OVA
Noah’s Barks pages relating to original video animations (OVA), a distribution format for Japanese anime.
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She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points
‘She and Her Cat’ is a four-minute comedy OVA starring a cat narrating his daily life and relationship with his owner. Mrrrow. (read more)
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Hades Project Zeorymer
While not the most eloquently-written story, ‘Hades Project Zeorymer’ is just weird enough to be a memorable watch that ought to captivate mecha and ’80s OVA fans. (read more)
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Mazinkaiser: Deathmatch! General Dark
Mazinkaiser clashes with one of its greatest rivals in this extended finale to the Mazinkaiser OVA. (read more)
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Animation Store Manager
Hideaki Anno directed this commercial for Animate, a major media retailer in Japan. Heavily stylized, it’s a progenitor to latter-era Gainax and Studio Trigger’s style. (read more)
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Golgo 13: Queen Bee
‘Golgo 13: Queen Bee’ is a massive step down from the first ‘Golgo 13’ anime adaptation, made all the more shocking by it sharing the same director. (read more)
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Super Dimension Fortress Macross Flash Back 2012
‘Macross: Flash Back 2012,’ a "live" music performance/recap of the original Macross series and its theatrical remake, is a tearjerking sendoff for one of anime’s greatest stories. (read more)
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Mega Man X: The Day of Sigma
This short OVA was included with Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, a PSP remake of the SNES original. A solid retelling of the cast’s origin story. (read more)
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Giant Robo Side Story: Ginrei
"How could more ‘Giant Robo’ possibly be a bad thing?" he wondered, stupidly, as he began watching ‘Side Story: Ginrei.’ (read more)
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Hellsing Ultimate
‘Hellsing Ultimate’ is a bombastic OVA epic that brings Kouta Hirano’s action-horror saga to dramatic heights deserving of its Gothic influences. (read more)
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Mobile Police Patlabor
The first adaptation of the manga franchise created in part by industry icon Mamoru Oshii, this OVA is a mostly comedic slice-of-life series with an added mecha flavor. (read more)