Aria the Animation
Kozue Amano's manga and anime (2005–2008): on the water planet Aqua, young Akari trains as an "undine" (gondolier-guide) in the city of Neo-Venezia. A calm, luminous series whose city reproduces real Venice, in Italy, in detail: its canals, gondolas, squares and bridges.
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St Mark's SquareSt Mark's Square
Venice's great square, with its basilica and campanile, is the direct model for the central square of Neo-Venezia where Akari strolls.
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Rialto BridgeRialto Bridge
The stone bridge over the Grand Canal, one of Venice's symbols that the series recreates as the everyday landscape of Neo-Venezia.
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Grand Canalthe grand canal
The great waterway winding through Venice, plied by gondolas, is the essence of the undine trade Akari learns.
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Bridge of Sighsthe bridge of sighs
The small enclosed white-stone bridge beside the Doge's Palace, one of the Venetian corners that recur in the series' romantic atmosphere.