Kozue Amano (天野こずえ Amano Kozue) is a female Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of Aria, which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and an OVA.
Ah, returning to Neo Venizia. This was the first series I picked up by myself, and not because of a friend. I was so sad when ADV droped it, and even sader to find out it will never be completed in America... Akari is a model for young people- be happy and good things will happen.
Akari's second summer in Neo-Venezia has arrived, and along with it come sweltering heat, fireworks, and the inevitable swimsuit episode.
I enjoy the art in this manga, which shows an excellent level of attention to detail, and likely also a good amount of effort put into researching Venice on our Earth. The mystical episodes featuring the king of cats and his subjects are some of my favorites, and there's one in this volume.
Still, there's enough here that's mildly cringe-y or that I'm indifferent to, that I'm unlikely to be fully invested in this story. First off, the fan service. I don't think it's overt enough to justify the "older teen" rating on its back cover, but it's definitely a thing. None of the characters are particularly appealing to me, including its main character, who parses more like a five-year-old than a sixteen-year-old to me. And some of them, like Woody and the ubiquitous Aria-shacho, are just weird and unsettling.
Why on earth would any entity take such effort to re-create an old-fashioned Japanese country town in its Martian terraforming project? If you're not going to make it a tourist site--and there's no evidence that it was--surely there are more efficient ways to produce food, or house people. This manga is obviously more about vibes than pragmatic science fictional questions like that, though.
J'ai lu ce volume sans avoir lu les autres si ce n'est le premier volume d'Aqua, la préquelle. Cependant j'ai vu la première et deuxième saison de l'animé.
Comme je m'y attendais, ce manga est reposant et plein de bonne humeur. C'est un véritable délice de le lire.
During her second summer on Aqua, Akari has several fun experiences when she isn't training: she goes swimming on a private beach, she visits a mysterious cafe, she meets an air bike rider, she meets a former top Udine, and she and her friends plan a successful end of season party.
It's summertime, which means it's hot and we should all spend time around the water- on a water planet, so that's easy enough. We got an obligatory beach chapter! And a fireworks celebration!
Love Aria. Just one complaint. Tokyopop! Why you make book so flimsy?! I got it from the library and literally went, "Oh God, did someone rip the pages out again?!"