Love Hina Vol. 1: Moving In

Pros: -Wide cast of characters to care about -Mystery of the promise keeps attention
Cons: -Nothing new to see in this show -Characters are mostly archetypes

Someone looking for a fun time and a little romance should watch the anime Love Hina. The show is easily accessible as a mysterious, light-hearted, action-filled romance with points of drama intersperced.Keitaro Urashima, the protagonist of the ...

Pros: Naru Narusegawa!
Cons: horrible accents on dub track

The Intro If you ask any anime fan in the world to name one romantic comedy, I'm willing to bet that over 90% of the time, you will hear the title "Love Hina". Love Hina was released in 2000 over here on our shores and quickly gained ...

Pros: Cute characters, good animation
Cons: If you expect anything more than total silliness, you will be disappointed

My original review of Love Hina was only two stars. After having given it another chance, I decided that I liked it better than I used to! Pretty weird. That almost never happens. In the U.S., most 1/2 hour shows are almost always comedies, ...

Pros: The plot, characters
Cons: Sub/Dub, Drags on more than it needs to

As a little kid, I've always loved anime. I've been dedicated to it since I was 4, and that enjoyment has never faded. Although it has gone through its phases, I've always kept up with anime to some extent. However, when I was 13 (15 now), I was at the ...

Pros: funny, cute character designs, well-developed characters. great score
Cons: A lot of cultural references go unexplained - some animeigo-style liner notes would help.

Author's Note: This review is specifically about volume 1 of the Love Hina series. For a more general review of the series as a whole, and of the plusses and minuses of the DVDs, please see my review of the box set. Love Hina was a popular series ...

Pros: Fun & entertaining to watch in the first volume of this wonderful anime series.
Cons: May be a bit confusing to first time watchers.

Aah childhood memories. Who'd forget them? If you don't feel nostalgic by your childhood memories, after watching this show, you would. It's quite a nice feeling.

The Story
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The story starts as Keitaro, a student...

Pros: VERY SHARP visual presentation, seems to be produced well.
Cons: Some of the dub voices will make your hair stand on end.

Okay, it's been awhile, but it's time for another one of my famous anime reviews! *yayyyy* *clap* *clap* *clap*

First thing: do *not* let the DVD cover scare you in any way. The girl is actually much cuter than that (most of the time). I have...

Pros: Well-animated series. Funny, cute.
Cons: English dubbing, as usual, is bad.

Love Hina can best be described as a romantic comedy crossed with a few action elements. It's an enjoyable series for both guys and girls who like lighthearted and somewhat cheesy humor.

Episode 1
We learn of 20-year old Urashima...

Pros: It's funny, enough to lift your spirits up throghout the day
Cons: Can be a little Exagerated.

Love Hina is a comedy about a group of girls who stay by themselves in a Girl Hostel at Hinata town. Urashima Keitaro is the manager of this hostel when his grandmother decided to retire.
So, Keitaro was destined to be the manager of the Hinata Inn...

Pros: A funny enjoyable series, with a romantic background plot
Cons: May be goofy, hardcore anime watchers may find it to be pointless

Love hina is a 25 episode anime, only 4 of which have been released in the US. People have said that the dubbing is really bad, but I, not having heard it, do not know. I watched the japanese subbed version, which is much better than any dubbed anime....

Pros: A Drama, Action, Comedy anime. A favorite of mine.
Cons: The voices in Englishjust doesn't work out.

Our main character Keitaro Urasima is trying to get into Tokyo U for the 3rd time to fulfill a promise with a little girl from 15 years ago. The only problem is that he has no clue who she is. He gets invited to the Hinata Inn from his grandma and gets...