Air (Season 1)

Air (AIR, 2005) is a Japanese anime series from Kyoto Animation you can watch online on iFILM, based on the visual novel by Key and directed by Tatsuyuki Ishihara.

Yukito Kunisaki drifts from town to town performing puppet shows, chasing a childhood tale his mother told him about a Winged Maiden — a girl bound to the sky by a curse laid down centuries ago. He settles briefly in a quiet coastal village and meets Misuzu, an unusual girl who keeps dreaming of rising into the air with wings on her back. Running alongside this present-day story is a medieval thread following a young samurai and his wife trying to protect the last winged maiden from warlords who want her power as a weapon.

Air is about grief passed down through bloodlines, not action or straightforward romance. Newcomers to Key's visual novel style should expect deliberate pacing. Stream all episodes of Air online on iFILM.