Mari Okada
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Mari Okada is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award.
Okada at the 2011 Anime Festival Asia
Aria (manga)
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Aria is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled Aqua when it was published in Enix's Monthly Stencil magazine in 2001, and retitled when it was transferred to Mag Garden's Comic Blade, where it continued serialization from 2002 to 2008. Aqua was collected in two tankōbon volumes, and Aria was collected in twelve volumes.
Cover of Aria volume 1 as published by Mag Garden, featuring Akari Mizunashi
Main cast as they appear in the third season of the anime: from left to right, Aika, Akari, and Alice
Supporting cast as they appear in the anime: from left to right, in front President Aria, Mr. Postman, President Hime, Ai, Alicia, and Al; in back "Grandma" Akino, Akira, Athena (with President Maa on her head), Akatsuki, and Woody
Doge's Palace in Venice as seen from the sea