42 minutes of 90s anime that'll make you question your own memories.
Suffering from a crippling memory loss ever since an accident at the age of six, Toshiaki finds new hope, and a new mystery, when he is visited by a girl from his own future.
Direction
Takahashi packs a feature's worth of emotion into 42 minutes.
Writing
Dense time-travel mechanics that actually make emotional sense.
Score
That 90s synth-strings combo hits different.
Director
Naohito Takahashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This obscure OVA adapts a manga by Rumiko Takahashi's contemporary, not the more famous Takahashi—explaining why it fell through the cracks.
The 42-minute runtime was standard for 90s VHS OVA releases, forcing creators to compress entire arcs—here, the compression actually mirrors the protagonist's fractured memory.
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