The leader of the creative team was director Shinichiro Watanabe, most notable at the time for directing the futuristic adventure anime OVA series Macross Plus and Mobile Suit Gundam.

A three-volume OVA series, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, was produced in 1997 as a sequel to the TV series ; plot-wise, it brought the After-Colony timeline to a close.

It was later released on a DVD that contains both the OVA and movie versions.

The Lolita Anime series was the first hentai original video animation ( OVA ), released in 1984 by Wonder Kids, which mainly focused on underage sex, rape, and bondage.

Following the tentacle scene in Guyver: Out of Control in December 1986, the Urotsukidoji anime series by Toshio Maeda was released on OVA beginning in 1987 and released in America in 1992 by Anime 18.

In 2006, the seijin shotacon OVA anime, which the producer has described as the first shotacon anime, was released.

However, three years previously an OVA based on the eroge Enzai was created, featuring explicit sexual acts involving young boys.

In the OVA trilogy released in 1989, she was voiced by Miyako Endo.

Probably the longest OVA series ever made was Legend of the Galactic Heroes, which spanned 110 main episodes and 52 gaiden episodes.

Therefore the first official OVA release to be billed as such was 1983's Dallos, directed by Mamoru Oshii and released by Bandai.

During this time period most OVA content was limited to that related to existing and established titles.

In addition, the final episode of Excel Saga was offered only as an OVA, mostly due to content issues that would have made TV broadcast impossible.

As the manga's popularity increased, a five-episode original video animation ( OVA ) was made based on it.

The OVA was licensed for release in North America by AnimEigo, who released all five episodes in individual VHS volumes in both English-language and subtitled Japanese-language editions beginning on April 16, 1995.

TBS announced in March 2010 that it was producing a brand new 7-minute OVA for release only with a repackaged and redesigned boxed set for Season 1.

The OVA is the first new anime production since " Fighting Wings " was produced for the 20th anniversary of the manga series.

A Gekigangar III compilation OVA was also released.

The manga was adapted into two anime series in 1994 and an original video animation ( OVA ) in 1997.

A three-part OVA was released in Japan a few years after the end of the manga and the TV series ( July 25, September 26, and November 24, 1997 ).

The OVA was named simply Rayearth, and its story was quite different from the original.

The production was done by Skypilot Entertainment, who utilised voice actors who would become involved with English dubs by 4kids Entertainment, however, this OVA was dubbed uncut.

Interestingly, he was the only person associated with the 1966 series who was also involved with the OVA, voicing Dr. Franken Von Vogler.

In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in GaoGaiGar FINAL, the first 7 episodes last around 30 minutes, while the last episode lasted 50 minutes ; the OVA Key the Metal Idol consists of 15 separate episodes, ranging in length from 20 minutes to nearly two hours each ; the OVA Hellsing had released 9 episodes, ranging from 42 minutes to 56 minutes ( it has yet to finish releasing the remaining episodes ).

Many OVA titles can be thought of as " long films " that just so happen to be released in parts.

They paid money to anime studios who then haphazardly created an OVA to be released to rental shops.

From 2003 to 2005, Super Techno Arts released an English dub of both OVA series as one on DVD in North America.

El-Hazard: The Alternative World, is a thirteen episode TV series with a follow-up special later released on laserdisc, are continuations of the original OVA ( El-Hazard: The Magnificent World ) time-line.

Guardians of Order released a role-playing game based on the first OVA series in 2001 and with rules based on the company's Tri-Stat system.

Tekken: The Motion Picture, a two-part OVA anime series, was released in Japan in 1998.

The single disc OVA was released on 2 February 2002.

A CD soundtrack was released for the OVA, with music by Tenmon and all song lyrics written by K. JUNO.

The first series is summarized in the Vandread Taidouhen OVA in 2001, and the second in the Vandread Gekitouhen (" Turbulence ") OVA, released in 2002.

After this original series, a spin-off entitled A-ko the Vs ( 1990 ) was created and released in the OVA format.

The fourth anime series, adapting the third novel, Banner of the Stars III ( aka Seikai no Senki III ) is an OVA released in Japan in 2005.

and aired on Animax from 2002 to 2005 ; there were also several OVA produced based on the anime series.

The OVA series aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2002.

The anime OVA adaptation of Alien Nine has been cited by fans and critics as an example of " vaporfilm " because of its unfinished status after four episodes ( extending halfway through the manga ) and its hiatus since 2002.

* The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider Vs. Inazuman ( 2002 ) OVA Special

Geneon collected the series and the OVA in a total of eight DVD volumes released between September 24, 2002 and November 25, 2003.

is an anime prequel OVA to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross released for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Macross franchise during 2002 in Japan.

It was followed by the Soyokaze no Okurimono-Wind Pleasurable Box-on December 27, 2002 which featured a 16 minute OVA Christmas Special along with the game.

anime series premiered in Japan on the WOWOW satellite television network between January 10 and March 28, 2002, spanning a total of 13 episodes, including twelve originally premiering on television plus an OVA episode released on DVD on October 25, 2002.

anime series, authored and scripted by Yousuke Kuroda, directed by Yasunori Ide, and produced by Bandai Visual, Studio Orphee and Daume, originally premiered in Japan on the satellite television network WOWOW, between January 10 and March 28, 2002, spanning a total of thirteen episodes, including twelve originally premiering on television plus an OVA episode concluding the series, released on DVD on October 25, 2002.

The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from January 17 to April 17, 2002.

Thirty years after the start of the original program, Nagai ’ s company Dynamic Planning released a continuation of the original Mazinger series as an OVA — named Mazinkaiser ( mazinkaizā )— in 2002.

There was also a two-episode OVA, From I " s ( most frequently referred to as just I " s OVA ), based on the manga released in 2002, and a new six-part OVA, called I " s Pure, was released in 2005 and 2006.

In the 2002 OVA Mazinkaiser: Tetsuya again fights alongside Kouji against Doctor Hell's forces.

It was adapted into a five-part OVA series in 2001 ; a thirteen-episode animated TV series in 2002 ; a sequel TV series, called Happy Lesson Advance, in 2003 ; and a second OVA series, Happy Lesson: The Final, in 2004.

A six episode original video animation ( OVA ) sequel, Gate Keepers 21, was released in 2002.

An original video animation ( OVA ), serving as a thirteenth episode, was released in Japan in 2002, though it was not localized for North America.