Season 3 of the anime television series Aria ran from January 7, 2008, to March 31, 2008. Aria the Origination consisted of 13 episodes broadcast on TV Tokyo Network stations and AT-X, plus a bonus episode released only on DVD.
Summary[]
In the continuation of the previous series, Akari, Aika and Alice continue to work hard toward achieving their goal of becoming Prima Undines. Luckily, the girls have the guidance of the three best Prima Undines in Neo-Venezia, Alicia Florence, Athena Glory, and Akira E. Ferrari, who are known as the "Water Fairies" in honor of their skill. With their help, the young apprentices train hard and work to overcome any situations that they find themselves in.
Production[]
The production staff remained largely unchanged from the second season. The episodes were released in Japan on 7 DVDs from April 25, 2008, to October 24, 2008, along with a "Special Navigation" OVA, numbered as episode 5.5.
In France, Kaze began broadcasting subtitled episodes of the third season on June 2, 2008 through Video on Demand, and released DVD box set on November 26, 2008. In North America, was released as a season box set of subtitled episodes by The Right Stuf International under its Nozomi Entertainment imprint on March 16, 2010. In Italy, the series is licensed by Yamato Video.
Soundtrack[]
The opening themes are "Spirale" (スピラーレ) by Yui Makino. The ending themes are "Kin no Nami Sen no Nami" (金の波 千の波) by Akino Arai for episodes 1–12 and "Undine" (ウンディーネ) by Yui Makino for episode 13.