What is exactly is a OVA?!
Question: I realy dont no much about anime i just started watching it a week ago is it like the last epsode to a anime???
Answers: I realy dont no much about anime i just started watching it a week ago is it like the last epsode to a anime???
Original Animation Video & Original Video Animation (OAV / OVA) are interchangeable terms used in Japan to refer to animation that is released directly to the video market without first going through a theatrical release or television broadcast. In the beginning OAV was used in Japan. However, due to confusion with Adult Video and Audio/Video electronics this acronym was gradually abandoned in favor of OVA.
Furthermore, OAVs are supposed to have original scripts, although there are exceptions. They can be based on a Manga or TV series, but the particular episode should be original. For example the Ranma ? TV series follows Rumiko Takahashi's Manga fairly closely, however the Ranma ? OAV series contains stories that were not in the original Manga series.
OAVs are generally higher quality than TV series because a larger budget is allocated to the production and more time is allowed for the work.
With very few exceptions, the vast majority of all pornographic Anime is released as OAVs since the material is not suitable for theatrical or television presentations.
It means Oringinal Video Animation~
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It means "original video animation." It's usually a movie that takes place after the end of an anime series.
Original video animation
is a term originating from Japanese animation (anime) for animated films and series which are made specially to be released on home video formats. The majority are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theatres, however, there may be very rare occasions where, for example, the first part of an OVA series is broadcast for promotional purposes.
It's an episode of a series that was made for
home video rather than for TV.
"Original video animation (オリジナル?ビデオ?アニメーション, Orijinaru bideo animēshon?), abbreviated OVA (オーブイエー or オーヴィーエー, ōbuiē or ōvīē?) (and sometimes incorrectly as OAV), is a term originating from Japanese animation (anime) for animated films and series which are made specially to be released on home video formats. The majority are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theatres, however, there may be very rare occasions where, for example, the first part of an OVA series is broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD." - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_vi...
It means Original video animation. In other words, it was never on tv, only on dvd.
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