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Yota is in love with Moemi who loves Yota's best friend. His friend doesn't love Moemi in return, and Yota is actually more upset over Moemi's unrequited love than his own. On his way home, he finds a video store he had never seen before and rents an adult tape starring Ai Amano. (It's not an XXX tape.) While watching the tape, Ai offers to help Yota with his love life and comes out of the TV in order to attempt to follow through with her offer.

Yota's last name is very similar to the Japanese word for "loser." (In the manga, they chose to use "dateless" for the translation instead.)

I enjoy this series and bought all three tapes within a one week period. (I also saw the movie Loser in the theater the night I bought this volume so I was definitely in the right frame of mind that week.)

However, compared to the manga, I feel some elements of the story were a bit rushed or condensed. The characters are not as developed as in the manga. I would still recommend this tape though. I especially like the final little extra after the second episode showing a few scenes done with different accents and dialects - Southern, British, etc. Most of the episodes do have a "Omake Theater" following it. Here, both are humerous. Only the final episode of the series doesn't have one. (It's on the 3rd tape.)

Although I haven't heard about anyone not catching this, I feel I should advise people that the video distortion you see during the opening is normal. It's part of the story. In the plot, the tape is being played on a bad VCR. There is nothing wrong with the tape unless you had trouble watching the previews or other parts of the show.

One of the better anime romances available!
Originally, it took me close to a year before I even considered picking this volume up. I had mainly been interested in the werid and romantic plotpoints I had found in Rumiko Takahashi's series (Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku & Ranma 1/2), but upon coming to Chicago, IL, I took a chance and purchased the first volume. AFter loving the story, I then purchased Vol 2 of the manga, before I bought all three video volumes in 2 days! First, the basis of the story: Yota Moteuchi is the main character, a young man of 16 who is constantly referred to by his classmates as "Dateless" (which is what his last name can mean if misspelled a certain way in Japanese). Yota has a major crush on a girl in his class named Moemi. However, she has a crush on his friend Takashi, who is also a popular guy with all the ladies. The problem is, Takashi has no particular interests in dating, and certainly not Moemi. Hurting for both himself and Moemi, Yota walks into a strange video shop on his way home. There, he rents a video featuring Ai Amano. Episode 1: "I'm Here For You," begins with Yota inserting the tape, and Ai giving her short introductory speech. This scene palys out well, giving us the feeling that Ai is actually talking to us. The video fazes in and out through static, and suddenly, we are immersed in Yota's room, as Ai comes out through his TV set. Ai's first 2 minutes of screen time seem to indicate to us that she is a perfect angel, but due to a problem on Yota's VCR, she is somewhat "distorted." Her figure has changed slightly, as well as her attitude and such. However, she hasn't lost her touch, which is to try and cheer him up. After a somewhat shaky start (including a not-so-pleasant dinner cooked by Ai), Ai agrees to help Yota win Moemi. Episode 2:"Present" This follows up the next day with Ai accomanying Yota to school to see about Moemi as well as who Takashi is. There is a great item at the end featuring a segment where Ai tries hard to make a decent meal for Yota. There are also tiny 3-5 minute segments after each episode that deal with Ai in a strange Godzilla creation, and one where the standard Japanese langauge is butchered to sound like all sorts of strange stereotypes. The character design is very close to the manga storyline, with some minor changes made to make the characters easier to draw. The girls are changed slightly, with Ai given a black shade in her hair instead of her more "outsidish" blond locks. The mood and atmosphere the animators set up is very interesting, with several quiet mood changes that really make you feel for the characters, as well as draws you into the environment. This tape gets a 5 star rating, because it is a great starting point to the manga and other works by Masakazu Katsura

A charming look at love!
I highly recommend the Video Girl Ai series to any serious anime fan! Ai is one of my favorite anime characters of all time. Her interactions with the lead character Yota are very realistic and heartwarming.

Yota is attenage loser who encounters, Ai(which by the way means love in Japanese), who emerges from his TV screen when his VCR breaks down. Ai helps Yota come to terms with his love for a classmate, and a love triangle ensues.

This video is among the very best when it comes to the romance sub-genre of anime! The art is well-done and enjoyable; the story is intriguing and will tug at your heart.