Video Girl Ai

In both stories, lonely guys happen to meet and live with girls who aren't exactly human and under weird circumstances. As many comic and/or dramatic situations take place, they get closer. As a matter of fact, one can say that Chobits is like a modern version of Video Girl Ai.  

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. read more 

While its not really similar in tone or anything both series feature a younger girl attempting to help a dejected young man. The relationship between Satou and Misaki is very similar to the relationship between Yota and Ai. There's also some similar themes and aesthetics (especially where the gal game is concerned) between the two series. Even the ending is kind of similar, though Video Girl Ai is a little less developed being only a 6 episode OVA.  

Both are romantic comedies with similar setups (guy crushes unrequitedly on girl, guy gets help from another girl, guy also helps one of these girls with her own unrequited crush, guy eventually grows to care for the girl helping him, etc) that will tug on your heartstrings. For those who are not fans of the ecchi shows, don't let the ecchi genre tag for Video Girl Ai scare you off. The ecchi moments in this six-episode OVA are far and few between, and of a more mild variety than the more blatant stuff you see nowadays. VGA came out in 1992, after all.  

Two OVAs from the early 1990s where the main plot device is a suddenly appearing non-human, but human looking, girl. Obviously, the surprised male lead falls in love with her. And by the end of the short (5/6 episodes) series, the mood shifts from comedy to drama. The series even straight lift specific elements from each other (looking at you, girl crawling out of a TV). In terms of differences, Video Girl AI is more slapstick-based and has a more involved plot. Aa! Megami-sama has the better production quality. 

It is so similar 1 ) Similar love story in both animes 2 ) Great comedy but more in Heaven Lost Property 3 ) Girls falling in love in same way's 4 ) Ending of animes are so similar it is unbelievable but in one of theme is more happy  

Both deal with ephemeral or liminal girls who fall in love with tragic male protagonists who both realize almost too late that the girl who was in front of them the whole time was the one they truly love. Both have fairly sad final plot arcs, but Video Girl Ai is more grimdark, whereas Kobato's offers more hope/a second chance in it's epilogue. 

They start quite innocent, the main guy meets the main girl on supernatural terms and from an innocent start it all goes dark and gore in the end and both have a more or less open end to think about. 

both deal with exploring and learning about what it means to be in a relationship and have very similar aesthetics and play into the mystery of the characters presented. 

romance with otherwordly girl who in the end must go home 

In both anime, the main character resorts to the service of a rental girlfriend/video girl to help him get over a heartbreak. But he eventually develops feelings for the girl, and has to find the key to this impossible love... Video Girl Ai has less comedy, has more fantasy elements, and the main character is less of a total failure / cringy creature. 

-Visually similar -Weird psychological ending involving space, and emotions, and humanity -Surreal style and imagery -Still don't understand what they mean  

Stories about artificial girlfriends aren't rare, and so both anime are examples of such. "Video Girl Ai" has a clear romance and conclusion, and "Boku no Marie (My Dear Marie)" has only hints of romance and no real conclusion. While both have really good animation, characters and comedy moments, "Video Girl Ai" is the better one of these two. If you liked one, you will most likely like the other. 

Stories aren't exactly the same, but unrequited love is a major dynamic in both. Mysterious girl Appears in main male character's bedroom, a love triangle then forms, male lead tries to make the right decision about life and love. Only difference is that VGA does not lack an ending... lol 

Fresh comedy and simply plot are both simmilar, also you can see how an anonymous girl make friends using a -sometimes- surrealistic personality. 

Both of the original stories were written by the same person, Masakazu Katsura. They also happen to have the same feel to them, art-wise. 

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. 

-Both shows are 90s gems -Both shows include a lot of romance -Both can be cheesy/over-the-top at times (but in a good way!) -Both shows become very surreal (Utena is surreal almost the entire time, while Video Girl Ai's last episode is the only one that gets surreal) -Both have unique art styles If you liked one and find yourself wanting to watch more 90s stuff, you'll probably like the other. Plus, Video Girl Ai is only 6 episodes so it's worth a shot :) Video Girl Ai doesn't have the strong feminist themes of Utena, though, it's more simplistic, low-brow fun. 

"Lunn Flies into the Wind" / "Lunn wa Kaze no Naka" and "Video Girl Ai" both entail a story of an introverted boy becoming infatuated with a female character that dances the realm of fiction, in which they become very protective of the respective girls and work to preserve them for as long as possible. 

Similar art style 

Similarities + Both have girls appearing out of nowhere and living with the guy. + Both girls are not human (video girl and goddess) + Both protagonists had an unrequited love. + Both protagonists are considered cowards. Dissimilarities: - In Vidoe Girl Ai the girl is super noisy but in Aa! Megami-sama she's very quiet. - Video Girl Ai is Ecchi and has nudity but Aa! Megami-sama is pure.