Aria the Animation

Drift peacefully into Neo Venezia, a city on the planet Aqua (formerly known as Mars). By the 24th century, humans have found a way to colonize the previously uninhabitable planet. As futuristic as that sounds, Neo Venezia is still teeming with rustic beauty; gondolas on wide canals and waterways are the main mode of transportation. The city itself is a faithful replication of Manhome's (the planet formerly known as Earth) Venice.

To make sure that residents and tourists alike get the most from Neo Venezia's many wonders, companies offering guided tours via gondola were formed, one of which is named Aria Company.

This is the workplace of Akari Mizunashi, a free spirited teenager from Manhome who is now a novice Undine (the title given to tour guides). Join Akari as she becomes intimately acquainted with other Undine, tourists, Neo Venezia's residents, and even the city itself, learning many valuable life lessons along the way, such as the wonderful truth that there are such things as manmade miracles.

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Adaptation:	Aria, Aqua
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Mizunashi, Akari

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Hazuki, Erino
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Hirohashi, Ryou
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Ohara, Sayaka
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Granzchesta, Aika S.

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Saitou, Chiwa
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Glory, Athena

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Kawakami, Tomoko
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Ferrari, Akira E.

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Minagawa, Junko
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Aino, Ai

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Mizuhashi, Kaori
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Maa

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Watanabe, Akeno
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Izumo, Akatsuki

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Nojima, Hirofumi
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Tateishi, Shigeru

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Satou, Junichi

Director, Sound Director, Storyboard, Screenplay, Series Composition

Gotou, Keiji

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation

Fuseki, Kazunobu

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

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"Undine (ウンディーネ)" by Yui Makino

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"Rainbow" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino

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May 11, 2024

Synkiiz

Recommended

Aria the Animation is an amazing experience for people who want to know what the point of this life is or for people who likes a lot a series about nice characters’ daily life. This series is basically the pinnacle of the Slice of Life. Most of the characters have the letter A as their initial of their name. This season is where the journey begins by introducing the characters.

This series has an amazing soundtrack, which was composed by Choro Club and Senoo. It’s really soothing to hear and makes you feel really good. Character design is very good as well. The opening has different ... versions each episode, making it unique and not repetitive, and it’s too hard to skip if you don’t want to miss something in one or other episode.

Characters are very nice and convey a message, which is making effort of things, doing what you like and you are good at, and find the point of life no matter how problematic this be. Akari has a very positive attitude and finds solve all type of problems if she finds them, she is very chill and never gets upset for things that people normally get for, same as Alicia, besides being a talented Undine (which is a word to refer to female gondoliers). Aika is a little relatable because she is very normal in almost every aspect, she is like her teacher, Akira. Alice is a mysterious girl and who some introverted people can relate to. Athena could be another relatable character, especially for beginners at something. The story is lineal but doesn’t bring a large conflict for this moment, there are very touching episodes, every character does what they find very likeable, none seems to dislike what they are doing. World-building is awesome as well, the author understands that Mars is a planet that has 24 months, it could be there many short months or long months. The series explains you how the planet is maintained terraformed, with the help of Salamanders and Gnomes, the first one maintaining the air, oxygen and weather, and the second one maintaining the gravity stable. There is an episode where Aqua’s background is seen.

But the negative side of this show is the pacing, the pacing can be very slow for people who like fast-paced stories and are into shows that blow up their hormones. Besides, there is an episode that could be not for some people, there are some sappy lines about optimism and there is a fat cat that could be obnoxious at times. The animation could not be the best since there are some bad frames, but overall is good for its time.

My personal experience was a smile every episode, a dose of dopamine and serotonin, and relaxation. Give it a try without prejudices and thank you for reading.

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Sep 17, 2023

RESOLVING_POWER

Mixed Feelings

I watched Aria the Animation, also known as season 1 of the Aria anime series. Here are my thoughts:

I like how sci-fi elements were mixed into a comfy SoL show, although this aspect could have been made more prominent. I think I would have found a stronger sci-fi theme more interesting than the generic SoL episodic plots I've seen many iterations of before.

A lot of the characters have catchphrases that don't take long to become annoying, and result in a lot of seemingly repetitive dialogue. The script in general is mediocre and, although there are occasional sentimental moments, it's nothing beyond what I'd ...

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Dec 26, 2017

Dionkeykong

Not Recommended

Danger Danger!Keep out if you can't handle strong language and sarcasm...And humour in general...And if you have some kind of allergy in different opinions..Basically sod off and read something else.

I don't know why i do this to myself..I really don't.I may be a masochist and not even know it.Cause i was hearing them little voices in my head screaming at the top of their imaginary lungs to not watch Aria.Did i listen?Of course not cause as it seems i may have a tendency towards the leather and gag ball end of things.If by any chance you are a goth mistress and on the look for ... a hat stand give me a shout,will ya?

But let's dive into Aria..Not literally,unless you're into cats..No not cats like people with cat ears,i mean cats,those hairy bastards that want to conquer the world,make us their slaves and bathe in a pool full of human blood.If you're a cat owner get rid NOW or forever be doomed.Get a dog,they're loyal and i've seen vids where they're trained to fetch beer from the freezer.

And we hit it off with the story..Or the lack of one.I say that cause the story is the one told in the synopsis and only there,nothing even remote to a story exists in the anime itself.So let's see what the synopsis says:The story takes place on Aqua,formerly known as Mars until they filled it with water 150 years ago,in the city of Neo-Venice,a replica of Earth's Venice.The recreation of Venice is one of the things i liked about Aria.They actually took time to do research in order to include famous Venetian landmarks such as the St Mark’s Basilica,the island of Burano and Plaza San Marco.The architecture and feel of the place is rather accurate,but unlike the real Venice if you happen to fall in the water you don't end up with 2 heads.

Each episode follows some "plot" of some sorts,but as far as i can tell there's no life in this anime's plots.They are just some small adventures everyone has seen in one way or another in other animes.Imagine an anime about someone stopping at a small mart to buy some milk and he realises he doesn't have enough money on him.So he has to go to the bank and take some money and go back to buy the milk..That's it..Nothing even remotely interesting.But you might say:"yeah it has some shit going on here and there"..And that's the problem.The only few surprises that try and spark some life into this corpse are some random shit,like "hey time travel"...As to why and how this happened that remains a mystery.Nothing is being explained.It's just your basic moe cancer with the pleasant feel.And last time i checked moe isn't story or plot it's just ebola through the internet.

As for the characters you have Akari who dreams of being a gondolier at pro level(pilot of the boats Venice is famous for)under the guidance of the wise Obi-Alicia who is blond.Then a weird thing happens as we are being introduced to other characters that their names begin with the letter "A"..I guess the alphabet wasn't invented?Get this for unimaginative naming..Aika who has blue hair,Akira who is the bitchy bitch teacher and Alice who i don't remember what she was doing there.Oh yes....There is a cat like creature that tries endlessly to sag another catlike creature...Soooo....Yeah it's moe..

Animationwise the details in the way the whole world is built and even the water movement and rflections are spot on..The characters themselves are pretty standard.

Songs and VA were ok-ish i think..Maybe they were good and i was sound asleep.

And now i must conclude this review so i can go drink my arse off and forget i even saw this.It isn't bad as such.And what with all these praising reviews and 3 seasons in total i expected something among the lines of a Japanese blockbuster.Unfortunately,little good can be said about this anime but not all of it is bad.I can only say that if you want an anime you can watch with your eyes and brain completely shut,then this is for ya.If you want substance of any sorts,even if it's just a little watch something else.How the hell did this thing manage to get so many seasons?Were you there on the land of the rising sun on drugs or something?Or maybe do you happen to have a weird sense of humour and thought it would be fun to export this shit to the west and stand back and laugh?

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