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Summary: Love the Hina!
Review: To begin with, I am normally a fan of action anime (such as Evangelion), but this particular anime has won me over. With spectacular animation (though the animals all look odd) and splendid humour, this anime cannot go wrong. The characters are all very well developed and have many more layers then you initially see. The plot flows splendidly and keeps you into it every step. After watching the entire series three times, I can only hope that more will be made.
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Summary: Highly recommended NARUSEGAWA NO KIRE DESU
Review: Get this series.... I watched this series on tv and it was absoulutly amazing it is a romance/comedy with great incredible art cortesy of ken akematsu this is a 26 episode series with 2 specials a christmas and a spring special also, right now in japan three follow up oav's will be airing. The series centers around Urashima Keitaro who becomes the kanrinin (manger) of an all girls dorm and he must manage the dorm while taking care of his studies to get into todai and along the way he falls head over heals for Narusegawa.....
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Summary: The Best Anime Love-Comedy. Period.
Review: Upon first glance at Love Hina, you'll be amazed at the visual slendor of this series. Hina has beautiful, OVA-quality animation, on TV. You won't see TV animation quality this good except maybe in Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne.After an episode or two, you'll be hooked. Just about every characters, including side-characters, are very likable, right down to the old gramps that make philosophical mumblings. The show borrows many successful character formulas from other animes, but adds enough originality to make them stand-out on their own. For example, Narusegawa (one of Keitarou, the male protagonist's two main love interests) is basically a nicer/warmer Asuka from Evangelion (w/ nearly identical face/hair + same seiyuu) and the director has a tendency to pose her for the camera like Belldandy from Ah! My Goddess. Keitarou is, of course, a bit more geeky version of Keiichi from A!MG. There are also several scenes throughout Hina that tastefully alludes to other animes. Heck, Hina even has its own Pikachu (well, sorta). Ph.D. candidate Seta is pretty much Fujisawa Sensei from El Hazard, but with (get a load of this...) Dragonball Z frenzied fighting style. My words don't do him justice. You must watch him in action, and you'll hurt from laughing from the Dragonball spoof episode. Finally, my favorite... Motoko, the kendo girl. You'll see her "succession techniques" resemble Kenshin's Hiten-Mitsurugi-Ryu in more ways than one. They're just downright funny. Anyway, the best part of the anime is probably its formulaic, but extremely well-done love story. The nerdy guy w/ pretty girls motif is found in countless # of animes, but I've not seen it executed so wonderfully as in Love Hina since A!MG. There's also a Spring and a X-Mas special that pretty much wraps up the love story between Narusegawa and Keitarou, and they're not to be missed. If you're going to buy any anime this year, I'd suggest you put Love Hina at the top of your list, along with Kare Kano.
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Summary: My Favorite Anime, Enough Said
Review: Love Hina, surprisingly very well-known among all anime fans, has finally made its way here to America. A series spanning 14 manga volumes, 24 episodes, 2 specials, 1 oav (episode 25), and the soon to be released in Japan, Love Hina Again (3 episode OAV). The series stars a helpless 20 year old ronin (a person who didn't pass the college exams) named Keitarou Urashima. Throughout high school, he never got really good grades and never had a girl friend, yet one of his earliest childhood memories was of a girl. The memory was very vague but he remembered that they made a promise to go to Tokyo University together because if two people in love get accepted, they will be definitely be happy forever. His whole reason for going to Tokyo University was for that promise and the only girl he really loved even thought he doesn't even remember who she was. Well in the present day, Keitarou decided he needed to get out of the house so he decides to go to his grandmother's Hinata Inn which to his surprise is now a female dormitory. This starts his lucky life with many beautiful women and possibly, one of them could be the girl he made the promise to. The packaging of this DVD frankly turns me off. If I had never seen Love Hina or had never heard about it and just saw it on the rack, I probably would not buy it. The logo Bandai made up looks really ancient and something from the 70s or something. The pose and expression of Keitarou and Naru on the cover of the DVD does not suit them. While they do this for the comical scenes and where they are annoyed with each other, the way they are remembered by fans is the subtle naivety of their feelings for each other which was expressed in the Japanese DVD covers which I hoped that Bandai would use or something to that effect. For this reason, I made my own DVD cover as a replacement. The DVD Series Box that comes with this DVD looks okay. I wouldn't say it was as special as the Cowboy Bebop box. The Japanese DVD Box used manga art which I didn't think fit too well so by using the anime art for the english box was a good idea. The music of this anime is amazing as well. The opening and ending are performed by Megumi Hayashibara who plays the role of Haruka Urashima (Keitarou's Aunt). They put in song what the series about: both the comedic and dramatic appeal. Some of the BGMs are amazing and even all the voice actors lend a hand to create some character vocals that do get shown in the anime. Love Hina is an anime that isn't necessarily for everyone. It deals with minor perversion multiple times but never really shows any nudity. So if you're a person that knows they are offended by this, then this anime might not be for you. To me, what makes this anime special is the fact that it gives me a light-hearted feeling after I finish watching each episode. Each character has his/her own depth that you can relate to. It's humorous, sorrowful, dramatic, all at the same time. Ken Akamatsu (Creater of Love Hina manga) made perfect characters and an amazing story as well. This is a definite must-buy.
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Summary: Best. Anime. Ever.
Review: It is hard to pick my favorite anime, but I would have to say this series is it. If you like anime, Love Hina is a must to own. If you don't watch much anime, Love Hina is the perfect thing to start your collection. It is extrememly funny and well written. The characters are all extremely likeable and the storyline keeps you wanting more and more after every episode. If you don't mind subtitles, watch it in its original Japanese language, since the Japanese voice acting is superb. The music is also awesome, and fits perfectly with what is going on. If I could, I would give this series 10 stars, but I can't, so I give it a perfect rating. It is that good. Buy it as soon as you can.
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Summary: The best anime out of Japan since Mononoke!
Review: I first watched this anime from a fan-dub in early 2001. From the first episode I was hooked! This series has romance, action, and most of all, comedy. I first liked it becasue of its humor, but soon came to love the relationships that unfolded and how they affected the overall flow of the series! After watching the first episode, I can quarntee you won't be able to wait until the next dvd is released! This is my current favorite of anime and im sure it will be yours!
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Summary: specifically designed for lobotomy patients
Review: I don't know why people praise this eunuch of a series. It is neither awful to the point of being interesting (Sailor Moon), a self-conscious satire (Cowboy Bebop), or enjoyably sweet (OH! My Goddess). This series is a juvenile attempt at a coherent plot that falls flat after the fifth episode. This is more like a bad take on a Warner Brother's cartoon, as every other scene seemingly involves Keitaro's getting slapped up by women that blind men wouldn't date. At that when they hit him, they send him flying across the scene. How stupid!
The series has one moment of brilliance in every episode, but they neither highlight it nor build on it. What about the episode where we encounter Su's adult form and her long lost siblings? There were moments where they could have perfectly utilized it as a parody of magical girl animes, but after a few minutes it degenerates into a worthless battle between Tama the Turtle and her brother. The Akira Kurosawa parody in episode 6 involving that resident sword-wielding hag , is both lacking in continuity and clarity. This is just another testament to the bird-brained nature of the series, where bit players come and go for no particular reason, pop cultural jokes are obscure, and the ending might as well have porky pig pop out and say "Sayonara! Otaku"
(by the by, the music is equally tawdry, full of drum machines, congas, and synthesizers. They have only six songs in their repetoire and these are played to death at all the inappropriate times.)
The ending, for those that want to know, is a conversation between Naru and Su who say that everyone knew what Keitaro's promise was, so they just teased him with it. Then Keitaro is chased through the building and is slapped by one of the girls. He flies through the roof and into the camera with a chintzy "The End...?" flashing across the screen.
The series shall be a delight for lazy frat boys, lobotomy patients, and hyperactive 5 yr. olds. Get these DVD's only if you want a new set of coasters for your TV room.
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Summary: Since the US DVD isn't out as of this writing (12-16-01).
Review: There are 25 episodes in all to this romantic/comedy series as well as Christmas (fits somewhere after the 23rd or 24th episode) and Spring (wraps everything up) specials. The short review would be, "If you enjoy the Tenchi series, then you'll like this." There are definite parallels between the two. The most obvious is one young man, Keitaro, surrounded by many women both young and old. The main difference from Tenchi being Keitaro IS looking for love. I also felt this series provided more depth and development of the characters than the Tenchi TV series. While the characters may seem formulaic at first, they do grow on you and you feel for each of them with their individual predicaments. I will admit to being apprehensive with regard to US dubbing of this series because the Japanese voice acting is extremely good. But, since I'm writing this nearly 2 months in advance of the US release of the DVD, I'll reserve judgment on that. To me, the motto of the series would be, "Dream your dreams and don't lose hope." There are many twists and turns in the series plot, but everyone does come to a realization of their dreams either by attaining their dreams or gaining a better understanding of what their true desires are. Most of all, this series is an entertaining and funny roller-coaster ride on many levels.
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Summary: An intresting anime romantic comedy.
Review: First off, this is my first review of any anime. This anime
is a romantic comedy targetted mainly toward single male guys
looking for a girl (similar to oh my goddess) but with significantly more character development. On this first dvd,
you are introduced to the characters of Hinata Sou; each
of the characters have their various quirks. And each of these
are revealed when Keitaro moves into this exclusively girl only
inn, after failing to get into Tokyo U. A wide range of rather compromising scenes, i.e: Narusegawa touches Keitaros ummm....
although they may have removed it from the us release, provide
the basis for the slapstick humor involved. It gets even
more zany as well.... With its wide variety of slapstick humor, fairly complicated development, and rather well designed artwork (after reading about 95% of the manga and the series itself), I'm sure you'll find it an intresting and worth purchasing anime.
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Summary: Prepare yourself! Laugh out loud funny!
Review: "Love Hina" is a brilliant anime series. At first glance, it seems formulaic. Narusagawa and Keitaro join the long line of shy college students who can't/won't express their feelings for each other. "Maison Ikkoku" and "Oh! My Goddess" come to mind. After a few episodes, the difference becomes clear, and "Love Hina" begins to shine. This anime is FUNNY. It is funny on a level that other series do not approach. "Love Hina" takes place in a women's dorm, Hinata Lodge. The lodge is populated by a small group of beautiful girls, who are all misfits in their own way. Motoko is a mystical Kendo warrior. Suu is pretty much Radical Edward transplanted. Narusagawa is trying hard for Tokyo University, and studies so hard she needs bottle thick glasses. The male manager of the Hinata Lodge is Keitaro, a 3 time Ronin also trying for Tokyo University. Hijinks ensue. Underpants are accidentally displayed. First kisses ALMOST happen. Keitaro is slapped, kicked and sent into orbit. Classic Japanese anime slapstick. The animation is A+++. (A great episode involving Motoko takes place in the flickering, black and white style of old Samurai films.) The characters all have distinct personalities and great character design. I love the opening theme music. I highly, highly highly recommend "Love Hina."
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