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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 VIDEO GIRL AI (Japanese) 
전영소녀 (Korean) 
Themes: ecchi , fanservice , love triangle 
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: 794 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 61 votes (sub:44, 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: 221 votes (sub:150, dub:52, 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: 88 votes (sub:65, dub:19, ?:1, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 44 votes (sub:35, dub:5, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish 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 1469 users, rank: #846 (of 9910)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.550 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5463, rank: #1698 (of 10057)
Weighted mean: 7.512 (Very good−), rank: #1683 (of 10057) (seen all: 7.60 / seen some: 6.22 / won't finish: 5.06)
Bayesian estimate: 7.511 (Very good−), rank: #1387 (of 7616)
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
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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 
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) 
Takashi 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) 
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 
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) 

English companies
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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