca

Rieko Yoshimoto as Yayoi Nakayama

Seika Hosokawa as Mikan

Yukiko Hanioka as Shiraume Noyamano

Ai Nagano as girl in Chinese dress #9

Daisuke Sasaki as AT-Rider

Haruhi Terada as Ikki (young)

Hiro Yuuki as Mitsuru Bandou

Hiroaki Hirata as Yasuyoshi Sano

Humika Hideshima as Parts War Website Voice

Issei Kojima as AT-Rider

Kazunari Tanaka as Inuyama

Kenji Nojima as Akira Udou

Kenjiro Tsuda as Spitfire

Kenn as Kazu

Mayu Asada as Natsumi Iriya

Miki Itou as Ryo Mimasaka

Mitsuaki Madono as Yoshitsune

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Sora Takeuchi (eps 13-14)

Miyu Irino as Nue

Naoko Matsui as Rika Noyamano

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Magaki

Rumi Shishido as Ren Fa (eps 19-20)

Shinya Fukumatsu as Senior Gunz Student

Shouko Ishii as Emily

Tomoyuki Dan as Orihara-sensei

Tomoyuki Shimura as Gonzo

Toshinobu Iida as AT-Rider

Wakana Yamazaki as Benkei (eps 23-25)

Yasuyuki Kase as Fumei Goshogawara

Yusuke Oguri as Higashi Middle School Student

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Background Art: Studio MAO

Broadcaster:
TV Aichi (2006-04-11)
TV Tokyo

In-Between Animation:
Kagura
MSI

Music Production: Wall5 Project

Online Editing: TOVIC

Production:
Air Gear Production Team
Marvelous Entertainment

Recording Studio: Tabac

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
John Swasey
Kyle Jones

Translation: Kaoru Bertrand

ADR Script: Clint Bickham

Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford

Producer: Jin Ho Chung

DVD Menu Design:
Lauren Paterson
Patrick Givens

Editing:
Eddie Shannon Jr.
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

Graphics:
Andrew Burwell
Lauren Paterson

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Media Coordinator: Sarah Alys Lindholm

Mix: Matt Wittmeyer

Packaging:
Andrew Burwell
Lauren Paterson

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Monica Jimenez
Paul Mericle

Recording engineer:
Afshar Kharat
Bobby Gordon
Bryan Leach
Cesar Inserny
Debi Dobsky
Eden J. Barrera
Jon Duckworth

Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer

Subtitle Script & Timing: Christopher Williams

Translation Proofer: Brendan Frayne

Chris Patton as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki

Blake Shepard as Akito/Agito Wanijima

Christine Auten as Rika Noyamano

Clint Bickham as Kazuma “Kazu” Mikura

Greg Ayres as Onigiri

Hilary Haag as Shiraume Noyamano

Illich Guardiola as Kaito Wanijima

Kira Vincent-Davis as Emily

Luci Christian as Ringo Noyamano

Mark X. Laskowski as Issha "Buccha" Mihotoke

Michael Dalmon as Akira

Monica Rial as Simca the Swallow

Nancy Novotny as Mari "Tom-Tom" Tomita

Shelley Calene-Black as Mikan Noyamano

Stephanie Wittels as Yayoi Nakayama

Alice Fulks as Natsumi Iriya (eps 11-13)

Andrew Love as Maki

Brittney Karbowski as Reng Fa (eps 19-22)

Charles Campbell as
Murata
Sunao

Chris Ayres as
Okuhira
Onigiri's Father
Plugman
Potemkine (Special Trick)

David Wald as
Mitsuru
Orihara

Elizabeth Byrd as
Narrator
Ryo (eps 16-17)

Eric Love as Yamada (ep 23)

George Manley as Purple Sweater Punk

Jason Douglas as
Magaki
Yoshitsune

Jay Hickman as
Humei
Saji
Spitfire

Joanne Bonasso as Jabba

John Gremillion as
Gonzo
Inuyama
Sano

Josh Grelle as Kitsune

K.C. Jones as
Kawada
Kuu
Nue

Marcy Bannor as Isoba

Mariela Ortiz as Kei

Mike Vance as Korojii

Robert Schleyer as Koro

Robin Terry as
Benkei (eps 23-25)
Kyo

Vic Mignogna as Sora Takeuchi (eps 13-14, 20)

Afshar Kharat

Aly Calvo

Brittany Cofer

Carlo Minotti

Charles Campbell

Dave Maldonado

Eric Berding

Gene Tognacci

Gina Brazell

Howard Block

Jessica Boone

John Swasey

John Paul Stevenson

K.C. Jones

Mariela Ortiz

Mike Vance

Nick White

Olivia Swasey

Scott Gensch

English companies 

ADR Recording: ADV Studios

Animax India > Broadcaster: Animax India

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

DVD Production: ADV Studios

Internet Streaming: The Anime Network

Licensed by:
ADV Films
FUNimation Entertainment


Korean staff 
(none)
Korean companies 

Broadcaster: spacetoon korean

Korean cast 
(none)
French staff 
French cast 

Directrice De Plateau: Delphine Moriau

 

Emmanuel Dekoninck as Ikki

Alice Ley as Ringo Noyamano

Christophe Hespel as Mikura Kazuma

Claudio Dos Santos as Butcha

Hélène Couvert as Simka

Jean-Paul Clerbois as Onigiri

Alice Ley as Croissant Masqué

Aurélien Ringelheim as Akito

Bruno Mullenaerts as Sano Yasuyoshi

Célia Torrens as Benkei

Claire Tefnin as Emeri

Coralie Vanderlinden as Ume

David Macaluso as Kaito Wanijima

David Manet as Akira

Delphine Moriau as
Reng Fa
Ryo Mimasaka , ikki (enfant)

Gauthier De Fauconval as BlugMan

Julie Basecqz as Nue

Laurent Bonnet as Mitsuru Bandou

Laurent Van Wetter as Monsieur Ikitami

Marie Van R as Ryô Mimasaka

Marie Van Renterghem as Ryô Mimasaka

Olivier Cuvelier as Yoshitsune

Romain Barbieux as
Gonzô Tokudawara
Hûmei Goshogawara
Inuyama
Spit Fire

Sébastien Hebrant as Sora Takeuchi

Sophie Landresse as Noyama Mikan

Sophie Servais as Natsumi Iriya , Ton

Stéphane Pelzer as Magaki

Véronique Fyon as
Deathler Bartred
Rika Noyamano

French companies 

Broadcaster: W9

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Mirroring

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Miguel Pardo as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki (Spain dub)

Ana Laín as Mikan Noyamano (Spain dub)

Eva Magaña as Narrator (Spain dub)

María Salinas as Shiraume Noyamano (Spain dub)

Yamina Benaisa as Ika Noyamano (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax España

Dubbing: Sonomaster (Zaragoza, Spain)

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Konrad Bösherz as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki

Angela Ringer as Simca

Constantin von Jascheroff as Agito/Akito Wanijima

Gerald Paradies as Magaki

Jesco Wirthgen as Onigiri

Oliver Siebeck as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke

Rubina Kuraoka as Ringo Noyamano

Susanne Hermann as Shiraume "Ume" Noyamano

Tina Haseney as Mikan Noyamano

Anja Rybiczka as Rika Noyamano

Cathlen Gawlich as Mari Tomita

Catrin Dams as Reng Fa

Daniela Reidies as Emiri Adachi

Eberhard Prüter as Jabas Helfer

Gerrit Schmidt-Foss as Yasuyoshi Sano

Gisela Fritsch as Jaba

Jan Rohrbach as Kazuma Mikura

Jaron Löwenberg as Spitfire

Lore Richter as Ryo Mimasaka

Maria Koschny as Natsumi Iriya

Marie-Luise Schramm as Kei Machida

Markus Nichelmann as Gonzo Tokudawara

Markus Pfeiffer as Sora Takeuchi

Petra Barthel as Erzählerin

Sarah Riedel as Yayoi Nakayama

Sebastian Jacob as
Humei Goshogawara
Inuyama

German companies 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Translation: Niels Viveen

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Noel Escondo as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki

Donna Alcantara as Ringo Noyamano

Mary Joy Adorable as Shiraume Noyamano

Pinkee Rebucas as Simca

STEVEN BONTOGON as Agito Wanijima

Allan Ortega as Sora Takeuchi

Pocholo Gonzales as Kazu

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN


Portuguese staff 
(none)
Portuguese cast 

Bárbara Lourenço as Ringo

Portuguese companies 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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