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Mar 5, 2021 7:44 AM
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I looked up this anime in various sites, and they all claim that the original run of OVAs lasted 3 episodes, not counting New Dream Hunter Rem. However, MAL lists it as having 4 episodes instead.

Is it because the first episode has two different versions? Is it counted as a different episode within the same entry? I know the history behind its production, but shouldn't the hentai version be counted separately?
Mar 5, 2021 10:58 AM
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I think I ran into the same issue when I watched this last Summer. If you look at the discussions, Episode 1 is the version with Hentai, Ep. 2 is the version without and updated animation in the second half of the show.

I imagine it's not a separate entry as it's considered apart of the ova series, not a stand alone.
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Nov 3, 2021 6:41 PM
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It's weird because the original VHS version with the pornographic elements was recut to remove or change those parts-- the "Special version" that made it to LD and DVD is otherwise the exact same episode. It should really just be three episodes and make the original version a separate thing or whatever.
Sep 28, 2022 11:49 AM
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I'll make it clearer for people wondering in the future: there is another version of Episode 1 where Rem get's tentacled hentai style and then shoots a laser beam from her vagina (just avoid watching this version of the episode because it's just embarrassing). There are only 3 episodes.
Sep 29, 2022 9:24 AM
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So, after reading through the More Info section, I found out that the reason MAL lists this as 4 episodes is not because of the hentai version:

01. Dream Hunter Rem Volume I. Part-1. Beautiful Dream Appears (21 min, 15.12.1985) - censored version
02. Dream Hunter Rem Volume I. Part-2. Violent Dream! Dr. Death Resurrected (25 min, 15.12.1985)
03. Dream Hunter Rem Volume II (58 min, 05.09.1986)
04. Dream Hunter Rem Volume III (56 min, 05.02.1987)

On DVD, episodes 1 and 2 were united, which is why AniDB only denotes 3 eps for this anime.


It's counting both halves of episode 1 separately, which also makes sense when you consider that they list the runtime as 40 min per episode, on average (it would be 53 min if you count it as being 3 episodes).

It's still confusing if you don't look this up, but now I understand.
Oct 3, 2022 1:59 PM
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EterTC said:
So, after reading through the More Info section, I found out that the reason MAL lists this as 4 episodes is not because of the hentai version:

01. Dream Hunter Rem Volume I. Part-1. Beautiful Dream Appears (21 min, 15.12.1985) - censored version
02. Dream Hunter Rem Volume I. Part-2. Violent Dream! Dr. Death Resurrected (25 min, 15.12.1985)
03. Dream Hunter Rem Volume II (58 min, 05.09.1986)
04. Dream Hunter Rem Volume III (56 min, 05.02.1987)

On DVD, episodes 1 and 2 were united, which is why AniDB only denotes 3 eps for this anime.


It's counting both halves of episode 1 separately, which also makes sense when you consider that they list the runtime as 40 min per episode, on average (it would be 53 min if you count it as being 3 episodes).

It's still confusing if you don't look this up, but now I understand.


Thanks for the explanation!

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