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I have to admit that I was skeptical about an animated romantic comedy series, seeing as how I seldom enjoy live-action romantic comedies. Still, after having this series recommended to me over and over again I decided to check it out. I was very pleasantly suprised. This is simply animatd entertainment at it’s finest; great characters, engrossing storyline, hilarious slapstick comedy, over-the-top satire, and some of the most beautiful character designs I’ve ever seen make this series a no-brainer for all anime fans, and a great introduction to the art form for anime newcomers. Think of this series as Japan’s answer to Friends. The story revolves around a young man, Keitaro, who becomes the manager of an all-girl apartment complex, Hinata, while working to be accepted to Tokyo University. You see, as a small child he made a promise to a girl he loved and was forced to move away from that when they were older, they would meet as students at Tokyo U and live happily ever after. Sure, he doesn’t even remember who the girl is, but Keitaro obviously believes fate will guide him. Also living in Hinata is a wacky cast of female characters; Naru, the object of Keitaro’s affection who sports a mean temper and is also working to get into Tokyo U (hmmm…), Su is the lunatic genius of the bunch who is very reminiscent of Ed from Cowboy Bebop, Kitsume is the drunken meddler who views the many conflicts and dramas of the series as her own entertainment, Shinobu is the painfully shy junior high student who comes to stay at the Hianta apartments when her parents get a divorce, and Motoka is a turtle-phobic feminist samurai girl who doesn’t take kindly to a male managing an all-girl apartment complex. Plenty more memorable and (dare I say it?) loveable characters make their mark as the series progresses and the interpersonal dynamics between them never fail to produce hilarious and often touching results. Keitaro’s endeering geekiness as he pursues Naru, Naru sending Keitaro flying with punch after punch, Motoko chasing him with a sword after she catches him apparently peeping, Shinobu’s awkwardness with the whole situation, Su bouncing off the walls and building engines of destruction, Kitsune laying back with a drink in her hand and a big smile on her face as she watches it all go down, great, great stuff. Love Hina has really turned the whole romance-as-comedy genre on it’s ear like Ranma 1/2 did back in the day and just went one step further by making the show more believable and emotional, but at the same time amping up the comedy to the ridiculous levels usually associated with shows like Excel Saga. How they managed to pull this off is beyond me. They even threw in some genius homages/spoofs to such classic films as Lady Snowblood, Mothra, Godzilla, Ultraman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, fantasy RPG’s in general, and much more. There’s even an episode featuring Naru spoofing the whole Japanese pop-star/singer/voice-actress phenomenon which I can’t help but see as a jab at the ubiquitous Megumi Hayashibara who has a bit part in the series as Keitaro’s aunt Haruka (she also sings the series’ theme song). True anime fans will love this stuff. All in all, you get the original 24 episodes of the television series, the bonus 25th episode (my favorite), the Christmas and Spring movies, and the series finale 3-episode OVA which brings the series to a very satifying close. You just can’t beat this series, buy it now.
The other reviewers are all correct in certain aspects: the series is both brilliant and infuriating. I’d rate it as probably the best introduction to “no ultra violence, no sci-fi, minimal nods to Magical Girls and gadgets” comedy romance you can get. As a parent, I rate it “a-ok” for teens 13 and up.
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The anime is substantially rewritten from the original manga but works well for the most part. I particularly liked Shinobu’s introductory episodes. Sadly, the series ends with 3 movies which just kind of wrap things up in a cut’n'paste but without the Big Epilogue Ending. Leaving out Seta and Haruka’s relationship (it was hinted at so that the manga readers wouldn’t lynch the animators) and the lack of that all important epilogue was infuriating to me. There a few episodes where they frankly took less time than they should have getting the facial drawings and animation right. Several of the episodes suffer considerably from the animation budget allocations. The first few episodes are also somewhat disorienting in that the “fanservices” (risque bits) are censored in a jarring manner (gravity-defying towel placement, etc). The later episodes match the manga much better without being overtly offensive to more prudish types just by adjusting camera angles and such.
Of the series about 6 episodes are brilliant (most of the ones that focus on Motoko and the thoughtful philosophical ones. The ocean-side play performance actually worked better in the anime than in the manga). About 4 episodes are Pokemon-bad plot contrivances with the rest filling in the gaps in between. The movies, taken as a collection of set pieces, are pretty good but they suffer a bit from the “all animated movies must have at least one insipid song” syndrome and the uneven pacing from having to cram what should have been another 25 episodes into 3 movies.
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Whatever you do, DO NOT watch the series in English dubbing. Whomever casted the English voices and wrote the dialog should be taken out, shot, flayed, field-dressed, and left in the sun. Watch in the original Japanese with English subtitles — its not that hard and you might learn some Japanese. The original japanese voice casting is perfectly matched to the characters.
If you buy this set - please buy the books and vice versa: they are complementary packages in my view. Also BE SURE and don’t miss episode 25 in the Christmas Movie disk Extras. It is key to the character definition of Motoko and Keitaro (and their friendship) — and is really quite good.
Okay, I’ve listed most of the shortcomings… but overall I consider this a must have for any anime collection.
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