Aria Manga/Anime Chapter Correspondence

Manga Series Chapter Anime Series Episode Notes
Aqua Navigation 03: The City Submerged Aria the Animation Episode 2: On That Special Day… Only the first half of the anime episode is adapted from this chapter; the second half comes from Navigation 14.
Aqua Navigation 04: The Kingdom of Cats Aria the Natural Episode 7: To the Kingdom of Cats…
Aqua Navigation 06: My First Customer Aria the Animation Episode 3: With That Transparent Young Girl… Only a partial adaptation; also introduces Alice, unlike the manga chapter. In the manga, Alice was introduced in Aria Navigation 11, and also preemptively appeared in Aqua Bonus Navigation at the end of Volume 2.
Aqua Navigation 07: It's Hard Being President! Aria the Animation Episode 8 (first half): That Melancholy President… The anime episode is split into two halves with independent titles; the first half adapts Navigation 07.
Aqua Navigation 08: Night-light Bells Aria the Natural Episode 12 (second half): The Light from That Nightshine Chime… Another two-part episode; the second half adapts Aqua 08. The first half adapts Aria Navigation 17.
Aqua Navigation 09: Enter the Hero! Aria the Animation Episode 8 (second half): That Cool Hero… The episode is split into two halves with independent names; this is the second half.
Aqua Bonus Navigation (Vol. 2) Colds and Pudding Aria the Natural Episode 19 (first half): That Crybaby… Another half-episode. In the anime, takes place just after Aika cuts her hair. In the manga, preemptively introduces Alice (perhaps because the series was in danger of cancellation at the time and Amano wanted to make sure her third heroine saw the light of day).
Aria Navigation 03: Bridge of Sighs Some material from this chapter was moved to Aria the Animation Episode 3.
Aria Navigation 04: Sun Shower Aria the Natural Episode 5.0: The Wonder of That Rainy Day… The first half of the episode adapts this chapter; the second half adapts Aria Navigation 12.
Aria Navigation 06: Snow Bug Aria the Animation Episode 10: That Warm Holiday… Episode 10 also adapts Navigation 07.
Aria Navigation 07: Utopia Aria the Animation Episode 10: That Warm Holiday… Episode 10 also adapts Navigation 06.
Aria Navigation 08: Voices of the Stars Aria the Natural Episode 3: That Night of the Meteor Shower… The episode adapts part of Navigation 08 as well as Navigation 23.
Aria Navigation 09: Auguri di Buon Anno Aria the Animation Episode 13: That White Morning… Ai appears in Episode 13. In the manga she does not appear until much later.
Aria Navigation 10: Carnival Aria the Natural Episode 1: That Encounter at the Carnival… Ai appears in Episode 1.
Aria Navigation 12: Under Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Aria the Natural Episode 5.5: The Discoveries on That Spring Day… Second half of Episode 5 adapts Navigation 12.
Aria Navigation 13: The Town Treasure Aria the Natural Episode 2: Searching for That Treasure… The main plot of Episode 2 comes from Navigation 13, but Episode 2 also contains Navigation 25, when Akari meets the owner of Caffè Florian, as a subplot.
Aria Navigation 14: The Three Water Fairies Aria the Animation Episode 2: On That Special Day... Only the second half; the first half comes from Aqua Navigation 03.
Aria Navigation 15: Festa del Boccolo Aria the Natural Episode 8: That Day of the Festa del Boccolo…
Aria Navigation 16: Neverland Aria the Animation Episode 5: To That Island that Shouldn't Exist…
Aria Navigation 17: Traveling Water Aria the Natural Episode 12 (first half): Chasing That Mirage… The second half of Episode 12 adapts Aqua Navigation 08.
Aria Navigation 18: Flying Fish in the Sky Woody's first appearance in the anime was Aria the Animation Episode 4: That Undeliverable Letter…
Aria Navigation 19: The Legendary Major Fairy Aria the Animation Episode 9: That Starlike Fairy… Japanese title of Navigation 19 was "Grandmother".
Aria Navigation 20: Redentore Aria the Natural Episode 25: The Fruits of That Encounter…
Aria Navigation 21: Mailman-san Aria the Natural Episode 4: That Neo-Venezia-Colored Heart…
Aria Navigation 22: Canzone Aria the Animation Episode 6: That Which You Want to Protect… Navigations 22 and 29 of Aria were merged into Aria the Animation Episode 6.
Aria Navigation 23: The Night of the Meteor Showers Aria the Natural Episode 3: That Night of the Meteor Shower… Episode 3 also adapts part of Aria Navigation 08.
Aria Navigation 24: Margherita Aria the Animation Episode 7: Doing That Wonderful Job… Akira's way of eating pizza is much more ladylike in the manga.
Aria Navigation 25: Shadow Chasing Aria the Natural Episode 2: Searching for That Treasure… This chapter was merged with Aria Navigation 13 to create The Natural Episode 2.
Aria Navigation 26: Orange Days Aria the Animation Episode 11: Those Orange Days…
Aria Navigation 27: Venetian Glass Aria the Natural Episode 11: That Precious Sparkle…
Aria Navigation 28: Snow White Aria the Natural Episode 26: That White, Kind City…
Aria Navigation 29: Lost Child Aria the Animation Episode 6: That Which You Want to Protect… Navigation 29 was merged with Navigation 22 to produce Aria the Animation Episode 6.
Aria Navigation 30: Night on the Galactic Railroad Aria the Natural Episode 21: That Night of the Galaxy Express…
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 6): Parallel World Aria the Natural Episode 22 (first half): That Mysterious World… First half of a two-half episode. The second half adapts Special Navigation (Vol. 7), Artificial Human.
Aria Navigation 31: The Goddess of Spring Aria the Natural Episode 18: That New Me…
Aria Navigation 32: Blackout Aria the Natural Episode 9: Those Honest Stars…
Aria Navigation 33: Mirror Aria the Natural Episode 6: The Smile Reflected in That Mirror…
Aria Navigation 34: Vaporetto Aria the Natural Episode 10: That Heartwarming Town and Its People…
Aria Navigation 35: Hair, Hairpins, and Me Aria the Natural Episode 19.5: That Young Girl's Heart… Second half of Episode 19; the first half adapts Aqua Special Navigation (Vol. 2).
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 7): Artificial Human Aria the Natural Episode 22 (second half): That Guardian of Aqua… The first half adapts Special Navigation (Vol. 6).
Aria Navigation 36: Gondola Aria the Natural Episode 16: Parting With That Gondola… and Episode 17: After That Rainy Night… Much new material was added to stretch Navigation 36 into a two-parter.
Aria Navigation 37: Amnesia Aria the Origination Episode 8: The Memories of That Precious Person…
Aria Navigation 38: Cemetery Island Aria the Natural Episode 20: That Shadowless Invitation…
Aria Navigation 39: Secret Place Aria the Origination Episode 5.5: That Little Secret Place… An OVA episode.
Aria Navigation 41: Palina Aria the Natural Episode 14: That Newest Memory…
Aria Navigation 42: My Rule Aria the Natural Episode 13: Those Really Self-Imposed Rules…
Aria Navigation 43: Childhood Friend Aria the Natural Episode 15: In the Center of That Large Circle…
Aria Navigation 44: Prima Donna Aria the Natural Episode 24: Those Undine of Tomorrow… With extra material added to the anime episode.
Aria Navigation 45: Moon Viewing Aria the Origination Episode 10: The Excitement on That Moon-Gazing Night…
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 9): Aquamarine Aria the Origination Episode 7: In That Gently Passing Time… With extra material added to the anime episode.
Aria Navigation 48: Traghetto Aria the Origination Episode 4: Those Who Aim For Tomorrow…
Aria Navigation 50: Extra Lessons Aria the Origination Episode 6: That Wonderful Extracurricular Lesson…
Aria Navigation 51: Clover Aria the Origination Episode 5: That Keepsake Clover…
Aria Navigation 52: Marriage with the Sea Aria the Natural Episode 23: That Sea, Love, and Heart…
Aria Navigation 55: Twilight Aria the Origination Episode 9: Surrounded by That Orange Wind…
Aria Navigation 57: The Rose's Name Aria the Origination Episode 11: Those Ever-Changing Days… Navigation 57 was merged with Special Navigation: The Three Girls to produce Aria the Origination Episode 11.
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 12): The Three Girls Aria the Origination Episode 11: Those Ever-Changing Days… The Three Girls was merged with Navigation 57.
Aria Navigation 58: Distant Blue Aria the Origination Episode 12: Embraced by That Blue Sea and Wind…
Aria Navigation 59: The Future Aria the Origination Episode 13: To That New Beginning… Navigations 59 and 60 were merged.
Aria Navigation 60: Fairies of the Water Aria the Origination Episode 13: To That New Beginning… Navigations 59 and 60 merged.

Manga-only Chapters

Only includes chapters which weren't adapted or which were cherry-picked for scenes. If the entire chapter was merged with another chapter to create an anime episode, those chapters do not appear here.

Aqua Navigation 01: The Water Planet Totally omitted from the anime, although we can assume the events happened offscreen, a year before the first episode of Aria: The Animation, when Akari arrived on Aqua and first met Alicia, President Aria, and the Mailman.
Aqua Navigation 02: The Guide on the Water Like Navigation 01, we can assume these events happened sometime before the start of the series, when Akari first met Aika.
Aqua Navigation 05: The Hill of Hope Akari refers to the events of this chapter in Aria the Natural Episode 16: Parting with That Gondola. She was promoted to Single in this chapter.
Aqua Navigation 10: Fireworks
Aria Navigation 01: Neo-Venezia
Aria Navigation 05: Vogare Longa
Aria Navigation 08: Voices of the Stars Partially adapted in Aria the Natural Episode 3: That Night of the Meteor Shower… In the manga, this chapter introduces Al. In the anime episode, the Undine girls already know Al, so we can assume something like this chapter happened offscreen in the anime.
Aria Navigation 11: The First Gale of Spring Introduces Alice. In the anime, Alice was introduced in Aria the Animation Episode 3: With That Transparent Young Girl…, which adapts a few events from this chapter.
Aria Navigation 18: Flying Fish in the Sky Introduces Woody. Again, seems to have happened offscreen in the anime, since Akari already knows Woody when he appears in Aria the Animation Episode 4: That Undeliverable Letter…
Aria Navigation 29: Lost Child Introduces President Maa. The introduction of President Maa was added to Aria the Animation Episode 6: That Which You Want to Protect…, but most of the material from Navigation 29 was not included.
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 8): A Girl's Heart As I remember it, Maa's gender was casually dropped in a conversation in the anime.
Aria Navigation 40: Bonfire
Aria Navigation 46: Birthday
Aria Navigation 47: Epifania
Aria Navigation 49: The Four Seasons
Aria Special Navigation (Vol. 10): Horoscope
Aria Navigation 53: Cait Sith
Aria Navigation 54: A Day Off
Aria Navigation 56: Lifelike Doll

Anime-Only Episode

Many of the anime episodes added extra content. Many also differed from the manga chapter only by the presence of Ai. Those are not mentioned here; only episodes which substantially did not exist in the original manga are included in this table.

Aria the Animation Episode 1: That Wonderful Miracle… Introduces Ai. In the manga, Ai did not appear until the final chapter.
Aria the Animation Episode 3: With That Transparent Young Girl… Sort of a borderline case. A lot of the material was adapted from Aria Navigations 03 and 11, and some also comes from Aqua Navigations 06 and 10. The anime changed the scenario and added glue material.
Aria the Animation Episode 4: That Undeliverable Letter… Introduces Woody.
Aria the Animation Episode 12: That Soft Wish… Gives us a look into the history of Aqua that we mostly got through narration in the manga.
Aria the OVA: Arietta
Aria the Origination Episode 1: That Imminent Spring Breeze…
Aria the Origination Episode 2: That Smiling Customer…
Aria the Origination Episode 3: Those Feelings Within…