Originally Posted by
Empire
Ok I have to put a big asterisk here.
Air gear was actually a pretty bad anime, BECAUSE
1. The animation sucked.
2. The manga looks fucking gorgeous if you can get a good scan.
3. The manga continued the story, to a point where the anime really only touched like 5% of anything good from the manga.
4. A LOT of the characters like Kazuto never got developed, which is again, the anime touching only 5% of decent stuff from the manga.
5. Almost every single twist and critical point of the story was not in the anime at all.
6. Every ecchi scene is censored to some degree and even the minor nudity was completely cut.
7. Every action scene looks like utter crap compared to the manga
8. Character designs look incredibly bad compared to the manga
Really, the air gear anime just doesn't do it justice. Air gear is still one of the most aesthetically pleasing manga currently out, but the anime was a D grade piece of shit.(and that's not my opinion, that's pretty much the general consensus of everyone who's read the manga).
IF you ever get into air gear, be sure to read the manga. It's fine if you watch the show, but if you liked the show you'd be shooting yourself in the face by not reading the manga.
Seriously, it's like those people who watch gantz/berserk and don't read the manga. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? idk
Sorry for gushing on AG, but it's definitely one of the top 10 manga imo.