Welcome to this Summer 2014 Movie and OVA Guide! Most of these movies and OVAs are not available legally because the movies are still in Japan while the OVAs are bundled with the DVDs and Blu-Rays. Consider this as a preview. Here are our impressions:
Taka: I love the OVAs for my favorite shows. It's like getting a box of chocolates. I'm looking forward to Kill la Kill (which aired recently), Gargantia, Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun. Wow, I see a lot of familiar shows I have enjoyed with my teammates and friends in the community. Hope you enjoy them.
BigHeart711: I haven't seen the Kill La Kill one yet, but I would've by the time of this being posted. :P The other one I look forward to is Pokemon's special, Strongest Mega Evolution Act II. The other OVAs and Movies that catch my eye are Attack on Titan: No Regrets, the Terra Formars OVA and HappinessCharge Pretty Cure's movie.
Movies and OVAs are important because they serve as extra helpings for the fans who want more after finishing up an anime series. Hope you guys and gals enjoy the guide. Let us know what movies and specials you're looking forward to!
Credits: I used a few sources, Neregate, Anime News Network, AniChart, and MyAnimelist, to compile the list. There was a big issue when two of my sources had 21 OVAs while the other had 45 OVAs. This guide has a mix of OVAs from August to December. I thankBigHeart711 for creating an awesome banner.
Movie
 | Aikatsu! Movie
Aiming to be a Top Idol is what Ichigo Hoshimiya does, and a big chance for it comes! Somehow, Ichigo will lead a special live! The title of the live Ichigo will be "Great Ichigo Starmiya Festival" and the venue is the place where Ichigo watched for the first time the top idol "Mizuki Kanzaki"s live, "Star Rise Stadium". If this live is a big success, Ichigo might genuinely become a Top Idol! What kind of stage will this movie end up with? Songs, drama, laughs, and tears! The biggest and hottest stage of Aikatsu! finally begins! |
 | Attack on Titan Part I: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Plot A recompilation of the anime series. The new films will feature new dubbing and a 5.1ch remaster with returning voice cast members. The first film will cover episodes 1 through 13. Known in Japan as Shingeki no Kyojin, many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured! |
 | Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Movie
Plot After the events of Link Joker-hen, Aichi and Kai team up to a confront an enemy that threatens the peace they've just regained. The movie also covers the events leading up to Aichi's disappearance in Legion Mate-hen. |
 | Expelled From Paradise
Plot Summary is unavailable. |
 | Happinesscharge PreCure! Ningyou no Kuni no Ballerina
Plot: It is set in the doll country as the title shows. The tagline says, "Love and bonds of friendship make a miracle happen!" |
 | Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Star-Voyaging Ark
Plot 2199 AD. Yamato tried to leave behind the great Magellan system, after receiving a "Cosmo Reverse System" at his destination, Iskandal. However, suddenly, he encounters a mysterious group at the edge of the Magellan system. He finds out that they are called the "Gatlantis," and that their leader is the Gutaba expedition group's governor-general who calls himself "Goran Dagam of the Thunder," and the governor-general demands that Yamato be handed over to him. Yamato, wanting to hurry to Earth, escapes the fray. However, Yamato is attacked by a vicious beam weapon called the "Flame Direct Attack Cannon" that can transcend space. Yamato was able to retreat within a hair's breadth, but ends up getting himself lost, and finds himself in a strangely-colored irregular dimension. He decides to turn off the engine on the ship, and explore the mysterious planet. In order to collect information, Kodai, Kirio, Sawamura, Niima, and Aihara also arrive at the planet. What they saw when they arrived was a ship that wasn't supposed to be there. Dagam chases after the traces of Yamato's warp, and also reaches the strangely-colored galaxy. The planet on which Yamato landed was in fact what Dagam had been looking for all along. |
 | Yowamushi Pedal: Re:RIDE
Plot Yowamushi Pedal: Re:RIDE will compile the first half of the Inter High arc from the first television anime season with some cuts of new footage added. Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga follows Sakamichi Onoda, an otaku at Sōhoku High School. He loves anime and games so much, that he would ride his commuter bicycle to and from Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district in a 90-kilometer (about 60-mile) round trip over steep slopes after school. Onoda's life changes when he encounters his school's cycling team, and he ends up joining the competitive sport of bicycle racing. |
OVA
 | Alice in Borderland (OVA)
Plot: The manga revolves around Ryōhei Arisu (pronounced the same way in Japanese as "Alice"), a male high school student who is irritated with his intolerable everyday life. One night, he tags along with his bad friend Karube and Chōbe to hang out in town. However, the town is suddenly covered in giant fireworks, and when he came to his senses, Ryota noticed that no one else was around. Finding themselves in a different world, Ryota, Karube, and Chota are forced to participate in survival games, or die off the bat. The three fight to live, as well as find a way back to their own world. |
 | Attack on Titan: No Regrets (OVA)
This prequel to megahit Attack on Titan answers the questions: How did Captain Levi of the Survey Corps go from street tough to humanity's strongest soldier? And how did Commander Erwin become a cold, calculating leader, ready to sacrifice anything to save the human race? The fires that forged this bond of loyalty and trust were intense indeed! |
 | Black Butler: Book of Murder (OVA)
Plot: It's a two-part OVA that adapts the Book of Murder arc (commonly known as Phantomhive Manor Murders Arc) which covers volumes 9-11. The first volume will be released on October 25, 2014 while the 2nd volume will be released on November 15, 2014. |
 | Bladedance of Elementalers
Plot: Only a pure maiden can have the privilege to contract with a spirit. Priestesses, who can summon spirits from Astral Zero, the world of spirits, and have full command of their power, are called elementalists. Kamito Kazehaya is the only male with this privilege, and due to what happened in the past he comes to Areisha Spirit Academy where priestesses are trained to become elementalists. He is then told that he is to transfer to the school, form a team with priestesses to compete in Blade Dance where the most powerful elementalist is chosen, and win. |
 | Blade & Soul
Plot: Alka, a sword-woman with proficient skills, defeats foes by a single stroke. She travels with an aim to avenge her master, Hong's death, of which vendetta was required by the rules of the tribe she belongs to. |
 | Brynhildr in the Darkness
Plot: When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital. Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Kurohaneko.. |
 | D-Frag!
Plot: The story focuses on a semi-connected series of sketches as delinquent student Kenji Kazama is forced into joining his school's struggling "Game Creation Club" by its members, a quartet of crazy women with their own eccentricities that drive him crazy. As he attempts to distance himself from the club, the more he seems to run into not only his fellow club members, but others from his school who drive him insane to different degrees. |
 | Buddy Complex: Kanketsu-hen - Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de (OVA)
Plot: Aoba, along with Dio, set free Hina from the chains of fate and chose to live in a new future. Around this time in Zogilia, a mysterious man who harbors hatred for Aoba secretly begins to make his move …. |
 | Fantasista Stella (OVA)
Plot: The story follows a boy named Teppei Sakamoto as he strived for greatness on his high school soccer team. |
 | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!
Plot: First Bra: Illya Chapter will be bundled with Blu-Ray vol. 1. The short will center around Illya and Chloe's first bras |
 | Hayate the Combat Butler
Plot: Hayate is a super-unlucky 16 year-old-boy. By chance, he rescues Nagi, the well-dressed heiress to a mega-rich family from hoodlums, then he gets hired as a live-in butler. |
 | Hybrid Child (OVA)
Plot: The story revolves around a doll called "Hybrid Child" which grows reflecting the owner's affection. Kotarou Izumi, who is the 16th head of the noble Izumi family, found a hybrid child at the garbage disposal spot when he was eight years old. He has lived with the doll named Hazuki for 10 years since then. However, Kotarou learns Hazuki's life is close to the end. |
 | If Her Flag Breaks
Plot: Based off of a light novel of the same name written by Toka Takei and illustrated by Cuteg, Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara is about new transfer student Sota Hatate, who has the ability to see the future of those around him in the form of flags above their heads. However, instead of living by himself after transferring to the elite Hatagaya Academy, he somehow winds up under the same roof as a bevy of beautiful girls! Voice actor Ryota Ohsaka, who also voices Eijun Sawamura in Ace of the Diamond, plays the main character Sota; Ai Kayano, also known her for role as Menma in Anohana, voices Akane Mahogasawa; and Ibuki Kido, Chinami Oka from Golden Time, stars as Nanami Knight Bladefield. |
 | Infinite Stratos 2: World Purge-Hen
Plot: A program called "World Purge" sends illusions to all the girls about their ideal fantasies. |
 | Kill la Kill
Plot: Ryuko Matoi has come to the giant city-state that doubles as a school, Honnouji Academy, on the trail of her father's killer. Her only clue to the murderer's identity is a woman who has the other half of the Scissor Blade Ryuko carries. In the belief that Student Council President, Satsuki Kiryuin, may have the answers, Ryuko goes on a mission to beat them out of her. With the help of a sentient, blood-drinking seifuku ("sailor suit") called Senketsu, she'll fight her way through every single student club leader until she finds out the truth behind her father's murder. |
 | Locodol
Plot: In the story, high school girl Nanako became her town's local idol at the request of her uncle. She and her underclassman Yukari, a girl who seems perfect but ends up being airheaded, both become idols of their provincial area. |
 | Love Stage!!
Plot: The anime series revolves around Izumi Sena, a boy born into a family of ultra-famous entertainers. However, he is the only member of the family who is not in the entertainment industry, and he is a super otaku college student, too. He has been striving hard to become a manga creator, but he ends up starring in a television commercial. He eventually cross paths again with the very famous actor Ryūma, who becomes aware of his attraction towards |
 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (OVA)
Plot: Chiyo Sakura, a high school girl who fell in love with the unrefined boy schoolmate Umetaro Nozaki, decides to be courageous one day and asks him out. Her feelings weren't conveyed properly, and before she knew it she ends up helping a particular job of his as an assistant... The series is a shojo manga boy comedy which centers around Nozaki, a high school boy that is a popular shojo manga artist, and has a story woven by very individualistic characters. |
 | Mushishi: The Next Chapter (OVA)
Plot: Previously unaired episodes 11 and 12 of Mushishi Zoku Shou will be broadcasted as an one hour special on August 20, 2014 and bundled with anime's third Blu-ray/DVD volume on November 26, 2014. It adapts "Odoro no Michi" (Path of Thorns) manga chapters. |
 | Nisekoi (OVA)
Plot: Adapts two chapters from the manga: chapter 58 "Funshitsu" and chapter 64 "Mikosan". Raku Ichijo is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. 10 years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will “get married when they reunite.” Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him. |
 | New Futari H OVA
The new OVA series that is being debut on October 10, 2014 is an original series based on Futari Ecchi in 12 long years after the debut of the previous OVA series. There are plans of releasing three volumes of the OVA series. First episode is called Futari no First Christmas. 2nd episode is The Second Impression of A Certain Female Student (Toaru Joshi Gakusei no Second Impression) while 3rd episode is A Sudden Third Love in the Office (Totsuzen Office de Third Love). |
 | Nobunaga Concerto
Plot: The story centers around Saburō, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan's Sengoku Era. He must become Oda Nobunaga, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan. |
 | Sabagebu! - Survival Game Club! (OVA)
The 1st OVA will be included on the first Blu-ray release with with three character illustrations and an eight-page color book. Plot: The story revolves around a 15-year-old first grade high school girl Momoka Sonokawa. At the high school she recently transferred to, she is forced to join the Survival Game Club by the head of the club Miou Outori who is confident in her shooting skills. Unfortunately for her, none of the members of the club is an ordinary high school girl. |
 | Samurai Jam-Bakumatsu Rock
Plot: In the episode's story, Ryouma and the other go relax at a beautiful hot springs, but a murder case beings at their inn. The victim has the mysterious number "69" written on the back of their leg. |
 | Seitokai Yakuindomo* OVA
Plot: Our story here circulates around the Osai Academy, formerly an all-girls private high school which has recently been integrated for both genders. Our protagonist, Takatoshi Tsuda is pushed into becoming the vice-president of the student council, where he is the lone male member surrounded by 3 beautiful girls. |
 | Squid Girl
Plot: With the environment ever deteriorating on a global scale, rage of those who suffer the most is about to erupt. Take this girl, for example. She is hell-bent on annihilating the mankind before her species is wiped off the surface of the earth, or, to be precise, off the bottom of the ocean. As she sets out on her vengeful journey, however, she becomes aware of certain limitations. She’s nothing but a squid out of water… |
 | Shin Strange +
Plot: Kou comes to a certain city, in search of his older brother Takumi, who ran away from home and disappeared. Thinking it'd be rather difficult to find his older brother, Kou decides not to go back until he finds him... but he ends up finding him immediately. However, when Kou is reunited with Takumi, he had become the head of the Mikuni Detective Agency. Takumi appears to have no intentions to go back home. Kou then decides that if his older brother isn't going to come home, he's going to stay at the Mikuni Detective Agency. |
 | Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow
Plot: Three 30-minute shorts will explore the activities of the military mahou shoujo between operations starting with Episode 1: The Thunder of Saint Trond, premiering at Cinema Shinjuku and Ikebukuro Sunshine Cinema September 19th, then expanding to other venues on the 20th. |
 | Terra Formars (OVA)
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 | The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
Plot: Based off of the original manga by Ruri Miyahara, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior is comedic slice-of-life anime that revolves around the main character Kazunari Usa moving into the Kawai dormitory complex due to his parent’s job transfer. He finds out that he is not only living in the same building as a perverted roommate but also his love-at-first-sight Ritsu Kawai. |
 | Wake Up, Girl Zoo (ONA)
Plot: The setting of the shorts is Wake Up, Girl Zoo!, a small zoo at the outskirts of Sendai in northeastern Japan. Facing the imminent demise of the zoo, the head zookeeper Tange orders breeder Matsuda to scout out a new animal unit. Can the actions of these assembled seven creatures bring back the zoo from the brink? |
 | Waiting in the Summer (OVA)
Plot: A group of friends have the idea of shooting a film during summer about an alien coming to Earth. Ichika, an female humanoid alien visits Japan, searching for a place. She falls in love with a boy, Kaito. |
 | WataMote
Plot: Having conquered the world and won hundreds of boyfriends (in her collection of "otome games"), Tomoko Kuroki looks to make a grand debut in high school and become one of the most popular students ever. Unfortunately, her time spent with anime, manga and video games has alienated her from the world, turning even the most simple social interaction into a Herculean trial. The story follows Tomoko and her small attempts to become a better person, when she isn't sabotaging herself or blaming her loneliness on other people. |
 | World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Plot: The unaired 13th episode of Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda that will be included in Volume 7 of the BD/DVD. In this special, Kate and company will launch their own idol unit, BBK88. What does it take to CONQUER THE WORLD?! Every leader of the past has thought of it… but all they have done was to merely dream of its greatness. World domination…nobody has been able to achieve it. Until one little girl by the name of Kate Hoshimiya came along. Kate Hoshimiya will shock the world! How was she was able to carry out such a MAGNIFICENT stunt? So FRIGHTFUL! So GLORIOUS! Could this be…the ZVEZDA PLOT?! Let the light of our great ZVEZDA shine upon this land far and wide! |
 | Yozakura Quartet ~Tsuki ni Naku~
Plot: Sakurashin is a town where supernatural beings called youkai can coexist peacefully with humans. The city was built around the "Nana-gou", seven huge cherry blossom trees that connect the human and youkai worlds. About half of Sakurashin´s population is composed of youkais who have migrated from the other world. Four young but powerful individuals are chosen to protect the town and the gate. |
 | YuruYuri Nachuyachumi!
Plot: "YuruYuri nachuyachumi!” will feature an original story with the Amusement Club and Student Council on a summer camping trip. |
About the Authors
 | James (BigHeart711) is a proud anime fan of the Blue Roses and Magical Mages! Follow him @MasterMenos |
 | Kerry Chhay (Takashichea) is an Asian American Studies student who is a big wiki and anime nerd. He serves as a wiki mod in Anime Vice and an Admin in To Hollywood and Beyond Wikia(a 2nd home for Screened users). Follow him @Takashichea |
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