[LMB] anime vocabulary

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Royce Day wrote:

> On 12/10/06, Lois McMaster Bujold <lbujold at myinfmail.com> wrote:
> > The term, or tla, "OVA" has come up several times in the anime
> > discussion... define?
>
> OVA="Original Animation Video"  Basically an animated feature made for
> direct video release, like all the gawdawful sequels Disney has been
> pumping out in recent years such as "Bambi II".

Uh, NO.  OAV/OVA releases in Japan do NOT necessarily lack for
quality the way they do in the USA.  In many cases OAVs are
produced for fannish audiences and are far superior to the TV
show that comes out later, if/when they become popular.  I
personally think the Tenchi Muyou OAVs were pretty good, and the
TV show a retconned ab*rtion.

~malfoy


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