Name: Video Girl Ai, Den’ei Shoujo Genre:: Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction Episodes: 6 Released: March 27, 1992 – August 28, 1992 Based On:Video Girl Ai manga by Masakazu Katsura Director: Hiroshi Watanabe, Mizuho Nishikubo Produced By: Production I.G, Shueisha US Distribution By: Viz Media
Cast
Character
Japanese Cast
English Cast
Ai Amano:
Megumi Hayashibara
Maggie Blue O’Hara
Yota Moteuchi:
Takeshi Kusao
Brad Swaile
Moemi Hayakawa:
Yuri Amano
Jennifer Copping
Takashi Niimai:
Kouji Tsujitani
Samuel Vincent
Gokuraku Manager:
Kenichi Ogata
Richard Newman
Ai’s Creator:
Hirotaka Suzuoki
John Novak
Review
Video Girl Ai is about a boy, Yota, who has no luck with girls. He has a crush on one of the most popular girls at school, Moemi, who, despite being friends with Yota, likes Yota’s friend Takashi. In a depressed stupor, Yota finds himself in front of a strange video rental store named Gokuraku, where he rents a video of a girl named Ai.
However, Gokuraku’s videos are special, in that their videos are of girls who actually come out of the TV to “cheer up” guys who are down. However, Yota ends up playing the video in his broken VCR, causing Ai to come flying out of the TV, not as the busty, sweet girl she’s portrayed to be in the video, but as a flat-chested tom boy. However, Ai still decides to do her best to try to cheer Yota up, even though she only has a few days until her video runs out.
However, things get more complicated when Yota seems to start falling for Ai, even as he still opines for Moemi.
Video Girl Ai is a short (6 episode) yet pretty well made series that follows the story of roughly the first 3 volumes of the Video Girl Ai manga, which covers the opening arc of the story. While Video Girl Ai could be classified as a comedy, the romance part is definitely more pronounced, with multiple comedic or otherwise light moments scattered throughout the episodes. The omake at the end of the first three episodes also provide comedic relief.
The animation and music is pretty good considering it was made in 1992, and the dub is decent as well. If you don’t mind an early 90s anime series, Video Girl Ai is a nice (and short) watch.
Scores
Animation: 4/5 Story: 4/5 Music: 4/5 English Dubs: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
First Watched: December 2005 Do I Own: Yes Do I Recommend: Yes
Anime Review: Video Girl Ai
The Essentials
Genre:: Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction
Episodes: 6
Released: March 27, 1992 – August 28, 1992
Based On: Video Girl Ai manga by Masakazu Katsura
Director: Hiroshi Watanabe, Mizuho Nishikubo
Produced By: Production I.G, Shueisha
US Distribution By: Viz Media
Cast
Review
Video Girl Ai is about a boy, Yota, who has no luck with girls. He has a crush on one of the most popular girls at school, Moemi, who, despite being friends with Yota, likes Yota’s friend Takashi. In a depressed stupor, Yota finds himself in front of a strange video rental store named Gokuraku, where he rents a video of a girl named Ai.
However, Gokuraku’s videos are special, in that their videos are of girls who actually come out of the TV to “cheer up” guys who are down. However, Yota ends up playing the video in his broken VCR, causing Ai to come flying out of the TV, not as the busty, sweet girl she’s portrayed to be in the video, but as a flat-chested tom boy. However, Ai still decides to do her best to try to cheer Yota up, even though she only has a few days until her video runs out.
However, things get more complicated when Yota seems to start falling for Ai, even as he still opines for Moemi.
Video Girl Ai is a short (6 episode) yet pretty well made series that follows the story of roughly the first 3 volumes of the Video Girl Ai manga, which covers the opening arc of the story. While Video Girl Ai could be classified as a comedy, the romance part is definitely more pronounced, with multiple comedic or otherwise light moments scattered throughout the episodes. The omake at the end of the first three episodes also provide comedic relief.
The animation and music is pretty good considering it was made in 1992, and the dub is decent as well. If you don’t mind an early 90s anime series, Video Girl Ai is a nice (and short) watch.
Scores
Animation: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Music: 4/5
English Dubs: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
First Watched: December 2005
Do I Own: Yes
Do I Recommend: Yes