Thread:Fishbird/@comment-4327179-20160301214033

Here's what OVA is:

Original video animation  (オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション Orijinaru bideo animēshon? ) , abbreviated as  OVA  (オーブイエー / オーヴィーエー / オヴァ ōbuiē, ōvīē or ova[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets ? ] )  media (and sometimes as  OAV, original animated video), are  animated films and series made specially for release in  home video formats without prior showings on television or in theatres, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on  VHS, later becoming more popular on  LaserDisc and eventually  DVD. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[1] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> Starting in 2008, the term  OAD<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> ( original animation DVD<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">) <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[2] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[3] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">manga.

<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">So now do you know what OVA is now? <ac_metadata title="OVA"> </ac_metadata>