Love Hina 

When Keitaro was a child, he was friends with a little girl. When the girl had to move away, the two made a promise to meet each other at Tokyo University when they grew up. Years later, ... See full summary »

Stars:

Yûji Ueda, Yui Horie, Masayo Kurata

Cast

Series cast summary:
Yûji Ueda	...	Keitarô Urashima / ... 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Yui Horie	...	Naru Narusegawa 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Masayo Kurata	...	Shinobu Maehara 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Yu Asakawa	...	Motoko Aoyama 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Reiko Takagi	...	Kaolla Su 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Junko Noda	...	Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno 25 episodes, 2000-2001
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Haruka Urashima / ... 24 episodes, 2000-2001
Yukie Maeda	...	Onsen Tamago / ... 23 episodes, 2000-2001
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Masayuki Haitani / ... 18 episodes, 2000
Michio Miyashita	...	Kimiaki Shirai / ... 18 episodes, 2000
Satsuki Yukino	...	Mutsumi Otohime / ... 15 episodes, 2000-2001
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Sarah McDougal 12 episodes, 2000-2001
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Kentarô Sakata / ... 12 episodes, 2000-2001

Storyline

When Keitaro was a child, he was friends with a little girl. When the girl had to move away, the two made a promise to meet each other at Tokyo University when they grew up. Years later, Keitaro has failed his entrance exam twice, and his parents refuse to support him any longer. His grandmother gives him refuge and employment as caretaker of her inn, which just happens to serve as a female dormitory. The eclectic group of tenants tease, annoy and berate him to no end. Still, Keitaro won't ever give up his promise to meet his childhood friend again, even though he can't remember her name.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | girl | promise | exam | university | 

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Taglines:

Spring back into Love Hina again!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (japanese) [Japan] Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (japanese) [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

19 April 2000 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Love Hina

Company Credits

Production Co:

Xebec,Kôdansha,Production I.G.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

544 min 22 min (25 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Keitaro Urashima's name is a reference to the title of the Japanese fairy tale, "Urashima Taro."

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Goofs

Haruka and Keitaro both refer to the same woman as their grandmother, yet Haruka is Keitaro's aunt. This would make Haruka and Keitaro cousins, not aunt and nephew. In fact, they are cousins. Haruka's parents died in an accident and she was adopted by her grandmother; that's why Keitaro calls her aunt. (This is not explained in the series, though.) Additionally, it is common usage in Japanese to refer to an older (but not elderly) woman with whom you are familiar as "aunt" regardless of your actual blood relation to her; similarly, elderly women are respectfully referred to as "grandmother" regardless of blood relationship or lack thereof.

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Quotes

[Su's become an adult again, and thinks Keitaro's her brother, again]
Kaolla Su: Come, Brother. Come with me.
Urashima Keitaro: W-What's happened to you, Su? You're all grown up again!
[Su leans over to kiss Keitaro]
Urashima Keitaro: Uh, but the adult Su has that exotic, ethnic charm going.

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Connections

Featured in AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005)

User Reviews

What can i say......

I am a very huge anime/manga fan. since i was a little child i loved watching cartoons. One day I realised Manga existed, my brother use to bring in lots of Manga, and i watched all of them, 18 rated or not. But never have i seen a cartoon series that i have been into so much, love hina is my favourite of all time, and it will stay that way. At my current age, action and destruction isnt all that for me, i need something more. and live hina has it, action, suspence, comedy, love etc...

Anybody who reads this i advise u go out and get urself the collection, u wont regret it, i didnt.