A young student named Akira has saved up a large sum of money to buy the latest and best personal computer - only to find out they are sold out.

Written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani, I Dream of Mimi was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from 1993 to 1997.

"[1] Stig Høgset of THEM Anime Reviews praised the series for its art, calling it "lovely" and for its characters, but criticized it for its ""enemy of the month" syndrome rearing its head in episode two and onwards" and its brevity.

"[16] Michael Thomas highlighted the "high technical quality" of the OVA, praising the attention to detail in costumes, character designs, settings, and choreography.

Thomas called it a "fun, racy, adult romp into cyberspace" and a"good parody of the cyber-culture that exists in Japan and America.

"[17] Luis Cruz wrote that labeling the OVA as a hentai "does it a disservice", stating that it is primarily a comedy and that the sexual content is "along the lines of the American Pie and Porky's franchises but is less graphic than the two."