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AIR is a ren'ai game created by Key, who also created Kanon and, later, Clannad. Although created as a PC H game for adults, this game has minimal ecchi scenes. Later, a version without ecchi scenes, dubbed the "All Ages Version", was released on PC (without voice acting), Dreamcast (with almost full voice acting) and PlayStation 2 (with full voice acting).
AIR is famous for its complex and touching story, while the music in game also receive high praise, especially the opening song 鳥の詩 (Tori no Uta; literally, Bird's Song) and insertion song aozora (Literal: Blue Sky).
Animation and movie
A anime based on the game is in the works and will air on TBS's BS-i satellite broadcasting network. The first AIR anime episode, Kaze ~breeze~, was aired on January 6th, 2004.
The anime series is twelve episodes, though the Moonphase Diary (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/) reports that a screen from the AIR TV promo clip in a magazine claims a fifteen episode series (http://moonphase.web.infoseek.co.jp/commonCG/20050106b.jpg). However, this information is unconfirmed at the time of writing.
Also, on November 17th, 2004, a teaser DVD named AIR ~prelude~ was produced containing interviews with the cast, clean opening and ending sequences, and promotional footage of the anime itself. It is a limited edition DVD, with only 20,000 copies produced.
Also, a movie, animated by Toei, the same team who worked on the Kanon anime, premiered in Japanese theaters on February 5, 2005.
Fan translation
No official English translation of AIR exists (or is planned), but a fan translation was available for a significant amount of the game for English-speaking fans who owned the original game until around December 2004 when the project was closed down due to personal reasons.
A Chinese fan translation of the game and all in game dialogue (in text file format) is also available.
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