“Silent, dialogue-free anime about sisters, love, and heartbreak, set to English J-pop songs by SEIKA.”
A-Girl
A-Girl [エー・ガール]
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Synopsis
Silent, dialogue-free anime about sisters, love, and heartbreak, set to English J-pop songs by SEIKA.
High-school student Mariko and her elder sister Mayu are forced out of their apartment by a fire and move in with their landlord. Mariko meets the landlord's handsome son, Natsume, who is also a model. They fall in love but break up when Mariko discovers that Natsume is seeing other girls. Eventually, they are reunited, and the end credits roll. A-Girl has no dialog and is performed against a background of Japanese pop songs composed by Okada Tooru and sung in English! by SEIKA. Intertiles provide continuity, like in old silent films. (Source: Orphan Fansubs)
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.40 · split reception
6.9 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 1.0
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Nov 2017 → Oct 2023
- 8 “Such an underrated gem of an anime! I watched this from a VHS, so not the highest quality I've ever seen, but still,the art was very gorgeous. The music in this anime is gorgeous and some of the...”
- 8 “Story 7/10 : I absolutely didn't get a damn thing about the story but I had an overall impression of cuteness and sadness about this love story. Art 8/10 : Nothing to say considering the age of the...”
- 7 “I don't know what's up with the very low review score for this OVA on MyAnimeList, but rest assured, A-Girl is one of those hidden gems that makes sifting through all the garbage of...”
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- Format 1 × 31′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 31m all episodes
- Aired Sep 1993 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4125 catalog