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UshiromiyaEva posted...

https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1664928111002107909?s=19

Isn't Theatrical OVA an oxymoron?

Maybe I've misunderstood the terminology.

nah OVAs can be specials of almost any form (as long as it's a one-off non-feature length production) really. there may be a distinction with movies but there really isn't much stopping most anime short films from being also classed as OVAs tbh. by anime standards i suppose the bar is usually set at approximately an hour so anything less than that can probably be safely be defined as this, and it's more often seen applied to pre-established series like this. they really do get theatrical runs fairly often, albeit ones much more limited in scope

the only real line to actually draw is with dvd specials and the like, since those are usually tied to specific anime season productions they can't necessarily be considered OVAs