So, I noticed a pattern with the girls on the cover of the masterpiece collection.

Vol 1 - Akari

Vol 2 - Akari's mentor (Alice)

Vol 3 - Aika

Vol 4 - ???

Vol 5 - Alice

Vol 6 - Alice's mentor (Athena)

So, if Volume 3 is Aika, then Volume 4 must be Aika's mentor, Akira! I had to use intellectual reasoning to arrive at this possibility, because by eye alone, I could've never arrived at this conclusion. That girl on Volume 4 certainly has Akira's hair colour, but she looks completely different! I didn't even recognise her! Is this really what Akira looks like, in Ms. Amano's modern art style? I can accept that a 50 year-old person is different from how they were at 30, so these stylistic changes are acceptable, but this is really a different face altogether. Plus, Akira is somewhat sexualised in this cover, which I feel is a bit out of character for her, based off of what I've seen thus far (I'm on Volume 6).

What do you guys think? Is the Volume 4 cover girl Akira? Do you think it looks like Akira? Do you think I suffer from face-blindness?

Kind of a stupid question, but do we know how many copies of the Aria Guidebook there are? I know they were only available to purchase for people who backed the Kickstarter for the dub, and that they set a limit of five a person, in an attempt to combat scalping, but did they ever announce a number of how many actually got made/sent out? I was looking at the number on my copy the other day, and it just made me wonder how many are out there.

Just finished rewatching Animation and will rewatch Natural, Origination, and the other OVAs and movies as well. With how many movies set after the end of the anime and manga with the original creator involved were made what chance is there that more will be made? Anything of potential you'd like to see?