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is a manga series created by Masakazu Katsura and published by Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. It also has an anime adaptation. The manga is published in English by Viz Communications. It was formerly published in the anthology ''Animerica Extra'' by Viz. It was started in 1989 and continued until 1992, and fifteen manga volumes were produced. A live-action movie of ''Video Girl Ai'' was released in 1991. The plot starts much like the first volume of the manga, but differs later, and the ending is quite different from the OVA and manga. An English dubbed version was released in December 2001. The ''Video Girl Ai'' anime is a six-part OVA series which was produced by I.G. Tatsunoko. The series was released in 1992 by Jump Video. It roughly covers most of the material found in volumes 1 and 3 of the manga (and some of Volume 2). The character designs for the anime remained faithful to the manga style. Anime writer Jason Thompson stated that compared to ''Kimagure Orange Road'', ''Video Girl Ai'' is "more sexual and angsty".〔Thompson, Jason. "(Kimagure Orange Road )" ((Archive )). ''Anime News Network''. September 11, 2014. Retrieved on September 15, 2014.〕 It is commonly speculated that the author, Masakazu Katsura, used this series as what could be described as a pilot; although he wanted to write a straight romantic comedy, he included sci-fi and action elements, so that the series would guarantee to be a success with both his publishers and (teenage male) audience. ''Video Girl Ai'' was followed in 1993 with another sci-fi/romantic comedy manga ''DNA²'' and by the straight romantic comedy ''I"s'' in 1997. ==History== It was started in 1989 and continued until 1992, and fifteen manga volumes were produced. The first 13 volumes tell a story about a video girl named Ai Amano. The last two volumes, which came years later, focus on a video girl named Len, hence the new name for these two volumes – ''Video Girl Len''. In fact, a pun is present here which is lost in translation; the two video girls' names, "Ren" and "Ai", combine to form ''ren'ai'' – a Japanese word used to describe the type of romantic comedy that ''Video Girl Ai'' is. Although they have different protagonists, the "Ai" and "Len" sub-stories are not entirely unrelated; they take place in the same setting, with a similar premise. Two characters from the first 13 volumes also appear in volumes 14 & 15. Volume 15 concludes with a bonus chapter about Video Girl Haruno. Her story was written before Video Girl Ai, and is almost totally separate from the stories of Ai and Len, being alluded to in only one line of dialogue in the other chapters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Video Girl Ai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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