Aria the Origination

Aria the Origination
Original Title	アリア ジ・オリジネーション
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Headline Sound Studios
Voice Director	Joe Digiorgi
Translation & Adaptation	Joe Digiorgi Judy Albert Michele Knotz Mayumi Kobayashi (Translation)
Recorded	2020
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	13
Year	2008
Chronology
Predecessor	Aria the OVA: Arietta

Aria the Origination is an anime series based on the manga series with the same name. It takes place after Aria the OVA: Arietta. It is the third season in the Aria series. It was directed by Junichi Sato at Hal Film Maker and was aired on TV Tokyo from January 7, 2008 to March 31, 2008 for thirteen episodes. Right Stuf Inc. licensed the anime and initially released it on DVD in 2010. They later dubbed it via Kickstarter and released on Blu-ray in 2020.

Synopsis As winter melts into spring, Akari, Aika and Alice continue to work hard to become Neo-Venezia’s top gondoliers. Aika starts to take on more responsibility around Himeya; Alice travels up the challenging canal near Hope Hill; even Akari spends a day working on a huge gondola called a traghetto! But there’s still so much to learn... and the final test to become a Prima, which once seemed so far off in the future, might not be so far off anymore.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Akari Mizunashi	Erino Hazuki	Veronica Taylor
Aika S. Granzchesta	Chiwa Saitō	Jessica Calvello
Alice Carroll	Ryō Hirohashi	Tara Tisch-Wallace
Ai	Kaori Fukuhara	Lisa Ortiz
Alicia Florence	Sayaka Ohara	Marissa Lenti
Akira E. Ferrari	Junko Minagawa	Carol Jacobanis
Athena Glory	Tomoko Kawakami	Michele Knotz
Akatsuki Izumo	Hirofumi Nojima	Wayne Grayson
Aria Pokoteng	Chinami Nishimura	Tara Tisch-Wallace
President Maa	Akeno Watanabe	Greg Schettino
Grandma Akino	Yoshiko Matsuo	Karen Smith

Episodic Characters

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Woody	Yūji Ueda	James Carter Cathcart	1
Amaranta	Kazuko Sugiyama	Erica Schroeder	2
Baked Potato Seller	Tomohisa Asō	Nicholas Corda
Anri	Takahiro Mizushima	Matthew Gumley	3
Waiter	Ōki Sugiyama	Nicholas Corda
Atora	Hōko Kuwashima	Debora Rabbai	4
Ayumi	Ryōko Shiraishi	Eileen Montgomery
Anzu	Kana Asumi	Michaela Bryce
Anna	Risa Hayamizu	Erica Schroeder	7
Albert	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Nicholas Corda
Mr. Postman	Motomu Kiyokawa	Mike Pollock	13

Additional Voices

• Gabriel Betancourt
• Martin Billany
• Kelli Butler
• Nicholas Corda
• Joe Digiorgi
• Cassidy Ladden
• Bill Timoney
• Rena Taylor

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Nozomi Entertainment	2020		The Complete Series*	A DVB-T	United States
			2 Discs

*Includes Aria the OVA ~Arietta~

External Links

• Aria the Origination at the Internet Movie Database.
• Aria the Origination on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• Aria the Origination on Behind The Voice Actors.