The Best Episodes of Aria
Every episode of Aria ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Aria!
Set in the early 24th century against the backdrop of the city of Neo Venezia on the planet Mars. No longer the barren red planet, Mars has been flooded, inhabited and is something of a tourist hub for those looking for rest, relaxation and a gondola ride – the primary mode of travel in Neo Venezia. The Undines are professional gondoliers, tour guides for the people passing through. Akari Mizunashi is an Undine in training and this is a piece of her story.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Aria" is "Surrounded by That Orange Wind...", rated 9.2/10 from 8 user votes. It was directed by Takahiro Natori and written by Tatsuhiko Urahata. "Surrounded by That Orange Wind..." aired on 3/4/2008 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Looking for That Treasure...".
9.2/10 8 votes#1 - Surrounded by That Orange Wind...
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2008
Alice has just graduated from middle school. She feels confident, and excited about what's to come. And then, Athena suggests that they finally go on the picnic that they've been planning for so long. Alice's world is about to change...
Director: Takahiro Natori
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
9.0/10 7 votes#2 - Looking for That Treasure...
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2006
Spring is beginning to bloom in Neo-Venezia, bringing with it sunshine and warm breezes. Akari, Aika and Alice are out practicing their sculling when they find a small treasure box hidden by a statue. Inside there's a a simple little riddle that sends them off on a treasure hunt that spans the entire city! What sort of riches await them at the finish line?
Director: Mitsuhiro Karato
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.9/10 18 votes#3 - That Soft Wish...
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2005
Aria Company has no bookings on a snowy day, so Akari and President Aria visit the oldest bridge in Neo-Venezia. When they reach the other side of the decrepit covered bridge, the snow is gone, and the women she meets on the other side has no idea what an undine is. Together they wait for the terraformers to send water under the bridge for the first time.
Director: Masato Tamagawa
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.8/10 22 votes#4 - Those Orange Days...
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2005
On one bleak winter day, when the clouds are thick and the snow is gently falling, the girls finish their sculling practice to find that Alicia, Aika and Athena are all together at the Aria Company, sitting around the fire. Over cups of hot cocoa, they discuss their younger days, and how it was that they all came to be friends.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita, Daisuke Tsukushi
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.7/10 8 votes#5 - To That New Beginning...
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2008
Over the years, the Aria Company has changed. First it was Grandma's Aria Company, then it was Alicia's, and someday, it will be Akari's Aria Company. But that day might come sooner than Akari expected. Will she be ready for the future that lies ahead?
Director: Takahiro Natori
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.4/10 23 votes#6 - That Undeliverable Letter...
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2005
Akari and President Aria are wandering through the marketplace one evening, when President Aria suddenly leads Akari to a plaza she's never seen before. There, a little girl with a bell around her neck gives Akari a letter, and asks her to deliver it. It seems very important. But if Akari's going to have any chance of keeping her promise, she'll have to enlist the help of flying messengers known as Sylphs!
Director: Masato Tamagawa
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.4/10 17 votes#7 - That White Morning...
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2005
It's time to ring in the new year, and everyone in Neo-Venezia has come together to celebrate! Even little Ai has come back from Manhome to take part in the winter festival. But as people gather and memories are shared, President Aria suddenly wanders off. Akari and Ai attempt to track him down, but what they find is a mysterious New Year's gift from Aqua itself.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki, Takahiro Natori, Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.4/10 7 votes#8 - Parting with That Gondola...
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 7/16/2006
When Akari takes her gondola in for a routine inspection, she's given some startling news - the repairman tells her that the gondola is now too old and worn for tourism use, and should be sold off for hauling cargo. Although she at first resists, Akari knows that the repairman is right; so she decides to travel with her gondola to all the wonderful places that she's been, as a way of saying goodbye.
Director: Shintaro Itoga, Shingo Uchida
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.4/10 5 votes#9 - That Mysterious World... / That Guardian of Aqua...
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 8/27/2006
When Akari innocently suggests that perhaps the little space between two stairs at the Aria Company is a portal to another world, President Aria, ever curious, squeezes through the gap, and pops out on the other side to find a terrifying sight! The second story is a flashback to when Akatsuki was little. He considered himself to be a superhero, but he wasn't quite as heroic as his imagination led him to believe...
Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike
Writer: Yoshimasa Hiraike
8.4/10 5 votes#10 - Those Ever-Changing Days...
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2008
Alice is so busy now; every waking moment is full of appointments and work. Though she enjoys the life she has now, she still misses the time that she spent with her friends. It's starting to feel like she might never see Akari and Aika again.
Director: Kouta Okuno
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.3/10 7 votes#11 - That Night of the Meteor Shower...
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2006
There's going to be a meteor shower, and Akari, Aika and Alice have made plans to watch it together. But this time, there's a little twist - Al, one of Neo-Venezia's gravity-controlling Gnomes, will be there as well. Even though he's shorter than the girls, he's actually three years their senior; and he knows all about physics, planets, and the beauty of the universe. What he doesn't seem to know, however, is how Aika feels whenever she's with him.
Director: Takahiro Natori
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.3/10 7 votes#12 - After That Rainy Night...
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/23/2006
On the night before her old gondola is set to be taken away, Akari and Alicia decide to have an evening picnic out on the water. As they laugh and talk, Alicia tells her stories of the gondola, and how it was an important part of her life as an apprentice, as well.
Director: Yoji Sato, Daisuke Tsukushi
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.3/10 6 votes#13 - Those Who Aim for Tomorrow...
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2008
Akari wants to help out more around the Aria Company, but she's only a Single. So Alicia suggests she try her hand at working on a Traghetto! A Traghetto is a ferry-style gondola run exclusively by Singles. Will Akari be up to the challenge?
Director: Hideki Inoue
Writer: Kenichi Takeshita
8.3/10 6 votes#14 - That Keepsake Clover...
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2008
Athena and Alicia both have wonderful talents, but what about Akira? For that matter, what about Aika? Aika gets discouraged, thinking that maybe she doesn't have any natural talent, but Akira has an old story to tell that might lift Aika's spirits.
Director: Tatsufumi Itoh
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
8.2/10 21 votes#15 - To That Island Which Shouldn't Exist...
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2005
When Akari was little, she was certain that Neverland was a real place. As she grew up, she understood that it was fantasy... But now, she's received a mysterious, hand-written invitation to visit Neverland for herself! What awaits her as she follows her map toward a quiet, deserted island?
Director: Daisuke Tsukushi
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.2/10 6 votes#16 - The Center of That Large Circle...
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/9/2006
Even though Akari is relatively new to Neo-Venezia, most of her friends have lived in the quiet island town all their lives. One sunny afternoon, as Akari, Akatsuki, Akria and Al are all eating lunch together, Al tells a story about when they were children, and the mysterious young boy who put Akatsuki squarely in his place.
Director: Mitsuhiro Karato, Yoshimasa Hiraike
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
8.2/10 6 votes#17 - In That Gently Passing Time...
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2008
Akari and Alicia are going to visit Anna, the woman who trained with Alicia in the early days of the Aria Company! Many memories will be shared on this visit, including how the Aria Company itself was first founded.
Director: Kouta Okuno
Writer: Kenichi Takeshita
8.2/10 6 votes#18 - The Memories of That Precious Person...
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2008
Alice and Athena are going on a picnic! Alice chooses a date and makes all sorts of elaborate plans... but Athena gets overloaded with work, and can't come. Athena tries to chase after Alice to apologize, but trips and falls - and somehow loses her memory!
Director: Daisuke Tsukushi, Takaaki Wada
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
8.2/10 5 votes#19 - Embraced by That Blue Sea and Wind...
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/2008
As Akari and Aika leave for practice one cold winter morning, Aika has something to tell Akari. The two of them can't practice together anymore... As if that shock weren't enough, Alicia has something important to say as well.
Director: Daisuke Tsukushi
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.1/10 23 votes#20 - With That Transparent Young Girl...
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2005
While training in a particularly tough stretch of water, Akari and Aika meet girl from Orange Planet who seems to be having no trouble at all. Her name is Alice, and she's famous for being one of the youngest yet most talented Undines in Neo Venezia. There's just one problem... she never seems to smile. What could she learn from a day spent with the unlikely pair of Akari and Akatsuki?
Director: Keiji Gotoh
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.1/10 20 votes#21 - That Starlike Fairy...
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2005
Fall has arrived in Neo-Venezia and the girls have switched into their winter uniforms. And yet, Aika feels so unmotivated... She wants to do more than just go through the motions of everyday practice. She wants to really sharpen her skills, and become as good as the legendary Great Water Fairy, the greatest Undine of all time! So the three of them are sent to go visit this legendary lady in her house out in the country... but she's nothing like what the girls expect.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
8.1/10 8 votes#22 - That Encounter at the Carnevale...
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2006
Two wonderful things have happened: it's time for Neo-Venezia's annual Carnevale, and Ai has come back to Aqua for a visit! As Akari and Ai wander through streets full of bright colors and beautiful masks, they catch a glimpse of Casanova, the mysterious master of ceremonies. Who is the man behind the mask? The two are curious, but they'll need to be careful. You know what they say about curiosity and the cat, after all...
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.1/10 7 votes#23 - That Neo-Venezia–Colored Heart...
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2006
The mailman's gondola is being repaired, so just for today, Akari is making the rounds with him to get the job done. As she learns the ins and outs of what it means to be a mail carrier, she meets a boy who needs his letter delivered at any cost. Whatever the envelope he's holding contains, it's very close to his heart.
Director: Ken Ando
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.0/10 22 votes#24 - Doing That Wonderful Job...
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2005
Akari, Aika and Alice are scheduled for a full day of training with Akira, and what's more, two customers will be along for the ride. They're a couple on their honeymoon; but while the wife loves Undines and riding on gondolas, the husband thinks being an Undine is simple work, and couldn't really care less about the whole thing. It's up to Akira to teach everyone what it means to be an Undine - Undines-in-training included!
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki, Takahiro Natori
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.0/10 19 votes#25 - That Warm Holiday...
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2005
Winter has come - the mornings are crisp and cold, and it's hard to get out from under the covers to go practice sculling. So as a special treat, Alicia suggests that they visit a hot spring! Akari's never seen one before so she's excited to go, and all the others decide to join in as well.
Director: Takahiro Natori, Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Reiko Yoshida