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Format
TV
Episodes
13
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 2008
Aired
2008-01-08 to 2008-04-01
Source
Manga
Rating
G - All Ages
Genres
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Shounen
Slice of Life
Iyashikei
Studios
Hal Film Maker
Producers
Production I.G
TV Tokyo
Media Factory
Shochiku
Mag Garden
Licensors
Nozomi Entertainment
Aria the Origination (ARIA The ORIGINATION)
In the 24th century on the planet Aqua, three girls—Akari Mizunashi, Alice Carroll, and Aika S. Granzchesta—continue to work hard toward achieving their goal of becoming Prima Undines: professional tour guide gondoliers. Luckily, the girls have the guidance of the three best Prima Undines in Neo-Venezia—Alicia Florence, Athena Glory, and Akira E. Ferrari—who are known as the "Water Fairies" in honor of their skill. With their help, the young apprentices train hard and work to overcome any situations that they find themselves in. Aria The Origination follows the hardships and daily lives of these three young girls, who are doing their best to improve as tour gondoliers in Neo-Venezia, a terraformed replica of Venice. [Written by MAL Rewrite]