{"product_id":"video-girl-ai-dvd","title":"Video Girl Ai - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eYota Moteuchi has just discovered that the girl he's been quietly in love with is in love with his best friend Takashi. Heartbroken and wandering, he stumbles into a strange video rental store he's never noticed before, run by an old man who seems to know exactly what Yota needs. He rents a video. The girl on the tape — Ai Amano — reaches through the screen and climbs out of his television. She's a Video Girl: an artificial companion created to provide comfort and support to lonely boys. There's one problem. Yota's VCR is broken, and the malfunction has altered Ai in ways nobody intended — she's temperamental, she hits him, she argues constantly. She's also, gradually and against every rule governing what she is, falling in love with him. Ai is forbidden to love a human. What Rolex, the enforcer of the Video Girl system, will do when he finds out is not a romantic development. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVideo Girl Ai is a six-episode OVA produced by I.G. Tatsunoko — the collaboration between Production I.G. and Tatsunoko that produced the studio's early work — directed by Mizuho Nishikubo, written by Mayori Sekijima and Satoru Akahori, and based on Masakazu Katsura's manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump — the same creator behind DNA² and I\"s. The score was composed by Tōru Okada. Released in Japan between March and August 1992. The English dub was produced by Ocean Productions in Vancouver and features Megumi Hayashibara as Ai, Yuri Amano as Moemi, Kouji Tsujitani as Takashi, and Brad Swaile as Yota. Originally released in North America on VHS by Viz Video; the DVD collecting all six episodes was released by Viz Media and represents the series' first North American DVD release. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Mizuho Nishikubo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScreenplay:\u003c\/b\u003e Mayori Sekijima \u0026amp; Satoru Akahori (Magic Knight Rayearth, Knights of Ramune, Sorcerer Hunters, Teknoman)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Manga:\u003c\/b\u003e Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai, DNA², I\"s; serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e I.G. Tatsunoko (Production I.G. early work)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Tōru Okada \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Amano (Slayers, Evangelion, Gestalt, Tenchi in Love, Love Hina, Tekkaman Blade II, Paprika, Teknoman)\u003cbr\u003e- Takeshi Kusao as Yota Moteuchi\u003cbr\u003e- Kouji Tsujitani as Takashi Niimai (Rurouni Kenshin — Sanosuke, Fushigi Yugi — Miroku)\u003cbr\u003e- Yuri Amano as Moemi Hayakawa (El-Hazard, Burn Up W, Magic User's Club, Moldiver, Sorcerer Hunters, Noir)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Dub Cast (Ocean Productions — Vancouver):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Maggie Blue O'Hara as Ai Amano\u003cbr\u003e- Brad Swaile as Yota Moteuchi (Death Note, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam SEED)\u003cbr\u003e- Ron Halder as Takashi Niimai\u003cbr\u003e- Jennifer Copping as Moemi Hayakawa\u003cbr\u003e- John Novak as Rolex (Gestalt, Spriggan, Desert Punk — Nishino)\u003cbr\u003e- Richard Newman as the Gokuraku old man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Features (Viz Media)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All 6 Episodes — Complete OVA Series (first North American DVD release)\u003cbr\u003e- Viz Media Previews \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e 電影少女 (Den'ei Shōjo \/ Video Girl Ai)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~180 Minutes (Complete OVA, 6 Episodes)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Mizuho Nishikubo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 2000 (U.S. Release — Viz Media; first North American DVD release of the series); originally released on VHS by Viz Video 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e March 27 – August 28, 1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viz Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e 13+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region 1 (U.S. \/ Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Romantic Comedy, Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Video Girl Artificial Companion, Forbidden Love, Broken VCR Consequence, Masakazu Katsura Creator, Weekly Shonen Jump Romance OVA \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42581543518293,"sku":null,"price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/512FC2E7-8DB2-480F-A6C1-CDA293E925FE.jpg?v=1781032104","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/video-girl-ai-dvd","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}