ENCYCLOPEDIA TENCHICCA

From the pages of Wasyu's Encyclopedia Tenchicca-- Original Video Animation (OVA) n.: Standing for Original Video Animation, OVA is anime produced directly for the video market. Due to its more mature target audience, OVA is generally more plot-intensive and is superiorly animated compared to its TV counterpart. Note that OVA may still reach the airwaves eventually. Some people prefer OAV, standing for Original Video Animation, over OVA, since they believe the latter term may suggest topics that are not directly related to anime. ^^b