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Air Gear is a shonen manga and anime by the mangaka Oh! Great.
Air Gear is about the lives of Itsuki "Ikki" Minami and his friends along with the latest trend, Air Trecks.
The early parts of the story carry out the introduction of characters
that eventually join Ikki, and as the story progresses, it focuses on
their roles as Storm Riders and their quest to be on the top of the Trophaeum Tower. Story
Itsuki "Ikki" Minami, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki
is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon
his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders
called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his
benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of
Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. (This happens in the anime. In the manga they give them to him.)Mad at the sisters he steals 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, Ikki is
quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air
Trecks.
Media Info
- Main article: Air Gear Media and Materials
Air Gear has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2002. Currently, 17 tankobon have been released in Japan by Shounen Magazine Comics.
The Air Gear manga was licensed for release in the United States by Del Rey Manga and the first volume was released on July 25, 2006.[3] Subsequent volumes will be released every three months.
ADV Films announced over the October 20, 2006 weekend at Oni-Con, that they had licensed the Air Gear anime for release in the USA.[4] The first volume was released on February 6, 2007.[5] ADV is releasing the uncensored Japanese home video version, rather than the broadcast version. On January 3, 2007, IGN released a special sneak peek of Episode 1 of the English Dub.[6]
The series has also been made into a musical called Musical Air Gear,[7] which made its debut on January 7, 2007 and ran until January 21, 2007. The musical is loosely adapted from the manga and is similar to the Prince of Tennis musicals in that all female roles are eliminted from the plot. The cast featured Kenta Kamakari, KENN, and Kenjiro Tsuda reprising their roles from the anime respectively as Ikki, Kazu, and Spitfire with Masaki Kaji (who had also starred with Kenta and KENN in the Prince of Tennis musicals), RUN&GUN, etc. as their co-stars.[8]
Due to the success and popularity of the musical's first run, the musical will have a rerun in May 2007 titled, Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix (?????????·???vs.???? Super Range Remix, Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix?) with the entire cast reprising their roles.
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