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This is a list of episodes of the Japanese anime series Air produced by the animation studio Kyoto Animation. The episodes are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Tomoe Aratani who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. The anime is based on the visual novel Air by the Japanese software company Key, and follows the story of Yukito Kunisaki, a traveler who arrives in a quiet seaside town during summer since he does not have anymore money to continue on his journey for now. He is on a search for the "girl in the sky" that his now-deceased mother told him about and was searching for too; Yukito has taken it upon himself to find this girl to finish his mother's journey. In town, Yukito meets three strange girls early on named Misuzu Kamio, Kano Kirishima, and Minagi Tohno, and Yukito begins to suspect that one of them may in fact be the girl he has been searching for.
Thirteen episodes were produced by Kyoto Animation: twelve regular episodes, and a final recap episode which summarizes Misuzu's story arc. On November 17 2004, a teaser DVD named "Air prelude" was produced containing interviews with the cast, clean opening and ending sequences, and promotional footage of the anime itself. It was a limited edition DVD, with only 20,000 copies produced. The episodes aired between January 6 2005 and March 31 2005 on the BS-i Japanese television network. After the conclusion of the anime series, a mini-series which added to the Summer arc of the story called Air in Summer aired on August 28 2005 and September 4 2005 a week later on BS-i. Air in Summer consisted of two episodes and was produced by the same staff as the anime series.
A DVD released on March 31 2005 called "Air Memories" contained promotional commercials for the series, staff commentaries, and clean ending sequences from the twelfth and thirteenth episodes, lasting ninety-two minutes in total. The episodes were released to Region 2 DVD between April 6 2005 and September 7 2005 by Pony Canyon in limited and regular editions containing two episodes per volume. A single DVD volume for Air in Summer was later released on October 5 2005 in Japan in limited and regular editions. Additionally, Air became one of the first anime series to be released in Blu-ray Disc format on December 22 2006. The box set retails for 29,800 yen, though this is still cheaper than buying the six individual DVDs, plus Air in Summer. The twelve main episodes and two Air in Summer episodes were licensed for North American distribution by ADV Films. The episodes were released on four DVD compilations between August 14 2007 and November 27 2007. The second DVD volume was sold in two editions, with the difference between the two being a series box all four DVDs could fit inside.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Bird's Poem" (鳥の詩, Tori no Uta), and the ending theme is "Farewell song"; both songs are sung by Lia and were the original opening and ending themes from the visual novel. The rest of the soundtrack for the anime series is sampled from the visual novel's original soundtrack. This includes one insert song used near the end of episode twelve, "Blue Skies" (青空, Aozora), which is also sung by Lia, and was originally an insert song from the visual novel.
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References
- "Official website listing of all TV episodes" (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- "Unofficial website listing of TV episodes for Air". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- "DVD section at the anime's official website" (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- "Blue-ray box set release information at the anime's official website" (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ "Air sells on Blu-Ray format" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-03-26.
- "ADV Films' official Air anime website". ADV Films. Retrieved 2008-03-26.