Air Gear (TV series)
A new generation of daredevils will soar through the skies in a new anime debuting on the Animax channel on April 16.
Air Gear is an original manga by mangaka (comic artist) Ogure Ito. Some of his other works include the Tenjho Tenge series and some of the alternate costumes for the PS2 version of 3D fighting game Tekken 5.
Handling the anime production is TOEI, which has over three decades of experience in bringing anime to the small screen. TOEI has produced such classics as Dragonball/Z/GT, Candy Candy, Captain Tsubasa, and Getta Robo.
More recent productions include the Digimon series and Yu-Gi-Oh!.
In Air Gear, the hero Itsuki 'Ikki' Minami is the junior high school bad boy. Orphaned when he was very young, Ikki lives with his foster family, the Noyamano sisters.