- List of Aria episodes
The following is a list of episodes of the
anime television series "Aria", adapted from thescience fiction manga series "Aria" and "Aqua" byKozue Amano . Set in the early 24th century on aterraformed Mars , now called Aqua, it depicts the life of a young woman named Akari as a traineegondolier tour guide , or undine, for Aria Company, including her friendships with her mentor, Alicia, and two other trainees, Aika and Alice.The anime was produced by
Hal Film Maker as a 54-episode television series comprising two seasons, anoriginal video animation (OVA), and a third season. The series was directed byJunichi Sato , with character designs by Makoto Koga, and broadcast on TV Tokyo Network between 2005 and 2008. The first two seasons have been released on DVD in Japan, with release of the third season on-going as of July 2008."Aria" is licensed in English in North America by
The Right Stuf International . A DVD box set of thesubtitled first season, "Aria the Animation", was released on 30 September 2008 under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint.Episodes
Aria the Animation (season 1)
The first season of "Aria" consisted of 13 episodes broadcast on TV Tokyo Network stations from 6 October 2005 to 29 December 2005. The opening theme is nihongo|"Undine"|ウンディーネ by
Yui Makino and the ending theme is "Rainbow " by Round Table feat. Nino. The episodes were released in Japan on 6 DVDs between 25 January 2006 and 23 June 2006.cite web | url=http://www.ariacompany.net/2nd/dvd_01.htm | title=TVアニメーション「ARIA The NATURAL」公式サイト | publisher=Aria Company | language=Japanese | accessdate=2008-07-02] cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5504&page=28 | title=Aria the Animation (TV) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2008-07-02] In North America, a DVD box set of subtitled episodes is scheduled for release on 2008-09-30 byThe Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint.cite web | url=http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/news/individual/?ForumThreadName=FT0000000416&ReturnTo=Main | title=Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Licenses ARIA Anime | accessdate=2008-05-01] cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=11530 | title=Aria The Animation - Season 1 (Sub.DVD) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2008-07-02]Aria the Origination (season 3)
The third season of "Aria" of 13 episodes was broadcast on TV Tokyo Network stations and AT-X from 7 January 2008 to 31 March 2008,cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8657 | title=Aria the Origination (TV) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2008-07-02] plus a bonus episode released only on DVD.cite web | url=http://www.ariacompany.net/story.html | title=TVアニメーション「ARIA The ORIGINATION」公式サイト | publisher=Aria Company | language=Japanese | accessdate=2008-07-02] The production staff remained largely unchanged from previous seasons. The opening theme is nihongo|"Spirale"|スピラーレ by
Yui Makino , and the ending themes were nihongo|"Kin no Nami Sen no Nami"|金の波 千の波 byAkino Arai for episodes 1–12 and nihongo|"Undine"|ウンディーネ by Yui Makino for episode 13. As of June 2008, three DVDs have been released in Japan, containing the first five episodes plus the "Special Navigation", with additional DVDs containing two episodes each scheduled for monthly releases.cite web | url=http://www.ariacompany.net/dvd.html | title=TVアニメーション「ARIA The ORIGINATION」公式サイト | publisher=Aria Company | language=Japanese | accessdate=2008-07-02]References
External links
* [http://www.ariacompany.net/index2.htm Aria Company official anime website] ja icon
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/aria/index.html TV Tokyo official anime website] ja icon
* [http://aria.rightstuf.com/ Official Right Stuf official website]
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