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電影少女 [Den'ei Shōjo]
Series · 8 books · 1990-1993

Books in series

Video Girl Ai, Vol. 01 book cover
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 01

Preproduction

1990

High school is hell for Yota Moteuchi. He's so unpopular his fellow students have a nickname for him: "Dateless." But that doesn't stop him from falling in love with one of them. His gentle classmate Moemi is everything he wants - but is she in love with someone else?
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 04

Off-Line

1991

\- A 15-volume manga series originally serialized in Japan's manga anthology Shonen Jump and in VIZ's Animerica Extra in the U.S. \- Also a 6-episode OAV anime series, currently available on DVD from VIZ. \- Figurines also available in Japan.
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 05

Spinoff

1991

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life! Spinoff vs. Original Ai has been bootlegged to a new tape, and is living with the kindly clerk of the Gokuraku Video Shop under the impression that she's a normal girl. But Ai's creator thinks she's defective and is determined to erase her. To make matters worse, Ai's creator has spun off the new video, Video Girl Mai, and she wants Ai off the market!
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 06

Cutting Room

1991

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life! Cutting Room Floor Ai is bootlegged to a new tape by the sympathetic old clerk of the Gokuraku Video Shop and is living in Yota's house. As Yota's romance with his first girlfriend, Nobuku, enters its final stages, Video Girl Mai is sent by Ai's creator to edit out Ai's very existence!
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 07

Retake

1991

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life! Take Number Two and Action Video Girl Ai is back in the real world with a new mission from her creator—make a man fall in love with her. Yota is the only man for Ai, so it's too bad that Yota has decided to think of Ai as his sister. To make her mission more difficult, Moemi and Takashi are having relationship problems, and Moemi naturally turns to Yota for comfort.
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 12

Close Up

1992

In an effort to save Ai from being erased, the old clerk of Gokuraku Video has gone over the head of Ai's creator to a higher authority. Illustrations. Rated for older teens.
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 14

Len's Story

1992

The latest in this 15-volume series continues the adventures of Ai, a cute young video idol, who comes to life and jumps out of the television straight into the arms of shy teen Yota in order to help Yota improve his love life—whether he likes it or not. Rated for older teens.
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Video Girl Ai, Vol. 15

Len's Story

1993

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname of "Dateless." So it no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is herself in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical, and the cute girl friend on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life.

Author

Masakazu Katsura
Masakazu Katsura
Author · 27 books
Masakazu Katsura (桂正和) is a Japanese manga artist.
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