Aria (manga)
Aqua (Japaneseアクア) is a Japanese manga illustrator Kozue Amano from the year 2001. The series was later continued under the title Aria (アリア) and it created three anime television series. In addition, an OVA was produced.
The series is about a world in which Mars has been colonized and is mostly covered by water. The work can be the genres of drama and science fiction assign.
- 2.1 Aqua
- 2.2 Aria
- 3.1 synchronization
- 3.2 Music
- 4.1 Radio Play
- 4.2 Books
Content
World
At the beginning of 23 century, Mars was made habitable for humans. Large parts of the planet is covered by water, which is why it was renamed in Aqua.
At Aqua, there is a city called Neo - Venezia, which is a replica of the earth of Venice. There are allowed to drive in the channels only gondolas, all other traffic goes through the air. With the gondolas mainly tourists. They are guided by so-called Undine, female gondolier who also sing and run through the city. Among the companies that operate the gondolas, there are three particularly known: the Aria Company, the company and the company Himeya Orange Planet. All companies usually have a de jure the same blue-eyed cat as a director (de facto: mascot ) because they apply to Aqua as a special good luck charm. The fact that this naming convention is not always respected shows, for example, Director of Maa Orange Planet. These cats are also very intelligent, though they can not talk.
A aquarianisches year lasts exactly two Earth years, making it an own era ( AC: AquaCalendar ) is with 24 months per year, with each six months constitute a season. The inhabitants of the planet celebrate her "real" birthday only once a year aquarianischen; 12 months offset in the AC calendar celebrate "Additional Birthday".
Aqua is a world in which there are many unexplained phenomena, a world of spirits, dreams and miracles, but there unnoticed by most residents, for these are just tales and legends.
Action
The girl Akari Mizunashi comes from Earth to Neo - Venezia, to be Undine there. To fulfill this dream, she began an apprenticeship at the Aria Company. Her teacher is Alicia Florence, one of the three best undines the city. Soon they became friends with Aika S. Granzchesta of Himeya and Alice Carroll of Orange Planet, which are also apprentices. In the following time trying Akari and her friends to be the best undines the city. During her trips around the city they encounter a variety of people and stories.
Although keep in the course of the 14 volumes (2 Aqua, Aria, and 12 months) and the different seasons on aqua feed, the entire action takes place in the years 2301 to 2303 from. These four Earth years would equal 2 aquarianischen years, but it takes at least three full years in the Aquarian course of action.
Characters
Akari Mizunashi (水 无 灯 里)
Alicia Florence (アリシア·フローレンス)
Aika S. Granzchesta (蓝 华· S ·グラン チェスタ)
Alice Carroll (アリス·キャロル)
Akatsuki Izumo (出 云 暁)
Manga
Aqua
The manga Aqua Kozue Amano appeared from July 2001 to October 2002 in the magazine Stencil of the publisher Enix. The chapters have been summarized ( tankōbon ) in two anthologies.
The series has been translated, among others, in English, French, Spanish and Italian. The two volumes were published by the German publisher Tokyopop in September 2006 and January 2007. The translation is by Keiko Ando.
Aria
As of November 2002, the series was published under the title Aqua Aria in the magazine Comic Blade by Mag Garden. The series should be completed with the publication of the final chapter in April 2008. The manga is published also summarized in twelve tankōbon.
The manga was translated into English, Spanish and Italian. In German the manga appeared incomplete in two volumes on August 28, 2006 and December 1, 2006 at Tokyopop. A new edition was published on December 22, 2009 also at Tokyopop and was completed on March 10, 2011 in six double volumes.
Anime
In 2005, the studio Hal Filmmaker a 13- episode anime television series to manga Aria produced under the title Aria The Animation. This Junichi Sato directed, character design designed Makoto Koga and took over the artistic direction Junichiro Nishikawa. The series was broadcast on 5 October 2005 on the transmitter TV Osaka, a few days later, the broadcasts began on the channels AT- X, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Q Kyushu, TV Setochi and TV Tokyo. The first broadcast on TV Osaka lasted until 28 December 2005.
2006, a second season with 26 episodes under the title The Natural Aria was produced, in which the artistic direction of Hiroshi Yoshikawa was taken. On the production and studios GAINAX and Production IG were involved. The season was aired on April 2, 2006 to September 24, 2006 on the channels AT- X, TV Aichi, TV Osaka and TV Tokyo.
On September 21, 2007, a 30-minute OVA was released, entitled Aria The OVA ~ Arietta ~. The OVA was previously sent on September 2 on the transmitter AT -X.
A third season titled Aria The Origination was produced in 2007 and 2008. In this season Kenichi Tajiri was artistic director. The series with 13 episodes aired from January 7 to March 31, 2008 on the channels AT- X, TV Aichi, TV Osaka and TV Tokyo.
The first two seasons of the show were sent by the transmitter Animax in South Korea. The American company Right Stuf licensed the anime for North America and want to publish these on DVD in September 2008.
Synchronization
Music
The music of the series was produced by Choro Club and Takeshi Senoo. As preload title of the first season was used Undine by Yui Makino, as the credits Rainbow by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino. In the second season following songs were used:
Leader
- Euforia by Yui Makino
- Undine by Yui Makino
- Euforia ~ Hikigatari ver ~ by Yui Makino
Credits
- Natsumachi ROUND TABLE feat. Nino
- Smile Again by Erino Hazuki
- Rainbow by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino
For the OVA Nanairo no Sora o of SONOROUS was used as a biasing song Ashita, Yuugure Made of Erino Hazuki for the end credits. The biasing song of the third season, Spiral, was sung by Yui Makino, the credits title Kin no Nami Sen no Nami was produced by Akino Arai.
Other adaptations
Radioplay
At Aria and Aqua several audio plays released on CD. The characters of other speakers as in the anime are spoken.
It appeared to Aqua and Aria several artbooks and a guide through the world of Aqua.
In addition, in January 2008, published two Novels Light in Mag Garden. Mizu no Miyako no Monogatari to Kanashiki Utahime (水 の 都 と 哀しき 歌姫 の 物語) was written by Ayuna Fujisaki. The second, Shiki no Kaze no Okurimono (四季 の 風 の 贈り物) comes from Mari Okada, Ayuna Fujisaki, Tatsuhiko and Reiko Yoshida Urahata.
Reception
Dirk Deppey from the comic journal speaks at Aqua and Aria from " one of the best comic series for elementary school girls " and " a masterpiece of storytelling and illustration ." The series has been praised for the magic of the images and the futuristic world. The drawings clearly his detailed and the lines. According to Christel Scheja Splash Comics is what the story of the enthusiasm for a job that you have dreamed of and friendship between colleagues. The drawings are warm and the plot tells quiet and very contemplative. However, it lacks tension and highlights.
The anime was chosen in a poll by the transmitter TV Asahi in 2006 among the 100 most popular TV - anime.