Comments on: Aria the Animation: Episode 12 http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12 Somewhere in the Land of the Sugarplum Fairy Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-8742 Chris Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:30:10 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-8742 In one episode, Aika (I believe) notes that Aria Company has been in business for long time, maybe 100 years or so. If Grandma was the person who established Aria Company, then it was probably at least 50 years ago. Likely the past events of this episode happened at least one hundred years prior, and I would easily believe it could have been longer than that. In one episode, Aika (I believe) notes that Aria Company has been in business for long time, maybe 100 years or so. If Grandma was the person who established Aria Company, then it was probably at least 50 years ago. Likely the past events of this episode happened at least one hundred years prior, and I would easily believe it could have been longer than that.

]]> By: Ringman http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-8728 Ringman Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:25:32 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-8728 How far in the past exactly is this episode? Is that a young Aika by the bridge, or is this far enough back where it's just a descendant or something. How far in the past exactly is this episode? Is that a young Aika by the bridge, or is this far enough back where it’s just a descendant or something.

]]> By: Chris http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-4775 Chris Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:39:44 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-4775 I haven't see the OVA, so I cannot comment on that. The word avvenire <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avvenire" rel="nofollow">according to Wiktionary</a> is Italian, but I do admit that I didn't look that up until righ tnow. I haven’t see the OVA, so I cannot comment on that. The word avvenire according to Wiktionary is Italian, but I do admit that I didn’t look that up until righ tnow.

]]> By: Tamas Feher from Hungary http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-4762 Tamas Feher from Hungary Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:06:07 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-4762 Me thinks "avvenire" is french, not italian. Me thinks “avvenire” is french, not italian.

]]> By: Tamas Feher from Hungary http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-4761 Tamas Feher from Hungary Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:04:45 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-4761 I think Akari may be the reincarnation of the lady teacher from 150 years ago, that's why Caith Sith choose her for the Aria company trainee job, so she would come to Aqua. (That may be the secret Alicia refused to tell Akari in the Arietta OVA.) Caith Sith is probably the former cat Pete. I think Akari may be the reincarnation of the lady teacher from 150 years ago, that’s why Caith Sith choose her for the Aria company trainee job, so she would come to Aqua.

(That may be the secret Alicia refused to tell Akari in the Arietta OVA.)

Caith Sith is probably the former cat Pete.

]]> By: Tamas Feher from Hungary http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-4759 Tamas Feher from Hungary Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:00:56 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-4759 - Aqua and Neo-Venezia speaks esperanto. (Esperanto is a kind of "pidgin" spanish, and the venetian language itself is a weird mixture of italian and ancient moorish spanish, so they sound similar) Technically speaking the original Aria anime are all dubbed into japanese. In the beginning it was envisioned that all Aria anime cast speak esperanto on-screen and provide kanji subtitles, but this was impossible for lack of enough esperanto seiyuu in Japan and the Aria target audience was considered too young to follow subtitles all the time. Therefore Aria anime became Japanese-speaking and only some of the songs remained esperanto, like Alice-chan's canzone from the end of Aria the Origination. This is partially regrettable, because the kind of excellent japanese voice acting they put into Aria makes it very difficult to dub the anime into western languages, cutting most if not all changes for TV export. Subtitled DVD exports cannot reach as many people. - I think Akai is 15 earth years old, while Alicia is 19 martian years old (35,5 earth years). - Aqua and Neo-Venezia speaks esperanto.

(Esperanto is a kind of “pidgin” spanish, and the venetian language itself is a weird mixture of italian and ancient moorish spanish, so they sound similar)

Technically speaking the original Aria anime are all dubbed into japanese.

In the beginning it was envisioned that all Aria anime cast speak esperanto on-screen and provide kanji subtitles, but this was impossible for lack of enough esperanto seiyuu in Japan and the Aria target audience was considered too young to follow subtitles all the time.

Therefore Aria anime became Japanese-speaking and only some of the songs remained esperanto, like Alice-chan’s canzone from the end of Aria the Origination.

This is partially regrettable, because the kind of excellent japanese voice acting they put into Aria makes it very difficult to dub the anime into western languages, cutting most if not all changes for TV export. Subtitled DVD exports cannot reach as many people.

- I think Akai is 15 earth years old, while Alicia is 19 martian years old (35,5 earth years).

]]> By: Chris http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-3118 Chris Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:58:26 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-3118 I'm wondering myself under what conditions Akari went back in time. Was she actually in the past? When she returned to her own time, did memories of her visit remain, or was she forgotten, as if she had never been there to begin with? If the latter, would Akiko notice that she has less food remaining than she remembered, or would her remaining food stock reflect as if Akari never visited? Time travel always has a lot of room for complexity. Certainly more complex than the scope of <span class="title">Aria</span> calls for =P I’m wondering myself under what conditions Akari went back in time. Was she actually in the past? When she returned to her own time, did memories of her visit remain, or was she forgotten, as if she had never been there to begin with? If the latter, would Akiko notice that she has less food remaining than she remembered, or would her remaining food stock reflect as if Akari never visited?

Time travel always has a lot of room for complexity. Certainly more complex than the scope of Aria calls for =P

]]> By: Michael Brazier http://thepinksylphide.com/2009/02/08/aria-the-animation-episode-12/comment-page-1#comment-3117 Michael Brazier Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:47:30 +0000 http://thepinksylphide.com/?p=462#comment-3117 I've been wondering whether copies of Akiko's video record survived to Akari's day, and whether anyone watching the video recognized the Aria Company uniform, once the company existed. It'd be cute if it turned out that Grandma saw the video around the time she was founding Aria Company, liked the look of Akari's clothes, and copied them for the uniform ... I’ve been wondering whether copies of Akiko’s video record survived to Akari’s day, and whether anyone watching the video recognized the Aria Company uniform, once the company existed. It’d be cute if it turned out that Grandma saw the video around the time she was founding Aria Company, liked the look of Akari’s clothes, and copied them for the uniform …

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