Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Den'ei Shoujo Video Girl AI Japanese: 電影少女 VIDEO・GIRL・AI
Information
Type: OVA
Episodes: 6
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 27, 1992 to Aug 28, 1992
Duration:
29 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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StatisticsScore: 7.331 (scored by 4910 users)
Ranked: #18752
Popularity: #1637
Members: 8,329
Favorites: 39 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisWhen Yohta is told by the girl he likes, Moemi, that she likes someone else, he rents a video girl tape from a strange video rental shop. When he plays the tape at home, Video Girl Ai emerges from the screen to help him win Moemi's love. But Yohta's VCR had been malfunctioning and now Ai's personality isn't quite what it was designed to be.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Video Girl Ai
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Reviews
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dnt
38 of 54 people found this review helpful
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6 of 6 episodes seen
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Video Girl Ai,
Story:
Another storyline where the impossible becomes possible, giving hopes to a guy who seems to have no luck, this storyline is pretty original and really sucks you into the relationships as it goes along. The seriousness of this anime mixed with the relationship is utterly astounding. A good storyline base and the story just becomes better and better.
Art:
For the time it was made this anime is amazing, truly a classic.
Sound:
Soundtrack is great, character voices are outstanding, really do fit the characters.
Character:
The characters are amazing, and really makes this anime cream of the crop. The characters all become well loved and you feel for them through the harsh and happy times.
Why did I like this anime?
I would say this anime is one of the best, it's love triangles are one of the reasons this anime is so great. The anime is a classic giving you 'Ah I want this to be me' kind of feeling. The plot is good and the relationship bonds that strengthen over time are just a sight to see. If you have a chance, read the manga for this short lived anime just makes you want more. I am still hoping for the day some production crew will remake this anime expanding onto the other manga plot lines. The manga is outstanding aswell so be sure to check it out. This anime is hands down one of the best romances and is purely a classic. read more
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OtakuMike
13 of 24 people found this review helpful
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6 of 6 episodes seen
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Video Girl Ai is probably one of the best anime OVA's I've seen in my anime watching years. The designs of the characters are some of the most beautiful I've seen and is amazing for 1992. This series is meant to be watched in japanese and the dub is good, but not the best. I think the animation is fluid and well produced, with the soundtrack consisting of mostly pop music, but I was content. So if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a watch.
Recommendations
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These two share a number of things in common:
#1: Both are six episode (25-29 minutes per episode) OVAs.
#2: Both are based on two different 15 volume manga series created by Katsura.
#3: Both are romantic comedies, and both share many of the same character types. (FYI, a typically pathetic/weak-willed rom-com lead, a tomboy and a reserved 'dream girl'.)
#4: Both are high quality productions; the artwork remaining faithful to Katusra's wonderful, ecchi style.
#5: Both end each episode with extras, though the I''s Pure extras are far better than Ai's--the Pure extras focusing on its lead's perverted fantasies from the manga.
#6: Both are incredibly under-rated, by MAL's shitty standards. If Giant Robo is worthy of over 8/10, these two are most certainly not worthy of close to 7/10 averages.
#7: Both have been released on DVD in the US: Ai was released years ago by Geneon, and I''s + Pure got released by Viz last year.
Also, I can't comment on how good of an adaptation Ai's OVA is, but the I''s Pure OVA is as good as you can expect a six episode adaptation of a 143 chapter manga to be. The execution (starting in the present, two years in, and then going back to certain points in the I''s story) was perfect and mostly only meaningless content got cut.
Both the series has the same feeling to them. Video girl Ai may not be the most realistic series but when it comes to the relationships it is quite similiar with unrequited/requited love and growing relationships etc.
The series have a similiar artstyle. Both fall under the category ecchi.
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Digital ladies appear before loser guys from the 2-D universe in an attempt to make their lives better, but ensues madness instead. Compiler is more comedy.
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Opening Theme"Ureshii Namida" by Noriko Sakai
Ending Theme"Ano Hi Ni" by Maki Kimura
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Related ClubsAnime and Manga Romance Club, The OVA/ONA/Anime Movie club, Video Girl Ai *~Club~*, Beautiful Romance, Production I.G Appreciation Society, Anime Experience, Aironic's Club for the Underrated, The Aironic OVA (Original Video Animation) Club, [[ Live Action Adaptations ]]
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