Product Description

Before becoming the sensual and sensational Agent Aika there was Aika Sumeragi an unemployed student who after years of training just received her C Class salvaging license. Setting out on her first adventure alongside the school's resident treasure hunting club Aika quickly finds out that the life of a salvager goes beyond simply finding ancient artifacts and well into the bizarre. Be prepared for an onslaught of fan-service as Aika and her team do battle against a lingerie-wearing dominatrix homeroom teacher and her short-skirt clad minions!System Requirements:Running Time: 78 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 669198802799 Manufacturer No: 80279

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18009 in DVD
• Brand: AIKA R16 VIRGIN MISSION (DVD MOVIE)
• Released on: 2008-06-03
• Rating: NC-17
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 78 minutes

Customer Reviews

Aika is back and looking great
Very fun little OVA with tons of fanservice, but that's Aika's style. The story could have been put together a little better, but it's Aika through and through. The extra features aren't great, but it's a still worthwile package.

A worthy prequel to Agent Aika
If you were a fan of the origional Aika series, then this is an absolute must-buy. Instead of going for the typical sequel route, the director decided on a prequel of sorts. In fact, Aika R-16 takes place 10 years prior to her last adventure.

It was great seeing Aika getting her salvaging license for the first time and embarking on her "virgin" quest. Fans of the older OAVs (original animation videos) will be happy to see a few returning characters show up, brief as their cameos may be. Gusto in particular was hilarious as a nervous boy seemingly afraid of girls... quite the opposite of the nouveau riche playboy he ends up becoming.

If the R-16 series continues I'd like to see Bandra & Rion make an appearance, and Aika aquiring her ultranate powers for the first time is an absolute MUST. Either way, the story was left with a few loose ends so you never know...

Overall this was an excellent anime DVD, but being rated 17+ it's clearly not for everyone. (Warning: sexy anime girls abound!) That said, the english dubbing was great, and perfectly reflected the humor and light mood of the show. And the included interviews with the actresses was informative and fun to watch.

I'd easily give this DVD a solid 4 stars based on the anime alone, but the addition of numerous extras pushes it to the 5 star range. Bandai Entertainment really did a great job bringing Aika R-16 to the U.S., and I look forward to their future releases.

Aika is BACK
If you see or follow a lot of animated series then you'll quickly start seeing certain patterns appear. One of those is when the authors are (seemingly) totally out of good ideas and try to setup a new environment in which they can re-use a lot of their already used storyline(s). And what better way to do that than to focus on another period of the main characters. And this phenomenon is what has given us cartoons like "New Archies" (one of the first to my knowledge), "Scooby Doo kids", "Flintstone kids", and so on.

And now there is a new kid on the block, but fortunately for us one with a very big "BUT.." (no fun intended here ;-)). Personally I think that in most cases the idea to (re)do the series with the main characters in their teens is a very good way to kill the entire series. Sometimes it doesn't add up.

BUT... Not so with Aika R16. This 3 episode series shows us Aika in her teen years, she's just turned 16. But instead of all the series I described earlier this one doesn't try to do things over. Instead we get to see Aika as she just got her C-class Salvager card which allows her to operate certain salvaging equipment used for deep-sea diving and to retrieve artifacts. And now that she's an official C-class salvager its time to try and find a job to actually get to do some salvaging.

Aika is still at school (living on the dormitory) but isn't taking it very seriously so it seems. It is here when she suddenly discovers that some of her classmates are interested in salvaging too and they want her to operate their submarine. This is a opportunity for Aika which she finds very hard to refuse. Especially since its some state of the art equipment she's allowed to operate... So instead of doing things over this story actually is a very well done addition to the previous Aika series.

Thats as far as the storyline goes (without any spoilers). If you haven't seen any Aika episode before then be warned.. Aika wouldn't be Aika without a big dose of so-called "fan service". Which boils down (among other things) to panty shots, more panty shots and even some topless scenes. Did I already mention panty shots? I can't stress that sillyness out enough. You either like it or you don't, it really is plain out silly but not in an annoying manner.

Being an Aika fan myself is already enough to rate this DVD high. But what really made me go from 4 to 5 stars is that this isn't some annoying "remastered" release. Which means that the colors on this DVD aren't as bright or saturated as you would get with "remastered and enhanced" DVDs without giving you the impression that the colors are flat and dull. "Flat and dull" are quite fine for older series in my opinion because that was the best they could. Now things are different and this is clearly displayed in this release. Good sharp and clear colors without getting annoyingly sharp or saturated. (note: a personal opinion of course, I've seen many "remastered" anime series and so far disliked all of them. eventually I went for the originals again instead).

A big thumbs up from me. Personally I really hope that there will be a volume 2!