Rating: Summary: a great series Review: love hina is one of the best romantic comedy animes out there. the whole series is fun to watch (except for a couple boring filler episodes) and is almost guaranteed to make you laugh the first time round. why I'm saying first time is because the jokes and the whole "keitarou (the main character) being punched into space" thing starts to get repetitive, and even annoying because most of the time hes getting punched/kicked/beat down for absolutely no reason at all. despite this, it still has a high entertainment factor and thats why I'm giving it 5 stars instead of just 4. THE DUBBING IS TERRIBLE THOUGH, DO NOT WATCH THE DUBBING. In my opinion it is one of the worst choices of american accents/voices I have ever heard.
Rating: Summary: Great silly fun Review: You know you have seen all those romantic shonen gags before, you know you have laughed with all of them, but you never, ever, seem they done this way. This is the first disc of the hit series on Japan (24 episodes, plus 2 OVAs), based on the homonynous manga by Ken Akamatsu. Keitaro is your average romantic shonen character: clueless, failed on school and hard luck with woman.The first four episodes deals with the introduction of the character that live at Hinata Lodge, and mostly the situation faced by Keitaro as a second year drifeter from Tokyo-U and the way Hinata Lodge changes after his arrival (something most apparent on the manga than on the anime, I should note). The box is nice, be sure to get this one for a great display on your shelf. Many complained the US logo, but theoriginal logo is where it allways belonged, at the opening of every single episode. If you liked Video Girl Ai (I loved it when I first watched it), give this one a try, it's really fun and the romantic bits are really nice.
Rating: Summary: Cool! Review: This is one the funniest and coolest etchi (mildly indecent) anime series I've seen. And plus it features the voice of Megumi Hayashibara as Naru Narusegawa! Nice animation and voice acting, a good choice for any anime fan.
Rating: Summary: Hinata Inn Review: The DVD box is very nice and the pics are good they show all the characters and the blue background is bright but they could have used a better pic for the front of the dvd there are many nicer pics of Naru and Keitero that they could have used instead. This is only a review of the subbed version cause I haven't watched the dub yet.The animation is very nice and the attention to detail is amazing.The episodes are very good but my favourite would be episode four cause it's very funny.The characters do grow and change during this series unlike some other anime shows.These episodes are not as good as some of the later ones but this is a must have cause you get the box to store them in which is really cool.The only thing that i don't like is that i have to wait till april for the next dvd.
Rating: Summary: Show=Good, Dub=Suck Review: this is my absolute favorite anime, and im reading all these reviews for it and theyre all like "oh its great blah blah blah", but did ANY of them notice that the dub is totally unacceptable? it just straight up [isn't cool]... and shinobu sounding like shes 16?... all in all the anime is great i reccomend buying it, but don't even attempt to watch it dubbed, cause you'll just be changing it to subs once you hear how horrible the dub is.
Rating: Summary: If you liked Tenchi Muyo, check this out! Review: Love Hina is a romantic comedy written in the same spirit as Tenchi Muyo and Oh My Goddess. It's a lot of fun. Poor little Keitaro gets in SO much trouble. The story goes like this: Keitaro Urashima becomes the manager of Hinata Apartments when his grandmother resigns. What he doesn't know is that it's an all-girls dorm! Unfortunately for him, through a series of incredibly bad luck, he manages to convince most (if not all) of the girls that he's a pervert and a liar. Of course, he's not really either of these (deliberately, anyway), but with his aunt backing up the lie that he's a Tokyo U student and his amazing bad luck, it's difficult to dispell these notions. He often finds himself being threatened by a couple of very violent girls, he still can't manage to pass the preliminary exams at his cram school, and he still can't remember the name of the girl he made the promise to 15 years ago to get into Tokyo U. The first DVD contains the first 4 episodes, both sub and dub. This is a fun series, and I highly recommend it.
Rating: Summary: A Series You Will Never Forget!! Review: I absolutely love this series... Love Hina is everything Tenchi Muyo is but a lot more intersting and entertaining. You will see Keitaro literally get his butt kicked around in each episode by most of the girls and the show is sooo hilarious. If you never started an anime collection... make Love Hina one of your 1st choices. You will not regret this purchase!!
Rating: Summary: love hina Review: A great new dvd series that I purchased based on other's comments. like a lot of the new anime's coming out this one is bright and colourful with nice character designs. The dub track isn't too bad and definately enjoyable. the series itself is a mixed bag. i felt there was too much slapstick and many of the episodes didnt tie into the central plot/love story. unlike a series like Maison Ikkoku the characters don't really seem to grow or mature. having said all that i still enjoyed it. the humour is sometimes bang on (i love the sailor moon parodies). a nice addition for any romance anime collector.
Rating: Summary: Love Hina!!! Review: The first volume is one of the funniest I've seen. Bandai really did an awesome job on this disc and the box. It is just as good as those CB DVDs. The box is nice and strudy, and colorful! The disc is well-packaged with lovely inserts! The extras are awesome, but the dub lacks a little. I prefer the Jap/Eng way. Overall, this disc + box is one of nicest packages I have seen ever!
Rating: Summary: Over-the-top Silly, Romantic Comedy Review: Love Hina is another entrant in the anime category of wimpy guy surrounded by girls. Fortunately, it's a very good entrant. The wimpy guy here is Keitaro, who has tried and failed to enter Tokyo University the past two years. His parents are sick of supporting him, and his grandmother and aunt rope him into managing an apartment of girls. Hijinks ensue, typically involving accidentally finding the girls in compromising situations or inadvertant touching. Keitaro suffers regularly at the hands of the girls, but it's so over the top and silly that it works. Also, Keitaro is not the total loser: he's loyal, kind-hearted, and a talented artist, and struggles for his dream of Tokyo U. The production quality here is extremely high: the animation is nice, the colors are clear. The only problem is that the English dub is recorded at a very low level; in particular, the opening theme is almost inaudible on the first episode, but does pick up on later episodes. The dialogue and such is always audible, just quiet. The English casting is not perfect, but only in the sense I just don't think the voice actress for Naru (the female lead) fits (she does a good job, but sounds wrong). Another of the girls has a pseudo-Southern accent, which sounds as fake as it is, but it never becomes grating. I purchased disc 1 with the series box, which will hold all the forthcoming DVDs. It's a solid, if not spectacular box: hard cardboard with some nice images of the cast. It's an open-sided box, where the DVDs just slide in and their spines show. Definately worth the extra couple of bucks if it's still available when you buy.
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