{"id":3010,"date":"2010-04-10T09:13:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2010-04-10T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:35:19","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/10\/keiths-anime-reviews-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Air<\/a> is an anime series based off of a game – a “visual novel<\/a>” game, to be exact. (If you’re not familiar with this genre, think of it as a “choose your own adventure” type game.) This is, arguably, a little bit odd – but in this case, it really does work.<\/p>\n

The story of Air <\/em>is incredibly compelling – perhaps because the sense of mystery that surrounds what is actually happening.<\/p>\n

All the characters in the show have their own story, and during the course of the series, each one is explored in turn. There’s also a bit of mystery as to which character is going to be the “important” one for the main plot, although truth be told it’s not that hard to tell.<\/p>\n

One thing that this show does really well is to avoid explaining absolutely everything – that is, although things are resolved, they’re not always explained in great depth to the viewer – and it’s this air <\/em>(if you’ll excuse the pun) of mystery that makes the show really quite lovely to watch.<\/p>\n

On top of a great story (and a very interesting back story in the form of “Air in Summer<\/em>“), this show is also absolutely beautiful to watch. The animation here is truly a joy to behold – bright and full of life.<\/p>\n

In the end, this is a very mysterious and romantic series – so if action and adventure are the things you crave, you might want to look elsewhere. But if you enjoy a well-told story, with beautiful animation, fascinating characters, and an involved back-story, then you should definitely give Air <\/em>a watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith’s review of the anime (based off of the visual novel game) “Air.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[251,78,249,124],"class_list":["post-3010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-air","tag-anime","tag-anime-reviews","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-My","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3296,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/01\/04\/desktop-madness-vol-90\/","url_meta":{"origin":3010,"position":0},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 90","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A massive Desktop Madness post featuring 21 wallpapers from the Anime\/Game 'Kanon.'","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2011\/01\/kanon-ayu-running-in-snow-150x150.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2970,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/20\/keiths-anime-reviews-lucky-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":3010,"position":1},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Lucky Star","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of \"Lucky Star.\"","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/lucky-star-smiles-of-stars-1680x1050-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3147,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-samurai-champloo\/","url_meta":{"origin":3010,"position":2},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Samurai Champloo","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the anime series \"Samurai Champloo\" - 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