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Summary: Great show with some slight ecchi elements
Review: Keitaro and his childhood sweetheart make a promise to be accepted at and to meet each other at the prestigous Toudai University before she moved out of his life. About a decade later, Keitaro has become an artist and a daydreamer, having ranked 27th from the last in the national practice exam. When his grandmother leaves the all-girls dormitory, he becomes the residential manager and soon meets up with two Todai applicants who may have been that sweetheart, since he's forgotten her name. Then there the other tenants like young Shinobu who was in despair until Keitaro helped her, Motoko the swordsmaster who sees men as evil distractions, Su Kaolo the genius child inventor and the sneaky Kitsune.Animation is good, and very fluid. Strangely, this anime was done using computers instead of the traditional cels. Good story and very humorous that never gets slapstic-stupid. There's some excellent Kenshin-like swordsmanship seen in Motoko. There's some crazy trips around Japan, some tropical islands, and around the world. There's ancient tribes and ruins. There's a good amount of fan service included as a bonus. All this adds up to a funny love story in Hina-sou. There's also great music. If you liked the part where (later in the series--no spoilers here) Naru finds Keitaro in the snow at Todai, the song that plays is "Yakusoku" and is pretty good. The wildly popular hit song from the Christmas OVA, "Winter Wish" is also excellent. Both of these comes on single CD's, if you can find them. "Friendship", from the "Hinata Girls Song Best vol 2, is pretty sweet, but only available on a...cd!
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Summary: Just Kawaii!!!
Review: Love Hina is just an adorable anime. If you want an anime series with romance combined with a little comedy then this is it. Keitaro Urashima is a boy who has been trying to get into Tokyo University fro three years. Why? Well, because of a promise he made to a little girl that he liked when he was five (I think it was five) years old. Keitaro is....well a loser. He's never had a girlfriend, and doesn't have a lot of friends, and doesn't have the scores to make it in Tokyo University however he's very nice and has a kind heart. When Keitaro's parents kicks him out of the house because he wouldn't give up on his dreams to go to Tokyo University he goes to his grandmother's house (or rather hotel). Keitaro's reaches the house but no one is there so he invites himself in. Later that night he decides to go swimming/bathing in the outside hot springs. That's when all his troubles begins. It turns out that the house was actually an all girl's hotel/house and Keitaro's grandma made him the new manager. Let's say that the girl's weren't that happy with the new revelation. That's how the story begins... Episodes 1: This episode is the set up of the story. The promise, Keitaro's parents throws him out of their house, Keitaro goes to grandmother's house, goes bathing, gets punched, kicked, yelled at, and lastly he's made the new manager. Episode 2: This is about Shinobu who is a cute short haired girl who will later join the other "happy" residents of Hinata Apartments. Episode 3: The hot headed Motoko "Kendo Girl" comes back to the apartment after her little trip. Who does she find? Keitaro, the new boy manager. After Motoko runs around trying to beat him up she realizes that she's blushing around him. What is this about? Does she like him? Episode 4: Episode 4 goes over the promise that Keitaro made with the girl when he was younger. He then begins to notice things about one of his roomates, Naru. Is she the girl he made the promise to when he was a child? Love Hina is one of the best romance anime out there. It's cute, funny, and there is action (mostly Keitaro getting beat up). The characters are just too funny when they're together. They're just wacky and you can't get enough of them. Also the graphics are beautiful. Since the manga was first published in 1999 then the anime should have been made around the same time period so the anime is pretty high quality. Also the theme and ending songs are great. "Sakura Saku" by Megumi Hayashibara is the theme song. If Megumi Hayashibara is the singer then you know that the song is a hit. Also as extras the DVD contains Sketches of the characters as well as a photo gallery.
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Summary: A GENIUS series (that sums it up).
Review: This is the first four episodes of a great series, I'ts so round about, addictive, and most of all, hillarious I can barelly describe it in my 1000 word limitation, but I'm going to try. Keitaro is a 19 year old boy who has been trying to get in to Tokyo University for the past 2 years. He is determined to get into this very tough university because when he was 4 years old he promised a girl that when they were older they would both get in to Tokyo U and live happily ever after... Unfortunently It didn't turn out that way. Keitaro has barely ever talked to a girl in his life, he's never done any "cool" team sports he's not good at schoolwork, he is extremelly clumsy, and to top it off he's forgot his childhood sweetheart's name! Because of failing the tests all the time his parents decided to not fund him anymore, so he had to go on his own.
Then remembered that his grandmother owned a hotel (where he met his childhood girlfriend) so he went to her place to see if he could stay for a while. To make a long story short (long story includes: missunderstandings, a chase scene, accidental flashing, accidental groupeing, and swords) he finds out that his grandmothers hotel turned into a girls dorm, and his grandmother is on a world tour so there's nothing she can do about him (or is there). When all the girls were kicking him out something unexpected happens. Keitaro's grandmother gives him the deeds to the girls dorm. All that was only the first episode of the series. I have seen the entire series on a fansub so I know my stuff, and to tell you the truth, I wouldn't miss this series for the world!!!
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Summary: Off to a good start
Review: There's this kid Ketaro, and he's pretty dumb. He's awfly bashful. He's unbelievably lucky. That is until he finds out that living with these hotties will probably land him in traction for the rest of his youth. If only I could be him, how much more of a man... uh, never mind.
Love Hina takes the viewer on a predictable, comedy driven ride through the lives of young anime characters. Like the cover suggests, the boy represses his manly side to please the egoes of his feminine housemates. He's punched, pulled, thrown, kicked, screamed at, sword attacked, and ridiculed. Through it all, he apologizes profusely, and dorks it up good.
The animation, soundtrack, and pace make this anime a little amateurish and rough, but that veneer wears off pretty quickly. Underneath the forementioned cons, lie some pretty good pros. The struggle to find success in school, the embarasment of enfatuative discovery, and the drive to keep promises make this show a lot more than it seems. First impressions don't always pan out I guess.
Start collecting these DVD's. Buy them in the collectors box, it's only a little more money. After all, you don't want to be the chump who has to borrow someone elses prized collection, do you?
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Summary: Story similar, but done differently...
Review: On the surface, it looks like Tenchi revisited. Hopeless guy is suddenly surrounded by alluring women. It's a situation played out in several series. However, it's clear within three episodes, that this series is a different execution. The characters, while attracted to the central male, don't let it suddenly dominate their actions. It's the kind of pupply love/light hearted connections that make them more spontaneous and they're still the same unpredictable people. On top of that, the lead male doesn't just let things happen. He tries his best to win the girl of his dreams, and his goals at the same time. Some people may scoff at the box, but this is a series that you shouldn't pass by... Just don't play it in english...
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Summary: the best comedy i've ever seen
Review: love hina is the best comedy anime ever the only problem i have with it is the dubing, the voice actors just arent right for the characters. but dont let that get in your way af getting this great series. i just switch it to japanese and turn on the subtitles. i love this series so much im collecting the manga and the dvds.
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Summary: The best animation ever!
Review: This is the anime! The best animation, the best soundtrack and the best script. I give you a thousand promises, you will not be angry with your purchase.
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Summary: Great Intro to a Great Series!
Review: In this DVD of Love Hina, we get introduced to most of the characters - primarily lovable loser Keitaro (a lot like me in real life) who can't get a girlfriend, whose parents won't support him because he keeps failing his university entrance exams. He is offered a job as the manager of the Hinata apartments. It is the dream job for most teenage boys as he gets to live with lots of nice ladies - Naru, fox-woman Kitsune, Kaolla Su, and later Shinobu and Motoko, when she returns. However, they do not take kindly to a male intruding on their all-girl dormitory, and hilarious antics ensue!
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Summary: If you love this series, don't read this...
Review: I guess I'll just start out strong and say: Cookie cutter, T and A-based, cliche, brainless, plotless, unfunny, boring anime. Before you all get your guns, my last request is to speak briefly why I think this way. First off I do not find women slapping men funny. Conversley I do not find men slapping women funny. There is much man slapping to be found here. He doesn't really deserve it, but I don't sympathize with him either way. I just wanted to slap myself for not renting this before I bought it. As a fan of Anime I am constantly looking for that series like Urusei Yatsura that parodies Japanese culture, uses puns and basically challenges my Japanese knowledge of vocabulary and culture. In a sick way this show did accomplished just that. It is a cookie cutter anime in the way that it is lacking in a story while it has superb character design and realistic backdrops.
It has great art and enormous potential, but it fizz-bombed in my book. It lacks any continuity to the original Manga. The story is disjointed and plot "surprises" such as the core nostalgic love interest should have been a hidden surprise (a qualm I had with the manga too). Instead this show gives away all of its secrets in the first episode or two. As a recovering Ranma-holic. I am tired of catchy phrases like, "You are so uncute." Then Akane smacks Ranma. This series has that and less. Keitaro gets the, "Hentai!" put-down and a slam Akane never could match. What ever happened to red face slapping ala Kyoko in Maison Ikkoku? Speaking of Maison Ikkoku, couldn't the writer have thought of a better plot than "Keitaro-loser-kun trying to get into college?" Didn't Godai have a similar problem? It always seems to be Tokyo University too. Most Japanese people know by junior high that they aren't going to To-dai. Why the contrived plot?
Other perpetraitors of Maison I(clone)yu disease are Sakura Diaries, Seiki no Hamau, Fushigi Yugi (highschool instead of college) and even one instance even pariodied briefly on Otaku No Video. Read the first book of the manga at your local Borders or Barnes and Nobel first. If you like it, buy it and hate me. If it looks cliche, that is because it is. For me this Anime is right on level with Ruroni Kenshin, Kite, Dominion Tank Police and Green legend Ran. Simple copies of better more original Anime. Tenchi copy? close enough. We need better Anime in the STATES!! Fire at will.
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Summary: Love Hina Series
Review: So far this series is one of the best anime's i've ever seen. It's beautifully drawn with romantic suspense that keeps you wanting to watch more. It's not just a mushy mushy drama either, it's extremely comical and fun to watch. I recommend this series to all anime lovers.
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