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date = "2021-06-01T01:04:00+00:00"
publishdate = "2023-12-29T07:08:55+00:00"
title = "Aria The Animation"
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author = "Thedro"
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The story of {{< sidenote mark="Aria" set="left" >}} This
[Anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime) happens to be my all time favorite.
{{< /sidenote >}} takes place on planet Aqua, a
[terraformed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming) Mars in the `24th`
century. Mars is called Aqua because it is a planet filled with endless amounts
of water. Akari, our protagonist travels to Aqua from man--home (Earth) with the
dream of becoming an {{< sidenote mark="Undine" set="right" >}} Female tour
guides in Neo Venetsia are called
[Undines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine) which roughly translates to
"water fairy". {{< /sidenote >}} in the city of Neo
{{< sidenote mark="Venetsia." set="left" >}} Neo Venetsia takes inspiration from
the Venice of Italy, hence the name New Venice. {{< /sidenote >}} Akari's
journey begins at the humble Aria Company which consists of only one Undine
named Alicia Florence.

Aria is told mainly in three parts,
[Aria The Animation,](https://myanimelist.net/anime/477/Aria_the_Animation)
[Aria The Natural,](https://myanimelist.net/anime/962/Aria_the_Natural) and
[Aria The Origination.](https://myanimelist.net/anime/3297/Aria_the_Origination)
The canonical order looks more like this.

1. [Aria The Animation](https://myanimelist.net/anime/477/Aria_the_Animation)
2. [Aria The Natural](https://myanimelist.net/anime/962/Aria_the_Natural)
3. [Aria The Arietta](https://myanimelist.net/anime/2563/Aria_the_OVA__Arietta)
4. [Aria The Origination](https://myanimelist.net/anime/3297/Aria_the_Origination)
5. [Aria The Avvenire](https://myanimelist.net/anime/29893/Aria_the_Avvenire)
6. [Aria The Crepuscolo](https://myanimelist.net/anime/41674/Aria_the_Crepuscolo)
7. [Aria The Benedizione](https://myanimelist.net/anime/48411/Aria_the_Benedizione)

The beauty of
{{< marginimage mark="Aria" set="right" source="/images/aria-the-animation-company.png" >}}
The Aria Company {{< /marginimage >}} is that it manages to capture many
disparate nuances of the
{{< marginimage mark="human" set="left" source="/images/aria-the-animation-aika-ai-akari.png" >}}
Aika, Ai, and Akari on a gondola {{< /marginimage >}} element into the story and
animation. This is very difficult to do, but in pulling this off the story
becomes multi--dimensional, which epitomizes the
[slice of life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_of_life) genre. This is
realized beautifully in
[Aria The Origination.](https://myanimelist.net/anime/3297/Aria_the_Origination)
The story just leaves you smiling. The dystopian science fiction aspects are
neatly tucked away because the story is told in a such calm and natural way.

> "There are some people who are rich and stay in beautiful places but are still
> unhappy. There are some people who are poor, but happy. In the end, happiness
> or sadness, only the person can determine."
> {{< footer >}}Alicia Florence{{< /footer >}}

> "No sappy lines allowed."
> {{< footer >}}Aika{{< /footer >}}

## Music

The classical guitar is featured prominently throughout the show, by a
{{< sidenote mark="group" set="left" >}} Yes, looked it up. {{< /sidenote >}}
called [Choro Club.](http://www.choroclub.com/) The string technique isn't
overly classical as it still improvises around core melodies, but it's easy to
identify due to the extremely {{< sidenote mark="unique" set="right" >}} See the
[Choro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro) genre. {{< /sidenote >}} playing
style. The improvisations have enough targeted complexity to not to be
completely memorable. That means it's easy to listen to over and over again.
Here's a few of my favorites.

1. [Dream of Gondola](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs6A_3rMdsI&list=PL-eC5fldSMeuxdeJvnEiWUewJSgDVFx5U&index=3)
2. [Unga wa Meguru](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye6bOOG-TJ0)
3. [Natsu no Yousei](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8601uyNO1r4)
4. [Samba de Aqua](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2RNELP3uFY)
5. [Tooi Kobune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bABuq-u3Xk)
6. [Yuunagi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rohun31bc4)