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Video Girl Ai (manga)

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[ serialized in [Animerica Extra], serialized in [Shonen Jump Japan] ]

Related anime:
    Video Girl Ai (OAV) (adaptation)
    Video Girl Ai (live-action movie) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Video Girl (French)
電影少女(ビデオガール) (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Yota loves Moemi but ends up encouraging Moemi to go for her own secret love, his best friend Takashi. Dejected, Yota happens upon a new video rental store and walks away with what he thinks is an x-rated video. Yota pops the tape into his VCR and out pops Ai, a video girl created to comfort those who are pure of heart and in pain. But the VCR is defective so she ends up a tomboy, flat-chested and foul-mouthed. That is not the only change, as Ai discovers she is falling for Yota. Love makes Ai unique among video girls and the target of her creator. Yet despite everything she keeps trying to comfort Yota by matching him up with the girl of his dreams. But dreams change... and sometimes keep changing. Love can be a terrible ordeal for the pure-hearted when their choices will hurt those they care so much for.
User Ratings: 211 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 43 votes (sub:16, English:10, dub:6, Spanish:1, Ita.sub:1, ?:1, German:1, Spa.dub:1, Italian:1, Spa.sub:1, French:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 38 votes (English:13, sub:11, dub:4, ?:2, Pol.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1, German:1, Spa.dub:1, Spanish:1, Italian:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 48 votes (sub:20, English:15, dub:4, raw:2, French:2, Italian:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Spanish:1, ?:1)
 Good: 38 votes (English:20, sub:7, dub:4, French:3, Spa.dub:2, Portuguese:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 20 votes (English:10, sub:5, dub:1, Pol.dub:1, German:1, French:1, Portuguese:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (English:6, sub:2, dub:2)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:2, English:2, dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Portuguese:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (English:4, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (English:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 470 users, rank: #106
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.777 (Very good-.22), std. dev.: 1.8169, rank: #1114
Weighted mean: 7.649 (Very good-.35), rank: #1131 (seen all: 8.08 / seen some: 7.11 / won't finish: 5.25)
Bayesian estimate: 7.652 (Very good-.34), rank: #718
Number of tankoubon: 15
Number of pages: 196
Volumes:
#01. Preproduction
#02. Mix Down
#03. Recall
#04. Off-Line
#05. Spin-Off
#06. Cutting Room
#07. Retake
#08. Flashback
#09. Cut Scenes
#10. Rough Cut
#11. Farewell Scene
Vintage:
1989 to 1992 (Shonen Jump Japan 1989 No.51 to 1992 No.31)
1993 to 1994 (Italy - Neverland 20 volumes)
1994 (France - Tsuki Poche)
1995 to 1996 (Spain - Norma Editorial 46 volumes)
1997 (Japan - Reedition - Shueisha)
1998 (USA)
1999 to 2001 (México - Grupo Editorial Vid 30 volumes)
2000 to 2001 (Italy - Reedition - Greatest 12 volumes)
2001 (Brazil)
2001 (Germany)
2001-11 to 2003-01 (Spain - Reedition - Planeta de Agostini)
2002-04 (France - Reedition - De Luxe 9 volumes)
Releases: We have 36
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Related releases:
    Video Girl Ai - Preproduction (GN 1) 2003-08-01 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl AI - Mix Down (GN 2) 2003-08-01 (from $3.82)
    Video Girl AI - Recall (GN 3) 2003-11-01 (from $2.98)
    Video Girl Ai - Off-Line (GN 4) 2004-10-19 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl Ai - Spinoff (GN 5) 2004-10-01 (from $3.36)
    Video Girl Ai - Cutting Room (GN 6) 2005-01-05 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl Ai - Retake (GN 7) 2005-04-15 (from $6.37)
    Video Girl Ai - Flashback (GN 8) 2004-07-07 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl Ai - Cut Scenes (GN 9) 2004-10-26 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl Ai - Rough Cut (GN 10) 2004-10-01 (from $6.37)
    Video Girl Ai - Farewell Scene (GN 11) 2005-04-15 (from $3.36)
    Video Girl Ai - Close-Up (GN 12) 2005-07-15 (from $5.62)
    Video Girl Ai - Fade Out (GN 13) 2005-10-11 (from $6.90)
    Video Girl Ai - Len's Story (GN 14) 2006-01-03 (from $5.80)
    Video Girl Ai - Len's Story (GN 15) 2006-04-11 (from $5.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story & Art: Masakazu Katsura

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Shueisha

English staff 

Translation: Yuji Oniki

Adaptation: William Flanagan

Design: Hidemi Sahara

Editing:
Elizabeth Kawasaki
Frances E. Wall
Gary Leach
Pancha Diaz
William Flanagan (1st edition)

English Adaptation: Yuji Oniki

Lettering & Touch-up Art:
Dan Nakrosis
Freeman Wong

English cast 
(none)
English companies 

Licensed by: Viz Media

French companies 
French staff 

Translation: Natsuko Kida (1994)

Adaptation: Frédéric Guyader (1994)

Publisher: Editions Tonkam

Serialized:
De Luxe (Reedition)
Tsuki Poche

Translation: Studio Tonkam (Deluxe éd.)

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Director:
Oscar Valiente (Norma, 1998)
Rafael Martínez (Norma, 1998)

Translation:
Brenda Nava
Enrique Sánchez Abulí (Norma, 1998)
Geni Bigas (Planeta, 2001)
Sayuri Suzuki (Planeta, 2001)

Coordination: Armand Zoroa (Norma, 1998)

Design:
Martín Garces (Norma, 1998)
Vanessa Martínez (Norma, 1998)

Digital Edition:
América Zarazúa
Olivia Melesio

Distribution: Pepe Martínez (Norma, 1998)

Editing: Jaime Rodriguez (Planeta, 2001)

Editorial Director: Jesús Pece (Planeta, 2001)

Layout: Fernando Fernández (Norma, 1998)

Production:
Flor Castellanos (Norma, 1998)
Marià Martí (Norma, 1998)

 (none)
Spanish companies 

Adaptation: Estudio Fenix (Planeta, 2001)

Graphic & Layout: Estudio Fenix (Planeta, 2001)

Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa
Editorial Vid
Grupo Editorial Vid
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Star Comics

Serialized:
Greatest (Reedition)
Neverland

Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 

Translation: Gyo Araiwa

 (none)
German companies 

Publisher: Carlsen Comics

Polish staff 
Polish cast 

Translation:
Aleksandra Watanuki (Vol 1-4)
Mateusz Lukasik (Vol 5-11)

 (none)
Polish companies 

Publisher: Waneko

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: JBC (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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