Love Hina Collection (inc Christmas & Spring specials) [DVD]

I was lent this with very little knowledge or description to go on, and judging from the back of the box it was going to be some sleazy harem anime.However I was completely wrong, and has now became one of my favourite animes.It's a charming, funny, sweet and at times touching show. It frequently made me laugh out loud throughout the entire series, even though the jokes do repeat quite often the pure silliness with which they are handled keeps them amusing.The characters are nothing new but are endearing enough and each have episodes and over-arching plots to flesh them out and give them some decent development.The animation is generally pretty solid with it mostly being smooth and nicely done. Fanservice never gets too over the top either.The voices were well synced in both versions, the English voices didn't seem bad, but I found Kitsune's English voice too irritating to cope with so I switched to the Japanese dub for the rest of the series, and they were well done and seemed to match the characters personalities.The plots are fine, if a little bit basic at times, but that said some if them are quite inventive and well done (one involving a mechanical doll being a particularly good and touching episode). The over-arching plot gets forgotten at times but this isn't a problem as it keeps it from getting stale, and manages to keep you guessing with numerous plot twists.The 2 bonus (Christmas and Spring specials) episodes are pretty good too, longer than the normal episodes they act as a sort of conclusion to the series, and for reference; watch the Christmas one first.One thing the series doesn't do quite so well is extras, they include the standard textless songs, audio commentaries and picture galleries (and a couple of trailers). They're not bad, but I feel more could have been included, still I guess you can't complain when you have 8 disks. The best extra was a previously unaired episode concerning Motoko and her sister, I'm not sure why it wasn't aired, the standard in it is very high, being one of the funnier episodes to me (the only reason I can think is there is a recurring joke that's a little more risqué than normal).Overall a great series, with enough humour, charm and variety to keep you interest for the entire duration of the series.

Enjoyed watching this classic anime very much. Very entertaining to watch. Well worth the money.Delivery from this site was prompt within 4 working days and payments etc.. went through without any problems.

good

Awesome series, such a great laugh. Truly worth a watch"Moe central"Great price & Great quality production, the dub is great also, nicely synced.:) A+++

A really fabulous harem Anime with loads of cute girls and humour. If you liked Ah my Goddess you will love this, it's just a shame I nearly finished watching this collection! Recommended to all.

Love the show and love this DVD

Good

Not a bad little series. Enjoyed it mostly, a few episodes were a bit off, but over all pretty good.The story follows Keitaro, a young man trying to get into Tokyo Uni. He then goes to his grandma's appartment building where she asks him to become manager while she goes away. Thinking it will be a good place for him to study he agrees only to discover that all the tennents are young ladies. He then spends most of the series getting beat up by them for being a pervert, even though he isn't.Surprisingly there is very little fan service in this series although the premise suggest that there is a lot. Whether thats good or bad I'll let you decide. The characters are pretty cool, the voice acting is good as is the animation. And its got a really good theme tune. Arrived within the estimated delivery date. All in all 4/5.