Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
September 27, 2006
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Minami Itsuki never thought about seriously riding Air Treck motorized roller blades, until he got his butt handed to him by a street gang of Storm Riders. That day, he discovered in a locked up room, a pair of AT's and a box of stickers belonging to the Sleeping Forest street gang. One thing leads to another, and Ikki dons the wheels and begins to ride. As his reputation builds in the AT street fighting/racing world, he begins to develop his own gang and participate in more fights, gaining more and more territory.
Written by sleepyrounin on August 28, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 3
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
pros
+ vibrant, unique, and engaging characters
+ good comedy and entertainment
+ nice action with suspenseful movements
cons
- chunks of the story (from the manga) were left out
- incomplete
- doesn't live up to the manga's artwork, colours sometimes unfitting
conclusion: a decent one, i guess. unique to say the very least, with lovable characters, good comedy and overall entertainment, and fluid movement (makes for awesome surreal moves in action! lol). has sports, comedy, the desire to reach the sky, and fanservice that for once doesn't get into the way of the story. downside would be that it doesn't quite do the mangaka's art justice, and chunks of the story were left out, making the overall plot somewhat repetitive. characters, their relations and development make up for that part of the time, but even they can't make up for an end fallen flat. the anime is entertaining enough overall, but i'd recommend the manga in a heartbeat.
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