Set in the early 24th century on a terraformed Mars, now called Aqua, it depicts the life of a young woman named Akari as a trainee gondolier tour guide, or undine, for Aria Company, including her friendships with her mentor, Alicia, and two other trainees, Aika and Alice.
The series was directed by Jun'ichi Satō with character designs by Makoto Koga,[1] and aired on TV Tokyo and TXN-affiliated stations between 2005 and 2008.
A new OVA, called Aria the Avvenire, was released in the 10th anniversary Blu-Ray Box sets of the anime series between 24 December 2015 and 24 June 2016.
Aria is licensed in English in North America by The Right Stuf International, subtitled DVD box sets of all seasons were released between 30 September 2008 and 16 March 2010 under its Nozomi Entertainment.
The first season of Aria consisted of 13 episodes broadcast on TV Tokyo Network stations from 6 October 2005 to 29 December 2005.
[5] In North America, a DVD box set of English subtitled episodes was released on 30 September 2008 by The Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint.
[9] In Italy, the series is licensed by Yamato Video and dubbed episodes were broadcast on the RAI satellite channel SmashGirls starting 20 June 2009.
[10][11] The second season of Aria of 26 episodes was broadcast on TV Tokyo Network stations and AT-X from 2 April 2006 to 24 September 2006.
[5] In North America, the season was released in two box sets of subtitled episodes by The Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint on 29 January and 24 March 2009.
[28] In France, Kaze is scheduled to release the OVA as promotional material for the publication of volume 8 of the Aria manga.
[29] In North America, it was released as part of the season box set of Aria the Origination by The Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint on 16 March 2010.
[32] The opening theme is "Spirale" (スピラーレ) by Yui Makino, and the ending themes are "Kin no Nami Sen no Nami" (金の波 千の波) by Akino Arai for episodes 1–12 and "Undine" (ウンディーネ) by Yui Makino for episode 13.
[34] In France, Kaze began broadcasting subtitled episodes of the third season on 2 June 2008 through Video on Demand,[36] and released DVD box set on 26 November 2008.
[37][38] In North America, was released as a season box set of subtitled episodes by The Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint on 16 March 2010.
Aria the Crepuscolo is a film originally announced on 14 April 2020 to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary as part of the "Blue Curtain Call".
It was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Takahiro Natori, with the main staff members reprising their roles.
Later, Anya and Azusa bring lunch to the Aria company house, where they and Ai discuss another surprise party with Akari to include Athena.
Akari clarifies to a confused Akatsuki that there won't be a house boat party since the others are busy.
After, Aika, Alice, and Akari are driving their gondolas with their mentors and students in the boat, as well as Grandma.