Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories

Introduction

An OVA based on the work of Kawaguchi Kaiji consisting of nine independent stories, each animated by a different director. With Beatles music involved, somewhere. (Source: AniDB)

Audience ratings

MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.58/10 · 1830

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Audience reviews

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T-Wazoo

Short film compilations always make for a nice viewing experience. It’s a bit like a style market; brief formats on which directors and animators get to enjoy themselves and go straight to the point. As for Ai Monogatari there are 9 shorts, each adapting a small love story (comedic and/or dramatic depending on the story) created by mangaka Kaiji Kawaguchi. If I were to order those shorts, I would immediately put 2 of them on top : - « Stop the Time » by Hiroshi Hamasaki (who also directed Texhnolyze among other things). It was one of those moments, a few seconds in and I already knew it was gonna be exceptional. From the hallucinated editing to the use of colours. A story about amnesia (or madness?) that gravitates around a small red ear jewel and a crescent mark. As soon as She speaks,…

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Boltz

People often remember their first love with a bitter-sweet feeling and this theme is mostly prevalent in 9 short tales from Kawaguchi Kaiji, adapted into short animations by 9 different directors. The stories vary from touching and nostalgic, to cheeky and fun and some even develop into a rather bitter ending. What they all have in common is the focus on male-female relationship in various interesting ways. You may be surprised to learn, that despite being short, these 10 minute animations tell just as much as a full featured movie, if not even more. Some of them aren't fully developed, so I can't give the movie a 10 as a whole, but most of them are quite positive, imaginative and well-crafted. We'll get into details of each animation in a moment. Sadly, I can't tell you anything about…