Video Girl Ai

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Video Girl Ai
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
電影少女 (Den'ei Shōjo)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1] Science fiction[2]
Manga
Written by	Masakazu Katsura
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA: Animerica Extra
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 4, 1989 – April 20, 1992
Volumes	13 (List of volumes)
Manga
Video Girl Len
Written by	Masakazu Katsura
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 27, 1992 – July 20, 1992
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)
Live-action film
Directed by	Ryū Kaneda
Studio	Toho
Released	June 29, 1991
Runtime	95 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by	Mizuho Nishikubo
Produced by	Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Tetsuo Daitoku
Written by	Mayori Sekijima Satoru Akahori
Music by	Tōru Okada
Studio	I.G. Tatsunoko
Licensed by	NA: Viz Media
Released	March 27, 1992 – August 28, 1992
Episodes	6
Light novel
Written by	Sukehiro Tomita
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump J-Books
Demographic	Male
Published	1993
Television drama
Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~
Directed by	Kazuaki Seki
Written by	Kōhei Kiyasu
Music by	tofubeats
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	January 14, 2018 – April 1, 2018
Episodes	12
Television drama
Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Mai 2019~
Directed by	Kazuaki Seki
Written by	Kōhei Kiyasu Yoshitatsu Yamada Minato Takano
Music by	KERENMI
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 12, 2019 – June 28, 2019
Episodes	12

Video Girl Ai, known in Japan as simply Video Girl (電影少女, Den'ei Shōjo), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1989 to April 1992. It was followed by a short sequel entitled Video Girl Len, published between April and July 1992. The manga was compiled into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha and published between July 1990 and March 1993.

A live-action film of Video Girl Ai was released in 1991. The series was also adapted into a six-episode OVA produced by IG Tatsunoko (now known as Production I.G.). The series was released in 1992 by Jump Video. It roughly covers most of the material found in the first three volumes of the manga. In 2018 a live-action television drama called Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~ ran on TV Tokyo. Another series, Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Mai 2019~, was released the following year.

In North America, the manga and the OVA have been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media. It was formerly published in the anthology Animerica Extra by Viz.

As of 2018, the manga has over 14 million copies in print.