Producers make other OVA releases as sequels, side stories, music-video collections, or bonus episodes that continue existing as television series or films, such as Love Hina Again and Wolf's Rain. Tenchi Muyo!, for example, began as an OVA but went on to spawn several TV series, three movies, and numerous other spin-offs. Many popular series first appear animated as an OVA, and later grow to become television series or movies. The longest OVA series ever made, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, spanned 110 main episodes and 52 gaiden episodes. An OVA series can run anywhere from a single episode (essentially a direct-to-video movie) to dozens of episodes in length.
In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in GaoGaiGar FINAL, the first 7 episodes last around 30 minutes, while the last episode lasts 50 minutes the OVA Key the Metal Idol consists of 15 separate episodes, ranging in length from 20 minutes to nearly two hours each The OVA Hellsing Ultimate had released 10 episodes, ranging from 42 minutes to 56 minutes. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes.
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