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“Akari doubts leading Aria Company; Alicia shares past struggles, guiding her toward confidence and future dreams.”
Aria the OVA: Arietta
ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~ (アリア ジ オーブイエー ~アリエッタ~)
7.99
732 rank · 41,926 viewers · 81 favorites
Sci-Fi
Slice of Life
Iyashikei
Shounen
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Synopsis
Akari doubts leading Aria Company; Alicia shares past struggles, guiding her toward confidence and future dreams.
Akari Mizunashi dreams of life after attaining her goal of becoming a Prima Undine, but upon waking realizes that she might not actually have the confidence to run Aria Company on her own. Wary of the future, she seeks advice from her mentor Alicia Florence—one of the three great "Water Fairies" of Neo-Venezia. Much to Akari's surprise, Alicia reveals her own struggles of the past, but also shares the steps she took in overcoming her self-doubt of running the company and taking on an apprentice. Finding solace in her teacher's words, Akari prepares to embrace whatever trials she must overcome on her path toward achieving her dreams.
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 10
σ 1.49
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.49 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.33
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Feb 2026
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Let's dive right into this. STORY Compared to the usual stuff from the series, this episode is more relevant to the characters themselves, namely Alicia and Akari, and reveals that Alicia does have...”
- 7 “Aria the OVA: Arietta serves as a solid bridge for this franchise to enter the era of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Most aspects of the animation remain just as strong as the previous seasons, but with...”
- 9 “It's surprising how a single OVA from a well known series can actually serve to improve the entire show and, whilst this is still very much a rarity for most anime, the Aria franchise is, happily,...”
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Medium · 83%
Long · 17%
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- Format 1 × 30′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 30m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2007 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-2351 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Media Factory Producer
- Shochiku Producer
- AT-X Producer
Licensed by
- Nozomi Entertainment Licensor