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Plot Synopsis

When he was young, Kunisaki Yukito's mother told him of a winged girl in the sky. Yukito's family has been searching for this girl for generations upon generations. Finally, Yukito's journey takes him to a small seaside town where he meets Kamio Misuzu, a girl who is eager to make friends with Yukito. Yukito ends up staying with Misuzu and her mother, Haruka, while he searches for the girl in the sky. In the town, however, there are strange occurences, and as the days pass by, Misuzu starts to have strange dreams. What is the truth behind Misuzu's dreams and her failing health? And how is everything connected to Yukito and his journey?

Story & Characters

The story's main character features a caring guy named Yukito. Yukito was very poor and spent his days earning money by performing puppet shows with a special talent his family passed down to him (ability to move puppets with his mind). After his mother passed
away he went in search for "The Girl in the Sky", a legend that was passed down from his family generation for many years.

It all began when Yukito met Misuzu, a teen school girl with a very childish personality. Misuzu lived alone with her aunt (who never had any time for her), after her parents were seperated. She never made any friends at school mainly cause whenever Misuzu became too close with a person she would break down. No one really got to know Misuzu well, until the summer she met Yukito. It was also the summer when she started getting these mysterious dreams..dreams of "her other self" flying in the sky, following a path to somewhere. Each night the dream would lead her further down the path, leaving her in confusion and curiosity. Though she never realised the further into the dreams she went each night, the more she faded away by day... Yukito's relation with Misuzu seemed to make her weaker and weaker.. Her health started to fail and her dream was drawing to an end...

The story also focuses on two other girls who're just as mysterious as Misuzu.
Kano, and Minagi. Both were "different", and lived tragic lives. Yukito was positive that one of the three girls must have been the Angel or "The Girl in the Sky" his mom had been searching for, but he didn't know which one. So as the summer passed, Yukito grew closer to each girl.. and found out about their sad and tragic pasts that have come back to haunt their
futures.

Anyways, since I don't want to spoil the whole plot, I wont say too much more. Though the plot sounds very sad and depressing, there's quite a few scenes in there that will make you laugh out loud ^-^.. and the ending will leave you in tears.. well at least it did to me.

Rating

9 (very good)

Art

Finally! An anime where the school uniform is actually different!..Anyways,
The art for this series is terrific, the characters are well drawn. Every movement is very detailed and clear. Like how they concentrated on their hair.. how each strand of hair moved in the wind.. Each character was drawn to suit they own personality so well.

The backgrounds are truely amazing!! Especially the sky... the clouds look almost real! Some really beautiful scenes in there, it just looked so organized and clean. I adore this style and the artwork they used in Air.. It's really awesome~~

Rating

9 (very good)

Sound

The beginning theme song is very good, Tori no Uta, quite catchy actually. The scenes they
put in there go well with the song.. It's sung by Lia, who also sang the ending song. The ending song is not bad, though the video is pretty boring. It's just a sunset...
Personally I like the beginning song more.
The background music is awesome, fits well with each different scene. It really sums everything up and adds so much more emotion to it.

The voices of each character bring them alive, like Misuzu's voice.. so KAWAII~~
and it fits their personality well.

Rating

8 (good)

Presentation

I think Air puts on an awesome show.. though it can get a bit confusing near the
ending, it's still very good...mysterious and magical. Great for all ages, and I would definetly recommend this anime, even if you're not into drama or that kind of stuff... you just gotta watch it to belive it =D

The theme of the story is very unique and different. It's not just "bad guys" and villians, or 'happy-happy'endings where the good guys always win.. It's all about a curse and a legend. They tell the story through many characters views.. and even go into the history of the legend/curse for a couple of episodes! I think it's very original, that's what I like about it ^___^

The artwork is leaves you speechless, the characters are cute (I just love that dog in there
named Potato, so CUTE!!!~~), the plot is interesting (unlike those animes where they just drag on.. and on..), plus theres a bit of everything in there... love, magic, tragedy, humour...

In my opinion it's the best anime in 2005 yet! It sure if one of my favourites! Trust me.. I get bored very easily.. and this anime acctually caught my eye =]
12 exciting episodes.. don't miss out on it, kay? Promise me!! XPP

Rating

8 (good)

Final Verdict

8.50 (very good)

Reviewed by everfall, 2y 47wk ago