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(Good show)

『I enjoyed this Anime collection very much. You can find other reviews that will tell you all you could want to know about the story and content. So in summation it was amusing and enjoyable.』

(Better than good...)

『I had taken some time to pick this up because it is "all over the place"...

In retrospect it would have been a better choice to pick it up sooner...

This is good clean fun that I really think should be "all over the place"!

1) The art is very good.
2) The story, while not remarkably original, is done well and fun none-the-less.
3) The audio is good.
4) The characters are well developed.
5) The plot could have been stronger moving somethings along a little better but overall it was solid.

There is a quality to this anime that keeps you wanting to know the truth and plot twists that make this very worth watching.

As harem anime goes this is pretty darn good.

Fan service is light on this and it is done in good taste.

Remarkably without a lot of fan service, the women and girls in this all maintain a very good balance of sexy and funny that rounds this anime out very well.

At the end of this anime you look forward to the next installment expecting to see old friends in new situations.

It is pretty warm and fuzzy like that.

Definitely one to keep for your collection.』

(From a retrospective POV)

『This was one of the first anime series that I ever watched, and for some reason never picked up the DVDs for them. Now that I'm watching it over again, its age really shows. (Original air date is 2000) The series is great to those of you who like multiple (hot) girls wailing on a "weak" guy type of character. Yes, it's quite implausible, but if you're into anime for plausibility and realness, then you're in the wrong genre.

VIDEO QUALITY
The video source has so much ghosting, frame blends, and discoloration (compared to 2009 titles) that it's painful to look at, even with all your DVD player's real-time filters. The opening sequence makes my eyes explode since it has tons of frames like that. This is not the fault of FUNIMATION since I remember that the original releases (even in Japan) had this kind of odd video quality. So I must warn people about this in case you're like me and am spoiled when it comes to animation production.

PACKAGING
As this release was meant for impulse buying, the packaging isn't that great. The cardboard DVD box is quite fragile and I even grazed it when running a scissor blade through the plastic to open it. The inside is better as it has the two DVDs in thin cases with double-sided artwork of all the girls. And even the discs has them all in underwear or less without going into frontal nudity. However, mine also has printing imperfections.

If you've watched this before and are feeling nostalgic, then you might be one the fence about this. In that case, I say go ahead and get it since it's so cheap. And for those of you watching for the first time, just as long as you keep its production year in mind and not set the bar impossibly high, you'll like this series.』

(Looking for the Promise Girl)

『"Love Hina" is one of my all-time favorite anime series, and one of the few that ever made me laugh out loud. It has been quite a few years since I visited the girls at the Hinata Lodge, and I am happy to say that the series is just as fun now as it first was when I watched it eight years ago.

At first, glance, "Love Hina" seems formulaic. Lovable loser Keitaro dreams of success, but seems to fail at everything he tries. Out of luck and plans, he goes to visit his Grandmother Hina and winds up the manager of the Hinata Lodge, a fantastically beautiful building with a backyard hot spring that is populated only by beautiful and feisty girls. Keitaro, the incurable romantic, has long be searching for his "promise girl," the love of his life that he knew back when he was about three years old, and to whom he promised they would grow up and attend Tokyo University (think Harvard) together, and get married. He can't remember the girl's name, but he hasn't given up hope. Just possibly, one of the gals at the Hinata Lodge is Keitaro's long-lost Promise Girl, and he just might find her if he doesn't get killed first. Hijinks ensue.

The storyline is pretty typical of "harem"-style anime series, but somehow "Love Hina" does everything right. Series creator Akamatsu Ken (Negima!) knows how to work an ensemble cast, giving each girl a distinct personality and story arc. Sure, much of the hijinks comes from Keitaro doing his best only to wind up with panties on his head, or walking in on one of the girls naked, only to get a swift kick for his troubles. That is standard Akamatsu fare. But "Love Hina" has some serious undercurrents and nuances that makes all the over-the-top stuff just that much funnier.

The animated series differs from the manga, which is pretty common in Japanese anime. I love both, personally, and felt that they did some really creative things with the "Love Hina" anime. One of my favorite episodes features the kendo girl Makoto in the in the flickering, black and white style of old Samurai films. There are other homages as well, to places as various as Godzilla and Pokemon and nods to other anime series.

This release from Funimation is just great, with nice picture and sound. The subtitles can be a little hard to read in spots, when the white fades into the background, but that is my only really complaint. I haven't listed to the English-dubbing because, well, I just generally don't like English-dubbing for anime.

This set collects the original twenty-four episodes of the series plus the bonus twenty-fifth episode, which was not included on the previously released Love Hina Anime Legends Complete Collection. The entire series is packed on four DVDs collected in slim cases. I have heard that some people had trouble with the packaging, but mine arrived in perfect condition and is nice and sturdy, so no complaints there. I love the slim-case packaging because, with the size of my anime collection, my shelves can use some relief.

Not included in this collection are the Love Hina Christmas Movie, the Love Hina Spring Movie, or the Love Hina Again OVA series, which have been released separately by other companies and as part of the Love Hina - Perfect Collection. I can only assume (and hope!) that Funimation will be coming out with a follow-up "Love Hina" collection that completes the series.』

(Not as good)

『For someone who has read all the Love Hina manga, I find the anime series lacking. I suggest you read first, watch after.』
『Attempting to fulfill a promise to his childhood sweetheart, Keitaro Urashima is determined to enter Tokyo University. After being rejected twice, he decides to leave home and stay at his grandmother's apartment complex to study. But when he arrives, his grandmother is gone and he finds himself under attack by the all-female residents. Will the girls accept him as their new apartment manager? Will his bones ever mend? More importantly, can he concentrate on his studies when he discovers that one of his tenants might be his long lost sweetheart?』
『Based on the manga by Ken Akamatsu,Love Hina(2000) is one of the best-loved examples of the "harem comedy" genre. When he was five years old, Keitaro Urashima promised a girl that they’d attend prestigious Tokyo University together. Now he's 20: he's failed the entrance exam twice, and is attending cram school, hoping to fulfill that promise. His life grows very complicated when his grandmother retires, making him the manager of the Hinata Apartments, which serves as a high-school girls’ dorm. The residents include an assortment of standard anime types: painfully shy Shinobu, violently anti-male kendo champion Motoko, irrepressible Su and brainy, pretty, hot-tempered Naru. Keitaro's kind heart wins over the girls, despite his low self- esteem, poor study habits and over-active fantasy life. Many of the episodes play off other series. In "Kendo Girl in Love," Motoko dreams herself into an old video game that spoofsSailor MoonandEl Hazard. (American viewers may not realize that the Dragon Palace and giant turtle refer to the Japanese Rip Van Winkle story "Urashima Taro", a play off Keitaro's last name, Urashima.) In another episode, the cast stages a slapstick adaptation of the classic Chinese novel "The Journey to the West" that brings down the house--and the theater--when they accidentally uncork a hidden hot spring. Further complications ensue when Keitaro blows the entrance exam yet again, and his grandmother returns from her travels, throwing his future into limbo. When he goes off to brood by himself, the other members of the cast reflect on how much their favorite goofball means to them, despite his shortcomings. Everyone may not live happily after, but by the end of Episode #24, they sort things out in a way that's appropriate to the story--and leaves openings for sequels. (Episode #25 is included with theLove Hina: Christmas Movie). Rated TV 14: comic violence, risqué humor, brief nudity, tobacco use.)--Charles Solomon

(1. All-Girls Dorm with Outdoor Bath: Hot Spring, 2. The Hinata’s New Resident Shinobu: Arrow Signs, 3. Kendo Girl in Love? Swordplay 4. The Tokyo U Promise from 15 Years Ago: Diary, 5. Wow. A Trip to Kyoto! 6. Keitaro's First Kiss Is With...? 7. First Date. Keitaro's True Feelings. 8. Kendo Girl and the Legend of the Dragon Palace, 9. The Case of the Missing Hinata Apartment Money: A Mystery, 10. Who Is the Beautiful Woman Wandering in the Moonlight: Transformation, 11. The Idol Shooting for Tokyo U Is a Prep School Student: Sing, 12. Changing After the Wedding? Swordsmaster Makoto's Sunday Best: Feminine, 13. The First Kiss Tastes Like Lemon? Marshmellow? Grown-Up, 14. Naru's Crush Is Now a Tokyo U Professor: Turning Into Love? 15. I Love You! Romantic Confession Inside a Cave: Tall Tale, 16. Monkey Performance at the Seaside Teahouse Hinata: A Kiss? 17. Mesmerized by Naru on the Haunted Island! Something's Fishy! 18. Girls Dressed in Yukata for the Summer Festival: Let's! 19. Marry Into Money? A Prince From Across the Sea: Warm, 20. A Sepia-Colored Promise with a Sleeping Girl: A Trick? 21. Jealous Outburst? Two Lovebirds on a Boat: Tremble, 22. Little Sister Mae's Devious Plan: It Can't be! 23. Naru Narusegawa--Her Wavering Heartand Keitaro: Crushed, 24. Celebrate! Are the Blooming Flowers Tokyo U? Love? Everybody)』

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(Breathtaking animation.)

『Like Clannad, another one of my favorite series, this one is very cute and full of comedy, but it is also very sad at the same time. I can admit, at times I wanted to cry. But you know, being the manly man I am, I didn't. :P

I haven't listened to the English dub for this particular anime, but the Japanese voice acting is great. Very few spelling errors or wrong words in the subtitles.

By the way, I don't expect my rating to change, but it may. I still have 6 episodes to go before I complete the series.』

(WOW)

『It was only a few weeks ago I was debating the purchase of this series right here in the review section of amazon.com.

5 stars? Well that's a good sign. I heard of this anime after watching and purchasing Sola, (A MUST BUY), after discovering that one of the creative minds behind the Sola anime was involved in this series. Sola was voted anime of 2007, and many sites voted Kanon to be the anime of 2006.

With the drought of quality anime this day, I was desparate to find something good to follow up Sola, and the reviews here at Amazon.com were enough to convince me to take the plunge.

I have to admit, after reading the plot under various product description sources, it didn't sound as if there could be very much depth to the series, but everyone gushed over it, so I gave it a shot.

I must say that despite my early concerns and pessimism, this series truly lives up to the hype. It does start off a bit slow, but as the series continues, things progress to a whole other level. And another, and another... Truly worth of the series title 'Kanon'.

The storytelling and pacing are truly amazing. There are so many subtleties that I overlooked initially, that all stood out as events unfolded.

Probably my new favorite anime. The characters, the atmosphere, the story, the setting, the emotional roller coaster.... Everything..

The one NEGATIVE about this series will be trying to find something to top it.』

(Haunting)

『I've had to watch this series several times, each time you pick up more clues that are all through this series. And as my title says it is a haunting series thats my best desription of it and very well done. 5 stars all the way!!!』

(Longer is better!)

『Wat can i say This is a much improvement over the last season with the story more concentrated on charcter development which gave off a good smooth feel for ea charcter. The english voice acteresses r kind of a let down when sum voice sound to old for the person in general. Nayuki is the biggest person with this problem. But every1s Favorite catch phrases r still there Uguu....But just witnessing the characters grow b4 ur eyes is wat this series so good. Both men and women should consider picking this up.』

(Masterful)

『I'm currently viewing this series for the second time. The first time I watched it, I rented it. Afterwards, I bought this edition of the series. If someone had tried to describe this series to me before I viewed it, I probably wouldn't have wanted to watch it. I have a great appreciation for Japanese animation and have watched a lot of it. I would certainly rank this with the very best. What initially piqued my curiosity was reading somewhere that this series was very popular in Japan. When I read that I decided I should check it out. I had no idea what it was about. After watching the episodes on the first disk, I still had no idea where the story could be going. In fact, the story seemed quite weak. But the character development, largely thanks to the superb Japanese voice-acting, was wonderful. The first third of the series is an introduction, an overture, in which we get to know something of the personalities of the various characters. In hindsight, it's also the time when the hook is being masterfully set. Following this, the first "minor" theme is developed and concluded, and then there's no going back. If you're intrigued by this vague description, I would recommend that you watch the series without any research beforehand, and with the Japanese language/English subtitle options chosen. Then, you'll experience for yourself the power of this amazing anime.』
『Can the future exist without a past? Yuichi hasn’t seen his cousin Nayuki in years. Now that he’s back, all knowledge of ever visiting has vanished. He tries to adjust to the vaguely familiar surroundings, but the gaps in his memory haunt him as time grows short. The pieces of the puzzle have appeared – an eerily silent beauty with blazingtresses, the mysterious girl with the winged backpack, and the sword-wielding demon slayer – but it’s up to Yuichi to discover how they fit together.

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(My child loves it.)

『The series is pretty good and I enjoy as well as my daughter who I bought it for.』

(Started my love for anime)

『When I was a teenager in high school I wasn't a big anime fan. I used to joke that all the drawings looked the same and were drawn by the same guy. I used to joke, saying Japan would be in trouble when that guy died, cause they'd have no one to draw their cartoons. I now proudly admit I was wrong and too hasty in my judgment.

One night I was flipping channels and I caught an episode of Inuyasha. I watched it because there was nothing better on. The next day I watched the next episode, then the next, then the next and before I knew it I was hooked. Soon I started watching more and more anime. Now I love anime and will gladly take Japanese animation over live action Hollywood any day. What I like about Inuyasha (and anime in general) is that the Japanese have learned that animation is for anyone, unlike here where mainstream society still looks at animation as something meant for kids. It seems only sitcoms have been accepted as adult animation (The Simpsons, Family Guy, ect.) but animation, like live action can encompass any genre, which Inuyasha does beautifully. It's a wonderful mix of fantasy, drama, comedy, action and romance without being re-edited to suit the 6 to 12 year old audience that most of these shows go through when their "Americanized". In this show, when characters get hurt they're hurt and sometimes bleed. When a character dies, they die instead of being banished to the realm of total losers or something dumb like that because (it's a cartoon for kids so we dare not mention death). More importantly, Inuyasha has well developed characters, not villains that want to take over the world because they're the bad guys, thats what they do; or characters who are in love being toned down to platonic friendships because (it's a cartoon for kids so we dare not show love).

Inuyasha opened my eyes to the world of anime and manga. After I started watching the show, I bought the mangas. Now I'm hooked and I'd gladly recommend this title to anyone who loves good drama, rich characters and a compelling story. I'm glad I bought these in the states (I live in Canada and ordered them from here because I bought both seasons 1&2 for $112 [after taxes, shipping and duty] which is still cheaper than it would have been to buy it up here [most retailers, even Amazon.ca, wanted about $70 to $120 for just one season] and that was before tax).』

(Inuyasha is a classic Anime!)

『I for one don't like a lot of anime; but only have a select few favorites... one being Inuyasha. That is because I like Inuyasha for it's unique story and great cast of characters; not to mention the style and genre the anime fits into my personallity!

I mean they don't call this show a fuedal fairy tale for nothing you know! That's why I love it so much; it has lots of sword swinging action in fuedal Japan, romance between the 3 key characters Inuyasha, Kikyo,&Kagome, and a bunch of LOL comedy with the other characters!

Season 1 of Inuyasha is one of my favorite seasons because it's the season that started it all! My especially favorite episodes are of when we first meet Seesshomaru looking for Inuyasha's sword, Shippo and the Thunder Bros always makes me LOL big time, Kikyo being resurected, Miroku joins the group, and many others when we first meet Naraku&Sango!

Plus I think it's just great to have the entire Inuyasha Seasons on DVD; since you don't have to worry about having them recorded on your old VHS tapes! That is because I'm a collector;&I love having DVD's of all of my favorite shows&movies!』

(Inuyasha is AMAZING!)

『Inuyasha is a great series! In fact, it was the first anime i really got into. Inuyasha is about a girl named kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader that gets pulled into an ancient well in their shrine by a demon. When she gets herself out of the well, bringing her 500 years into the past to the fuedal era, she finds a boy pinned to a tree by a sacred arrow. There she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon who seeks for the Shikon Jewel to make himself a full fledged demon. With Inuyasha and her new friends, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins. ITS AN AMAZING ANIME!!! You ABSOLUTLEY have to buy this if you are an anime fan! You just have too!
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(Inuyasha)

『I have been a fan of Inuyasha for a while. I was reading the manga before it's premier on Adult Swim.
If you like the show and hate the way Adult Swim has been moving it around (and eventually removing it) then this is probably the box set to get. No longer are there only three epps a DVD but you get 5 and a few of the standard extras.
With it dropping in price to around 45(ish) there is no reason not to own this show.』
『Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to the feudal era. There, she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon who seeks the Shikon Jewel to make himself a full-fledged demon. With Inuyasha and new friends, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins...』
『Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, the creator ofRanma 1/2andUrusei Yatsura, theInu-YashaTV series (2000) blends elements of Japanese folklore and familiar anime devices into a deftly imaginative blend of humor and adventure, an extremely entertaining series that never falls into cliché. Beginning the first season's 27 episodes, Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl, falls down a dry well--and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases the power of demons. Kagome fetters Inu-Yasha with the help of her priestess-ancestor Kaede, and when the jewel is shattered Kagome and Inu-Yasha must ally to recapture the fragments.

The series really begins to hit its stride when Kagome and Inu-Yasha, while bickering, nevertheless prove an effective team against the demons they encounter in the Warring States netherworld. Two new characters create complications. Shippo, an orphan fox spirit, meets Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the Warring States period. A more conventional but potentially more dangerous addition is Hojo, a handsome upper classman at Kagome's school, who's concerned about her recent absences. His understated good manners contrast sharply with the prickly Inu-Yasha--just as Kagome is beginning to recognize his good points.

In the multi-part adventure that begins with "Kikyo's Stolen Ashes," the filmmakers presenting conflicting versions of the relationship between Kikyo and Inu-Yasha, and the intriguing plot twists typify Takahashi's sophisticated story-telling. The tone darkens as the back story emerges: 50 years earlier, Kikyo tended Onigumo, a badly burned thief. As his desire for the Sacred Jewel--and Kikyo--grew, Onigumo summoned a horde of demons, whom he allowed to consume his flesh and soul. The evil creatures fused to form the terrible Naraku. Recognizing his feelings for Kagome, Inu-Yasha tries to protect her from Naraku by sending her back to her own time and blocking the passage between the ages. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku face a bizarre array of monsters and villains, including a forest demon who vomits hordes of monstrous, three-eyed wolves.

As the tapestry grows richer, Kagome and Myoga begin to explore the origins and nature of the Sacred Jewel that radiates power yet brings misfortune to everyone who approaches it. The source of the jewel turns out to be the demon-slayers' village. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, and their friends learn how the Jewel was created long ago in a battle between hordes of monstrous demons and Midoriko, the greatest priestess of the age. But the Jewel is also a miniature battleground between good and evil: a metaphor for the world--and for Inu-Yasha's heart, as he vacillates between selfishness and kindness. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity)--Charles Solomon』

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