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Love Hina
Cover of volume 1 of the Japanese version of Love Hina
ラブ ひな
(Rabu Hina)
GenreHarem, Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKen Akamatsu
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 21, 1998 – October 31, 2001
Volumes14 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byYoshiaki Iwasaki
Written byShō Aikawa
StudioXebec
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 19, 2000 – September 27, 2000
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Love Hina: Christmas Special
Directed byYoshiaki Iwasaki
Written byShō Aikawa
Music byStar Child Records
StudioXebec
Licensed by
ReleasedDecember 25, 2000
Runtime44 minutes
Original video animation
Love Hina: Spring Special
Directed byYoshiaki Iwasaki
Written byShō Aikawa
Music byStar Child Records
StudioXebec
Licensed by
ReleasedApril 1, 2001
Runtime45 minutes
Original video animation
Love Hina Again
Directed byYoshiaki Iwasaki
Written byShō Aikawa
StudioXebec
Licensed by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2002
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes3 (List of episodes)

Love Hina (Japanese: ラブ ひな, Hepburn: Rabu Hina) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 21, 1998 to October 31, 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells the story of Keitaro Urashima and his attempts to find the girl with whom he made a childhood promise to enter Tokyo University. The manga was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, in Australia by Madman Entertainment, in Poland by Waneko and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. Two novelizations of Love Hina, written by two anime series screenwriters, were also released in Japan by Kodansha. Both novels were later released in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop.

A twenty-four episode anime adaptation of the manga series, produced by Xebec, aired in Japan from April 19, 2000, to September 27, 2000. It was followed by a bonus DVD episode, Christmas and Spring television specials, and a three episode original video animation (OVA) entitled Love Hina Again. The anime series, special, and OVA were licensed for release in North America by Bandai Entertainment. In July 2007, the license was acquired by Funimation, who released a boxset of the television series in February 2009. The series is also licensed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and in the United Kingdom by MVM Films.

The series has proved extremely popular around the world, both commercially and critically. In Japan, the manga sold over 16 million copies; over 1 million anime DVDs were also sold. The English release of the manga has been reprinted many times. Both anime and manga have received numerous industry awards in Japan and North America, as well as praise from critics.

Plot

See also: List of Love Hina characters

The story is a shōnen comedy that takes place in the Kanagawa Prefecture, and centers on Keitaro Urashima and his attempts to fulfill a childhood promise that he made with a girl to enter Tokyo University together. However, he has forgotten the name of the girl he made the promise to and hopes to be accepted into Tokyo University in order to find her. Having failed the entrance exam twice and with his parents no longer willing to support him, he goes to stay at his grandmother's hotel, only to find that it has been converted into a female-only apartment. The tenants are about to kick him out when his aunt appears and announces that his grandmother has given him the title to the apartments. Much to their dismay Keitaro becomes the new manager of the family-owned girls' dorm Hinata House (日向荘, Hinata Sō, also known as Hinata Apartments) and must now balance his new responsibilities in addition to studying for the university entrance exam.

At Hinata House, Keitaro meets Naru Narusegawa, who is also studying to enter Tokyo University. Naru ranks first in the whole of Japan on the practice exams, and Keitaro convinces her to help him study. As the two of them grow closer through their studies, and after Keitaro accidentally reads a small section of Naru's diary, he becomes increasingly convinced that Naru may be the girl with whom he made the promise. On the second day of the Tokyo University exam, Keitaro asks Naru about the promise and is stunned when she tells him he is mistaken. Despite their studying, and Naru's mock exam results, they both fail the exams. The pair then have an argument and independently run off to Kyoto to clear their heads. While on their trip they settle their differences and meet Mutsumi Otohime, who lives in Okinawa and is also studying for the Tokyo University exams.

After returning from Kyoto, Keitaro and Naru decide to retake the exams. After a while, Mutsumi moves to Tokyo, and the three begin to study together. During this period, Naru becomes convinced that Mutsumi is Keitaro's promised girl, but Mutsumi states that she made a childhood promise with Naru, not Keitaro. During the next round of Tokyo University exams, Keitaro believes he has failed them once again and runs away before finding out his results. After learning of this, Naru chases after him without checking her exam results either, and they are followed by the rest of the residents of Hinata House who announce that Keitaro and Naru both passed the exams along with Mutsumi. Unfortunately for him, Keitaro has an accident at the Tokyo University opening ceremony and is unable to attend classes for three months. After recovering from his injuries, Keitaro decides to study overseas with Noriyasu Seta. As Keitaro is about to leave, Naru finally confesses her feelings to him at the airport and decides to wait for him to return.

When Keitaro returns, he and Naru finally begin to express their feelings for each other. After they deal with new obstacles, Grandma Hina returns to Hinata House and reveals Naru is the girl of Keitaro's promise. Four years later, a wedding ceremony (with a new girl, Ema Maeda presented) is held at Hinata House for Naru and Keitaro as they finally fulfill their childhood promise to each other.

Production

Comparison between early and late designs for the character that became Naru

Initial sketches for the series were created between September and December 1997, after the completion of A.I. Love You.[2][3] Early storyboards with initial character designs were created between December 1997 and January 1998, and further character designs and location sketches followed between January and April 1998.[4][5] The last storyboards before serialization were created between April and August 1998.[6][7]

Around six months before the start of serialization, character designs were still going through several revisions before being settled upon. Several characters underwent complete redesigns and name changes.[8] At one stage the character Naru was named Midori, and she was supposed to fall through a hole in the floor naked, bump her head on Keitaro and lose her memory. Naru's name was changed many times before the author settled on Naru Narusegawa, and her final design is similar to Saati Namba from A.I. Love You.[9][10] Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno's money-grubbing nature and her older, jaded, and more mature personality were originally intended to be used for Kaolla Su.[11] Shinobu Maehara's nature was settled on from the beginning of the series, however her physical appearance and age were extensively redesigned as the series concept was shaped. In her early design, Shinobu had a similar appearance to Forty Namba from A.I. Love You.[12][13]

Throughout the run of the manga, the series used digital editing processes. After a rough sketch of a page was created, the page layout and basic detail were drawn and scanned into an Apple Macintosh. The major page elements were then shaded or filled with patterns, and elements that were drawn separately were added digitally to the page.[14] The manga also used a series of "banked images", which were basic line drawings of locations, such as a characters room. Instead of redrawing a location from scratch every time it was used, these banked images could be used as a base, and extra detail added to them depending on the requirements for the scene.[15]

Both of these techniques lead to characters having white outlines when copied digitally onto the scene.[16] Parts of Hinata Inn and other locations used were inspired by real life locations and designed from photographs collected during research.[7][17]

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Love Hina chapters

The 123 chapters of Love Hina were originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, beginning in the issue dated October 21, 1998, running weekly until its conclusion in the October 31, 2001 issue.[18][19] These chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, in a slightly changed format of 118 numbered chapters, together with a 2 chapter epilogue.[20][21] The first 11 volumes sold over 6 million copies in Japan.[22] The series was later released in a partially colored format known as the "Iro Hina version" (literally "Color Hina version") at an increased price.[23] The September 1, 2010 issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine included a six-color-page Love Hina one-shot.[24]

The series was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, which released the 14 volumes between May 21, 2002, and September 16, 2003.[25][26] The English release was one of Tokyopop's first releases in the "Authentic Manga" lineup of titles using the Japanese right to left reading style. In doing so the artwork remained unchanged from the original.[27] The series has appeared consistently in Tokyopop's top five selling manga and has been reprinted several times.[28] In August 2009, it was revealed that Tokyopop's license had been left to expire by Kodansha and would not be renewed.[29] Kodansha Comics USA, Kodansha's American division will re-release the manga in omnibus format, with a new translation in September 2011.[30]

The series is also licensed for an English language release in Singapore by Chuang Yi and for regional language releases in France and Québec by Pika Édition, in Spain by Glénat, in Singapore by Chuang Yi, in Brazil by Editora JBC, in Mexico by Grupo Editorial Vid, in Poland by Waneko, in Greece by Compupress, in Germany in German, in Norway by Schibsted Forlag, in Sweden by Bonnier Carlsen and in Denmark by Egmont Manga & Anime.[31][32]

Kodansha had also published a bilingual (English and Japanese) edition under the Kodansha Bilingual Comics label, with English texts translated by Giles Murray. Eight volumes were produced under the bilingual format but were removed from sale after the series was licensed by Tokyopop.[33][34]

A crossover one-shot with Aho Girl was released on August 27, 2014.[35]

Anime

Main article: List of Love Hina episodes

Love Hina was adapted into a 25 episode anime television series by Xebec, a division of Production I.G. The series aired on TV Tokyo April 19 through September 27, 2000.[36][37] The opening theme was Sakura Saku (サクラサク) and the closing theme was Kimi Sae Ireba (君さえいれば). Both songs were written by Ritsuko Okazaki and performed by Megumi Hayashibara. The two themes were released as a CD single, which debuted on the Oricon charts at Number 7.[38][39] A bonus 25th episode was later created and released as a DVD bonus.[40] The series and bonus episode were directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki, written by Shō Aikawa and featured character designs by Makoto Uno.[36][37]

In Japan, the television series was released on nine DVDs by Starchild Records between August 3, 2000, and April 2, 2001, and sold over 1 million copies.[41][42] Love Hina is credited with being one of the first anime series to be available unofficially as a digitally produced fansub, with multiple groups working on the series.[43][44] The popularity, and widespread availability of the series in this form meant that several potential licensors of the series such as ADV Films had concerns over licensing the series.[45] The series was later licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment, who released six DVDs between February 19 and November 19, 2002.[46] In July 2007, Funimation Entertainment announced they had acquired the license to the series after Bandai's license had expired. A new boxset of the television series across 4 discs was released by Funimation on February 24, 2009.[47][48] It was then rereleased as part of Funimation's Viridian Collection on July 27, 2010. In the United Kingdom, the series is licensed by MVM Films, who released the series on six DVDs between September 6, 2004 and March 7, 2005, and as a boxset on May 14, 2007.[49] In Australia and New Zealand the series is licensed by Madman Entertainment, who also released the series across six DVDs between September 18, 2002, and February 11, 2003. A box set was later released on December 3, 2003.[50] After the television series was completed, a Christmas special "Love Hina Xmas Eve: Silent Night (ラブひな　クリスマス・スペシャル～サイレント・イブ～, Rabu Hina Kurisumasu Supesharu Sairento Ibu) was produced and shown on December 25, 2000 on TV Tokyo. A dvd was released in Japan on July 4, 2001.[41][51] It was then released in North America on December 3, 2002 and in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2005.[49][52] The Spring Special Love Hina Spring Special: I Wish Your Dream (ラブひな　春スペシャル～キミ　サクラチルナカレ！！～, Rabu Hina Haru Supesharu Kimi Sakurachirunakare!!?) was also shown on TV Tokyo on April 1, 2001.[53] The DVD was released in Japan on August 1, 2001, in North American on March 18, 2003 and in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2005.[41][49][54] Finally, an OVA series called Love Hina Again (ラブひな Again, Rabu Hina Agēn) was released on DVD in Japan in 3 parts between January 26, 2002, and March 27, 2002, and was the final part of the Love Hina anime.[55] A CD single featuring the opening theme "Kirari Takaramono" (キラリ☆宝物, "Glittering Treasure") and the ending theme was "Be for Me, Be for You" was released on February 28, 2002. A solo version was used for the first episode, and a duet with Yuji Ueda was used for the third episode.[56][57][58] The North American and United Kingdom releases of Love Hina Again grouped the 3 parts together on one disc and were released on September 2, 2003 and January 7, 2008 respectively.[49][59]

After the end of the television series, Love Hina Final Selection was released, containing a summary of the series and "Love Live Hina", a live concert featuring all of the main cast members.[60]

The anime was later used as the source for a film comic, Love Hina Anime Comics, which told the anime story in comic form using stills from the show as the comic panels.[61] The anime Comics series follows the story of the television series, unaired 25th episode, and the Xmas and Spring specials and each volume contains 3 exclusive trading cards.[62][63][64] The film comics also contain anime production info.[65]

Light novels

Two novels have been written by the anime screenwriters and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu as side stories of the main series. Love Hina: Mystery Guests at Hinata Hotel (ラブひな―混浴厳禁‐ひなた旅館へようこそ!) was written by Shō Aikawa under the pen name "Kurō Hazuki", was published in Japan by Kodansha on May 17, 2001. It was later rereleased in a bilingual edition (English and Japanese) in December 2001.[66][67] The second novel, Love Hina: Secrets at Hinata Hotel (ラブひな―混浴厳禁 ひなた荘のヒミツ) was written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki and released in Japan on February 15, 2002, with a bilingual edition released the same month.[68][69] Tokyopop licensed both novels for an English-language distribution in North America, releasing the first novel under the title Love Hina: The Novel, Volume 1 on April 11, 2006, and the second novel under the title Love Hina: The Novel, Volume 2 on August 8, 2006.[70]

Reference books

Two reference books for the manga series have been released for fans of the series. Love Hina 0 (ラブひな0) was released on July 17, 2002 and contains character profiles, interviews and production info as well as other supporting materials for the first seven volumes of the manga.[71][72] Love Hina Mugendai (ラブひな∞) was released on July 17, 2002 and contains character profiles, a timeline, artwork, interviews and production info. A large section is dedicated to early production sketches and handwritten development notes.[2][73][74]

Two reference books have also been released for the anime series. Ani-Hina Ver.1 was released on August 4, 2000 and Ani-Hina Ver.2 was released on November 9, 2000.[75][76] Each book contains character profiles, episode summaries, production sketches and details as well as interviews and information on the voice actors; each covers half of the anime series.[36][37]

Video games

The series has seen several video games released across several platforms. The Game Boy Color received Love Hina Pocket on August 4, 2000, and Love Hina Party on January 26, 2001.[77][78] The Game Boy Advance received Love Hina Advance on September 7, 2001.[79] The Sega Dreamcast received Love Hina: Totsuzen no Engeji Happening on September 28, 2000 and Love Hina: Smile Again on March 29, 2001.[80][81] The Sony PlayStation received Love Hina 1: Ai wa Kotoba no Naka ni on September 28, 2000 and Love Hina 2: Kotoba wa Konayuki no Yō ni on November 30, 2000.[82][83] The Sony PlayStation 2 received Love Hina: Gojasu Chiratto Happening on May 22, 2003.[84]

Soundtracks

Main article: List of Love Hina soundtracks

Prior to the start of the anime, several image songs were recorded by the Anime cast members.[85] Several maxi singles were released featuring some of these image songs as well as drama tracks, also performed by the anime cast. "I Love Hina" was released on April 26, 2000 and followed by Love Hina 1 on June 26, 2000, Love Hina 2 on July 26, 2000 and Love Hina 3 on August 23, 2000. Love Hina 1 came with a box to hold the other singles.[86]

There have been several Love Hina soundtracks released. Love Hina Original Sound File (オリジナルサウンドファイル) was released on September 21, 2000 and contains all of the background music for the series as well as many vocal songs. "Love Hina — Winter Special Soundtrack" was released on January 24, 2001 and was followed by Love Hina — Spring Special Soundtrack on June 6, 2001. Love Hina Again Soundtrack was released on April 3, 2002.[86] Two collections of vocal songs featuring the female cast members were released, Love Hina – Hinata Girls Song Best (ひなたガールズベストソングベスト) was released on March 16, 2001 and Love Hina – Hinata Girls Song Best 2 (ひなたガールズベストソングベスト 2) was released on October 3, 2001.[86] Many of the songs featured on these two albums were written by Ritsuko Okazaki, who released the self cover album Love Hina Okazaki Collection on December 16, 2001.[87] Two live concerts called Love Live Hina were performed by the Japanese cast members. The Tokyo Bay performance was bundled on DVD with Love Hina Final Selection, and the Osaka Performance was available separately.[60][88]

Reception

Love Hina won the Kodansha Manga Award for best shōnen title in 2001.[89] It was selected as the "Best Manga, USA Release" at both the 2002 and 2004 Anime Expo conventions.[90][91] In 2003, the title was among the top ten graphic novels on Nielsen BookScan's list and one of the first graphic novels to ever appear in the general trade paperback list.[92] The pop culture website ICv2 voted Love Hina "Anime Product of the Year" in 2002.[93]

The series was well received by critics. Tony Chen, of Anime News Network (ANN), found it to be a funny series, though finding the 16+ rating appropriate due to the number of jokes involving sexual innuendo. He praised the beautiful artwork, feeling the "sexy and cute" female designs were perfect for the series and that Keitaro's design fit his dorky personality. Chen found Naru's regularly catching Keitaro making a mistake and calling him a pervert redundant and annoying.[94] Eric Luce of Ex.org notes an increased character development over other love comedies, and describes the series as "nothing if not whimsical".[95]

ANN's Bamboo Dong praised the anime adaptation for being very intriguing and mixing "drama, romance, and slapstick comedy in a pleasing combination". She found the music "incredibly cute" and felt it was used in a way which contributed to many of the dramatic effects in the anime.[96] In The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy felt the female characters were a "standard rack of female anime archetypes" and that the series as a whole was a "culmination of a decade of geek-centered anime".[51] Kenneth Lee, writing for Ex.org praised the look and quality of the animation, highlighting the benefits of the digital creation of the adaption over traditional cel animation. Lee recognised elements from other series such as Maison Ikkoku and Kimagure Orange Road, and summarised the series as "Simply Wonderful".[97] Chris Beveridge, of AnimeOnDVD.com, noted the first anime DVD volume was "really well put together", but also felt the manga did not translate into an anime series particularly well.[98][99] He praised the Christmas special, noting that it was "several notches above the TV series" but found that while the Spring Special had amusing moments, it was rushed with bad plotting.[40][100]

The Love Hina Again OVA received more mixed reviews, with ANN's Zac Berthschy feeling it reversed part of the plot of the main anime series and never reached the same entertainment level as the television series. The character of Kanako, Keitaro's sister, was heavily criticized for being "one of the most annoying characters ever created even though she would have been better for Keitaro than Naru."[101] Beveridge praised the fun and comedy as well as the fan service, but also noted that one's enjoyment would depend on whether they still cared for the characters.[102]

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