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Ai no Kusabi (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Il cuneo dell'amore (Italian)
Love Wedge
Miłość na Uwięzi (Polish)
The Space Between
Ties of Love
Wedge of Interval
Клин Любви (Russian)
間の楔 (Japanese)
Themes: shounen-ai, yaoi
Objectionable content: Intense
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: 577 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 107 votes (sub:103, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 109 votes (sub:101, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 108 votes (sub:102, raw:4, dub:2)
 Good: 103 votes (sub:97, dub:3, ?:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 83 votes (sub:77, dub:2, raw:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:23)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:10, ?:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1281 users, rank: #941 (of 10068)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.610 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9282, rank: #1529 (of 10252)
Weighted mean: 7.481 (Good+), rank: #1807 (of 10252) (seen all: 7.54 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 2.06)
Bayesian estimate: 7.481 (Good+), rank: #1495 (of 7734)
Running time: 60 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1992-08-31 to 1994-05-21
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Midnight Illusion" by Toshihiko Seki
Ending Theme:
"Eternal" by Ishihara Shin'ichi
Links: We have 2
Review:
Ai No Kusabi (Jan 1, 1970)
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Novel
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Stranger (Novel 1) 2007-11-20 (from $40.00)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Destiny (Novel 2) 2008-03-11 (from $19.48)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Nightmare (Novel 3) 2008-07-08 (from $7.99)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Suggestion (Novel 4) 2008-11-04 (from $84.99)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Darkness (Novel 5) 2009-03-11 (from $248.99)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between - Metamorphose (Novel 6) 2009-07-22 (from $125.00)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between (Novel 7) 2012-09-11 (from $490.00)
    Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between (Novel 8) 2013-07-31

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Akira Nishimori
Katsuhito Akiyama
Scenario:
Nahoko Hasegawa (ep 1)
Rieko Yoshihara (ep 2)
Music:
Akimitsu Honma
Toshiro Yabuki
Tsutomu Ohira
Original creator: Rieko Yoshihara (novel)
Original Character Design: Katsumi Michihara (novel)
Character Design: Naoyuki Onda
Art Director:
Yasuhiro Moriki
Yōichi Nangō
Animation Director:
Kōichi Arai
Masahiro Yamane
Naoyuki Onda
Mecha design: Shinji Aramaki
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Satō (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Konishi
Executive producer: Isoshi Miyasaka
Producer:
Tōru Miura
Toshihiko Sagawa

Color Key: Kumiko Nakayama
Editing:
Toshio Henmi
Yasue Funami (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Wada (ep 1)
In-Between Check: Naoyuki Konno (ep 2)
Key Animation: Keiji Gotō
Music producer: Hisaki Terasawa
Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi
Production manager: Naoto Nakamura
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Theme Song Performance:
Shinichi Ishihara (ED)
Toshihiko Seki (OP)
Japanese companies
Animation: AIC
Backgrounds: Kusanagi (ep 2)
Distributor: June Video
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
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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