I was watching Aria the Animation with a friend, and we came across a scene in which Aika says her trademark line, “Hazukashii serifu kinshi!” Given that fansubs were usually consistent, I always figured this meant “Embarrassing remarks aren’t allowed!” So I was puzzled when it’s shown in the first episode of the DVDs as “No [...]
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It was a fairly inauspicous start. A thought even crossed my mind that it was SDB exacting his revenge on me for Azumanga. I’m going to follow through. It’s not actively objectionable, but rather bland like Sketchbook ep.4, only a full season. Mattew mentioned on #animeblogger that the first season was “shit”, so I am already [...]
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Aria the Animation — just typing its name gives me a sense of peace, both because of its predominant themes, and because there exist human beings capable of producing something like this, which means there must be hope for our species after all. I wanted to sum this one up in a single post, but [...]
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Album Title: Spirale Anime Title: ARIA the ORIGINATION Artist: Yui Makino Catalog Number: VTCL-35016 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: Jan 22, 2008 Track Title Artist Time 1. Spirale Yui Makino 5:41 2. Yokogao -acoustic version- Yui Makino 4:54 3. Spirale (instrumental) 5:41 4. Yokogao -acoustic version- (instrumental) 4:51 Review: Call it a heavy ARIA bias if you will, but that’s really the only excuse I can come up with for enjoying “Spirale,” the opening to ARIA the ORIGINATION. [...]
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Here at Tea Shop BeLoved, any Aria news is good news. Right Stuf to Launch Aria the Natural Anime in January First of two DVD sets for sequel to Aria the Animation television series The North American anime distributor Right Stuf and its Nozomi Entertainment production arm have announced that they will release the first of two DVD [...]
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Here’s a brief, opinion-free, just-the-facts write-up on Right Stuf’s latest sub-only anime boxset release, which contains all thirteen episodes of the 2005 series Aria the Animation. I’ll follow this up with a full review in a week or so. DVD BLURB The following uniformly worded description appears on the back of each DVD case: Akari Mizunashi, at [...]
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As I announced multiple times, I bought Aria the Animation. And it’s here! I hope that joy is being brought to lots of Aria fans across the country right now :) Unfortunately, the cover art is sexualized :(
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By TheBigN Receiving this in the mail: It hasn’t even been five months since I was elated about RightStuf licensing the show, so to me, this is quick. Can’t wait for The NATURAL boxset to come out in the future. RightStuf is awesome. :3       
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I love iyashikei anime. It gives a fantastic warm fuzzy feeling inside and is the perfect way to unwind after a long day at the office, in my case with a mug of green tea in one hand and a half-finished box of Jaffa Cakes in the other. Rather than work my brain to a [...]
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This is NOT a post about anime that aired during the summer, but rather anime I’ve watched during the summer. Let’s skip the chit-chat and walk into this shit. Aria the Animation, Aria the Natural, Aria the OVA ~Arietta~, Aria the Origination - FINISHED - Simply wonderful. Aria is definitely the most influential series I’ve watched [...]
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