Air Gear

Air Gear, published by Kodansha USA from 2011 to 2018 across 20 issues, is the English-language edition of Oh! Great’s high-octane manga series about street gangs who battle on motorized skates called Air Trecks. The story follows a young delinquent who becomes entangled in the world of these gravity-defying riders and their quest for the legendary "Trophaeum Wheel." Driven by Oh! Great’s kinetic, detailed art, the series became a defining work of early-2000s manga for its fusion of extreme sports, cyberpunk aesthetics, and gang warfare. It matters as a cult favorite that pushed the visual and conceptual boundaries of sports manga into a realm of stylish, airborne combat.