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Aria the Animation (TV)

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[ adapted from Aria (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Aria the Natural (TV) (sequel)
      Aria the OVA ~Arietta~ (sequel)
        Aria the Origination (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Ария (Russian)
アリア (Japanese)
水星領航員 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: On the planet Aqua lies the watery city of Neo Venezia, a tourist hub in which people travel around in gondolas. Professional gondoliers known as Undines are well-revered as they act as tour guides for the people. Akari Mizunashi is a gondolier in training and also an employee of Aria Company. She gets to meet all sorts of people as she takes them on the gondola rides, from friendly mentors to special individuals, all this admidst the beautiful scenic backdrop of the entire city.
Video:
User Ratings: 682 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 131 votes (sub:125, raw:3, dub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 186 votes (sub:171, dub:8, raw:3, Rus.sub:2, Kor.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 146 votes (sub:137, dub:2, raw:2, Ger.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 109 votes (sub:98, dub:7, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:46, Spa.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 25 votes (sub:23, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:16)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1336 users, rank: #441
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.0216 (Very good+.02), std. dev.: 1.7947, rank: #405
Weighted mean: 7.8258 (Very good-.17), rank: #485
Bayesian estimate: 7.82158 (Very good-.17), rank: #326
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2005-10-05 to 2005-12-28
Releases: We have 12
Opening Theme:
"Undine (ウンディーネ)" by Yui Makino
Ending Theme:
"Rainbow" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    Aria The Animation Sub.DVD

Related releases:
    Aria The Animation - Season 1 (Sub.DVD) 2008-09-30 (from $30.60)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Junichi Sato

Series Composition: Junichi Sato

Scenario:
Ayuna Fujisaki
Reiko Yoshida

Storyboard:
Hiroko Kazui (ED)
Jun Fukuda (ep 5,10)
Junichi Sato (ep 1,2,4,8,11,12)
Kazunobu Fusegi (ep 7,13)
Mamoru Sasaki (ep 6)
Nanako Shimazaki (ep 6)
Yoshio Mukainakano (ep 2)

Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 5,11)
Kazunobu Fusegi (ep 1,2,7,13)
Keiji Gotoh (ep 3)
Kenichi Takeshita (ep 9,11)
Masato Tamagawa (ep 4,8,12)
Nanako Shimazaki (ep 6)
Shintaro Itoga (ep 10,13)
Takahiro Natori (ep 7,10,13)
Yoshio Mukainakano (ep 2)

Music:
Choro Club
Takeshi Senoo

Original creator: Kozue Amano

Character Design: Makoto Koga

Art director: Junichiro Nishikawa

Chief Animation Director: Makoto Koga

Animation director:
Etsuko Sumimoto (ep 4)
Hiroshi Kazui (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Yanase (ep 6,10,12)
Makoto Koga (ep 1,13)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ED)
Masayuki Onchi (ep 11)
Mikio Fujiwara (ep 7)
Tadahito Matsubayashi (ep 8)
Takayuki Hanyuu (ep 6,13)
Takeshi Kusaka (ep 11,13)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 3,7,13)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 5,10)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (ep 9)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 7)
Yuuji Kondou (ep 2)

Director of Photography: Hiroshi Yoshida

Producer:
Shigeru Tateishi
Tetsuo Uchida
Yasutaka Hyuuga

Assistant director: Kazunobu Fusegi

Assistant producer: Takahiro Natori

Casting: Nobue Yoshinaga (Fonicia)

Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami

Design Work: Hiroyuki Kasugai

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Editing Assistant: Kentarou Tsubone

Effects: Toshiya Wada

Illustration:
Junichiro Nishikawa (ED)
Makoto Koga (ED)
Takuya Sodeyama (ED)

In-Between Check:
Hisaya Teshima (ep 1,3,6,7,9,10,11,13)
Kenichi Watanabe (ep 2)
Masahiko Tamaru (ep 2)
Miyuki Abe (ep 4,8,12)
Tatsuji Narita (ep 6,9,10,13)
Tsukasa Nishiyama (ep 1,3,6,7,9,10,11,13)
Tsutomu Yamamoto (ep 2)

Key Animation:
Ai Saito (ep 8)
Akihide Muraji (ep 7,13)
Akihiro Taniguchi (ep 6)
Ayako Suzuki (ep 1)
Chie Hashimoto (ep 3)
Chiho Mifune (ep 2)
Chisato Ikehira (ep 11)
Chisato Kawaguchi (ep 10)
Daiki Harada (ep 11)
Daisuke Kurose (ep 5,11)
Eiichi Yui (ep 7)
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 4,8,12)
Emi Watanabe (ep 8)
Etsushi Mori (ep 1,6)
Fumiaki Sahara (ep 1,3,6,10,11)
Fumie Sasaki (ep 11)
Fumiko Yoshida (ep 1,3)
Haruko Iizuka (ep 4)
Hideki Saijo (ep 1,5)
Hideki Shibuya (ep 6)
Hideo Maru (ep 11)
Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 8)
Hirokazu Ishino (ep 10,13)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 5)
Hironori Hisashima (ep 1,3,5)
Hiroshi Irakawa (ep 3)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 4,8,12)
Hiroyuki Kaidou (ep 1,10,13)
Hiroyuki Ogura (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 5,9)
Hitoshi Yoshida (ep 7)
Issei Kume (ep 4,8,12)
Jouji Matsuoka (ep 4,8)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 7)
Junichiro Taniguchi (ep 5)
Kanta Suzuki (ep 4)
Kaori Higuchi (ep 1,7)
Kaoru Kusanagi (ep 5)
Kasumi Wada (ep 6)
Katsunori Shibata (ep 8,12)
Katsuya Asano (ep 5)
Kayo Ikeda (ep 6,13)
Kazuhiko Yokota (ep 10)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 11)
Kazumi Miwa (ep 7)
Kazunori Takahashi (ep 11)
Kazuo Sakai (ep 3)
Keiji Gotoh (ep 3)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 4)
Keiko Fukumoto (ep 7,10,13)
Keisuke Goto (ep 8)
Kenji Matsuoka (ep 5,12)
Kentaro Tokiwa (ep 4,8,12)
Koichi Hayami (ep 1,5)
Kouichiro Kawano (ep 8)
Kouji Komurakata (ep 5)
Kouji Matsuyama (ep 9)
Kozue Horanai (ep 13)
Maki Kawano (ep 1,5)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 5,13)
Mariko Ito (ep 3)
Mariko Kawamoto (ep 3)
Masahiro Kase (ep 3)
Masahisa Koyata (ep 12)
Masaki Inada (ep 7)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 9,10,13)
Mayumi Oda (ep 5,13)
Megumi Yamazaki (ep 5)
Michinori Shika (ep 5,9)
Mieko Seki (ep 12)
Miho Aoki (ep 8)
Minoru Kawano (ep 5)
Mitsuharu Kazuki (ep 7)
Mitsuhiro Iwasaki (ep 9,13)
Mitsuteru Kubo (ep 12)
Naomi Okita (ep 10)
Naoto Sato (ep 2)
Naoto Umejima (ep 2)
Natsumi Tamura (ep 10)
Noriaki Kobayashi (ep 7)
Noriko Takiyama (ep 8)
Rie Nishihara (ep 11)
Rie Saitou (ep 8)
Ryo Komori (ep 1,3,7,10,11,13)
Ryotarou Akao (ep 7)
Sayo Aoi (ep 5)
Seiji Masuda (ep 3,6)
Shigenori Awai (ep 6,7)
Shinya Kudo (ep 11)
Shinya Nishizawa (ep 11)
Shinya Suzuki (ep 4,8,12)
Shinya Yamada (ep 12,13)
Shuji Tanaka (ep 12)
Shume Matsumoto (ep 3)
Shuuji Takahara (ep 11)
Shuuko Tomita (ep 5)
Taidou Hanafusa (ep 4)
Takaaki Nagano (ep 5)
Takaaki Wada (ep 11,13)
Takao Ozone (ep 3)
Takashi Tsuda (ep 7,10)
Takashi Tsukamoto (ep 4)
Takayuki Hanyuu (ep 6)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 3)
Takeshi Kusaka (ep 1,5,9,10,12,13)
Takeyuki Yanase (ep 10)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 1)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 6)
Teppei Sakai (ep 11)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 10,12)
Tomohito Taira (ep 3)
Tomoka Karino (ep 2)
Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 3,13)
Tomomi Umemura (ep 11)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 10,13)
Toshiyuki Arai (ep 3,7,13)
Tsutomu Yamamoto (ep 2)
Wataru Yamamoto (ep 5)
Yasuhito Murakami (ep 10)
Yoko Iizuka (ep 3, 13 - Seigasha)
Yosuke Yabumoto (ep 13)
Youko Kuboyama (ep 4,8,12)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 1,7,13)
Yuki Hishinuma (ep 7)
Yukie Harada (ep 8)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 1,5)
Yuko Yamamoto (ep 3)
Yuuji Kondou (ep 2)
Yuuko Yoshimi (ep 7)

Layout Director: Masatsugu Arakawa

Music producer: Masao Fukuda

Planning:
Ichiro Seki
Katsunori Haruta
Naoki Nakamura
Yoshihiro Hosaka

Recording Assistant: Hiroki Sawamura

Scanning: Yoshimi Kawakami (ED)

Special Effects:
Hisakazu Sakai (ep 4,8,12)
Takatoshi Abe (ep 1-3,5-7,9-11,13)
Tomomi Ishihara (ep 4,8,12)

Theme Song Arrangement:
Mina Kubota (OP)
Round Table (ED)
Yasushi Sakurai (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ED)
Mina Kubota (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Eri Kawai (OP)
Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Eri Kawai (ep 5, 11 INS)
Nino (ED)
Round Table (ED)
Yui Makino (OP)

 

Erino Hazuki as Akari Mizunashi

Chinami Nishimura as Aria Pokoteng

Chiwa Saito as Aika S. Granzchesta

Junko Minagawa as Akira E. Ferrari

Kaori Mizuhashi as Ai

Ryou Hirohashi as Alice Carroll

Sayaka Ohara as Alicia Florence

Tomoko Kawakami as Athena Glory

Ai Matayoshi as
Girl B (ep 8)
Undine 2 (ep 6)

Akemi Okamura as Agatha (ep 4)

Akeno Watanabe as
Albert Pitt
Maa-shachou

Akira Tomisaka as
Akio (ep 12)
Senior 1 (ep 3)
Undine 1 (ep 6)

Chiwa Saito as Asuna (ep 12)

Eriko Kigawa as
Ai's mother (ep 1)
Ayame (ep 13)
Girl A (ep 8)
Senior 2 (ep 3)
Shin (ep 12)
Undine 'A' (ep 11)

Fumie Mizusawa as Underclassman 1 (ep 3)

Hideki Tasaka as Himeya A (ep 2)

Hirofumi Nojima as Akatsuki Izumo

Hisao Egawa as Akatsuki's brother (ep 3 & 11)

Junko Minagawa as Akira (ep 12)

Kaori Mizuhashi as Hime-shachou

Kouhei Fukuhara as Crowd (ep 12)

Kousuke Toriumi as Arashi (ep 7)

Masayo Kurata as Ami (ep 4 & 13)

Megumi Nasu as Customer (ep 3)

Megumi Toyoguchi as Amelie (ep 7)

Motomu Kiyokawa as Uncle Postman

Ryou Hirohashi as Anita (ep 12)

Shinji Kawada as Performer B (ep 8)

Shinya Fukumatsu as Performer A (ep 8)

Tetsuharu Ohta as Father (ep 13)

Tomohisa Asou as Ai's father (ep 1)

Tomoko Kawakami as Ange (ep 12)

Toshihide Tsuchiya as Old man (ep 12)

Wataru Hatano as Himeya B (ep 2)

Yasuko Hatori as Old lady (ep 10)

Yoko Asada as Akiko Hoshino (ep 12-13)

Yoshiko Matsuo as Grandma (ep 9 & 13)

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Crowd (ep 12)

Yuji Ueda as Udo "Woody" Ayanokohji the 51st

Yuuko Uchiyama as Woman B (ep 1)

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 12)
Dogakobo (ep 11)
Dr. Movie (ep 7,9,10)
E-guardian (ep 12)
EASIA (ep 12)
G&G; Entertainment (ep 11,13)
Mouse (ep 4,8)
Nakamura Production (ep 8,12)
RADIX02 (ep 1)
Studio Lagoon (ep 3)
Studio Ron (ep 8,12)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 12)
White Line (ep 13)

Animation Production: Hal Film Maker

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2005-10-10)
TV Aichi (2005-10-06)
TV Hokkaido (2005-10-11)
TV Osaka (2005-10-05)
TV Q Kyuushuu (2005-10-11)
TV Setouchi (2005-10-12)
TV Tokyo

Digital Paint:
Angle (eps 1,3)
Changzhou New Star Art Co Ltd. (eps 2)
D-COLORS (eps 1,3,6)
Dr. Movie (eps 5,7,9,10)
EASIA (eps 4,8,12)
Front Line (ep 4)
G&G; Entertainment (eps 11,13)
Katori Animation (eps 3,5,6,9,11,13)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 3,5,13)
RADIX02 (ep 1,3)
Studio L (ep 1,3,5,9,10,11,13)
Studio Ron (ep 4,8,12)
ufotable (ep 3)
White Line (ep 13)

Digital Works Collaboration: Production I.G

Editing: Q Tech

Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 13)
Dr. Movie (ep 7,9)
E-guardian (ep 12)
Seigasha (ep 13)
Studio Wanpack (ep 3)
Yumeta Company (ep 11)

Music Collaboration: TV Tokyo Music

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Photography: Studio Cosmos

Production: ARIA Company

Sound Effects: Suwara Production

English staff 
English cast 

Translation:
Mayumi Kobayashi
Neil Nadelman

Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner

Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer: Judy DeFrieze

Extras: Nick Tann

Graphic Design: Phillip Grothus

Website: Eric Hansel

 (none)
English companies 

Licensed by: The Right Stuf International

Production: Nozomi Entertainment

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella

Coordination: Roberta Poggio

Mixing: Massimo Parretti

Post-production: Giovanni Petronaci

Sound Engineer:
Camillo Pellegrino
Sebastiano Greco

 

Benedetta Ponticelli as Akari Mizunashi

Cinzia Massironi as Akira E. Ferrari

Elisabetta Spinelli as Alicia Florence

Federica Valenti as Direttore Aria Pokteng

Giuliana Atepi as Aika S. Granzchesta

Laura Brambilla as Athena Glory

Loretta Di Pisa as Alice Carroll

Maurizio Merluzzo as Akatsuki Izumo

Paolo De Santis as Udo "Woody" Ayanokoji

Serena Clerici as Ai

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: Rai Sat Smash Girls (from 18 May 2009)

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: Raflesia srl

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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