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It's a common pattern for manga/LNs/VNs/games to be adapted to drama CD, and then to anime, and then to drama CD again but with the (often different) anime voice cast. Most series that are at least moderately popular seem to get at least one audio drama, so there's definitely a lot out there, too many to list.
One series whose audio dramas I've enjoyed is Aria. Aria has three drama CDs that were released prior to the Animation. The first two adapt selected chapters from the first few volumes of Aria, while the third goes back to adapt some from Aqua. They adapt the manga chapters more closely than the anime, close enough that you can almost read along while listening. Each CD also includes an original spin-off scenario. The cast and soundtrack differ from the anime, giving it a significantly different feel. It's an interesting taste of an alternative take on the series.
The rest of the CDs were released after the anime and use its voice cast and its superb soundtrack. Most, if not all, of them are composed of original episodes. Animation got 3 CDs, Natural 2 CDs, and Origination 3 CDs. Each TV season also got a Perfect Guide Book, with each book including its own bonus CD.
After Origination finished airing, the anime drama CDs (excluding the book bonuses) were collected into and re-released in drama CD box sets, one for each season, with each box also containing an original CD. Each anime DVD box set also came with an original CD. These audio dramas take place after Origination's ending and were released prior to Avvenire.
After Avvenire's release, Aria went on to get two crossover audio dramas with Amano's next work, Amanchu! (which also got some drama CDs of its own). The first crossover was spread across two drama CDs and the second one (>>/an/34678) across four drama CDs.
These are all the ones I know of, bringing the total to 20 CDs + 6 crossover CDs. The releases by Audio-4U (17 drama CDs) and NAOKI-Raws (for the 3 CDs newly included with the drama CD box sets) together cover these 20. If there are any I missed, I'd like to know.
To my knowledge, the few English-subtitled Aria releases are harder to obtain now due to dead links or a lack of seeders. These ones are stil
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