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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: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 44 votes (sub:16, English:10, dub:6, Ita.sub:1, ?:1, German:1, Spa.dub:1, Italian:1, Spa.sub:1, French:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Spanish: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: 49 votes (sub:21, English:15, dub:4, raw:2, French:2, Italian:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Spanish:1, ?:1)
 Good: 40 votes (English:20, sub:8, dub:4, French:4, Spa.dub:2, ?:1, Portuguese: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: 9 votes (English:3, sub: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 476 users, rank: #111
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.764 (Very good-.23), std. dev.: 1.8219, rank: #1136
Weighted mean: 7.642 (Very good-.35), rank: #1158 (seen all: 8.09 / seen some: 7.11 / won't finish: 5.14)
Bayesian estimate: 7.645 (Very good-.35), rank: #738
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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Graphic novel
    Video Girl Ai - Preproduction (GN 1) 2003-08-01 (from $6.37)
    Video Girl AI - Mix Down (GN 2) 2003-08-01 (from $3.78)
    Video Girl AI - Recall (GN 3) 2003-11-01 (from $5.90)
    Video Girl Ai - Off-Line (GN 4) 2004-10-19 (from $6.37)
    Video Girl Ai - Spinoff (GN 5) 2004-10-01 (from $6.37)
    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 $5.99)
    Video Girl Ai - Cut Scenes (GN 9) 2004-10-26 (from $7.46)
    Video Girl Ai - Rough Cut (GN 10) 2004-10-01 (from $6.48)
    Video Girl Ai - Farewell Scene (GN 11) 2005-04-15 (from $6.37)
    Video Girl Ai - Close-Up (GN 12) 2005-07-15 (from $6.08)
    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 $6.37)
    Video Girl Ai - Len's Story (GN 15) 2006-04-11 (from $6.08)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Story & Art: Masakazu Katsura
 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Shueisha
English staff 
Translation: Yuji Oniki

Touch-up Art & Lettering:
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)
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)
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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