Love Hina Again (2002) (V)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Writers:

Ken Akamatsu (manga)
Shô Aikawa (writer) (segment)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Short

Plot:

Keitaro, Naru, and all their friends are back in an animated series based after both the specials. Keitaro's still trying to get Naru...

Plot Keywords:

Shampoo | Anime | Fan Service | Brother Sister Relationship | Stepsister

Cast

Yûji Ueda	...	Keitarou Urashima (voice)
Yui Horie	...	Naru Narusegawa (voice)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Mutsumi Otohime (voice)
Masayo Kurata	...	Shinobu Maehara (voice)
Junko Noda	...	Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno (voice)
Yu Asakawa	...	Motoko Aoyama (voice)
Reiko Takagi	...	Kaolla Su (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Sarah McDougal (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Haruka Urashima (voice)
Natsuko Kuwatani	...	Kanako Urashima (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Alan	...	Haruka Urashima (voice: English version)
Steve Areno	...	Kentaro Sakata (voice: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Masayuki Haitani (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Naru Narusegawa (voice: English version) (as Annie Pastrano)
Melissa Fahn	...	Kanako Urashima (voice: English version) (as Tina Dixon)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Mei Narusegawa (voice: English version)
Sandy Fox	...	Kuro, Student, Moe (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno (voice: English version)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Shinobu Maehara (voice: English version) (as Ellen Wilkinson)
Gene Holliday	...	Kimiaki Shirai (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Kaolla Su, Tama (voice: English version)
Julie Maddalena	...	Sarah MacDougal, Girl (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Motoko Aoyama (voice: English version)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Seta Noriyasu (voice)
Michio Miyashita	...	Kimiaki Shirai (voice)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Kentarou Sakata (voice)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	Keitaro Urashima (voice: English version) (as Derek Stephen Prince)
Yuri Shiratori	...	Mei Narusegawa (voice)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Mutsumi Otohime (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Noriyasu Seta, Teacher (voice: English version) (as Ron Allen)
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Masayuki Haitani (voice)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (3 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Company:

Production I.G.

Trivia:

Unlike the TV series and the first two OVAs, the character designs closely resembled the original manga created by Ken Akamatsu.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Keitaro Urashima: I am Keitaro Urashima... an applicant to Tokyo-U. Studying away after three failures. Still believing the promise that a couple who love each other can find happiness once they make it in.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Rabu Hina" (2000)

Tired concept

Love Hina was funny partly because it was random. Love Hina Again takes this idea and throws it into the pit of hell.

Love Hina Again is 3 episodes, is completely mindless, makes no sense and contributes nothing to the original show. It has some of the classic gags from the first, with poor Kentaro's male instincts coming along with punishment from the insanity of Haruko & Co., but that's not enough to keep Love Hina Again afloat.

Good for a few laughs, but if you're looking for content, forget it. If you enjoy the humor of Love Hina, move on to something new like Golden Boy. This series has been worn out.

5/10