<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2000	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
as	O
an	O
adult	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
later	O
released	O
versions	O
of	O
Air	O
without	O
the	O
erotic	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
arrives	O
in	O
a	O
quiet	O
,	O
seaside	O
town	O
where	O
he	O
meets	O
three	O
girls	O
,	O
one	B-Application
of	O
whom	O
is	O
the	O
key	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
his	O
journey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
best-selling	O
PC	B-Device
game	O
sold	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
charted	O
in	O
the	O
national	O
top	O
50	O
several	O
more	O
times	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
adult	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
scenes	O
with	O
sexual	O
CGs	O
depicting	O
Yukito	O
and	O
a	O
given	O
heroine	O
having	O
sex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Main	O
scenario	O
writer	O
Jun	O
Maeda	O
commented	O
that	O
he	O
prefers	O
to	O
include	O
mothers	O
in	O
games	O
if	O
given	O
the	O
choice	O
between	O
only	O
including	O
a	O
mother	O
or	O
a	O
father	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
what	O
happened	O
with	O
Air	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
backs	O
this	O
up	O
by	O
noting	O
that	O
in	O
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
women	O
are	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
anyway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	B-Application
of	O
the	O
sub-themes	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
young	O
adult	B-Application
,	O
Yukito	O
sometimes	O
acts	O
childishly	O
if	O
provoked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yukito	O
tends	O
to	O
be	O
helpful	O
to	O
those	O
around	O
him	O
while	O
trying	O
to	O
earn	O
any	O
money	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
his	O
best	B-Device
to	O
look	O
after	O
Misuzu	O
in	O
the	O
Dream	O
arc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
young	O
adult	B-Application
,	O
he	O
has	O
been	O
traveling	O
around	O
Japan	O
in	O
continuation	O
of	O
his	O
late	O
mother	O
's	O
search	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
girl	O
in	O
the	O
sky	O
"	O
who	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
family	O
legend	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
cursed	O
to	O
spend	O
eternity	O
all	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
1,000	O
years	O
prior	O
during	O
the	O
Heian	O
period	O
,	O
Kanna	O
is	O
one	B-Application
of	O
the	O
last	O
winged	O
beings	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
held	O
prisoner	O
at	O
a	O
Shinto	O
shrine	O
for	O
much	O
of	O
her	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kanna	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
executed	O
following	O
a	O
political	O
change	O
in	O
the	O
Imperial	O
Court	O
,	O
but	O
she	O
escapes	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Ryūya	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
her	O
samurai	B-Application
guard	O
,	O
and	O
her	O
loyal	O
retainer	O
Uraha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
eventually	O
weakens	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
go	O
away	O
entirely	O
,	O
allowing	O
Kanna	O
to	O
continuously	O
reincarnate	O
as	O
a	O
human	O
girl	O
,	O
with	O
Misuzu	O
being	O
one	B-Application
such	O
reincarnation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hisaya	O
's	O
resignation	O
resulted	O
in	O
Maeda	O
leading	O
the	O
planning	O
for	O
Key	O
's	O
next	O
work	O
,	O
with	O
Maeda	O
wanting	O
to	O
produce	O
something	O
different	O
from	O
not	O
only	O
Kanon	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
Moon	B-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
and	O
One	B-Application
:	I-Application
Kagayaku	I-Application
Kisetsu	I-Application
e	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
that	O
Maeda	O
and	O
other	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
Key	O
worked	O
on	O
previously	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
brand	O
Tactics	O
under	O
video	O
game	O
publisher	O
Nexton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
for	O
Air	O
was	O
one	B-Application
of	O
several	O
types	O
of	O
stories	O
Maeda	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
write	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
chose	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
what	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
Air	O
after	O
careful	O
consideration	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
taking	O
into	O
account	O
the	O
responses	O
from	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
played	O
Kanon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
writer	O
and	O
critic	O
Shūichirō	O
Sarashina	O
,	O
a	O
common	O
aspect	O
of	O
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
to	O
treat	O
the	O
individual	O
heroine	O
routes	O
equally	O
,	O
producing	O
a	O
coherent	O
narrative	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
sum	O
of	O
its	O
parts	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
notes	O
that	O
Kanon	O
also	O
followed	O
this	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maeda	O
focused	O
on	O
straying	O
from	O
this	O
pattern	O
because	O
he	O
wanted	O
players	O
to	O
experience	O
the	O
entire	O
story	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
still	O
wanted	O
its	O
content	O
to	O
be	O
enjoyable	O
as	O
a	O
bishōjo	B-Application
game	I-Application
so	O
that	O
as	O
many	O
people	O
as	O
possible	O
would	O
be	O
satisfied	O
by	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Maeda	O
and	O
Suzumoto	O
,	O
Takashi	O
Ishikawa	O
is	O
also	O
listed	O
as	O
one	B-Application
of	O
the	O
main	O
scenario	O
writers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
planning	O
stage	O
,	O
Maeda	O
did	O
not	O
specifically	O
include	O
adult	B-Application
content	O
due	O
at	O
least	O
in	O
part	O
to	O
his	O
self-described	O
inability	O
to	O
write	O
detailed	O
sex	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maeda	O
believed	O
that	O
people	O
would	O
have	O
bought	O
the	O
game	O
even	O
without	O
adult	B-Application
content	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
this	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
impossible	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suzumoto	O
pointed	O
out	O
how	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
sex	O
scenes	O
in	O
Kanon	O
could	O
be	O
avoided	O
,	O
and	O
although	O
this	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
how	O
Air	O
is	O
structured	O
,	O
Suzumoto	O
was	O
one	B-Application
of	O
the	O
writers	O
who	O
made	O
it	O
so	O
that	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
sex	O
scenes	O
in	O
Air	O
would	O
be	O
unavoidable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Air	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
adult	B-Application
game	I-Application
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
,	O
playable	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
PC	I-Application
as	O
a	O
2-disc	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
released	O
on	O
all	O
ages	O
version	O
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
adult	B-Application
version	O
called	O
the	O
Air	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
2000/XP	O
as	O
a	O
DVD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
all	O
ages	O
version	O
of	O
Air	O
compatible	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
PCs	B-Device
was	O
released	O
by	O
Key	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
box	O
set	O
containing	O
five	O
other	O
Key	O
visual	O
novels	O
called	O
Key	O
10th	O
Memorial	O
Box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
updated	O
all	O
ages	O
version	O
compatible	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
PCs	B-Device
called	O
Air	O
Memorial	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
consumer	O
console	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
(	O
DC	O
)	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
by	O
NEC	O
Interchannel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
also	O
by	O
NEC	O
Interchannel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Best	B-Device
"	O
version	O
on	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
was	O
bundled	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
Key	O
3-Part	O
Work	O
Premium	O
Box	O
"	O
package	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Kanon	O
and	O
Clannad	B-Application
released	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prototype	O
later	O
released	O
a	O
VGA	B-Protocol
edition	O
produced	O
by	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
playable	O
on	O
FOMA	O
phones	O
on	O
February	O
5	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Dream	O
story	O
arc	O
playable	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
containing	O
the	O
Summer	O
and	O
Air	O
arcs	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	O
version	O
Air	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
one	B-Application
without	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
one	B-Application
with	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
including	O
Yukito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2013	O
:	O
an	O
adult	B-Application
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
an	O
all	O
ages	O
version	O
playable	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
(	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
by	O
Prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
downloadable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
release	O
via	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Prototype	O
on	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
(	O
PSV	B-Device
)	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Prototype	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
PSV	B-Device
and	O
Switch	O
versions	O
contained	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
version	O
of	O
Yūichi	O
Suzumoto	O
's	O
short	O
story	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
Summer	O
story	O
arc	O
about	O
how	O
Kanna	O
and	O
Uraha	O
met	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
voice	O
acting	O
for	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
was	O
later	O
changed	O
for	O
the	O
DC	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
except	O
for	O
Yukito	O
included	O
full	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
,	O
PSV	B-Device
and	O
Switch	O
versions	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
full	O
voice	O
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
the	O
two	O
volumes	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
15	O
main	O
chapters	O
(	O
nine	O
in	O
volume	O
one	B-Application
and	O
six	O
in	O
volume	O
two	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
bonus	O
chapters	O
included	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
volume	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
three	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
one	B-Application
month	O
increments	O
after	O
the	O
second	O
batch	O
of	O
three	O
drama	O
CDs	O
went	O
on	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anime	O
also	O
follows	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
splitting	O
the	O
series	O
into	O
three	O
parts	O
;	O
Dream	O
(	O
episodes	O
one	B-Application
through	O
seven	O
)	O
,	O
Summer	O
(	O
episodes	O
eight	O
and	O
nine	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Air	O
(	O
episodes	O
10	O
through	O
12	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
recap	O
episode	O
(	O
episode	O
13	O
)	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
conclusion	O
of	O
the	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
a	O
mini-series	O
which	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Summer	O
arc	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
called	O
Air	B-Application
in	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
aired	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
and	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
week	O
later	O
on	O
BS-i	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Air	B-Application
in	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
consisted	O
of	O
two	O
episodes	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
staff	O
as	O
the	O
anime	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DVD	O
for	O
Air	B-Application
in	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Air	O
became	O
one	B-Application
of	O
the	O
first	O
anime	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Blu-ray	O
Disc	O
format	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
12	O
main	O
episodes	O
and	O
two	O
Air	B-Application
in	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
episodes	O
were	O
licensed	O
for	O
North	O
American	O
distribution	O
by	O
ADV	O
Films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MVM	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
a	O
UK	O
DVD	O
release	O
of	O
Air	O
with	O
Air	B-Application
in	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
soon	O
become	O
friends	O
and	O
a	O
story	O
one	B-Application
thousand	O
years	O
old	O
begins	O
to	O
unfold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bonus	O
symphony	B-Operating_System
CD	O
titled	O
Shinwa	O
e	O
no	O
Izanai	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
special	O
edition	O
Air	O
film	O
DVD	O
on	O
August	O
5	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
national	O
ranking	O
of	O
how	O
well	O
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
sold	O
nationally	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Air	O
PC	B-Device
release	O
premiered	O
at	O
number	O
one	B-Application
in	O
the	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
regular	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
Air	O
PC	B-Device
release	O
premiered	O
at	O
number	O
13	O
,	O
ranked	O
in	O
at	O
number	O
41	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
ranking	O
,	O
and	O
42	O
in	O
the	O
ranking	O
after	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Device
all	O
ages	O
version	O
premiered	O
at	O
number	O
seven	O
in	O
the	O
rankings	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
final	O
ranking	O
at	O
30	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
ranking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Air	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
premiered	O
at	O
number	O
one	B-Application
in	O
the	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
42,445	O
units	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
highest	O
selling	O
console	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
that	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
scored	O
this	O
version	O
a	O
30	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
ultimately	O
sold	O
50,406	O
units	O
to	O
rank	O
as	O
the	O
53rd	O
highest	O
selling	O
Japanese	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
ever	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
of	O
Jun	O
Maeda	O
and	O
Yūichi	O
Suzumoto	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
both	O
surprised	O
to	O
find	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
Japanese	O
public	O
(	O
in	O
March	O
2001	O
)	O
felt	O
Air	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
soothing	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
Maeda	O
and	O
Suzumoto	O
made	O
it	O
clear	O
that	O
this	O
impression	O
is	O
completely	O
at	O
odds	O
with	O
their	O
impression	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
remark	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
not	O
one	B-Application
person	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Air	O
who	O
thought	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
such	O
as	O
Eternal	O
Fighter	O
Zero	O
-Blue	O
Sky	O
Edition	O
-	O
by	O
Twilight	O
Frontier	O
where	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
playable	O
characters	O
either	O
came	O
from	O
Air	O
or	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
Key	O
games	O
Kanon	O
or	O
One	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
October	O
2007	O
issue	O
of	O
Dengeki	O
G	O
's	O
Magazine	O
,	O
poll	O
results	O
for	O
the	O
50	O
best	B-Device
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
