Rating: Summary: What the..? Review: These series started out great. There was enough comedy and kicking Kitaro around. However, this dvd is annoying. There is not enough laughs and just the way these girls treat the poor guy is rediculous. The story gets completely idiotic and the plot is completely off. It feels like a total idiot is making up the story for the next episodes or there is not enough budget. I am not happy with this dvd and hope that the rest will get better.
Rating: Summary: Red Moon Kaolla and others Review: This disc starts off kind of bad. The first episode really isn't very good, and I wasn't particularly interested by it. However, the second episode is easily one of my favorites. When the moon turns red, Kaolla transforms into an older version of herself. Kaolla's sister, Amalla Su, shows up at Hinata Hot Springs to deal with her little sister's transformation by getting rid of the man who is causing it: Keitaro! (he reminds Kaolla of her older brother) Amalla Su has a white alligator named Shiro as a pet. Yes, you heard me, she has a white alligator!The third episode has Naru becoming an idol singer (and she sings a nice song in the episode). Sure, it's wierd when you watch an English dub and the singing is still Japanese, but at least the songs are there even in the English version The last episode has everyone learn that Motoko is afraid of turtles, including the resident flying and talking Tama. This leads ultimately to a giant robot turtle attacking the Hinata Apartments. These are mostly filler episodes, but entertaining nonetheless. If for nothing else, buy this for the Red Moon Kaolla episode!
Rating: Summary: Another good Love Hina DVD Review: This is another hilarious Love Hina adventure In the first episode the rent money ends up disappearing and Kitsune ends up attempting to find it, in the meanwhile Naru ends up getting accused of it while trying to hide something that was in her room that she lost (something from DVD 2 :)) and trying to make sure nowone sees In the second episode Kaolla transforms to an adult form and "stalks" Keitaro, and her sister Amalla, comes for a visit, providing some humorous moments... In the third episode Naru becomes a pop star idol with Kentaro as her manager, she enjoys it for a while untill Keitrao reminds her of some things... The fourth episode is hilarious, Motoko ends up having to dress feminine, and in the process, ends up inadvertantly attracting men to her (something she disapproves of) until she (reluctantly) has to ask Keitaro for a favor so she will be left alone by men :) Overall its a good DVD, if your already this far into the series, don't stop it only gets better :)
Rating: Summary: Still too dopey Review: Volume 1 remains the high point of the series, and although this volume is better than volume 2, it is still too dopey. The redeeming aspects of this anime derive from the charming characters, and in this volume we do get treated to some interesting character development despite the silly plots. I like the dub, even if the voices do not match the Japanese very well--if Shakespeare can withstand different voice treatments, why not an anime? Now if Shakespeare were only available to consult on the plots we'd really have something.
Rating: Summary: Still too dopey Review: Volume 1 remains the high point of the series, and although this volume is better than volume 2, it is still too dopey. The redeeming aspects of this anime derive from the charming characters, and in this volume we do get treated to some interesting character development despite the silly plots. I like the dub, even if the voices do not match the Japanese very well--if Shakespeare can withstand different voice treatments, why not an anime? Now if Shakespeare were only available to consult on the plots we'd really have something.
Rating: Summary: volume 3 Review: Well I had already seen the the three episodes in the subbed form, and found that these were sort of the slow point in the series. The first part with Naru becoming a pop star had some good music in it, will be interested to see what the english version has. The second episode with Su turning in to her adult version when the red moon is out is rather entertaining, and you get to meet her older sister and her white alligator. The third episode with Motoko trying to act like a girl was entertaining just because of the premise. The fourth one with the giant turtle that Su built was good in just watching Motoko's reaction to it. Most of the episodes (except the second one with Su) are not really needed to be viewed to understand the whole story, but they are still entertaining. The english still sucks, but it sort of builds on you over time, or you just get numb to it.
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