Series synopsis
Ai the Video Girl, also known as 電影少女 - VIDEO GIRL AI 2018 - is a Japanese sci-fi & fantasy drama television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on January 13, 2018. It ended on March 31, 2018. It was created by Masakazu Katsura. It stars Nanase Nishino, Shuhei Nomura, Marie Iitoyo and Hiroya Shimizu.
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 ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Nanase Nishino as Ai Amano
- Shuhei Nomura as Sho Moteuchi
- Marie Iitoyo as Nanami Shibahara
- Hiroya Shimizu as Tomoaki Furuya
- Karen Otomo as Rika Omiya
- Shigeyuki Totsugi as Yota Moteuchi
- Jun Murakami as Koji Shimizu
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | January 18, 2019 | January 18, 2019 |
| Season 1 | 12 | January 13, 2018 | March 31, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 18, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 13, 2018 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 20, 2018 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 27, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 13, 2018 |
| Last aired | March 31, 2018 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |