Aria the Animation
Aria The Animation is a sci-fi slice of life anime that focuses around a pink haired girl called Akari and her cat Aria Pokoteng, Akari lives on a planet called Aqua which was formerly name Mars and most of the planet was terraformed into a water biome. She immigrated when she was 15 from her home planet manhole (which was formerly called Earth), Akari has hopes of being a professional undine which is a female tour guide who shows people around the city of Neo Venezia on gondolas with fellow undies Aika, Alicia and her cat Aria; they ensure that citizens and tourists enjoy there stay by showing them the many wonders of the city via the Aria Company
Akari goes on new adventures while working hard towards her dream as she meets new people that are vastly different and enjoys her calming daily live she learns what it's like to understand people
Aria The Animation is a calm and relaxing anime, it's something you watch after a hard days work then come home to unwind to it; that's what I think slice of life anime is about and why so many people love it. The soundtrack gives the anime a relaxing feel to it which is accompanied by the soothing visuals and heart-warming story with moe characters makes Aria The Animation a very unique and amazing show; if you're a fan of slice of life, watch this as it's a gem in the rough because it uses sci-fi elements like the concept of futuristic planets, flying bikes and has a fantasy tag which makes the anime expand on its calm tone because that it's cements it place as a good anime for me
The Animation is very distinct from any other anime from around the time this was made which was 2005 because it has so many hilarious faces for each character which went to inspire Amanchu! Which is another anime I love. Talking about the characters; in Aria has very solid and unique characters as each one has a different catch phrase and sayings like Akari says "Ehhh" when something is wrong or she is confused, Aika shouts "Embarrassing remarks are not allowed" when Akari says something personal because Aika is tsundere, Alicia always utter "Ara ara" (well, well) along with a giggle but sometimes gets on people's nerves which makes for some funny scenes.
The soundtrack reminds me a lot of Italian Venice culture because it uses instruments like the Madolin accompied with a regular acoustic guitar to give that Italian feel that you would associate with Venice because it's based in Neo Venezia that look likes Venice. The high waters around houses has a striking similarities to venice which makes the show even more calming and the ost uses piano to give a soothing feel
Akari acts as a big sister to Alice, Alice is a very blunt in the way she talk which is the complete opposite of Akari who is a airhead, she is a easy-going person who is always optimistic as a whole; Alice is pessimistic that's why Akari acts like a role model for her
Athena is Alice's roommate she is always spaced out and has a blank expression like nothing is going on in her head which makes her a clutz; she often sings when doing her job on the gondolas because she is so clumsy she often messes up like hits her head on bridges, puts too much syrup in her drink, she trips over flat surfaces and hangs up the phone on accident or drops food.
Aria is the president of the Aria Company, every undine company has a cat as a president typical a blue eyed cat it's like a mascot for good luck and fortune. Aria the cat is different from manhole breeds as his breed gives him human level intelligence and are much bigger than normal cats he's so smart he can understand human speech also his favourite thing to do is eat and be the centre of attention usually has Alicia and Akari doting on him. He is really chubby as well.
On episode 6, Alice has an opinion that her left hand is useless because it can't do the things that the right hand can do, she often compares it to her roommate Athena because she is always clumsy then she realise that her left hand has always been supporting her like for example; holding a book open so it doesn't close and Athena also sings to stop Maa from crying so he doesn't get found out as they don't allow pets after this it's makes her realise that things aren't as useless as she thinks and Athena had been supporting her all this time
Everyday Akari writes to her friend Ai-chan through emails about her daily experience being a undine which gives it a good way of storytelling and we can see how Akari is as person by understanding her feelings and mindset which strengthens the characters but sometimes she tell her a bit too much information and Aika gets embarrassed when she finds out.
Part 2: How To Be Undine/Shyachou
Being a undine takes a lot of hard work not just anyone can do it if they can just row a boat, you have to row at a steady pace; not too fast and not too slow, you have to always stay composed so that you don't get nervous in result throwing off your rhythm, you can't get distracted by others either, you have to be very knowledgeable at knowing interesting information about the city also a Undine has to have a loud voice so that you can tell other rowers that you're coming through and when the tide gets high you have to make sure that you don't stuck because it's too high to go under bridges; now you know why it's so hard to become a professional undine
Next step in being on becoming a professional undine is cleaning, Aria shyachou (shyachou = president) helps cleaning as he think he must take some intuitive and set a good example but ends up making a mess which makes him feel useless so he tries to make his own soup but he can't even do that
Aria tries his best to help with chores but ends up failing every task to do then makes the task worse so this makes him feel unneeded. Aria sad and depressed he decides to run away but doesn't know where to go when Aria eventually comes back he realises he is loved as he had food made for him
Aria also likes to read his favourite manga "Nyan Nyan Pu" which is about a cat that turns into a superhero. He is so inspired by this so seeks out to be a hero for Neo Venezia by returning lost possessions, next step to be a hero is that no one can know your identity if it were to be it would terrible, next step is you can't be ambushed by evil organisations as well and a hero mustn't lose hope.
When autumn comes so does a change in feelings, feeling of melancholy may cross a undine's minds but you have to be strong and keep a positive mindset
The legendary great Fairy is only the most highest achieveable goal for a undine, it's someone who is has exceptional skill all around the board in navigation, calzone and people skills, the title has coin the term "the grandmother" of undine which is a undine that will go down in history books. The grandmother is also the one who founded the Aria Company; this is common knowledge for all undine, take notes guys if you want to be a professional undine you have to know to this
To be a professional Undine is not just about working hard every single day but also it's about relaxation. One way of relaxing is going to a hot spring as Neo Venezia is home to open natural hotsprings that overlook the sea to escape the cold also in cold weather snow fly's show up and are very friendly towards people and after a hot spring there's nothing like a good coffee and a meal.
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