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Original video animation (Japanese: オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション, Hepburn: orijinaru bideo animēshon), abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series ...
The 1980s brought anime to the home video market in the form of original video animation (OVA), as shows were shifting from a focus on superheroes to robots and space operas, [25] with original video animation (OVA or OAV) coming onto the market in 1984, with a range in length. [13]
The name mirrors original video animation, a term that has been used in the anime industry for straight-to-video animation since the early 1980s. A growing number of trailers and preview episodes of new anime have been released as ONA. For example, the anime movie of Megumi can be considered an ONA.
[228] [229] [230] When anime is defined as a "style" rather than as a national product, it leaves open the possibility of anime being produced in other countries, [226] but this has been contentious amongst fans, with John Oppliger stating, "The insistence on referring to original American art as Japanese "anime" or "manga" robs the work of its ...
List of anime that were released as original net animation. Subcategories. This category has the following 25 subcategories, out of 25 total. 0–9. 2000 anime ONAs (2 P)
List of anime that were released as original video animation. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ... Anime OVA stubs (55 P)
2024 anime OVAs (2 P) 2025 anime OVAs (1 P) This page was last edited on 9 April 2023, at 08:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal, known in Japan as Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Rōman Tan- Tsuioku-hen (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編, "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story – Recollection (or Reminiscence) Chapter"), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series, based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, and a ...