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Video Girl Ai (OAV)

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©1992 Masakazu Katsura / Shueisha.


Alternative title:
Cyber Girl Ai
Den'ei Shōjo (Japanese)
Electric Girl Ai
電影少女 (Japanese)
電影少女 VIDEO GIRL AI (Japanese)
전영소녀 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Because Yōta 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 Yōta 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: 798 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 62 votes (sub:45, dub:14, raw:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 161 votes (sub:110, dub:42, ?:1, raw:1, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 222 votes (sub:150, dub:53, raw:4, others:15
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 189 votes (sub:147, dub:27, raw:3, ?:2, others:10
3 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 89 votes (sub:66, dub:19, ?:1, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:35, dub:5, ?:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:2, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1473 users, rank: #844 (of 10086)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.549 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5485, rank: #1717 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 7.510 (Very good−), rank: #1713 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.60 / seen some: 6.22 / won't finish: 5.06)
Bayesian estimate: 7.509 (Very good−), rank: #1399 (of 7715)
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 (from $79.99)
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
    Video Girl Ai - First Date (Sub.VHS 2) 1999-07-06 (from $44.95)
    Video Girl Ai - Ai, Love & Sadness (Sub.VHS 3) 1999-08-03

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

Animation producer: Ryūji Mitsumoto
Associate producer: Tamotsu Hongo
Background Art:
Chieko Nezaki (ep 6)
Hiroshi Katō (eps 2-6)
Hisashi Ikeda (eps 5-6)
Kenji Kamiyama (ep 6)
Mikiko Takanashi (ep 6)
Norihiro Hiraki (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Tatsuya Kushida (eps 1-5)
Yūsuke Takeda (eps 1-6)
Color Coordination:
Takako Suzuki (ep 2)
Yasuko Sugita (eps 3-4)
Yumiko Katayama (eps 5-6)
Color design: Kumiko Yusa
Editing:
Shigeyuki Yamamori
Shūichi Kakesu
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Magochi (eps 2-3)
Akiko Nagashima (eps 1-4, 6)
Eizō Kawada (ep 2)
Emiko Iwayanagi (ep 6)
Etsuko Shinohara (ep 3)
Katsunori Tanaka (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Kayoko Kondō (eps 1-6)
Kyōko Satō (ep 3)
Mari Yashima (ep 2)
Mieko Matsui (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Mihoko Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mika Nakabayashi (eps 5-6)
Miyako Yatsu (I.G Tatsunoko; ep 1)
Miyuki Abe (ep 2)
Namiko Mori (eps 5-6)
Nobuko Nakagawa (ep 6)
Noriko Kiyohara (ep 2)
Ritsuko Shiina (eps 5-6)
Sachiko Kobayashi (eps 1-2, 4-6)
Sachiyo Hiraide (eps 2, 5-6)
Sawako Yajima (eps 5-6)
Shiho Nakamura (ep 2)
Shinsuke Uchiyama (ep 2)
Shinya Yoshidome (ep 2)
Taeko Watanabe (eps 1-6)
Takeo Uchiyama (eps 1, 3)
Tomohiro Miyashita (eps 1, 3)
Tōru Takahashi (eps 1-3, 6)
Yasuhiro Mizuno (eps 5-6)
Yasuo Ishii (eps 2-5)
Yōji Niizuma (eps 1, 3)
Yōko Akasaka (ep 6)
Yōko Takahashi (eps 2-3, 6)
Yūko Koyama (eps 1-4, 6)
Yumiko Ōasa (eps 1-2, 6)
In-Between Check:
Junko Nishimura (eps 2, 6)
Sachiko Kobayashi (eps 4, 6)
Sachiyo Hiraide (eps 1, 3, 5)
Insert Song Performance:
Maki Kimura
Masakazu Katsura (ep 4 & 5)
Mayumi Sudō
Nav Katze
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 4)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 2)
Fumiko Kishi (ep 4)
Hideki Takahashi (ep 6)
Itsuko Ōtake (eps 4, 6)
Kazuchika Kise (eps 2, 4)
Kazuhisa Okada (eps 2, 4)
Kōichi Hashimoto (ep 5)
Kōji Komurakata (eps 3, 5-6)
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 2)
Masahiro Kimura (eps 1, 4)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 3, 5-6)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 2)
Masaya Ōnishi (eps 4, 6)
Miyako Yatsu (eps 4, 6)
Miyuki Nonaka (eps 2, 4)
Motoki Yagi (ep 6)
Naoyuki Itō (ep 6)
Sachiyo Hiraide (ep 2)
Sanae Chikanaga (eps 3, 5)
Shigeru Fujita (eps 1, 5)
Shinya Takahashi (eps 1, 5)
Takafumi Jinno (eps 1-2)
Takayuki Gotō (ep 1)
Takayuki Hamana (eps 4, 6)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 4)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 3, 5)
Yoshie Kawamura (ep 1)
Yuka Hoya (ep 4)
Yukio Okano (eps 1, 4)
Yuri Chigira (ep 3)
Music Director: Yuko Sakurai
Photography:
Masaaki Fujita (eps 1-6)
Miyoko Tamaki (eps 1-6)
Seiji Uchida (eps 1-6)
Shinichi Sasano (eps 1-6)
Shirō Kuki (eps 1-6)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (eps 1-6)
Yutaka Kurosawa (eps 1-6)
Planning:
Hiroki Gotō
Kazuo Nakano
Production Desk: Tetsuo Uchida
Series construction:
Mayori Sekijima
Satoru Akahori
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami (eps 1-6)
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 Yōta Moteuchi
Yuri Amano as Moemi Hayakawa

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Roleck
Kōji Tsujitani as Takashi Niimai

Junko Sakuma as Schoolgirl
Kenichi Ogata as Manager of Gokuraku
Kenichi Ono as English Teacher (ep 4)
Kyōko Minami as Schoolgirl
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)
Ryūzō Ishino as
Movie Voice (ep 3)
Schoolboy (ep 2)
Sayuri Ikemoto as Announcement (ep 5)
Tomomi Suro as
Movie Voice (ep 3)
Schoolgirl
Wataru Takagi as
Lecherous Boy (ep 3)
Staff member
Yūichi Nagashima as
Man of Couple (ep 6)
Policeman (ep 4)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc. (ep 6)
Editing: Jay Film
Film: Eastman Kodak
Film Developing: Imagica
Finish Animation:
FAI International (eps 3-6)
Ginga Teikoku (eps 4-6)
JAC Studio (eps 1-6)
Mushi Production (ep 6)
Studio Add (eps 3-4, 6)
Studio March (eps 4, 6)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 6)
Workshop (ep 6)
In-Between Animation:
Ajiado (ep 6)
Group Donguri (ep 6)
Lifework (ep 1)
Märchen-Sha (eps 2, 5-6)
Monsieur Onion (eps 1, 3-6)
Studio Egg (eps 1-6)
Studio Fantasia (eps 1, 3-6)
Studio Junio (ep 4)
Studio Mark (eps 1-2, 4-6)
Studio Takuranke (ep 2)
Studio Ten (ep 6)
Twenty First (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Usagi-ya (eps 1-2)
Warp (eps 2-4, 6)
Key Animation: Studio Live (eps 3, 5)
Lith Work: Maki Production
Photography: Studio Boston
Photography Assistance: Azuhata Production
Production:
I.G Tatsunoko
Production I.G
Shueisha
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production: Audio Tanaka
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
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
Promotion: Oliver Chin
Publicity: Oliver Chin
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
Jennifer Copping as Moemi Hayakawa
Maggie Blue O'Hara as Ai Amano

John Novak as The Creator 
Ron Halder as The Creator (eps 5-6)
Samuel Vincent as Takashi Niimai

Richard Newman as Video Store Owner
Scott McNeil as
Fisherman (ep 4)
Police Officer (ep 4)

Janyse Jaud
English companies
ADR: Wordfit System
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Art Direction: VIZ Graphics
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Licensed by: Viz Media
Packaging Design: VIZ Graphics
Post Production: Wordfit System
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Carles Lladó as Yota Moteuchi (Spain dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Moemi Hayakawa (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Ai Amano (Spain dub)

Manel Català as Video Store Owner (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Roleck (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Distributor: Dynamic SK (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Massimo Còrizza
Translation: Francesco Prandoni

Dialogues: Massimo Còrizza
Antonella Baldini as Moemi
Corrado Conforti as Yota
Ilaria Latini as Ai

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:
Edizioni Master (DVD)
Yamato Video
Dubbing: Promovision

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