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original video animation
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Japanese anime designed for release in home-video formats
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
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- short name
- OVA
- time of discovery or invention
- 1983-12-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Anime OVAs
- Commons category
- Anime OVAs
- name in kana
- オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション
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Encyclopedic overview
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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 may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga.
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