Rabu Hina kurisumasu supesharu: Sairento ivu (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Writer:

Shô Aikawa (writer)

Release Date:

25 December 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Based On Comic | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ken Akamatsu	...	Himself (voice)
Jane Alan	...	Haruka Urashima (voice: English version)
Steve Areno	...	Kentaro Sakata (voice: English version)
Yu Asakawa	...	Motoko Aoyama (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Masayuki Haitani, Groper, Mr. Akamatsu, Train Employee, Yasuharu Maehara, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Brandon Jeremy)
Masashi Ebara	...	Yasuharu Maehara (Shinobu's father) (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Naru Narusegawa (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Young Naru Narusegawa, Mei Narusegawa (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno, Grandma Hina (voice: English version)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Haruka Urashima (voice)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Shinobu Maehara / Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Ellen Arden)
Gene Holliday	...	Kimiaki Shirai (voice: English version)
Yui Horie	...	Naru Narusegawa (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Sarah McDougal (voice)
Masayo Kurata	...	Shinobu Maehara (voice)
Wendee Lee	...	Kaolla Su, Tama, Young Keitaro Urashima (voice: English version)
Julie Maddalena	...	Sarah McDougal, School Girl, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Motoko Aoyama (voice: English version)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Seta Noriyasu (voice)
Junko Noda	...	Mitsune Konno (voice)
Masako Nozawa	...	Hina Urashima (voice)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Kentarou Sakata (voice)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	Keitaro Urashima (voice: English version) (as David Umansky)
Michelle Ruff	...	Reporter, Woman, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yuri Shiratori	...	Mei Narusegawa (voice)
Reiko Takagi	...	Kaolla Su (voice)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Mutsumi Otohime, Young Mutsumi Otohime, Akiko (voice: English version) (as Jean Howard)
Kirk Thornton	...	Noriyasu Seta, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Ronald Allen)
Yûji Ueda	...	Keitarou Urashima (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Masayuki Haitani (voice)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Mutsumi Otohime (voice)

Also Known As:

Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve (USA)

Runtime:

46 min | Japan:48 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 | Spain:13 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | UK:12 (DVD release) | USA:PG-13 (DVD release)

Company:

TV Tokyo

Trivia:

The two female singers shown immediately following the opening credits are caricatures of Yui Horie and 'Yukari Tamura', who are performing the song under the group name "Yamato Nadeshiko".

Goofs:

Continuity: Keitaro comes out of the elevator after experiencing Naru giving Seta a present, and loses his balance, catching himself on Shinobu, who puts her hands on his shoulders. In the next scene, her hands are pressed against his chest.

Quotes:

[Kitsune shows Keitaro Naru's letter to Seta.]
Keitarou Urashima: Why should I read that? What good would it do now?
Shinobu Maehara: Mr. Urashima...
Keitarou Urashima: I do want to!
[Swats the letter from Kitsune's hands, and Shinobu picks it up.]
Shinobu Maehara: [Reading letter.] "Mr. Seta, thank you for all you've done for me over the years. Today, I have something very special that I must profess to you."
Keitarou Urashima: Stop it, Shinobu.
Shinobu Maehara: [Continues reading.] "Mr. Seta, ever since I was in high school, I had loved you. But I now believe that those feelings were childish adoration. I was so desperate to be loved by others, that I was content to have someone be kind to me. I have now come to realize that being loved is not as important as loving another. And so, I am now in..."
[Starts weeping.]
Mitsune Konno: Do you get it now?
[...]

Movie Connections:

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What I Think!!

First Of All, Love Hina is a great Anime Series. I watched all 25 episodes, the 2 specials and the OVA over 4 days! And believe me, it wasn't a waste of time!

Anyway... The Christmas Special in my opinion is the better special out of the 2! There are many moods and feelings in which you encounter when you watch this special!

It's a great movie! I have watched the movie many times and I still love it!

I would recommend this to anyone along with the Love Hina Episodes, Love Hina Again and The Spring Special!

The Music Is Fantastic as well! (Yeah, I love listening to Japanese music! One day I hope to learn how to speak Japanese!) I had to download it after I watched the movie!

Anyway, I'd give it a straight up 9 out 10 !