Jeeez, the site got really slow to load when I reloaded for the announcement. But it is, in fact, Aria, as previously speculated. Or at least season 1 of it EDIT: Just heard back from Right Stuf; they’re not ready to announce more specs just yet but they’ll definitely have more than just the first season).

It’ll start coming out with a first season box set on September 30th, which will include all 13 episodes, sub-only, for $49.99. You can actually pre-order it right now.

For the chunk of you out there who don’t yet know the show, Aria is set in a future where humans have settled other planets, including Mars, which has taken on a Venice-like canal-city structure. As a result, the city is full of gondolas; the show follows a group of young girls training to become professional gondoliers. It’s an “atmosphere” kind of show, based on the manga by Kozue Amano (which also just finished recently, if I remember correctly).

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At 2pm CST (about three hours from the writing of this post), Right Stuf/Nozomi Entertainment will announce a new license.

But if you’re in a hurry, Japanator thinks they may already know what it is thanks to an LJer who may have caught a scoop. I know some of you will be VERY excited if it turns out to be what they think it is…

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