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A Question...
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 8:43 am
by Master Kenzo
I have a question for all you guys...What's an OVA (or OAV)?
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:04 am
by Ashley
an oav is like the anime equivalent of direct to home video tapes
PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 10:13 pm
by Psycho Ann
*nods* Yeah, stands for "Original Anime Video" or "Original Video Anime". Usually one-shot "movies" of an anime series. Could be either complementary (like the Kenshin OAVs which is a prequel and later on epilogue) or not (Hmm, probably like the Angel Sanctuary OAV that compressed the whole series into an hour or so and changes the original plot quite a bit).
Musn't be confused with anime specials/movies that are usually just higher quality TV episodes.