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However, originally OVAs often had no TV anime they were based off of, and many were completely original projects, like Gunbuster. Gunbuster does homage Ace wo Nerae!, but is it's own self contained story, following upon the success of earlier original OVAs like Megazone 23, Fght! Iczer 1 and Genmu Senki Leda. When home video was popularized in Japan it quickly became the go to format to sell anime that was distinctly appealing to Otaku or other niche audiences, and designed for them, rather than a mainstream audience.

As far as the quality goes. I wouldn't recommend it if it wasn't good. You can't really generalize quality one way or another, but OVAS have the advantage of avoiding having to put out an episode every week for a TV slot. So while some were quickly pumped out to just be rentals, the high price of buying a video tape in Japan (9000 yen for a single 45 minute episode tape was common at the time) meant that a whole bunch of them justified the price with heightened visual quality, so the popular OVAs from the late 80s and early 90s that people remember tend to be of higher visual quality than most TV anime.