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Key’s visual novel adaptation of AIR.

Tribute to Kyoto Animation and How Their Works Rekindled My Interest in Anime

July 21, 2019 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: 紗江

On July 18, 2019, tragedy stroked as an arsonist set on fire the main studio for Kyoto Animation. About 33 people died from the incident along with several injured. In addition, the fire destroyed all their production materials in the first building. However, the second animation studio and headquarters were not affected.

This tragedy is heartbreaking to not only to the family members, but also the anime industry and fans of anime. It’s not too surprising since Kyoto Animation’s production values are regarded highly by most people. It’s mostly thanks to the talented people who worked on the productions. Not only that, they are treated well compared to other studios.

In the past, I shared my thoughts about the studio. In this post, I want to share how the productions from this studio influenced me to start blogging about anime.
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Read moreTribute to Kyoto Animation and How Their Works Rekindled My Interest in Anime
Category: AIR, Clannad, Editorials, K-ON!, Kanon, Suzumiya HaruhiTag: essay, kyoani, personal thoughts

My Anime Music Tournament Picks

June 22, 2013 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

Unless you are living under the rock, a fellow blogger named zzeroparticle who runs the Anime Instrumentality Blog has created the first tournament for Anime Music. If you like listening to Anime Music like I do, go ahead and nominate your favorite songs. But in this post, I’m going to discuss the top ten songs I nominated. As always, my picks are subjective so you don’t have to agree with them.

So, what criteria did I use for my nomination ballot? First, I only considered opening, insert songs and ending themes for shows I have watched and listened. Second, I also factor in how good the song sounds along with how memorable and enjoyable the song for my nominations. While my choices are biased for recent Anime, hopefully you won’t judge me.

With that, I will share the top 5 picks I nominated for the tournament first with some arrangements on the piano. (Image Source)
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Read moreMy Anime Music Tournament Picks
Category: AIR, Angel Beats!, Clannad, Clannad ~After Story~, Community Projects, Dog Days, Fate/zero, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Sora no Woto, Tamayura, True TearsTag: anime music, anime music tourney, music, opinion

Air – Final Review

October 3, 2010 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

Air is one of the most memorable shows I seen besides Kanon, Clannad or even 5 Centimeters Per Second since it was Kyoto Animation’s first Key Adaptation that was faithful to the Visual Novel. As a result of how well Air done in terms of animation and story, it gained a fandom and hatedom.

In spite of this, Air still remains a masterpiece for several reasons; it conveyed the summer theme rather well. Also, it had a historical backdrop and scenes with emotional impact the viewer receives. [1. Original Picture Source]
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Read moreAir – Final Review
Category: AIR, ReviewsTag: drama, final impressions, kyoani, moe, opinion

Air – Episode 12 (END) – Final Thoughts

October 2, 2010 by Chikorita157 3 Comments
Believe me, I did feel sad during the last moments.

The final episode was heartbreaking and heartwarming…

The last scene where Misuzu reaches her goal and hugs Haruko was so emotional that I almost started crying. At the same time, it was heartwarming since Misuzu could stay strong because of her mother’s (Haruko) love. When she passes away in Haruko’s arm, it was very heartbreaking for Haruko and the audience to bear.

Nevertheless, what people say about Air being a snobbish Anime is simply not true in my opinion. It shown a beautiful life that was cut short by something unfortinate. Tragic and sad events is what makes people stronger and make us value our lives as a beautiful thing. This is what makes Air so emotionally powerful compared to the other stories.

Goodbye Misuzu… I will miss you forever! ;-;

Overall Rating

9.5/10, A, Masterpiece

Overall Review is coming shortly!

Read moreAir – Episode 12 (END) – Final Thoughts
Category: AIRTag: drama, key, kyoani, moe, opinion

Air – Episode 11 – Family Problems… and Drama

October 1, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment
At the last moment, the reunite...

This definitely has to be the second most emotional episode with the last episode being the most emotional out of the whole series.
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Read moreAir – Episode 11 – Family Problems… and Drama
Category: AIRTag: drama, key, kyoani, moe

Air – Episode 10 – The Second Chance…

September 29, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment
Misuzu with a cute crow...

After the tragic ending of Kanna, we are brought back to the feature where Yukito gets incarnated into this crow that Misuzu talks to. From there, we learn more about Misuzu’s family problems and of course, some really cute moments.
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Read moreAir – Episode 10 – The Second Chance…
Category: AIRTag: comedy, cute, drama, key, kyoani, moe

Air – Episode 9 – The End of Kanna’s Dream

September 28, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment
Mother, don't leave me! 🙁

It was nearly a year since I have watched Air. The reason I left the show collect dust for the reason of being occupied on other Anime. It was not until recently that I started where I left off because Flak was taunting me by trying to spoil the ending for me. This is probably an incentive to complete the remaining 4 episodes I haven’t seen yet so I can write a final review on it.
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Read moreAir – Episode 9 – The End of Kanna’s Dream
Category: AIRTag: drama, key, kyoani, moe, tragedy, tsundere

The Observation of Music from Key’s Visual Novels

August 25, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

After listening to the Angel Beats Original Soundtrack, I wondered about the other Original Soundtracks from other previous Key works like Kanon, Air and Clannad. After extensively listening to them, the three soundtracks had different styles between them and obviously completely different from the synth dominated tracks in Angel Beats.

Note: Fanart used in this post is made by さとPON
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Read moreThe Observation of Music from Key’s Visual Novels
Category: AIR, Clannad, Editorials, KanonTag: editorial, Jun Maeda, key, Magome Togoshi, music, OdiakeS, opinion, OST, Shinji Orito

Final Thoughts on Poll 9 and Air Movie

October 2, 2009 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

I have closed the poll yesterday and it seemed to even out, with 6 yes, 4 no, and 2 saying Toei Animation should keep doing what they are doing.

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However, polls do not show the whole story since people did not leave comments after they voted, so I can’t tell why it’s not that good. From reading all the comments in the post, I decided I will just see it just to see how good or bad is it, but it won’t be a while since I need to obtain the actual DVD before I can watch it. Once the time comes and I finish watching it, I will post a full review on the Air movie without any Kyoto Animation bias I had in the last movie review.

Read moreFinal Thoughts on Poll 9 and Air Movie
Category: AIRTag: key, poll results, toei animation

Poll #9: Air Movie, should I watch it?

September 22, 2009 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

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After watching the CLANNAD movie and being disappointed about it, I see why not watch the Air Movie to see if it’s any different. From what I heard about the movie, there are mixed opinions instead of most of the people saying the movie sucked or anything that Toei made with Key sucks and that Kyoto Animation is better! I’m not trying to get into a debate which studio is better, but I heard that the Air movie seems to go more in depth with Misuzu’s arc than it did in Air TV because they covered the other two girl’s arc and the amount of episodes alloted in the series (it would have been a little better if it’s 24 episodes, but it was still good for what I have seen so far). After seeing the big disappointment with the Clannad movie, should I push my luck and watch and review the Air Movie? The only difference with this is I haven’t played the visual novel for Air, since there is a lack of a translation so that would be to my advantage.

Note: Everything is back to normal… the poll should work

You decide… I will post my decision in two weeks (or earlier).

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Attribution Infomation

The fanart used in this post is made by ゆきおう (yuki ou) Source

Read morePoll #9: Air Movie, should I watch it?
Category: AIRTag: key, poll, toei animation

Air in Summer – Final Review

September 11, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Air in Summer was essentially the extension of the Summer arc which covered parts in the Air Visual Novel that was abridged in the main TV series. The difference with Air in Summer that it is actually more lighthearted than the whole TV series.

This special mainly focuses on a more detailed escape from the temple at night, the relationship between Kanna and Ryuya more in depth (in the first part) and also the scene where Kanna lowers her Kimono to show her love towards him after hearing his story as Uraha instructed, but ended up as a failure (in the second part).

Content

Well, as you expect, Air in Summer looks out of place compared to the Air TV series since there isn’t really a whole lot of melodrama in the special. You might find that the two episodes to be rather enjoyable, to the fact that there is a lot of comedy, mainly in part of Kanna, who qualities almost resemble a tsundere.

As you expect, Air in Summer is a continuation of the Summer Arc with parts that were not covered in the TV series. Air in Summer pretty much clears up the ambiguity or the feeling that something is missing or rushed from the Summer Arc in the TV series. The special mainly put focus on the relationship between Kanna and Ryuya and Kanna learning about things in the outside world. Although, Kanna may be conceited and irritated easily (such as water being poured on her head and herself fighting with a chicken), she eventually warms up to Ryuya,

Characters

Like already presented, there are three characters in this arc:
Kanna, or Kannabi no Mikoto is a young girl which have wings on her back. She pretty much stays at the temple and believed to be the last winged being. She wanted to see her mother again so the three decided to escape the temple to go on a journey to find her mother. Kanna, being at the temple most of her life, have not experienced the outside world and learns from the other two.

Kanna, in my experiences of watching is a tsundere which vasty resembles Makoto Sawatari from Kanon since you know that Kanna seems to be naive and does not have enough knowledge of the outside world. She also irritated at Ryuya the most, although she eventually warms up to him, in contrast of Makoto warming up to Yuuichi after the 7th episode.

Then, you have Ryuya, which is a low-ranked, but skilled samurai which he protects Kanna. Like suggested, Ryuya resembles Yukito, obviously, but like with male leads, they sometimes are sarcastic which probably is why Kanna gets irritated with him most of the time.

Lastly, you have Uraha, which is a servent at the temple and also a friend of Kanna. The last thing you want to do is to get her upset by burning those ancient poems and say breakfast was tasty after burning the poems. Also, she tells embarrassing stories regarding Kanna.

Animation

Like with Air TV, Air in Summer Animation and Art style pretty much remained the same, since the special was aired several months after Air TV have finish airing.

Like with Kyoto Animation, the animation was great, considering it was 2005… but sure, the animation will surpass some of Kyoto Animation’s not so great art style to the likes of Lucky Star, K-ON! and Suzumiya Haruhi Second Season.

Music

Music sounded great, although, I don’t quite understand why they use the same exact OP and ED… although they change some of the OP animation for the special.

Conclusion

Air in Summer is a great way to ending Air’s bittersweet ending… since it’s just too lighthearted… The animation, story and the characters are great as expected with Key… The lightheartedness of Air in Summer may make some people prefer this over the main series. Overall, this is a recommended watch if you have finish watching Episode 8 of Air or already completed it.

Overall Rating

9.5/10, A

Read moreAir in Summer – Final Review
Category: AIRTag: drama, final impressions, key, kyoani, review, tsundere

Air in Summer – Episode 2

September 9, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

No way Haruhi can be more Tsundere than me, I'm cuter than her!
As the second episode shows, Kanna is offically a Tsundere… well because she seems to become modest after hearing Ryuya’s story.

After hearing Ryuya’s story about his past, Kanna shows her love by lowering her kimono and…
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Read moreAir in Summer – Episode 2
Category: AIRTag: comedy, drama, key, kyoani, moe, tsundere

Air in Summer – Episode 1

August 25, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment
Kanna going tsundere on a Rooster...
Kanna going tsundere on a Rooster...

In this episode, Kanna and others decide to go on a adventure to find her mother. On the way there, Kanna discovers the outside word for the first time.
This episode is probably the most light-hearted episode in the series… and we learn about more about Kanna, but yes… more Tsundere moments…
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Read moreAir in Summer – Episode 1
Category: AIRTag: comedy, key, kyoani, moe, tsundere

Air – Episode 8 – Summer Arc Part 1

August 20, 2009 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

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This episode is very enjoyable and who knew that that Kanna (or Kannabi no Mikoto) would have a personality of a Tsundere…. Although it’s abridged, Air in Summer two episode special covers more content over the abridged, two episode Summer Arc in the main series. It’s recommended to watching this episode before watching the Air in Summer special.

In this episode, Ryuya promises Kanna to go on a journey to find her mother and the three of them, Kanna, Ryuya, Uraha goes on a long journey to find her mother.
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Read moreAir – Episode 8 – Summer Arc Part 1
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani, moe, tsundere

Air – Episode 7

August 11, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Episode 7 is start of the beginning of the melodrama kicking in at full force. In this episode, Misuzu’s condition gets worse due to her curse and Yukito started to remember things in the past that her mother told about the girl who is cursed.
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Read moreAir – Episode 7
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani

Shiori Misaka in Air Fanfiction Project

July 28, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Shiori: Yuuichi… I wonder what would happen if I took Misuzu’s place in Air… Would the story become more dramatic?
Yuuichi: I don’t think so.
Shiori: I don’t like people who say things like that…

Although Shiori’s story is probably my most favorite story arc… however, how much dramatic if Shiori and her sister goes in the world of Air… I have been wondering that ever since I played Shiori’s arc… although she have a happy ending at the end, I still wonder about her bittersweet ending.

But why Shiori? Shiori have very similar qualities as Misuzu, except he childishness and also love for dinosaurs… and Ice Cream will pretty much fit in summer.

Read more to find out what I’m planning (yes, it contains spoilers from the VN although most of it is going to be made up)

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Read moreShiori Misaka in Air Fanfiction Project
Category: AIR, KanonTag: fan creations, key, Shiori fight~o, strawberry sundaes

Air – Episode 6 – Minagi's Arc Part 2

July 27, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Minagi’s arc comes to a end… but this episode was sad, but not as much as Kotomi’s arc.

Minagi finally makes up with her mother with a mental condition and invites Michiru for lunch at her house. (Spoilers ahead)
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Read moreAir – Episode 6 – Minagi's Arc Part 2
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani

Air – Episode 5 – Minagi's Arc Part 1

July 21, 2009 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

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After being sidetracked by the rage of Haruhi and also playing Kanon all day long, I almost forgot to post about Air Episode 5 for nearly 5 days (which is a coincidence, Ahaha~)… But yes, Episode 5 starts Minagi’s arc and it finally reveals more about the Astronomy club, which she is the only member… It seems that there is another very familiar character from another familiar series made by the same company who does the same activity that normally most students won’t normally participate (hint: She have purple-blueish hair and wear childish orbs in her hair).
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Read moreAir – Episode 5 – Minagi's Arc Part 1
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani

Air – Episode 4

June 4, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Kano seems to me just as cute and energetic even in her childhood.

Episode 4 is the conclusion of Kano’s arc…
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Read moreAir – Episode 4
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani

Minagi and Kotomi: Two characters separated at birth

June 2, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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While I was watching Air, something kept bothering me about Minagi Tohno. Kotomi is very similar to Minagi in many ways except the story line which is similar to Mai’s. Although there are differences in appearance with Kotomi and Minagi, their personalities are very similar with minor differences.
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Read moreMinagi and Kotomi: Two characters separated at birth
Category: AIR, Clannad, EditorialsTag: editorial, key, opinion

Air – Episode 3

May 28, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Yukito and Misuzu finds themselves in a field of wheat caused by Kano’s procession by a unknown curse at the shrine.

Mostly a Kano focused episode.
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Read moreAir – Episode 3
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani, moe

Air – Episode 2

May 21, 2009 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

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In Yukito’s search to find the “girl in the sky,” he finds out more mysterious things about the three girls in this town.

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Read moreAir – Episode 2
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani

I have seen the light: Misuzu is the most moe/cutest Key Female Lead

May 15, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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If you thought Nagisa from Clannad and Ayu from Kanon is the cutest/most moe… you are sadly mistaken… After seeing Air Episode 1, I have seen the light… Misuzu is probably the most cutest/moe female Key lead I have seen. Some may ask, I thought you don’t care about moe? Well, yes… I don’t… but this is an exception..

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Read moreI have seen the light: Misuzu is the most moe/cutest Key Female Lead
Category: AIRTag: key, moe, opinion

Air – Episode 1

May 14, 2009 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

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Gotta love that expression…

Since Spring Semester is over, I have decided to resume watching of Anime full time…
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Read moreAir – Episode 1
Category: AIRTag: key, kyoani
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