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Ai the Video Girl
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Ai the Video Girl

2018-01-13 · 30 min / episode · ★ 5.9

Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama

The story is set in 2018, 25 years after the original manga's "Video Girl Ai" arc ("Video Girl Len" arc was set seven years after the first arc). Sho Moteuchi (Shuhei Nomura) is a high school student. After his parents divorced, he begins to live with his uncle. At school, he develops feelings for his classmate Nanami, but Nanami likes his friend Tomoaki. One day, he finds an old broken video cassette recorder at his uncle’s house. Sho repairs the video cassette recorder and suddenly a video of girl plays. The girl in the video introduces herself as Video Girl Ai. The girl then steps out of the video and lives with Sho for the next 3 months.

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Creators
Masakazu Katsura
Production companies
TV Tokyo
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Nanase NishinoNanase NishinoAi Amano
Shuhei NomuraShuhei NomuraSho Moteuchi
Marie IitoyoMarie IitoyoNanami Shibahara
Hiroya ShimizuHiroya ShimizuTomoaki Furuya
Karen OtomoKaren OtomoRika Omiya
Shigeyuki TotsugiShigeyuki TotsugiYota Moteuchi
Jun MurakamiJun MurakamiKoji Shimizu

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