Main characters See also: List of Air Gear characters Determined to experience the sensation of 'flight' for as long as he can, Ikki is quickly engaged in the mysterious, irresistible world of Air Treks. (In the manga, the sisters give a pair of ATs to him and invite him to skate with them.) Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. In the anime, learning the sisters' secret angers him and he steals a pair of Air Trecks, abbreviated as 'AT'. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest.

Upon his return home, after being humiliated by a Storm Rider team called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters.

Also known as the 'Unbeatable Babyface', Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of 'East Side Gunz'. Although each AT comes with a speed limiter, a community of daredevils known as the “Storm Riders” are brave enough to tamper with the device.Itsuki 'Ikki' Minami, is a student and a delinquent. A 3-episode original video animation (OVA), titled Air Gear: Break on the Sky, produced by Satelight, was released from November 2010 to June 2011.Īir Gear has over 18 million copies in circulation and won the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.Īir Trecks, also known as AT, are motorized and futuristic inline skates that are the new craze taking the nation by storm.

It was adapted into an anime television series produced by Toei Animation, which aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2006. The manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 2002 to May 2012. The pinnacle that all Storm Riders hope to reach. As the story progresses, it focuses on their roles as Storm Riders and their quest to be on the top of the Trophaeum Tower. Initial sections of the plot carries out the introduction of characters that eventually join Ikki. The story follows their use of Air Gear, an in-universe invention derived from inline skates. Air Gear revolves around the life of Itsuki Minami “Ikki or Crow”, also known as “Baby Face”, “Lil (and Little) Crow”, and his friends. Air Gear (Japanese: エア・ギア, Hepburn: Ea Gia) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Oh! great.

Air Gear, Vol. 1 by Oh! Great