2005-12-28, 06:47 | Link #21 |
Munior Jember
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: 常陸大宮市,日本.
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I'm loving Aria. Picked up some eps one day when I was on a random browse looking for something new to watch. It's nice to be able to watch something so peaceful, that doesn't have drama and cliffhangers and stress the crap out of me. You can just sit, watch an episode, and then not have to worry about what's going to happen next. I'd love to see more stuff like this.
On a side note, I was considering buying the Manga, but ADV have stalled the Manga after 3 volumes, and after e-mailing them it really doesn't look like they'll be picking it up again any time soon. Shame really, since now that they've licensed it no scanlators can pick it up. Guess it's time for me to expand on those "Level 1 Japanese" classes I did. |
2005-12-28, 09:42 | Link #22 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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as much as i love aria being animated. quite a few of the eps lacked the 'relaxed' feel and neglected the background stories of the place itself compared with the manga. i'm a huge fan of the manga myself and i have aqua 1 + 2 and aria 1-7. it really is a rare genre but it truly shines in the recent fanservice driven anime / manga world. personally, i enjoy the 'original' episodes in the anime as well as the episodes that only feature 1 chapter of the manga (for example ep 11 which was absolutely great). i hope the 2nd season focus more on neo-venezia as well as featuring more of the 'fantasy' chapters (eg. cat kingdom, abandoned bus, midnight train, ghost of undine, etc)
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2005-12-29, 08:52 | Link #23 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 38
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I recently began on this, and am currently on episode three. I've seen two posts alluding to this, but what's with all of the A-names? Akari, Akira, Ai, Alicia, Aika, Alice, even Akatsuki... I didn't realize it until I found myself trying to remember a name, and the difficulty generated by almost all of the names coming to mind.
If people like this series, I'd also highly recommend Mushishi. It lacks the "fanservice" of Aria (I love Aria's character and clothing designs) but the environments and music are beautifully done, and each episode is unconnected to the last. Both Aria and Mushishi are two of the few series that I've come across where I can watch an episode again and enjoy it just as much as I did the first time I saw it. Unrelated to the anime, but does anyone here have experience with the Japanese version of the manga? In an effort to improve my vocabulary and slightly improve my kanji knowledge (though you can only really learn those by writing them a million times, in my experience) I'm looking for a series to translate - not for a scanslation group, but just for myself and on my own time. I know Aria has furigana, but how complex is it? I was originally going to translate DeathNote, but one of my friends mentioned that it becomes very complex midway into the series. People here have a favorable view of the manga so I'm not worried about the quality of it, but just the difficulty.
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2005-12-29, 10:05 | Link #24 | |
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I put it up before but the wipe seems to have killed the listing T_T So here it is again with the cats and guys thrown in Akari is red/pink Aika is blue Alice is green Alicia is gold Akira is brown Athena is violet/light purple Aria is the 4 eyed kitty Hime is black Maa-kun is the tortie. Ai and Al are chibi Akatsuki has a perpetual frown Woody is never without the goggles. |
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2005-12-29, 13:47 | Link #25 | |
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2005-12-29, 14:25 | Link #26 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 35
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I enjoy watching Aria. I can't be arsed to recite too much on the reasons why I like it, but in short:
Relaxing, nice animation, loving the lack of a storyline (Slice of life ftw), music is a plus. Last edited by Tabris; 2005-12-31 at 14:16. |
2006-01-07, 07:28 | Link #30 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kino's luggage
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Does anyone happen to have the lyrics to...
"Barcarolle"
It is the song sung by Atena in EP6 (Kawai Eri, eventhough she wasn't Athena seiyuu^^o) I believe it is in Italian and from my search there are many songs under this same title. The one used in ARIA is definitely not Charlotte Church's (which is in English) or the famous Andrea Bocelli's one. There's a japanese webpage which says that this is actually a Chopin's "Barcarolle, op.60" by Helen Grauid...err something =w=ili but after listening, they didn't match. I wonder if the production just happen to compose a new song since there isn't any credit given in OST booklet. Anyway, if anyone happen to have the lyrics, please post it for me >w< |
2006-01-07, 14:00 | Link #31 |
Disciple of the Flames
Join Date: Sep 2004
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I picked this series up today after i found it lying on a mates ftp, only watched the first episode so far, but one word comes to mind for it: Cute.
It has this whole cute, soft and laid back feel to it. Hope the rest of the series lives upto the promise of the first |
2006-01-07, 14:10 | Link #32 |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 40
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I just recently started this one too. The one thing that attracted my eye for Aria were its promotional posters. I'm a salty guy, and as soon as I saw the blueness of its environment, I went bonkers. And then you add the mundane, slice of life feeling, and yup, that got me hooked.
"Undine" by Yui Makino is such a soft, mellow melody. I love it. Anyone know of any other "slice of life" animes besides this Aria and Piano? |
2006-01-07, 14:51 | Link #34 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
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Windy Tales - This is still being subbed, but please be patient since the translator is in medical school. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1998) and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (2002) - Short, but oh so sweet. Someday's Dreamers - Licensed and quite nice.
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2006-01-08, 22:46 | Link #36 | |
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2006-01-08, 22:53 | Link #37 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The European Bunion
Age: 45
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Three episodes and I was totally hooked. After watching up to 11, it's definitely been cemented into my top 3 anime of 2005. Probably #2 overall Shame it's only 13 episodes, I could happily watch their antics for another 13 after that too Eagerly awaiting episode 13 (even though it'll be the last one) because I'm 99% sure Ai will be coming to visit for the last ep.
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2006-01-09, 00:18 | Link #38 | |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 38
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Episode 11 was quite humorous. The only thing that got to me was that Aika's hair looked black to me for most of it. Then again, I started watching Aria over winter break on my CRT monitor, and now I returned to my regular LCD (which doesn't display color quite as fully), so maybe nothing was really changed at all. I've picked up the AQUA manga, and will be translating it for fun when I have the time. Skimming through it, it looks to include things from before Aika and Akari became Singles. Unfortunately AQUA has not been licensed in America, but the Aria manga is available from Tokyopop, I believe. I'm still going to go for translating that too, once I finish with AQUA.
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2006-01-09, 00:23 | Link #39 | |
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2006-01-09, 00:27 | Link #40 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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Sorry, that's misinformation on my part. A friend mentioned it to me, and I didn't check up on it. Apparently, ADV Manga released the first three volumes, but stopped after that. Based on their website and a bit more, Tokyopop doesn't seem to be doing it. Apologies if I excited anyone.
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