"Air Master" (2003) TV series 2003-2004

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writer:

Mark Leiren-Young (international version)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

15 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Sport

Plot Keywords:

High School Girl | Former Gymnast | Anime | Large Breasts | Streetfighting

Cast

Romi Pak	...	Maki Aikawa (27 episodes, 2003)
Tomoko Kaneda	...	Renge Inui (9 episodes, 2003)
Yukana Nogami	...	Mina Nakanotani (9 episodes, 2003)
Masumi Asano	...	Michiru Kawamoto (9 episodes, 2003)
Mariko Suzuki	...	Yu Takigawa (9 episodes, 2003)
Mika Doi	...	Kaori Sakiyama (7 episodes, 2003)

Runtime:

Japan:24 min (27 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

This anime is a masterful send-up of the "fighting anime" genre, and it's filled with in-jokes/parodies.

Ranma On Roids

This is my favorite fighter series. It's not for everyone. Some say having female fighters is just an excuse for fan service. Some say this series doesn't have enough fan service. But I think it has a good balance. Yes, there is fan service in it, but not gratuitous fan service. Street fighting in a school uniform without at least some up-skirt would just be unnatural.

Maki is a former gymnast who has grown too tall for competition, yet still craves the tension it gave her. So she decides to follow in her father's footsteps and takes up street fighting.

There are some romantic tensions as well, involving one of her girlfriends, and her mystery man, Juliette Sakamoto.

It's not all fighting though. Her little sister, followers and rival provide plenty of comic relief. She's like Girl-Type Ranma on steroids, with less romantic entanglement and more fighting.