# Where to Watch Aria the Animation

**Aria the Animation streams on Crunchyroll, and it remains the gold standard of healing anime — the show an entire genre gets measured against. Gondolas, canals, a city rebuilt from Venice on a terraformed Mars, and absolutely zero rush to get anywhere: this is anime as a warm bath.**

## Where to Watch

- [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/aria-the-animation)

Crunchyroll is the legal streaming home for Aria the Animation. No Netflix, no Hulu — but a Crunchyroll subscription opens the door to Neo Venezia.

## Synopsis

On the water-covered planet Aqua — once called Mars — sits Neo Venezia, a loving replica of old Venice where gondolas glide instead of cars. Akari Mizunashi has moved here from Earth with one dream: to become an undine, one of the celebrated gondolier tour guides who row visitors through the city's canals. Under the wing of Aria Company, she trains, explores, and slowly falls in love with every stone and waterway of her new home. There's no villain and no ticking clock — just small wonders, changing seasons, and the quiet joy of finding where you belong.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 13
- **Premiered:** 2005
- **Studio:** hal film maker inc.
- **Score:** 7.6

## Watch Order

This is the first Aria series, so it's exactly where to start — the later seasons build gently on everything planted here.

- Aria the Natural — sequel

## If You Liked This

- **[Laid-Back Camp](https://hozuna.com/anime/laid-back-camp)** — The modern torchbearer of Aria's philosophy: nothing 'happens,' and that's the point. Camping instead of gondolas, but the same unhurried warmth.
- **[Natsume's Book of Friends](https://hozuna.com/anime/natsume-s-book-of-friends)** — Natsume shares Aria's gentleness but adds a bittersweet supernatural thread — quiet stories about kindness echoing across generations.
- **[A Place Further Than the Universe](https://hozuna.com/anime/a-place-further-than-the-universe)** — If Akari's wide-eyed wonder at a new world resonates, this story of girls chasing Antarctica bottles that same feeling into one of anime's best emotional payoffs.
- **[Frieren: Beyond Journey's End](https://hozuna.com/anime/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 
- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Steins;Gate](https://hozuna.com/anime/steins-gate)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch Aria the Animation?

Aria the Animation streams legally on Crunchyroll. It isn't currently available on Netflix, Hulu, or Prime Video.

### How many episodes is Aria the Animation?

This first series is 13 episodes — a perfect, self-contained introduction to Neo Venezia, with more Aria waiting beyond it if the city casts its spell on you.

### What kind of anime is Aria — is there any action?

None at all, and that's the appeal. Aria is the definitive iyashikei ('healing') series: slice-of-life storytelling built to lower your heart rate, not raise it.