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Video Girl Ai (OAV)

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©1992 Masakazu Katsura / Shueisha.


[ adapted from Video Girl Ai (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Cyber Girl Ai
Den'ei Shōjo (Japanese)
Electric Girl Ai
電影少女 VIDEO GIRL AI (Japanese)
전영소녀 (Korean)
Themes: love triangle
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Because Youta worried for another instead of dwelling on his own broken heart, he happened upon a very special video store that only the pure of heart can see. There, he buys what he thinks is a normal erotic video - until a girl climbs out of his television set. Her name is Ai, and thanks to a broken VCR, her personality is a little glitchy. Still, it's her job to help Youta feel better, and perhaps even help him get the girl of his dreams, even if Ai herself might be falling for him as well.
User Ratings: 731 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 51 votes (sub:34, dub:14, raw:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 155 votes (sub:105, dub:41, ?:1, raw:1, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 208 votes (sub:147, dub:45, raw:4, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 172 votes (sub:137, dub:24, raw:3, ?:2, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 79 votes (sub:60, dub:15, ?:1, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:31, dub:5, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1340 users, rank: #740 (of 5565)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.575 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4899, rank: #1053 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 7.515 (Very good−), rank: #998 (of 5555) (seen all: 7.61 / seen some: 6.32 / won't finish: 4.86)
Bayesian estimate: 7.516 (Very good−), rank: #781 (of 4230)
Running time: 29 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 1992-03-27 to 1992-08-28
Opening Theme:
"Ureshii Namida" by Noriko Sakai
Ending Theme:
"Ano Hi Ni" by Maki Kimura
Insert song:
"Ano Hi ni..." (あの日に…) by Maki Kimura (ep 2)
"Ashita wa Ashita" (明日は明日) by Masakazu Katsura (ep 4)
"Frozen Flower" by Nav Katze (ep 6)
"Garasu MOON" (硝子MOON) by Mayumi Sudō (ep 3)
"Kimi no Niji" (君の虹) by Mayumi Sudō (ep 3)
"Kokoro no Mizutamari" (心の水たまり) by Masakazu Katsura (ep 5)
"Message" (メッセージ) by Nav Katze (ep 1)
"Suki Nan Desu" (好きなんです) by Maki Kimura (ep 6)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Video Girl Ai - First Date (Jan 1, 1970)
Video Girl Ai VHS 1 (Jan 1, 1970)
Video Girl Ai - [ai, love, and sadness] (Jan 1, 1970)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Video Girl Ai (DVD) 2001-12-04
VHS
    Video Girl Ai - I'm Here for You (Dub.VHS 1) 1999-05-25
    Video Girl Ai - First Date (Dub.VHS 2) 1999-07-06
    Video Girl Ai - Ai, Love & Sadness (Dub.VHS 3) 1999-08-10
    Video Girl Ai - I'm Here for You (Sub.VHS 1) 1999-05-25 (from $29.95)
    Video Girl Ai - First Date (Sub.VHS 2) 1999-07-06
    Video Girl Ai - Ai, Love & Sadness (Sub.VHS 3) 1999-08-03 (from $0.84)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Hiroshi Watanabe
Mizuho Nishikubo
Script:
Kuniaki Yamashita (eps 3-4)
Mayori Sekijima (eps 2, 6)
Satoru Akahori (eps 1, 5)
Storyboard:
Jun'ichi Sakata (ep 5)
Mizuho Nishikubo (ep 3)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 2)
Music: Tohru Okada
Original Manga: Masakazu Katsura
Character Design: Takayuki Goto
Art Director: Tatsuya Kushida
Animation Director:
Itsuro Kawasaki (eps 3, 5)
Jun Kamiya (eps 4, 6)
Kazuchika Kise (eps 2, 4, 6)
Mizuho Nishikubo (eps 1-2)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi
Executive producer: Hiroshi Watanabe
Producer:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Tetsuo Daitoku (Kisosha)

Animation producer: Ryuji Mitsumoto
Associate producer: Tamotsu Hongo
Editing: Shuichi Kakesu
Insert Song Performance:
Maki Kimura
Masakazu Katsura (ep 4 & 5)
Mayumi Sudō
Nav Katze
Key Animation: Kazuchika Kise (eps 2, 4)
Music Director: Yuko Sakurai
Planning:
Hiroki Goto
Kazuo Nakano
Series construction:
Mayori Sekijima
Satoru Akahori
Theme Song Arrangement:
Nobuyuki Shimizu (op)
Tohru Okada (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Kyōko Endō (OP)
Yuki Matsuura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Masakazu Katsura (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Maki Kimura (ED)
Noriko Sakai (op)
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Amano
Takeshi Kusao as Youta Moteuchi

Kouji Tsujitani as Takashi Niimai
Yuri Amano as Moemi Hayakawa

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Ai's Creator
Kenichi Ogata as Manager of Gokuraku
Kenichi Ono as English Teacher (ep 4)
Mari Mashiba as Girl (ep 3)
Masaki Aizawa as
Employee (ep 3)
Schoolboy (ep 2)
Michiko Neya as Schoolgirl (ep 4)
Nobuyuki Furuta as Man A (ep 3)
Ryuuzou Ishino as
Movie Voice (ep 3)
Schoolboy (ep 2)
Sayuri Ikemoto as Announcement (ep 5)
Tomomi Suro as Movie Voice (ep 3)
Wataru Takagi as
Lecherous Boy (ep 3)
Staff member
Yuuichi Nagashima as
Man of Couple (ep 6)
Policeman (ep 4)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Screenplay: Trish Ledoux
Translation: Trish Ledoux
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Producer: Toshifumi Yoshida

Dialogue Director: Karl Willems
DVD Menu Design: Erika Offutt
DVD Production Coordinator:
Hiroe Tsukamoto
Taku Otsuka
Engineering Assistant:
Jamie Sitar
Olivier Metayer
Logo Animation: Allen Hastings
Post-Production Coordinator: Diana Gage
Re-Recording Mixing: Jan Deny
Recording engineer: Trevor Smith
Video Post-Production: Pierre de la Roche
Wordfit Editor: Trevor Smith
Brad Swaile as Yota Moteuchi
Maggie Blue O'Hara as Ai Amano

Jennifer Copping as Moemi Hayakawa
Samuel Vincent as Takashi Niimai

John Novak as The Creator 
Richard Newman as Video Store Owner
Ron Halder as The Creator (eps 5-6)
Scott McNeil as
Fisherman (ep 4)
Police Officer (ep 4)

Janyse Jaud
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Ai Amano (Spain dub)

Carles Lladó as Yota Moteuchi (Spain dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Moemi (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Distributor: Dynamic SK (Spain; expired)
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Massimo Còrizza
Translation: Francesco Prandoni

Dialogues: Massimo Còrizza
Ilaria Latini as Ai

Antonella Baldini as Moemi
Corrado Conforti as Yota
Francesco Bulckaen as Takashi
Gino Pagnani as
Gestore Gokuraku club
Il pescatore (ep 4)
Luciano Marchitiello as Poliziotto (ep 4)
Massimo Còrizza as Professore d'inglese (ep 4)
Oliviero Dinelli as Roleck
Rosalinda Galli as Voce dell'attrice (ep 3)
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Promovision
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