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Love Hina (TV)

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[ adapted from Love Hina (manga) ]

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Alternative title:
ラブ ひな (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Keitaro Urashima is determined to be accepted into Tokyo University, the hardest Japanese University of all to get into, because of a promise he made to a girl when he was young... a girl whose name he can't even remember. After failing to get into Tokyo U twice, he is kicked out by his parents and goes to live with his Grandmother at her hotel, but it seems it has been turned into an all girls boarding house. What's more, much to his surprise and to the tenants disgust, Keitaro is made manager of the boarding house.
Video:
User Ratings: 3980 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 410 votes (sub:295, dub:88, Spa.sub:7, ?:5, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, Por.sub:2, English:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Excellent: 924 votes (sub:682, dub:198, Spa.sub:8, raw:8, ?:5, edit.dub:5, Spa.dub:4, Ger.dub:3, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, English:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Very good: 975 votes (sub:722, dub:203, Spa.sub:14, ?:10, raw:5, Por.sub:4, Spa.dub:4, Ger.dub:4, edit.dub:4, Fre.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, Por.dub:1)
 Good: 760 votes (sub:567, dub:145, Fre.sub:7, edit.dub:6, Spa.sub:6, ?:5, Spa.dub:5, Ger.dub:4, Ita.dub:3, raw:3, Rus.sub:2, Fre.dub:2, Rus.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, English:1)
 Decent: 392 votes (sub:294, dub:68, raw:8, Spa.sub:5, ?:5, Spa.dub:2, Dut.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Pol.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 203 votes (sub:146, dub:39, Spa.sub:5, ?:4, raw:4, Tag.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 101 votes (sub:81, dub:15, Ger.dub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Weak: 93 votes (sub:70, dub:16, raw:3, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 68 votes (sub:54, dub:13, Rus.sub:1)
 Awful: 33 votes (sub:27, dub:5, Por.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:4, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 7145 users, rank: #25
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.5232 (Very good-.47), std. dev.: 1.959, rank: #924
Weighted mean: 7.3489 (Good+.34), rank: #949
Bayesian estimate: 7.34934 (Good+.34), rank: #763
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
2000-04-19 to 2000-09-27
2006-04-11 (Latin America)
2006-04-11 to 2006-05-23 (Cartoon Network Latin America Broadcast)
2007-08-16 (Germany - Animax)
2008-04-14 (Portugal - Animax)
2008-04-16 (Spain - Animax)
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Sakura Saku" by Megumi Hayashibara
"サクラサク" by 林原めぐみ
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kimi Sae Ireba" by Megumi Hayashibara (eps 1-23)
#1: "君さえいれば" by 林原めぐみ
#2: "Hajimari wa Kokokara" by Megumi Hayashibara (ep 24)
Links: We have 7
Trivia: We have 14
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    Love Hina - Moving In... (DVD 1) 2002-02-19
    Love Hina - Go West! (DVD 2) 2002-04-23
    Love Hina - Secret Lives (DVD 3) 2002-06-18
    Love Hina - Love Hurts (DVD 4) 2002-08-20
    Love Hina - Summer by the Sea (DVD 5) 2002-10-22
    Love Hina - And the Winner is... (DVD 6) 2002-11-19
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    Love Hina - Best Collection (OST) 2004-04-13 (from $5.00)
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Series Composition: Kurou Hazuki

Scenario:
Akihiko Inari (ep 3)
Hidefumi Kimura (ep 20)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (ep 6,8,16)
Katsuhiko Takayama (ep 12,17)
Kurou Hazuki (ep 1,2,4,7,10-11,13,18-19,21-2)
Manabu Ishikawa (ep 4)
Mitsuyasu Sakai (ep 9,15)
Satoru Nishizono (ep 5)
Yousuke Kuroda (ep 14)

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ep 3,14)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 4,9)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 11,20)
Kiyotaka Isako (ep 19,23)
Kouichi Sugitani (ep 18)
Osamu Sato (ep 16,22)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 6,12)
Shingo Kaneko (ep 10)
Shinichiro Kimura (ep 7,15)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 5,8)
Takashi Sudo (ep 17)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 1,2,13,24)

Episode Director:
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 9)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 11,20)
Kiyotaka Isako (ep 4,14,19)
Kouichi Sugitani
Masakazu Hishida (ep 8)
Osamu Sato (ep 3,16,22)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 6,12,21)
Takashi Sudo
Toshinori Narita (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki 

Music: Koichi Korenaga

Original Manga: Ken Akamatsu

Character Design: Makoto Uno

Art director: Hachidai Takayama

Animation director:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 25)
Akio Takami (eps 10, 23)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 8)
Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 5, 13, 18)
Makoto Uno (Ep 1,24)
Masahide Yanagisawa (eps 11, 20)
Masahiko Nakata (eps 4,14,19)
Masaki Nakaya (ep 9)
Masami Nagata (eps 3, 16, 22)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 2)
Meiju Maeda (ep 9)
Minoru Ueda (eps 6, 12, 17, 20)
Takeyasu Kurajima (ep 2)
Toshihiro Nakajima (ep 20)
Toshiyuki Kono (eps 7, 15, 21)

Art design: Junko Nagasawa

Sound director: Hideyuki Tanaka

Director of Photography:
Fumio Hirokawa
Katsutoshi Hirose

Producer:
Keisuke Iwata
Shinichi Ikeda
Yukinao Shimoji

Assistant producer:
Naotake Goshima
Takatoshi Chino

Casting Coordinator: Masahiko Takahashi (Sigma Seven)

Color design: Yuko Kanemaru

Costume Design: Shinichi Yamaoka

Editing: Yayoi Ohtake

Effects: Yasuyuki Konno

Layout Supervision: Meiju Maeda

Planning:
Toru Sato
Toshimichi Ootsuki

Prop Design: Eiji Yasuhiko

Publicity: Namie Hashio

Recording Adjustments: Yoshio Obara

Setting: Junko Nagasawa

Structure: Kurou Hazuki

Theme Song Composition: Ritsuko Okazaki (OP / ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Ritsuko Okazaki (OP / ED)

Theme Song Performance: Megumi Hayashibara (OP/ED)

 

Yui Horie as Naru Narusegawa

Yuji Ueda as Keitarou Urashima

Junko Noda as Mitsune Konno

Masayo Kurata as Shinobu Maehara

Megumi Hayashibara as Haruka Urashima

Miki Nagasawa as Tsuruko Aoyama (ep 25) 

Reiko Takagi as Kaolla Su

Satsuki Yukino as Mutsumi Otohime

Yasunori Matsumoto as Noriyasu Seta

Yumiko Kobayashi as Sarah McDougal

Yuu Asakawa as Motoko Aoyama

Aya Hisakawa as Amalla Suu

Hiromi Tsuru as Shinobu's mother

Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Assistant B (ep 14)
Guy 2 (英二) (ep 12)
Masayuki Haitani
Official (ep 5)
Old Man B (ep 2,11,13,21)

Kei Hayami as Keitarou's Mother (ep 1)

Ken Akamatsu as Akamatsu-sensei (ep 14, Special Guest)

Kenichi Ono as Naru's Stepfather (ep 22)

Madoka Akita as
Girl 2B (Shinobu's Classmate) (ep 2)
Kikuko Onoue 
Rugrat (ep 16)

Masako Nozawa as Hina Urashima

Masashi Ebara as Shinobu's father

Megumi Hayashibara as Akiko Taichi (ep 2,13)

Michio Miyashita as
Assistant C (ep 14)
Classroom Teacher (ep 2)
Examiner (ep 4)
Guy 1 (美雄) (ep 12)
Kimiaki Shirai
Movie Director (ep 6)
Old Man C (ep 11,13,21,22)

Ryotaro Okiayu as Kentaro Sakata

Satomi Koorogi as Moe

Satsuki Yukino as
Girl 2A (Shinobu's Classmate) (ep 2)
Schoolgirl (ep 4)

Shozo Iizuka as Daimao (Evil King) (ep 8)

Takuma Suzuki as
Assistant A (ep 14)
Keitarou's Father (ep 1)
Newscaster (ep 6)
Old Man A (ep 7,10,11)
Optician (ep 5)

Yuji Ueda as
Keisuke Urashima (ep 20)
Ranba Ruu (ep 19)

Yuki Hokimoto as
Emi Ichikawa
Girl 7A (Naru's Classmate) (ep 7)
Picture Book Girl (江本) (ep 16)

Yukie Maeda as
Girl 2C (Shinobu's Classmate) (ep 2)
Girl 7B (Naru's Classmate) (ep 7)
Japanese Hotel's Landlady (ep 5)
Naru's Mother (ep 22,24)
Onsen Tamago
Sachiyo Matsumoto (ep 1,3,8,12,17-18)

Yuri Shiratori as Mei Narusegawa

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Anime R
K Production
Production I.G
Studio Cockpit
Studio Giants
Studio Mark
Studio Z5
Xebec

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

DVD Distribution: Starchild Records

Production:
Production I.G
TV Tokyo
Xebec
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Wendee Lee

Translation:
Dan Kanemitsu
Erica Yano Arrendondo

Producer:
Del Casher
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Ron Myrick

Co-Producer: Charles McCarter

DVD Cover Illustrations: Meijyu Maeda

Production Support: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi

Subtitle Timing: David Fleming

 

David Umansky as Keitaro Urashima

Dorothy Melendrez as Naru Narusegawa

Barbara Goodson as Mitsune Konno

Ellen Arden as Shinobu Maehara

Jane Alan as Haruka Urashima

Jean Howard as Mutsumi Otohime

Julie Maddalena as Sarah McDougal

Mona Marshall as Motoko Aoyama

Wendee Lee as
Kaolla Su
Tama

David Lucas as Masayuki Haitani

Gene Holliday as Kimiaki Shirai

Monique York as Emi

Reba West as Little Girl

Rebecca Forstadt as Mei Narusegawa

Ron Allen as Seta Noriyasu

Sandy Fox as Moé

Steve Areno as Kentaro Sakata

English companies 

Adaptation:
K & R Productions
Production I.G

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
MVM (UK)

Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment
FUNimation Entertainment (2007 license renewal)
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (soundtrack)

Recording Studio: California Digital Post

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director:
Cyrille Artaux
Valérie Uzan

Translation:
Géraldine Maquaire
Nicolas Priet

Theme Song Lyrics: Valérie Uzan

Theme Song Performance:
Antoine Blanc
Peggy Ngo Yanga
Peggy Ngo Yanga
Valérie Uzan

 

Barbara Tissier as Naru Narusegawa

Charles Pestel as Keitaro Urashima

Cécile Musitelli as Haruka Urashima

Frédérique Marlot as Shinobu Maehara

Jackie Berger as Kaolla Sû

Laura Préjean as Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno

Nathalie Homs as Motoko Aoyama

Virginie Ledieu as Mutsumi Otohime

Benjamin Pascal as Shirai Kimiaki

Thierry Bourdon as Kentaro Sakata

Vincent Ropion as Seta Noriyasu

Cyrille Artaux

French companies 

Broadcaster:
France 4
Game one

Distributor: Déclic Images

Dubbing: Studio Lincoln


Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 

ADR Director: Ana Orra (European Spanish dub)

Carlos Lladó as Keitaro Urashima (European Spanish dub)

Noemi Bayarri as Naru Narusegawa (European Spanish dub)

Ricardo Bautista as Keitaro Urashima (Latin America dub)

Alexia Solis as Shinobu Maehara (Latin America Dub)

Ana Orra as Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno (European Spanish dub)

Ariadna Giménez as Kaolla Su (European Spanish Dub)

Assumpta Navascues as Motoko Aoyama (Spain dub)

Carmen Calvell as Shinobu Maehara (Spain dub)

Gloria Garcia as Haruka Urashima (Spain dub)

Isabel Martiñon as Sarah McDougal (Latin America Dub)

Isabel Romo as Motoko Aoyama (Latin America Dub)

Liliana Barba as Mutsumi Otohime (Latin America Dub)

Marisol Castillo as Mitsune Konno (Latin America Dub)

Marta Estrada as Mutsumi Otohime (Spain dub)

Enrique Hernández as Kimiaki Shirai (Spain dub)

Erika Mireles as Hinata Grandmother (Latin America Dub)

Iris Lago as
Sara Mac Dougal (Spain dub)
Tama (Spain dub)

Maria Rosa Guillén as Mei Narusegawa (Spain dub)

Nacho de Porrata as Kentaro Sakata (Spain dub)

Tasio Alonso as Seta Noriyasu (Spain dub)

Toni Mora as Mayasuki Haitani (Spain dub)

Elvira García (Spain dub)

Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub)

Toni Mora (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España
Buzz Channel
Cartoon Network L.A. (Latin America)
Chilevision (Chile)
K3 (Catalan dub)

Distributor: Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America)

Dubbing Studio: Mix Sound S.L. (Madrid, Spain)

Dubbing, Distribution: Jonu Media

DVD Distribution: Jonu Media (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Dario De Santis

Dialogues: Monica Chiovoloni

Dubbing Assistant: Alida Brandi

Theme Song Performance: Cinzia Effe

 

Alessio De Filippis as Keitaro Urashima

Alessia La Monica as Motoko Aoyama

Barbara Pitotti as Shinobu Maehara

Domitilla D'Amico as Mitsune Konno

Perla Liberatori as Naru Narusegawa

Valeria Vidali as Mutsumi Otohime

Alberto Bognanni as
Kentaro Sakata
Lumba Su

Alessandra Chiari as Amalla Su

Daniele Raffaeli as Haitani Masayuki

Gaia Bolognesi as Kaolla Su

Gemma Donati as Moe

Leonardo Graziano as Shirai Kimiaki

Ludovica Marineo as
Haruka Urashima
Hina Urashima

Mimmo Strati as Seta Noriyasu

Monica Vulcano as Mei Narusegawa

Raffaella Castelli as Sarah McDougal

Vittorio Guerrieri as Ken Akamatsu

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Sitcom 1 (from 10 April 2007)
Telepuglia 9 (from 11 February 2006)

Distributor: Mondo Home Entertainment

Dubbing: DIGIDUB


German staff 

Producer:
Carlo de Rosa
Fabien Michaud

DVD Menu Design:
Sandarine Bezençon
Vladia De Francessco

Redaktion And Translation:
Anita Holdener
Mariska Ruors
Tobias Hössl

Subtitling:
Catherine Tissot
Stefan Beez

German cast 

Kim Hasper as Keitaro Urashima

Maria Koschny as Naru Narusegawa

Giuliana Wendt as Shinobu Maehara

Ilona Otto as Mutsumi Otohime

Julia Meynen as Su Kaolla

Julia Ziffer as Sarah McDougal

Kathrin Zimmermann as Haruka Urashima

Maxi Deutsch as Motoko Aoyama

Sonja Scherff as Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno

Julien Haggege as Kentaro Sakata

Katrin Zimmermann as Haruka Urashima

Robin Kahnmeyer as Kimiaki Shirai

Tobias Müller as Haitani Masayuki

German companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-08-16)

Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
IKASU

Dubbing: Elektrofilm

Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Mega-Anime

Russian cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 

Script: Charmaine Cordoviz

Translation: Charmaine Cordoviz

Assistant Dubbing Director: Charmaine Cordoviz

Assistant Voice Caster: Charmaine Cordoviz

Script Assistant: Rachel Cordoviz

Charmaine Cordoviz as Naru Narusegawa

Fourth Lee as Keitarou Urashima

Charmaine Cordoviz as Sara McDougal

Grace Cornel as
Haruka Urashima
Motoko Aoyama
Mutsumi Otohime

Marvi Medina as Mitsune Konno

Rose Barin as Kaolla Su

Rowena Benavidez as Shinobu Maehara

Russ Carlos as Noriyasu Seta

Bon Reyes as Kentaro Sakata

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Kikuno
Tama (flying pet turtle)

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
GMA Network
Hero
QTV
QTV Channel 11 (Official 1st Broadcast)

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Marli Bortoleto

 

Melissa Garcia as Naru Narusegawa

Ulisses Bezerra as Keitarô Urashima

Cláudia Carli as Haruka Urashima

Flávia Narciso as Kaolla Su

Jussara Marques as Mutsumi Otohime

Priscila Concépcion as Sarah McDougal

Raquel Marinho as Motoko Aoyama

Renato Soares as Seta Noriyasu

Samira Fernandes as Shinobu Maehara

Suzy Pereira as Mitsune Konno

Vanessa Alves as Tsuruko Aoyama (ep 25)

Alexandre Marconato as Kentarô Sakata

Borges de Barros as Velho Conselheiro #3

Fábio Moura as Ken Akamatsu (ep 14)

Fernanda Bulara as Moe

Gilberto Baroli as Velho Conselheiro #1

Gileno Santoro as Velho Conselheiro #2

Letícia Quinto as Mei Narusegawa

Luciana Baroli as Garota da promessa (ep 1)

Marcelo Campos as Rumba Rui (ep 19)

Marli Bortoleto as Haruka Urashima SD (ep 8)

Ricardo Sawaya as Shirai

Rita Almeida as Tama

Sérgio Corsetti as Haitani

Tatiane Keplermaier as Amara Su

Ulisses Bezerra as Keisuke Urashima (ep 20)

Zaira Zordan as Hina Urashima

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Portugal
Cartoon Network L.A. (Brasil)
PlayTV (Brazil)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

Translation: JBC

 
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