Air Gear (Anime)

What happens when you combine roller skates, and small motors with high torgue? You get Air Treks. These powerful things give one a sense of having "wings on their feet" when used properly. I find that idea very interesting, and is a key concept in the story of Air Gear. A fast, fun filled anime with a nice amount of comedy, and a slight amount of fanservice. There is a manga for this, but I imagine it's not as different from the anime.

Ikki Minami, a 14 year old boy, is a delinquent in his school. His nickname is "Baby Face" of his school gang, the "East Side Gunz". After a day of getting beaten up by an opposing gang, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by the people who's let him live in his house, the Noyamano family. The Noayamano sisters were keeping AT's (Air Treks) from him. By the end of the day, he was able to settle his problem with the opposing gang, a Storm Rider team by the name of "Skull Saders". Ikki, after his victory, gets hooked in the world of Air Treks, and has then been building on his reputation.

The story was quite interesting to me. Air Treks, fast paced action, cute girls, and quite humorous comedy, that was good enough to get me interested. The characters were also quite nice. The main characters each send off an aura that get's a person intersted in them easily. The world of AT's should be proud of Ikki and his pals because they're quite good.

Air Gear: 8.5/10

Also, just a small side note about the series: Season 2 will come out 11/17/10.

Seitokai No Ichizon (Anime)

This is a comedy about a student council and what they regularly do in their "meetings" as the student council. The main character is Ken Sugisaki, the person holding the "blue chip" seat and is the vice-president. He is also a fan of a harem ending with the cute girls of the student council. The show doesn't really make up a plot in the first couple of episodes. It's just trying to be really funny at first, and they succeed at that. When a plot is kind of revealed, the episodes gets deeper and deeper into that with every episode, and the show ends with a really cute ending. If you understand otaku culture and enjoys hearing jokes about it, well, I say this is a very nice show for you to watch.

Seitokai No Ichizon: 7.25/10

Toradora! (Anime)

Toradora! is a romantic comedy about two high schoolers trying to set each other up to be with the person who they like. The story starts out when second year high schooler, Ryuji Takasu, bumps into the most dangerous student in school, the "Palmtop Tiger" Taiga Aisaka. When they later find out each other's love interest, they team up to help each other be with the person who they like. As the story gets deeper, they realize that their feelings are not really directed to the person who they think they like, but from someone less expected. Quite a funny show at first and as the story progresses, it get's pretty romantic and beautiful. A pretty good show to watch if you're looking for something, erm... romantic.

Toradora!: 8.5/10