The official English dub for the “Aria the Animation” series is officially in the works as Nozomi Entertainment announces the success of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in reaching its initial goal of US$110,000 on Thursday.
Originally an utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano simply titled “Aria”, the series was adapted into an anime series in 2005 by Hal Film Maker and ran for a total of 13 episodes before ending in December 2015.
For the story it tells of 15-year-old Akari Mizunashi and her beginning as a resident of Aqua, a sparkling planet covered in water which was once the planet of Mars before humans found a way to colonize it during the 24th century.
Her reason for packing her bags and heading for the planet? To become an undine, a female gondolier who navigates the canals of the Aquan city of Neo-Venezia and gives tours for tourists.
The company to which she joins is known as the Aria company, a company which aims to show tourists as many wonders of the city via gondola as possible. As she begins her training with the company she finds challenges in the path towards her dream.
Followed after the end of the first anime series of the franchise another two series was created along with an OVA and Junichi Satou, who directed shoujo series “Pretear” and “Princess Tutu” was the director for all anime adaptations of the series.
It was in 2006 that the second anime series was created and ran for a total 26 episodes. WIth a total of 13 episodes plus an additional episode found in the DVD bonus, the third anime series of the franchise was released in 2008. Lastly, before and after the third series, two OVAs were created.
Just Tuesday, Crunchyroll made an announcement of adding the anime to its screening catalog and will be having all 13 episodes available for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
When the news of the campaign’s success came out, it was later revealed during press time that the number went up to US$111,221 due to 1,008 backers. Currently the campaign is running and will be ending on September 11.
Included in the announcement of the campaigns increasing fund is that project’s staff will be including Michele Knotz and Jessica Calvello into the English dub cast and Headline Studios will be taking charge of the dub’s recording.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork
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