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“Three apprentice gondoliers from rival companies explore Neo Venezia's mysteries while training to become Prima Undines.”
Aria the Natural
ARIA The NATURAL
8.17
484 rank · 86,113 viewers · 839 favorites
Sci-Fi
Slice of Life
Iyashikei
Shounen
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Synopsis
Three apprentice gondoliers from rival companies explore Neo Venezia's mysteries while training to become Prima Undines.
Akari Mizunashi continues her training to become a Prima Undine (a professional tour guide gondolier) along with her friends Aika and Alice in the peaceful city of Neo Venezia. Despite the fact that these three girls are from competing companies, they are constantly together, learning more about how to become better tour guides and more about the mysteries of Neo Venezia. As the group continues to meet interesting and unforgettable people through their daily routines, they will also come closer to the secrets that make the enigmatic and ever beautiful city of Neo Venezia so warm and alive. Welcome back to Neo Venezia: the city where miracles can be created by hand.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 25 viewers settled on.
96%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.20
Running avg · Jun 2007 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This series for me wasn't so much of a sequel, but more of a natural progression of the original. Due to the relaxed nature of the first, it simply continues where ARIA the Animation left off and...”
- 10 “Aria is for me the greatest folklore tale of anime, this is absolutely relaxing and the characters fit great for that concept. You'll find sometimes huge creature like Cath Sith, more swag than...”
- 9 “In season 2, actually there are not many changes from season 1, but I don't think it's that important because this anime has its own distinctive style to make the audience enjoy it. And I think...”
Verbosity
Short · 8%
Medium · 32%
Long · 60%
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- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2006 – Sep 2006 Spring 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-0868 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Shochiku Producer
- Mag Garden Producer
Licensed by
- Nozomi Entertainment Licensor