Kinda sad that nowadays there's no "do whatever tf you want" in anime. So many insanely creative and weird things that had no chance of airing on TV got made just because OVA existed.
People gotta eat. OVAs are expensive now. Back in my day, a small crew of newbies working their butt off for a year could pull something off on the side. Now its either full time or nothing. Things are expensive now. And even if you got a small crew of partimes, it wont match the "standard" quality expected so people will ignore it. Its hard. But if enough people think like you, then sponsoring a small crew with a cool idea should be possible. Its just that most anime style teams start from scratch. Its hard unlike regular indie animators that slowly gather an audience. Full OVA style crews dont actually have an audience to rely on funding like a couple thousand patreon people, for example. Things got better but it got more expensive and it pushed out the newbies out of competition and into corporate cogs in the machine.
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media. That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
I honestly wish Crunchyroll never exist at all, what OVA’s got was art, passion, and creativity. Now, every anime that owes Crunchyroll is industrialism, greed, and generic, whatever new/original anime release comes. I wish modern anime be like the classic days, but it seems sooner or late anime will died in the future
I love the 80s-90's OVAs glad that my old club had a bunch of old VHS and VCDs. Those old titles pushed the boundaries of what could be shown and portrayed in a limited time and bigger budget than tv syndicated shows. Its sad that its in decline it may ran its course but I still love the history behind them.
Battle Angel Alita is probably one of the more famous OVAs due to the success of the film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel. Burn Up W is also a great OVA!
I rember that many OVA anime like the ones you mention and others like Gunsmith Cats were shown on TV as regular anime, I remember watching some of them in the Latin American TV channel, Locomotion
Honestly, I think streaming only anime like Netflix CAN be the next evolution of OVA. Hell, both Devilman Crybaby and Baki both would never have been able to air in japan due to the themes and explicit acts in them. Crybaby in particular feels like it was made to break as many taboos on japanese television as possible. (down to the intro being much more inspired by american streaming intros than japanese OPs).
I think some of the anime released on Netflix or other streaming series, that aren't shown on traditional television in Japan and that sometimes have a longer runtime are referred to as ONA (original net animation). However, this has been done for quite a while, I remember that Gundam SEED Stargazer was shown first on the Internet, at that was done almost 20 years ago
@@giygas9305 as someone that saw them, and read the manga first, cry baby was really terrible. It's probably easier going from cry baby or maybe it won't be. It's immediately off in characterization. And the tatami Galaxy style doesn't fit.
I'm always impressed by many of the OVAs made in the 80s and 90s, some of them have theatrical-quality animation, but ever since the switch to digital ink & paint some of the charm was lost. I especially like the OVAs that continues the story of a TV anime, like the GPX Cyber Formula OVAs, there's a huge leap in animation quality
We still have those continuation OVAs. They aren't distributed as pure direct to video releases anymore, since that just doesn't make much sense anymore, but they still exist as ONAs and short movies. Right now there are three of these continuation "OVAs" being produced with Girls und Panzer: Das Finale, Princess Principal: Crown Handler, and Code Geass: Dakkan no Roze. Of course the jump in animation quality isn't that big anymore, as TV animation has increased its animation quality over the years, but it's still there.
@@jarik7658 yes, I suppose that in this modern era of streaming OVAs don't make much sense, though I heard that streaming services aren't as big in Japan as they're in the rest of the world. The recent Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture is a good example, though I heard that in Japan it had limited showings in certain theaters, kind of what happen with the Digimon Adventure Tri OVAs from years ago, though that would make some OVAs more like short movies. In terms of animation, some modern OVA do have some nice animation, but there's plenty of them that feel more like extra episodes, with barely any difference in quality in the animation, there's some exceptions, like some of the Gundam OVAs
@@pablocasas5906 OVAs aren't bound to a certain runtime, so some of them being like short movies isn't that unusual. Angels Egg is also more like a movie, even though it's an OVA. Perfect Blue was also originally planned as an OVA, but ended up as a movie release instead. Plenty of OVAs do feel like just some extra episodes, because they often are. Especially when they are released as a part of the TV series' BD release, or when they are bundled with a manga volume. Some old OVAs like Patlabor also weren't that much better than its TV series in terms of animation.
My favorites are Cyber City Oedo 808, all episodes of Gall Force, Genocyber, Original Bubblegum Crisis OVA's, Genesis Survivor Gaiarth, Angel Cop, Cybernatics Guardian and Detonator Orgun.
Basically, it was like straight to video/dvd. But ovas was awesome because the writers could make it more uncut then the tv show. For the ones that started out like a tv series. Sometimes the ovas wipe up the leftover storylines. They have more freedom to say & do they things they wanted to do. Without all the censorship of the TV heads getting in the way
That also extended to live action productions. It's too bad that in the US, just about no one takes those same opportunities with STV productions. Instead, most STV productive are not taken seriously by anyone making them which creates a vicious cycle of cynicism. I think the only consistent STV productions in the US that were of quality were the animated movies from DC Studios, but in more recent years even they have declined in quality. Granted, part of that has to do with the drop in frame rates which almost certainly must have to do with budget cuts.
The censorship laws in Japan have stifled the anime, manga, and video game industry so mush it’s insane. I dont understand why the Japanese haven’t tried to change this.
Still watch all my favorite OVAs from the 80s and 90s. they are so crazy with the animation they still blow me away. was just watching Birth, such awesome animation quality.
Honestly, OVA's are probably some of my favourire anime and the fact that even those that are episodic in nature have a longer run time than TV anime is great. I still prefer feature length OVA movies or at least something with 2-4 hour long episodes at most but usually OVA's have higher animation quality and are more experimental which is fantastic.
DVDs don’t have clearer picture quality. That is a myth. This comes from the low quality of American made tapes on mass releases. When tapes follow the Japanese standard or closer to that standard the picture is about the same as DVD but with different artifacts. DVD is capable of higher fidelity than Japanese standard VHS but was mostly unused until later in its lifespan. Even anime tapes released in the west as well as releases of movies by smaller studios had superior and sometimes much superior quality to mainstream VHS releases by large studios. An exception are the Disney animated feature releases which used a higher tape standard than a Universal Pictures live action movie release. Most companies releasing anime used higher end tapes, often customized for the OVA format, often using a white cassette over the usual black tape cartridges. Another big issue is VCRs displaying poor picture and sound over time when not cleaned or maintained properly, then attributing that quality to the tapes. A lot of the infamous distortion in picture and sound is not from the tape but the VCR! Some of it is from the tape especially when not stored properly, but even then most tapes can be reset to mostly good quality with a full play through and rewind. Also keep in mind CRT TVs give a more flattering picture (even with modern digital sources) which is the same phenomena with projectors. If you project a VHS tape with a modern projector setup for home they still can look great, because it’s an analog output style like CRTs.
Of all the crap that's happened in the modern era, OVAs no longer being a thing is probably the most tragic. Honestly, for those of us who got to experience it. A 3 part OVA that pulled ZERO punches was an unforgettable experience of violence and gore. 😎 👊🏼 😈👹 💥
I loved the Gundam OVA’s War In The Pocket & 8th MS Team. Not being on tv let them really show blood my and horrible war can be. Also Goku: Midnight Eye kicks ass!
In the summer of 2018, I spent it watching the English dubs of the Ambassador Magma and Giant Robo OVAs as well as rewatching the Sonic The Hedgehog OVA. Aside from Sonic, I don't know if you all know who Ambassador Magma or Giant Robo is. Basically these two 90s anime were adaptations of tokusatsu shows from the 1960s which were based on manga. Ambassador Magma (Magma Taishi in Japanese or The Space Giants in early localization) was created by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka. The live action versions from the 60s were basically about taking more liberties on being more like Ultraman or Godzilla where the title robot characters would fight off kaiju. The 90s OVA is more faithful to the original manga where it's more of just a mech anime with some science-fiction and philosophical themes. There used to be a channel literally called Classic Anime where you can watch old OVAs in English. It was where I saw these shows. But it's since been taken off. Now only the subtitled versions are available. I prefer dub because it's easier for me to enjoy.
I live in New Zealand there was a period in time between like 2005-2008 where we had one tv block of anime (not counting naruto) with about 3-4 series that would air in it, this was also the time where data caps where still a thing with ISP's so downloading and the streaming options werent really viable so if you liked anime your only option was to buy DVD's of series and there was only 2 retailers that stocked it. A full series would cost you between $50-$150 depending on the length of the series, if you were buying single volume releases they were around $30 each. I was a big fan of Macross Delta and since the Japanese DVD's had English subtitles I brought the whole series its wild af to me that each volume (not including shipping) cost about the same price as a full series of that many episodes would cost
Gunbuster & Diebuster. Despite the different titles, they really are two halves of the same epic story, and they will always have a special place in my heart. 💜
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media. That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
The golden age of OVAs was during the bubble economy. It was a time where Japan had money to burn and animators went wild. Some OVAs had near theatrical quality or were sold in America as movies. It was stuff like this that you would find in some dark corner of a video rental and beg your parents to rent. Just pray they don't want to watch it with you. Or sometimes its cool. Modern anime is pretty uniform. For better or worse, it has blurred the lines between theatrical, tv, ova, and ona. Most modern TV series are treated like ovas of old by having comparable animation quality and even having a similar number of episodes, about 13, as a high quality ova like Lodoss War.
I remember watching Mamour Oshii's Dallos, but I first watched it on TV back in the early 90's under the American title Battle for Moon Station Dallos. I love the ending when the Moon Station'e eyes glow and how the protagonist Shun Nonomura and his grandfather were at the cemetery and looking up at the Earth.
A lot of OVAs in Japan were made by game companies. Look for them. Salamander on the NES has an anime. And so does Kendo Rage on the SNES. As does Ninja Gaiden (Ryukenden). They exist. It's just a shame America had no interest in them.
Hmmm.... I use to believe that OVA where 1 to 3 spin-off episodes after the main episodes ended and most of the time has nothing to do with to main story and if they do it would be to fill in a few plot holes. Anything before the Official show would be considered a pilot.
Ahhh 1980’s was the bubble economy and then the pop, 1,000¥ was NOT even alittle bit $10 there, like not even alittle, there is a thing called inflation.
Never was a big anime fan but i loved so many OVAs Blue Sub is by far number 1. Also here in Japan I was finally able to get Flag years ago on Bluray but it's already now ll up on youtube.
The claims of OVA, not being shown theatrically is not exactly true. Megazone 23 was one of the early OVA, which actually got a theatrical screening, I even own ticket stubs from its showing
I think you can make an argument that streaming platform exclusives are the equivalent of OVAs so things are not too dire, but yeah we’re never gonna see anything quite like the Memories OVA or the countless weird examples brought up in this vid and comments again
Frequently I dream that I find a bunch of lost VHS and Laserdiscs in some random warehouse. I sometimes dream of translating some obscure OVA from the 1980s. I have no idea why that happenned.
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media. That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
Kinda sad that nowadays there's no "do whatever tf you want" in anime. So many insanely creative and weird things that had no chance of airing on TV got made just because OVA existed.
People gotta eat. OVAs are expensive now. Back in my day, a small crew of newbies working their butt off for a year could pull something off on the side. Now its either full time or nothing. Things are expensive now. And even if you got a small crew of partimes, it wont match the "standard" quality expected so people will ignore it. Its hard. But if enough people think like you, then sponsoring a small crew with a cool idea should be possible. Its just that most anime style teams start from scratch. Its hard unlike regular indie animators that slowly gather an audience. Full OVA style crews dont actually have an audience to rely on funding like a couple thousand patreon people, for example. Things got better but it got more expensive and it pushed out the newbies out of competition and into corporate cogs in the machine.
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media.
That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
I honestly wish Crunchyroll never exist at all, what OVA’s got was art, passion, and creativity. Now, every anime that owes Crunchyroll is industrialism, greed, and generic, whatever new/original anime release comes. I wish modern anime be like the classic days, but it seems sooner or late anime will died in the future
@@GataBlanca87 Crunchyroll literally has zero impact on OVAs lol
@@enriquecabrera2137 Amen true 😹😹😹😹👊🏼
No intro at all. They just jumped straight into the content. I love it!
Record of Lodoss War OVA is legendary.
and the dub is hilarious
@@kellmiller8835 Hey, I think it's a solid effort from Central Park Media.
It's not a Bad Dub!
Dragoon (OVA) was something special.
Might have the single best animation I've ever seen. That show's animation and art style are the absolute peak of anime.
@@eamonndeane587Utena, slayers, and NTHT were great dubs as well.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes is an awesome OVA!
The greatest achievement of OVAs is letting anime run slightly over multiples of 13 episodes.
I love the 80s-90's OVAs glad that my old club had a bunch of old VHS and VCDs. Those old titles pushed the boundaries of what could be shown and portrayed in a limited time and bigger budget than tv syndicated shows. Its sad that its in decline it may ran its course but I still love the history behind them.
Battle Angel Alita is probably one of the more famous OVAs due to the success of the film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel.
Burn Up W is also a great OVA!
I rember that many OVA anime like the ones you mention and others like Gunsmith Cats were shown on TV as regular anime, I remember watching some of them in the Latin American TV channel, Locomotion
not really bro
Honestly, I think streaming only anime like Netflix CAN be the next evolution of OVA. Hell, both Devilman Crybaby and Baki both would never have been able to air in japan due to the themes and explicit acts in them. Crybaby in particular feels like it was made to break as many taboos on japanese television as possible. (down to the intro being much more inspired by american streaming intros than japanese OPs).
I think some of the anime released on Netflix or other streaming series, that aren't shown on traditional television in Japan and that sometimes have a longer runtime are referred to as ONA (original net animation). However, this has been done for quite a while, I remember that Gundam SEED Stargazer was shown first on the Internet, at that was done almost 20 years ago
Bro I just watched Devilman Crybaby a couple days ago. It’s now my favorite show. Fucking awesome. I gotta watch the og OVAs now.
@@giygas9305 as someone that saw them, and read the manga first, cry baby was really terrible.
It's probably easier going from cry baby or maybe it won't be.
It's immediately off in characterization.
And the tatami Galaxy style doesn't fit.
Dirty Pair Flash, Agent Aika and Tenchi Muyo are still some of my favorites.
I'm always impressed by many of the OVAs made in the 80s and 90s, some of them have theatrical-quality animation, but ever since the switch to digital ink & paint some of the charm was lost. I especially like the OVAs that continues the story of a TV anime, like the GPX Cyber Formula OVAs, there's a huge leap in animation quality
We still have those continuation OVAs. They aren't distributed as pure direct to video releases anymore, since that just doesn't make much sense anymore, but they still exist as ONAs and short movies. Right now there are three of these continuation "OVAs" being produced with Girls und Panzer: Das Finale, Princess Principal: Crown Handler, and Code Geass: Dakkan no Roze. Of course the jump in animation quality isn't that big anymore, as TV animation has increased its animation quality over the years, but it's still there.
@@jarik7658 yes, I suppose that in this modern era of streaming OVAs don't make much sense, though I heard that streaming services aren't as big in Japan as they're in the rest of the world. The recent Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture is a good example, though I heard that in Japan it had limited showings in certain theaters, kind of what happen with the Digimon Adventure Tri OVAs from years ago, though that would make some OVAs more like short movies.
In terms of animation, some modern OVA do have some nice animation, but there's plenty of them that feel more like extra episodes, with barely any difference in quality in the animation, there's some exceptions, like some of the Gundam OVAs
@@pablocasas5906 OVAs aren't bound to a certain runtime, so some of them being like short movies isn't that unusual. Angels Egg is also more like a movie, even though it's an OVA. Perfect Blue was also originally planned as an OVA, but ended up as a movie release instead.
Plenty of OVAs do feel like just some extra episodes, because they often are. Especially when they are released as a part of the TV series' BD release, or when they are bundled with a manga volume.
Some old OVAs like Patlabor also weren't that much better than its TV series in terms of animation.
ovas have better quality because the money goes into a few episodes instead of 30+
Gundam got some amazing content thanks to OVA. One day I won’t cry during the ending of war in the pocket
My favorites are Cyber City Oedo 808, all episodes of Gall Force, Genocyber, Original Bubblegum Crisis OVA's, Genesis Survivor Gaiarth, Angel Cop, Cybernatics Guardian and Detonator Orgun.
My favorite OVAs (so far) are Angel Cop, Gunsmith Cats, and Getter Robo Armageddon.
ours is naruto Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!.
You are a man of culture and impeccable taste!
I would place Crying Freeman instead of the third one, but given the first two titles, I must give thumbs up already.
Basically, it was like straight to video/dvd. But ovas was awesome because the writers could make it more uncut then the tv show. For the ones that started out like a tv series. Sometimes the ovas wipe up the leftover storylines. They have more freedom to say & do they things they wanted to do. Without all the censorship of the TV heads getting in the way
That also extended to live action productions. It's too bad that in the US, just about no one takes those same opportunities with STV productions. Instead, most STV productive are not taken seriously by anyone making them which creates a vicious cycle of cynicism.
I think the only consistent STV productions in the US that were of quality were the animated movies from DC Studios, but in more recent years even they have declined in quality. Granted, part of that has to do with the drop in frame rates which almost certainly must have to do with budget cuts.
The censorship laws in Japan have stifled the anime, manga, and video game industry so mush it’s insane. I dont understand why the Japanese haven’t tried to change this.
@@jpphilosophernot manga tho if you look deep enough
@@sicko111dead8 I guess it’s just any kind of anime and video games then.
Still watch all my favorite OVAs from the 80s and 90s. they are so crazy with the animation they still blow me away. was just watching Birth, such awesome animation quality.
Thanks for describing the history of OVAs. My favorite OVAs are Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal and Golden Boy.
Honestly, OVA's are probably some of my favourire anime and the fact that even those that are episodic in nature have a longer run time than TV anime is great. I still prefer feature length OVA movies or at least something with 2-4 hour long episodes at most but usually OVA's have higher animation quality and are more experimental which is fantastic.
DVDs don’t have clearer picture quality. That is a myth. This comes from the low quality of American made tapes on mass releases. When tapes follow the Japanese standard or closer to that standard the picture is about the same as DVD but with different artifacts. DVD is capable of higher fidelity than Japanese standard VHS but was mostly unused until later in its lifespan. Even anime tapes released in the west as well as releases of movies by smaller studios had superior and sometimes much superior quality to mainstream VHS releases by large studios. An exception are the Disney animated feature releases which used a higher tape standard than a Universal Pictures live action movie release. Most companies releasing anime used higher end tapes, often customized for the OVA format, often using a white cassette over the usual black tape cartridges. Another big issue is VCRs displaying poor picture and sound over time when not cleaned or maintained properly, then attributing that quality to the tapes. A lot of the infamous distortion in picture and sound is not from the tape but the VCR! Some of it is from the tape especially when not stored properly, but even then most tapes can be reset to mostly good quality with a full play through and rewind. Also keep in mind CRT TVs give a more flattering picture (even with modern digital sources) which is the same phenomena with projectors. If you project a VHS tape with a modern projector setup for home they still can look great, because it’s an analog output style like CRTs.
Project A-ko is a classic
Of all the crap that's happened in the modern era, OVAs no longer being a thing is probably the most tragic.
Honestly, for those of us who got to experience it. A 3 part OVA that pulled ZERO punches was an unforgettable experience of violence and gore.
😎 👊🏼 😈👹 💥
I loved the Gundam OVA’s War In The Pocket & 8th MS Team. Not being on tv let them really show blood my and horrible war can be. Also Goku: Midnight Eye kicks ass!
In the summer of 2018, I spent it watching the English dubs of the Ambassador Magma and Giant Robo OVAs as well as rewatching the Sonic The Hedgehog OVA. Aside from Sonic, I don't know if you all know who Ambassador Magma or Giant Robo is.
Basically these two 90s anime were adaptations of tokusatsu shows from the 1960s which were based on manga. Ambassador Magma (Magma Taishi in Japanese or The Space Giants in early localization) was created by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka. The live action versions from the 60s were basically about taking more liberties on being more like Ultraman or Godzilla where the title robot characters would fight off kaiju. The 90s OVA is more faithful to the original manga where it's more of just a mech anime with some science-fiction and philosophical themes.
There used to be a channel literally called Classic Anime where you can watch old OVAs in English. It was where I saw these shows. But it's since been taken off. Now only the subtitled versions are available. I prefer dub because it's easier for me to enjoy.
I would like to see a follow-up on this video that deals with Original Net Animation's rise.
I really want you to make a indepth analysis of the entire topic, OVA's defined Anime in the 90's
I love Hellsing Ultimate OVA, and like Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu OVA
The OVA era really helped push the Anime Medium to new heights.
I live in New Zealand there was a period in time between like 2005-2008 where we had one tv block of anime (not counting naruto) with about 3-4 series that would air in it, this was also the time where data caps where still a thing with ISP's so downloading and the streaming options werent really viable so if you liked anime your only option was to buy DVD's of series and there was only 2 retailers that stocked it. A full series would cost you between $50-$150 depending on the length of the series, if you were buying single volume releases they were around $30 each. I was a big fan of Macross Delta and since the Japanese DVD's had English subtitles I brought the whole series its wild af to me that each volume (not including shipping) cost about the same price as a full series of that many episodes would cost
Older ovas are so good. There was so much crearive freedom and there was a lot of artistic ambition back then.
not really. it just seems like that because all of the themes etc weren't done before
@kidrobot. I said what I said. The ova era was filled with unbridled creativity.
@@popcultureoverdosed what you said isn't 100% accurate and they are still making ovas today
@@kidrobot.Both old and new OVAs are the exact same
@@noahalcantar2431 lol
Gunbuster & Diebuster. Despite the different titles, they really are two halves of the same epic story, and they will always have a special place in my heart. 💜
Oshii has had one heck of a career
I'm not sure this video really dug into the decline of the OVA 😕
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media.
That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
Not all at whatsoever
There's still ova produced, new code geass anime is OVA
Most of the manga entertainment releases were good to great. Project A-ko was funny af. Especially the fist of the north star girl.
The golden age of OVAs was during the bubble economy. It was a time where Japan had money to burn and animators went wild. Some OVAs had near theatrical quality or were sold in America as movies. It was stuff like this that you would find in some dark corner of a video rental and beg your parents to rent. Just pray they don't want to watch it with you. Or sometimes its cool.
Modern anime is pretty uniform. For better or worse, it has blurred the lines between theatrical, tv, ova, and ona. Most modern TV series are treated like ovas of old by having comparable animation quality and even having a similar number of episodes, about 13, as a high quality ova like Lodoss War.
Ecchi anime like Maken-Ki get some insanely beautiful OVA episodes.
Speaking about ecchi, that would mean that almost all H anime are OVAs? I mean, they're released direct to video
@@pablocasas5906 they are.
@@pablocasas5906H anime anime means hentai for adult demographic . Ecchi is genre
@@boboboy8189 I know, I was just wondering if that means that H anime are technically OVAs
I remember watching Mamour Oshii's Dallos, but I first watched it on TV back in the early 90's under the American title Battle for Moon Station Dallos. I love the ending when the Moon Station'e eyes glow and how the protagonist Shun Nonomura and his grandfather were at the cemetery and looking up at the Earth.
Samurai X and Hellsing Ultimate are really good OVA’s
Oh hell yeah, AyakuWeb talking about OVAs!!!!
Thanks! I might do a more in-depth video in the future about OVAs.
A lot of OVAs in Japan were made by game companies. Look for them. Salamander on the NES has an anime. And so does Kendo Rage on the SNES. As does Ninja Gaiden (Ryukenden). They exist. It's just a shame America had no interest in them.
Currently my fav ovas gunsmith cats and Exdrivers
they evolved ,they became ONA
I love OVA anime due to how wonderful and unique they were. Also 2:57 I love Dream Hunter Rem and Fire Tripper. Cool video. ^_^
2:24 That's Kimagure Orange Road. There's no way I would miss that. It's my favorite romance anime/manga of all time.
Hmmm.... I use to believe that OVA where 1 to 3 spin-off episodes after the main episodes ended and most of the time has nothing to do with to main story and if they do it would be to fill in a few plot holes.
Anything before the Official show would be considered a pilot.
my husband loves Area 88 Eria Hachijiyuhachi
Ahhh 1980’s was the bubble economy and then the pop, 1,000¥ was NOT even alittle bit $10 there, like not even alittle, there is a thing called inflation.
Never was a big anime fan but i loved so many OVAs Blue Sub is by far number 1. Also here in Japan I was finally able to get Flag years ago on Bluray but it's already now ll up on youtube.
Does that technically make VeggieTales an original video animation or not because that became a series?
The claims of OVA, not being shown theatrically is not exactly true. Megazone 23 was one of the early OVA, which actually got a theatrical screening, I even own ticket stubs from its showing
The only OVA (no TV series,just OVA) anime I've watched is Denpa Teki na Kanojo.
@2:01 still cliffhanging? And Giant Robo fans thought they had it bad...
The Giant Robo Ova actually has a manga sequel. Fair enough.
I think you can make an argument that streaming platform exclusives are the equivalent of OVAs so things are not too dire, but yeah we’re never gonna see anything quite like the Memories OVA or the countless weird examples brought up in this vid and comments again
Frequently I dream that I find a bunch of lost VHS and Laserdiscs in some random warehouse. I sometimes dream of translating some obscure OVA from the 1980s. I have no idea why that happenned.
nice topic keep it up!
I loved this video
The only OVA I think I ever saw was this one called “Galerians:Rion!”
Dallos! Freaking amazing!
It's ok we still got those
"Anime" OVA
If you get what I mean
DVD = digital VERSATILE disc
5:36-5:40
Rozen Maiden jumpscare (in a good way)
I have never see this ad before, I wonder how did you find it.
I looked up "Late-Night Anime" in Japanese and found an old commercial collection of late-night anime home release commercials.
Golden Boy is peak anime
Bubblegum Crisis forever!
I love the Alien Nine OVA! It's too bad they ran out of money.
I wouldn't have bought those dvds 😂 $90 for three or four episodes
"Broadcast," not "broadcasted."
Dragoon OVA
The Black Jack OVAs
most of fav animes are OVA.
It's a crying shame
Comment for the algorithm.
Ilse's Notebook
I disagree it just evolved you can find stuff on youtube im about to make my own
OVAs are just to an extended bikini 👙 beach and thermal baths episodes 😅
Doomed Megalopolis!
Tezuka's own animation production substandard, downright awful stuff.
at least attack on titan got some.
AIKaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Sometimes that's what actually cause s the downfall. We can't just do ah we want and automatically expect others to accept it let alone love. Not only that but so of those things can turn out to be crap! Just take a look at Disney and Warner Bros and other Western Media.
That and well politics and agendas, but let's face it we shouldn't be surprised! Another reason is that They also like to just reuse the same old clichés over and over again! Enough Hypocritical Bitchy Control Freak Tsunderes and Dense Doormat MCs!
seriously we will never get another Reyon Flair
Stop spamming
Why are you spamming all over the place?!!
Iczer 1
tenchi muyo isn't popular, barely anyone remembers it.
nahh