Air Gear

Air Gear is a shounen manga series written and illustrated by Ito Ogure (whose name is often stylized as Oh!Great). An anime adaptation aired in 2006.
==Fandom==
Air Gear was popular in both Japan and Western countries, with dubs in multiple languages. The series had a lot of female fans despite being an ecchi series.citation needed In 2003, Akito and Agito Wanijima topped Weekly Shonen Jump's character popularity contest, despite their very recent introduction in the series, due to a large number of votes from female readers. Ringo placed second, with Ikki in third place.Oh! Great 2016, Air Gear Omnibus Volume 2, Kodansha Comics By volume 15, there was a big sway towards Kazu and Aeon, based on fan letters to the series. Oh! Great 2016, Air Gear Omnibus Volume 5, Kodansha Comics 
Several hentai doujinshi have been created for Air Gear, including a few harem-style with Ikki and all his love interests from the series (typically all the female love interests and Akito).
English-speaking fandom typically sprung up around the anime in 2006.
Due to the series' many LGBT characters, the fandom gained a dedicated slash shipping fanbase, with Akito/Agito as the most prevalent ship.
Air Gear also won the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2006.
==Reaction to Series==
It's often debated what decisions in the manga were most likely to be the original plan and what was shaped by editing, popularity, and the general culture of the industry. English-speaking fandom lamented Oh! Great's decision to have Emily body-swap with John Omaha for what would have been her most prevalent role in the series, and some question Aeon's return.
A significant amount of conversation in fandom surrounds the legitimacy of the science in Air Gear. While it's accepted many things in the manga are simply impossible, even with Oh! Great's explanation, some fans have spent time on the possibility of recreating the technology of the air trecks.
Notably, Thundrblade made reference to Air Gear in a promo for their development testing.
===Shipping===
Due to the harem style of Ikki's love interests, it is common for fans to refer to all of them as the "Ikki Bowl" when talking about the competition of who he would end up with.
* Itsuki Minami/Ringo Noyamano, a canon het ship
* Itsuki Minami/Kururu Sumeragi, a het ship based on a canon crush
* Itsuki Minami/Simca, a het ship based on a canon crush
* Itsuki Minami/Akito Wanijima, a yaoi ship based on a canon crush
* Itsuki Minami/Kazuma Mikura, a non-canon yaoi ship
* Kazuma Mikura/Emily Adachi, a canon het ship
* Akito Wanijima/Agito Wanijima, a non-canon yaoi ship
* Agito Wanijima/Yayoi Nakayama, a het ship based on a canon crush
* Akira Udou/Agito Wanijima, a non-canon yaoi ship
* Kaito Wanijima/Lind Wanijima, a yaoi incest ship
* Lind Wanijima/Vercingetorix, a non-canon yaoi ship
* Spitfire/Yasuyoshi Sano, a yaoi ship based on a canon crush
* Spitfire/Ine Makigami, a het ship based on a canon crush
* Sora Takeuchi/Rika Noyamano, a canon het ship
* Sora Takeuchi/Kilik, a yaoi ship
* Issa Mihotoke/Vercingetorix, a non-canon yaoi ship
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
File:Acato and Agato.jpg | source
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===Fanfics===
* Some Nights by MarineHaddock, a T-rated Agito and Akito fic.
* A Windy Night by MarineHaddock, an E-rated Sora Takeuchi/Kilik fic.
===Meta===
* Beauty and the Beast and the Babyface by lovedoesthat, a Akito/Ikki ship manifesto
* Enclave by MarineHaddock, a Sora Takeuchi/Kilik ship manifesto
==Resources==
* Air Gear at Baka-Updata Manga
* air_treck, an Air Gear LiveJournal community
* Air Gear Link Collection at air_treck
* Air Gear and Air Gear crossovers at FanFiction.net
* Air Gear fanworks at AO3
==References==
Category: Air Gear