(L) Aria the Natural

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by StarCreator

Check again on that one. =p

Oh i know, i just wanted to safe you from the off-topicness.

Originally Posted by StarCreator

It's too bad that one of the cuter chapters in volume 6 will probably not be animated, since the anime will probably not return to winter by the end.

From the sound of it, the chapter you're talking about sounds to be one of the best.. you know with the word cute being used and all - but it would be a lil' daft landing back in winter for the end.. maybe it'll work without winter?

[StarCreator]

Originally Posted by Angelsama

From the sound of it, the chapter you're talking about sounds to be one of the best.. you know with the word cute being used and all - but it would be a lil' daft landing back in winter for the end.. maybe it'll work without winter?

Well, it wasn't really long enough to justify being animated anyways... but then again, neither was the caffè latte chapter. ^^; But, it has to be in the middle for this particular chapter to work, since it involves:

Spoiler:

Giant snowballs.

I guess the chapter really isn't anything special, but I find it absolutely adorable. ^^;

[Shiroth]

Gaah.. i just wanna read this chapter you're on about! ;_;

[Shiroth]

Sorry for double post, but i didn't feel it was right to edit the post above me.

I just gotta say - episode 04 was so heartwarming! ^___________^

This episode was so simple, yet so amazing to watch - times like these i'm happy my Father's a postman.. ^^;;

& the cute-ness of Akari just keeps getting better & better.. what with:








She's wonderful! >.<

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Angelsama

I just gotta say - episode 04 was so heartwarming! ^___________^

This episode was so simple, yet so amazing to watch

You've got that right! At first I was thinking "how can they make a whole episode about delivering the mail", but that was just really, really well done. Incredibly touching and I'd even say with a message relevant to today's world. I really like this series a lot. (Still sort of puzzling over whether I should even attempt to build the papercraft that came with DVD 4 of the first season... )

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

(Still sort of puzzling over whether I should even attempt to build the papercraft that came with DVD 4 of the first season... )

Ooo.. if you don't mind - would you be able to take a few screenshots? ^^;

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Angelsama

Ooo.. if you don't mind - would you be able to take a few screenshots? ^^;

Haha - okay, I'll do it in a bit. I guess I'd better post it in the original series thread, though, since it's for season one. Speaking of merchandise, I'm looking forward to the OST coming out in a few weeks (May 24th). And it looks like the last disc of the first season will come with 3 episodes instead of 2, so DVDs for this second season will start in late-July. Here's to hoping for two more nice artboxes!

[Shiroth]

I'm wishing i started to buy the DVD's now.. maybe i'll start to back-track through them.

& thanks, i'll be looking forward to the screenshots. ^^

[Sonhex]

Ep4 was wonderful, but I noticed a little continuity error at 05.09...

Spoiler:

...President Aria is wearing the Mailman's hat in the gondola before they reach the Mail office.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Sonhex

Spoiler:

...President Aria is wearing the Mailman's hat in the gondola before they reach the Mail office.

I noticed that as they're were on there way to the post office.. but then it left my mind when Aria was given a postman's hat.

[kron]

2nd season has animated a few manga chapters that i quite liked but i guess the manga is simply unmatched.

anime op/ed/ost + manga = ultimate pleasure : >

i was particularly unhappy with the original material of ep 4. while it's far from horrible, it doesn't fit the aria vibe very well. while i dont think the postman chapter could be a standalone episode, it was best to leave it out to animate better manga chapters :/

[Maceart]

Episode 4 was truly awesome. Taking the postman chapter from the manga, along with something from a 1998 Kozue Amano short story, it completely captured the feel of both stories combined into one episode. Junichi Sato is a true genius.

[StarCreator]

Originally Posted by Maceart

Episode 4 was truly awesome. Taking the postman chapter from the manga, along with something from a 1998 Kozue Amano short story, it completely captured the feel of both stories combined into one episode. Junichi Sato is a true genius.

Oh, is that where it came from?

I've been meaning to pick up the collected short story volumes...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Maceart

Episode 4 was truly awesome. Taking the postman chapter from the manga, along with something from a 1998 Kozue Amano short story, it completely captured the feel of both stories combined into one episode. Junichi Sato is a true genius.

You pretty much explained how awesome episode 04 was - i don't think i need to hope, but i can see the rest of the series being the same, just like the whole of first season was. <3

[Maceart]

Yep. The characters from the 2nd part of episode 4 was from this manga volume:

http://ariacompany.net/books.html -> 天野こずえ短編集2【空の謳】Story was a little different, since it had Sora sending a letter off to a girl he liked but never had the chance to confess to her, and also the "sensei" was actually a magical post-woman with a nifty Sunflower as a broomstick to fly around and deliver letters in.

I bought it in Taiwan and it was a very enjoyable read. It was nice seeing Kozue Amano's evolution of his artstyle.

[Shiroth]

Speaking about the items on the official site - would anybody know of a website that i could preorder the Aria company building model - i can tell it won't be out for a while.

Knowing my luck there won't be anywhere. ;_;

[kron]

ahhh ep 5 animated 2 of my favourite chapters from the manga again. animation quality was ok, nothing seemed overly deformed lol. ep 5 is beyond awesome especially part 2. puts a smile on me

[eggplant]

Episode 6 was far by the best story of either both series in my humble opinion.

Spoiler for Episode 6:

The best part coming out of Athena, with her loving care for Alice, a very moving scene indeed.

Alice making an attempt to break out of her withdrawn self was equally priceless.

And what would be an Orange Planet story be without Maa-shachou going after Aria-shachou's mochi-mochi pon-pon.

If we had been treated to an Athena song, it would have been perfect.

The stories centering on the beautiful scenery surrounding Neo-Venezia and its people is nice once in a while, but I definitely prefer the ones that deal with the protagonists and their relationships.

I feel as though the comedy factor has been heightened with the second season, with Akari, Aika, and Alice dishing out their one-liners practically every other sentence.

But that was the direction Director Satou Junichi envisioned in his comments at the Tokyo Anime Fair, so I guess we'll be seeing more of their SD forms.

By the way, some cyber sources point to NATURAL as being a 26 episoder, which is rather unusual taking into account the length of and the interval since the previous season.

[JanthraX^]

ive been neglecting aria lately, gotta catch up, and more athena is definatly good!

[Shiroth]

It was a shock to see two stories from the translated manga in episode 05 - but imo they're both two amazing stories that go well together.

For starters - who would have thought just seeing the train under the Sakura tree could bring a few tear to my eyes.. heartwarming over-load! >____<