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Love Hina Spring Movie

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Don't buy the Love Hina Spring Movie DVD for the special. This single, 45 minute Spring Special (affectionately renamed 'Movie' by Bandai) starts strong but ends weak and turns the original manga story it was based on into a joke.

Instead, buy this disc for its features. This DVD has all the bonuses that we've been waiting for and denied since the series was released, including textless openings and closings to the series, the textless ending to Episode 24, and the textless ending to the Spring Special itself. Still, the price is pretty steep for just a bonus disc that has a single 45 minute epsiode on it and extras, but we can always hope the price will come down.

So if you're going to buy it, buy the DVD for the features to complement the series, and considor the 'Movie' an extra bonus.

...And don't worry, this isn't the end. The OVA Love Hina Again will be released soon enough and it puts on a rather nice ending to the anime series.

Following after the events of the TV series and the Christmas Special, this is when Keitaro, Naru, and Mutsumi are getting ready to take the entrance exam to Tokyo University again. The Spring Special also focuses on Shinobu, who is still struggling with her feelings about Keitaro and her own self as well. With great confidence about Tokyo U this time around, Keitaro dreams about his and Naru's future in the middle of the exam and falls asleep. Thinking that he fails again, he runs away to an island in the Pacific with Naru soon after in hot pursuit to bring him back, neither of them knowing their fate about Tokyo U. The residents of the Hinata join in the search as well, learning about a turtle civilization, and a girl named Nyamo who has a dream. What will become of our Tokyo U candidates? Will their dream come true? Definitely another part of the story to add to your collection. And hopefully, we'll be seeing the final OAV of this great series Love Hina Again soon.

While there are three oavs after this spring special, this is really the last love hina installment that captures the original feeling of the series. I saw this a while back fan-subbed and I really thought it was great. I won't give away anything, but I will say that one plotline is finally brought to an end. It is probably unlikely that you will enjoy this dvd as much as you should if you haven't seen the rest of the series that comes before it. One complaint I have is that the specials were released seperately when they could have very easily been put on a single release. That's marketing for you though.

The LOVE HINA SPRING MOVIE follows the CHRISTMAS MOVIE, and there are certain Web critics who don't particularly like this one, apparently because they feel that SPRING suffers by comparison with CHRISTMAS. Maybe so- I've got the CHRISTMAS MOVIE on order- but on its own terms, SPRING isn't bad, if you liked the series- it has about the same mix of the incredibly silly on the one hand (flocks of flying turtles) and some semi-sweet romance on the other (our heroine Naru obviously has warmer feelings toward the hapless Keitaro than she did in the series, even though her feelings still largely manifest themselves through slapstick violence.)
The story: Keitaro's trying the Tokyo U. exams again, and starts daydreaming during a "killer English exam". By the time he snaps out of it, he's only got minutes left to finish. Convinced that he didn't pass, he once again runs away, this time to an island called Parakalese, where he joins a Shinobu-lookalike native girl named Nyamo in her search for her grandfather. Naru angrily goes after him, and the rest of the Hina Apartments ladies follow suit.
The SPRING MOVIE has quite a bit more romance than an equivalent amount of the series (there are actually a couple of near-kisses here, and several nice moments between Naru and Keitaro on the island), but like the series it occasionally nearly drowns in its own absurdity. So again all I can say is: if you liked the series, you'll be OK with the SPRING MOVIE.

Don't get me wrong the movie itself is great Its really funny like the rest of the Love Hina episodes. However the way it ends is just so annoying, Keitaro and Naru(If you don't know who they are you are an idiot or havent seen any episodes of the series)almost kiss about 5 billion times but they never actually kiss and Naru never admits to Keitaro that she likes him she just tells it to one of the tenants of the Hinata apartments. Another reason why the movie is funny is that I watched mine in Japanese and the voice overs are so bad in my opinion that its funny.This is a must see for any fan of Love Hina and if you are looking for a good romantic comedy get the entire series.
P.S. Look out for the Love Hina Again movie you never know what could happen maybe Keitaro and Naru kiss(about freakin time).
O yeah something weird about the series everybody majically become tan after five minutes, freaky.

Love Hina - Christmas Movie provided the closing remarks. It gave what viewers wanted by letting Keitaro and Naru join together as a couple and fellow students at the college of their dream. It was nice to see that they decided to finish the series in good note in which Episode 24 didn't. BUT...
Instead of leaving the series at the top of shape, they decided to milk it as much as it can. And the result is Love Hina - Spring Movie.
Unlike Christmas Movie, this provides no additional plot, nor extra material such as Episode 25 (it is useless, however). It is covered with sameless that starts to wear thin, and 45 minutes of movie starts look as if it would never end. I can't see any justification of purchasing this movie, since this is pointless part of the series. Very disappointing.

Story:2(could have been a WHOLE lot better,not chopped up in a hurry and not having such a pointless and stupid ending,leaving you in the dust...*grumble*)

Art:4(Ohhh! How I hate their faces!!! They are so chubby and long!!!! ggrrr...dont ask why but Mustsumi reminds me of this annoying girl at school,but the art of the anime makes her look exactly like her...grr)

Music:4(okay,not too many new songs,but the one that was new sorta stinks...-_-'..Keitaro,Naru and the others sing it..)

Characters:3(too easy going,unlike the manga...*whispers* you can tell I love the manga,huh?)

Sounds:5

Okay,first let me say what I have to say about this DVD/video. The manga is soooo much worth reading than this 'movie'(they turned my favorite kawaii volume into a pointless piece of you know what!). Its boring,but if your a real Love Hina faniac and have money to crash then I guess this is for you.

The movie starts out intresting,making me excited if this is a good movie. I think one of the highlights of this movie is that...*smirks* Mr.Akamatsu himself makes a appearance....he kind of reminds me of a few other manga artists out there who 'accidently' show up in their works...*coughs* Miho Obana *cough*
Keitaro thinks he failed his entrance exam so he runs off for a job that he has no idea about and ends up on a island,rescued by the very-suspicously-looks-like-Shinbou,Nyamo,and then Naru and the gang tries to bring him back....

....the sad thing about this movie is...its so unrealstic! It has no plot,the way the end up on the island is so unbelieveably stupid and corny (in the manga Suu did not fly on a man-made turtle! Or Naru sky diving! They all went by plane! Which makes the manga seem a little more realstic! The people making the anime must have skipped through the manga and made up everything and the ending...)

To me,if you like this story,the manga is much more uncut,funny,and the art is goregous ^_~! I love the way Akamatsu draws his characters! Also his stories are much more enjoyable and not butchered like in the manga,and dig this,its a whole lot cheaper than the anime! Uh oh...I'm getting off the subject! ^-^'

They should have not ended the series the way they did. They should have waited and finished the story AFTER THEY COMPLETED THE WHOLE SERIES,NOT FINISHING IT IN THE MIDDLE! We would have more earned stuff for our money! ^^ Oh well,thank god for manga!(uh oh! I said that word...*tsk* *tsk* :P)

Anyway if you really need some Love Hina before the OVA,then by all means you will enjoy at least some of the movie...^_~!