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Ai no Kusabi (OAV)

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Related anime:
    Ai no Kusabi (OAV 2/2009) (remake)

Alternative title:
Il cuneo dell'amore (Italian)
Love Wedge
Miłość na Uwięzi (Polish)
The Space Between
Ties of Love
Wedge of Interval
Wedge of Love
Клин Любви (Russian)
間の楔 (Japanese)
Themes: shounen-ai, yaoi
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; silver and/or blonds are the elitist, ending with dark/black haired as the bottom of society, often known as "mongrels". Blondies keep "pets", young boys kept for a few years, especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blondie's voyeurism entertainment. Blondies aren't suppose to keep pets for long or interact sexually with pets, but one blondie named Iason Mink has kept a pet named Rikki, for years and is rumored to sleep with him. Iason refuses to let go of Rikki, even with Jupiter's disapproval. Rikki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friend/lover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Rikki, and Rikki doesn't know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him. 
User Ratings: 395 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 82 votes (sub:81, dub:1)
 Excellent: 78 votes (sub:72, dub:4, raw:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 73 votes (sub:68, raw:3, dub:2)
 Good: 72 votes (sub:66, dub:3, ?:2, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:47, dub:2, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 828 users, rank: #729
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.747 (Very good-.25), std. dev.: 1.9098, rank: #664
Weighted mean: 7.583 (Very good-.41), rank: #720 (seen all: 7.63 / seen some: 6.80 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.581 (Very good-.41), rank: #532
Running time: 60 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1992-08-31 to 1994-05-21
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Midnight Illusion" by Toshihiko Seki
Ending Theme:
"Eternal" by Ishihara Shin'ichi
Links: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    Ai No Kusabi

Related releases:
    Ai no Kusabi - The Space Between (Novel 2) 2008-03-11 (from $4.88)
    Ai no Kusabi - The Space Between (Novel 3) 2008-07-08 (from $5.99)
    Ai no Kusabi - The Space Between (Novel 5) 2009-03-11 (from $4.64)
    Ai no Kusabi - The Space Between: Metamorphose (Novel 6) 2009-07-22 (from $4.64)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Stranger (Novel 1) 2007-11-20 (from $5.99)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Suggestion (Novel 4) 2008-11-04 (from $4.64)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Akira Nishimori
Katsuhito Akiyama

Scenario: Nahoko Hasegawa

Music:
Terumitsu Honma
Toshiro Yabuki
Tsutomu Ohira

Original creator: Rieko Yoshihara (novel)

Original Character Design: Katsumi Michihara (novel)

Character Design: Naoyuki Onda

Art director:
Yasuhiro Moriki
Yooichi Nangoo

Animation director:
Kouichi Arai
Masahiro Yamane
Naoyuki Onda

Mecha design: Shinji Aramaki

Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Executive producer: Isoshi Miyasaka

Producer:
Toru Miura
Toshihiko Sagawa

Color Key: Kumiko Nakayama

Key Animation: Keiji Gotoh

Music producer: Hisaki Terasawa

Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi

Theme Song Performance:
Shinichi Ishihara (ED)
Toshihiko Seki (OP)

 

Kaneto Shiozawa as Iason Mink

Toshihiko Seki as Riki

Hideyuki Hori as Sid

Hideyuki Tanaka as Kacche

Kouji Tsujitani as Gai

Shigeru Chiba as Luke

Shigeru Nakahara as Kirie

Sho Hayami as Raool

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Kyal

Hidenari Ugaki

Hidetoshi Nakamura

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kyousei Tsukui

Japanese companies 

Animation: AIC

Distributor: June Video

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Digital Manga Publishing (Novel)

English cast 
(none)

Italian cast 
Italian staff 

Dubbing Director: Gabriella Rasero

Dialogues: Gabriella Rasero

Andrea Ward as Iason Mink

Fabio Boccanera as Riki

Roberto Del Giudice as Guy

Giuliano Giacomelli as Syd

Giuliano Santi as Rourke

Luca Violini as Norris

Luciano Marchitiello as Raul

Pierluigi Astore as Kyrie

Vittorio Guerrieri as Katze

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: Promovision

 
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