Maken-Ki! OVA
マケン姫っ！ OVA
- Action
- Ecchi
- Harem
- Martial Arts
- School
- Super Power
- Episodes
- 2
- Duration
- 26 min per ep
- Aired
- Mar 1, 2012 to Sep 25, 2013
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
*Maken-Ki! OVA* consists of special original video episodes that were packaged as bonuses with the 8th and 11th volumes of the *Maken-Ki!* manga.
Otaku Consensus
Maken-Ki! OVA lands as pure bonus-disc material: its compact, self-contained pacing and AIC Spirits/Xebec’s bright, clean character presentation work when treated as ecchi harem comedy rather than a continuation. The critical verdict is bluntly consistent: the specials deliver the fan-service and school-battle energy the core audience wants, but they add essentially no plot progression and are easy to skip for anyone not already invested in Maken-Ki!’s panty-shot-first identity.
Why You Should Watch
Watch Maken-Ki! OVA if you want the franchise in snack-sized, continuity-light form: harem teasing, supernatural martial-arts flavor, and bonus-episode absurdity without waiting for a major arc to move forward. It is best for viewers who treat OVAs the way they were often sold in the early 2010s: as uncensored-feeling extras for fans who already like the cast chemistry. If High School DxD is the battle-harem with bigger mythology and To Love-Ru is the chaos-comedy fan-service machine, this sits closer to the middle: schoolyard super-power hijinks with the plot dial turned down. The value is not narrative payoff; it is seeing Maken-Ki! indulge its ecchi instincts in two compact side stories originally tied to manga-volume releases.
Key Characters
- HHaruko Amaya(VA: Noriko Shitaya)
Haruko is the franchise’s disciplined martial-arts heroine, giving the OVA its strongest link to Maken-Ki!’s school-combat side whenever the material threatens to become pure harem noise.
- TTakeru Ooyama(VA: Tomoaki Maeno)
Takeru functions as the harem-comedy pressure point of the specials, the character around whom the series’ accidental-pervert gags and supernatural school antics tend to orbit.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The OVA is only two episodes, but its release window stretched from March 1, 2012 to September 25, 2013, making it feel less like a mini-season and more like separate collector extras spaced across the manga’s publication cycle.
- 2
Both episodes were packaged with the 8th and 11th volumes of Hiromitsu Takeda’s Maken-Ki! manga, so their structure reflects bonus-content priorities rather than broadcast-season plotting.
- 3
AIC Spirits and Xebec are credited as the studios, and contemporary viewer commentary singled out the franchise’s bright colors and straightforward, normalized animation style rather than experimental direction or action choreography.
- 4
The OVA’s reputation is tied to its self-contained setup: reviewers consistently frame this corner of Maken-Ki! as entertaining only when approached as isolated fan-service comedy, not as required continuity.
- 5
Its genre mix is unusually direct even for harem ecchi: the page tags combine Action and Ecchi with Martial Arts, School, Super Power, and Harem, which explains why the specials bounce between combat-school framing and lingerie-gag priorities.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Unlike a standard TV special, Maken-Ki! OVA was released as manga-bundled material with volumes 8 and 11, a common strategy for rewarding existing readers rather than attracting new viewers.
- Fun fact 2
- The source manga was created by Hiromitsu Takeda and was published through Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Age line, beginning in Dragon Age Pure before moving into the publisher’s later magazine ecosystem.
- Fun fact 3
- The two OVA episodes arrived before the 2014 TV sequel Maken-Ki! Two, placing them between major anime installments rather than after the franchise’s second season.
- Fun fact 4
- Its MAL score of 6.59 from more than 31,000 votes matches the broader review pattern: enough genre fans found it watchable, but the lack of story advancement kept it far from a breakout fan-service title.
- Fun fact 5
- The listed main Japanese cast is compact but notable for anchoring the franchise’s central dynamic: Noriko Shitaya as Haruko Amaya and Tomoaki Maeno as Takeru Ooyama.
Studios
- AIC Spirits
- Xebec
