Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Air (2005) is a weird, tragic show filled with all sorts of supernatural twists and turns under it's deceptively simple eroge premise, making for one of early KyoAni's best. But for all the crazy things that happen over the course of the story, the most tragic part to me was the most real: the setting, in particular the dead, dying town, set and based of the very real town of Kasumi.
I also briefly talk about the Air VN and 2005 Dezaki movie and it's approach to the town, as well as delving into the mind of David Byrne for 30 seconds at the end. Also isn't crazy two completely adaptations of Air came out in 2005? And that the same thing happened with Clannad in 2007?
As a wise man once said, "Air will hurt you too".
Sources:
Forbes article on Genkai Shuuraku/Terminal Villages: forbes.com/sites/jennawang/2019/07/31/waiting-for-the-end-in-japans-terminal-villages/#1aa6fc321e03
"Declining Population and the Revitalization of Local
Regions in Japan" by Katou Hisakazu: mjpse.meiji.jp/articles/files/03-03/03-03.pdf
Archive of Japanese Fan's seichi junrei to Kasumi: web.archive.org/web/20070302103022/http://htc.moon.st/ota/05041601.html
Previous video on DBZ in a similar style: youtube.com/watch?v=Y-g5qSHmn0Y
#AIR #AIR21th #kyoani
Air (2005) is a weird, tragic show filled with all sorts of supernatural twists and turns under it's deceptively simple eroge premise, making for one of early KyoAni's best. But for all the crazy things that happen over the course of the story, the most tragic part to me was the most real: the setting, in particular the dead, dying town, set and based of the very real town of Kasumi.
I also briefly talk about the Air VN and 2005 Dezaki movie and it's approach to the town, as well as delving into the mind of David Byrne for 30 seconds at the end. Also isn't crazy two completely adaptations of Air came out in 2005? And that the same thing happened with Clannad in 2007?
As a wise man once said, "Air will hurt you too".
Sources:
Forbes article on Genkai Shuuraku/Terminal Villages: forbes.com/sites/jennawang/2019/07/31/waiting-for-the-end-in-japans-terminal-villages/#1aa6fc321e03
"Declining Population and the Revitalization of Local
Regions in Japan" by Katou Hisakazu: mjpse.meiji.jp/articles/files/03-03/03-03.pdf
Archive of Japanese Fan's seichi junrei to Kasumi: web.archive.org/web/20070302103022/http://htc.moon.st/ota/05041601.html
Previous video on DBZ in a similar style: youtube.com/watch?v=Y-g5qSHmn0Y
#AIR #AIR21th #kyoani
