Aria The Animation 1
I really like the setting and soundtrack, but I guess my tastes still won't allow me to enjoy something this uneventful. Thought it would be good to compliment my hype for Animal Crossing, but I guess not.
It's probably not for everyone but from my own experience the first few episodes weren't particularly compelling to start with. At the very least, you should pick up the delicious Choro Club soundtrack.
So, first there's a joke to be made about how boring One Piece arcs can get because it takes 30 episodes to tell a story that can be told in 2 hours, but that's not fair. lol
I could have told cosmic that he wasn't going to like Aria though. It's not pander-moe enough like Yuyushiki to appeal to that part of brain, and it's also very much
place focused first and character focused second, so it's also a travelogue show of what is essentially Venice. Also, there's the whole :firehawk thing, but I know that's not for everyone either. It's a very narrow focus anyway.
That said, I think
Aria The Natural is where the show hits its stride anyway.
I hope they tackle some other property to give the anime treatment too, uncharted,infamous, must be considered or even novels, animu harry potter or Artemis fowl.
On the podcast they suggested that they were working on co-pros, but wouldn't say anything.
Also, I love how they're coy about releasing actual numbers about sales, mostly because they never want to play their hand to other people. I guess that means that Japanese companies don't pay for Video Scan numbers and have no actual idea what their licenses are worth in terms of raw numbers in America.