News From Neo-Venezia

Move Complete!

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:50:09 -0500

Welcome back to Neo-Venezia! We are now located at http://drawerofdreams.net/neo-venezia, although our primary URL remains as Neo-Venezia.com.

Thank you for your support!

test post

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:14:01 -0500

to see if this works

We're moving!

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:44:07 -0500

Benevenuto Neo-Venezia will be moving over the weekend to its new home, http://drawerofdreams.net/neo-venezia. Comments will be closed until we are up and running on our new site.

Hope to see you all on Monday!

OP & ED Lyrics Added

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:46:15 -0500

Lyrics for the full versions of UNDINE and RAINBOW have been added to the ARIA the Animation section.

(Unfortunately I am not able to provide the full versions. Please support ARIA by buying the official CDs!)

Site Update!!

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:47:39 -0500

Yes! I have added information about the anime!!!:) (there's not much right now, but there IS an updated cast list, a link to the official site). I plan to put up episode summaries and screenshots soon!

Crescent Noise

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:36:24 -0500

I got the first 3 volumes of Amano-sensei's Crescent Noise off eBay - the Japanese editions (which are a good bit bigger than I expected). However! at the back of vol 3 it says "To Be Continued in Vol 4."O_O As it is said, Cripes.

Amano-sensei's site under construction

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:40:48 -0500

Just checked in on aria.sunnyday.jp to find that the site has been significantly reduced. The message on the front says, in effect, that Amano-sensei has been too busy to manage the site and even has fallen behind on fan letters, and is cutting back. There's no other meaning to this (sweatdrop for emphasis) and Amano-sensei would like to keep renewing information briskly.

Kawaiiso Amano-sensei! Odaijini kudasai!

(Status of the site: All the finished color artwork has been removed, although the rough sketches are still up. The photogallery is still up.)

Roman Club reprint

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:35:27 -0500

Wow, 2 news updates in a day! :)

Comic Blade has confirmed that they are reprinting Amano-sensei's Roman Club series starting in August. Either it's 2 volumes a month or 1 volume every two months, I need to check my grammar.^^; The new sketches on her site (in the Gallery) are for the new covers. I was a bit confused when I saw the first one, because it had the Aria manga cover template (with "2301 AD The Voyage to Neo Venezia" at the top). I was wondering if that boy was the one Akari had been writing to.XD

don't panic

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:58:08 -0500

It appears that ADV is involved in the production of the anime in some way.

I found this in a staff listing [credit: F.A.T.] One of the entries for Aria is simply "Mag Garden x AD Vision", which doesn't say very much, but it is certainly telling.

Other info I was able to see: the debut is scheduled for Fall 2005, and a broadcaster has not yet been determined. Also of note: many of the staff, including director Junichi Sato, worked on Kaleido Star.

Comic Blade site updated

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:46:39 -0500

Comic Blade finally has the current issue listed on its site (the one with the Aria cover). I'm going to LA for Anime Expo next month, and my 2 main goals are:
1) Get that issue of Comic Blade
2) Shake down any ADV executives I see for info about vol 4
3) Look for info on the anime

I'm beginning to wonder if the Aria anime will debut this summer. I didn't see anything about it at the Tokyo Anime Fair, and I was looking. Two months between the announcement and debut seems really short. Then again, the Tsubasa Chronicle anime was formally announced only a couple months before its debut, and nobody seemed to know before then that it was even in production. (The downside is that the Tsubasa anime is really not that great...XD)

first look at the aria figures

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:37:11 -0500

Amano-sensei has posted a picture of the first set of Aria figures along with the model sketches.

omg so cute. I hope Sasuga will get these special edition issues.

Aria anime announcements hit press

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:16:28 -0500

It's gratifying to see that Aria is more popular than I thought.:) All the major anime news sites - AnimeNation, Anime News Network, and Anime on DVD - have mentioned Animate.tv's announcement now. All mention a July start date, which I still have been unable to verify personally; and Amano-sensei's site hasn't been updated since May 21.

I wonder which groups will sub it when it begins. I certainly don't have the ability to do so, but when it begins I'll do my best to keep up with the episodes.

ARIA Anime Confirmed!

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:07:21 -0500

Animate.tv has confirmed that the ARIA anime is in production! No details about a premiere date or series length in the piece, but more information will be in the August issue of Comic Blade which goes on sale in June... Hey, that's this month!:)

...it figures that this news would be confirmed the day AFTER the big site update.XD

It's the big update!

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:47:31 -0500

Yay, the update! Added more character pages (Alice, Akira and Athena) and cover scans and info for Aqua and Aria 4-6 and the drama CD.

:edit:...d'oh. broken links all over the place. I think I found them all, but if anyone finds any, please leave a comment and I'll get to it asap.

It's Amano-sensei's Birthday!

Thu, 26 May 2005 12:39:19 -0500

OMEDETO TANJOUBI AMANO-SENSEI!!!