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Love Hina Volume 3 
Details
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Catalogue Number: MVD2040
Certificate: PG
Date Released: November 1st 2004
Screen: Fullscreen 4:3
Languages: Japanese ; English - Dolby Digital (2.0)
Stereo
Subtitles: English
Duration: 100 minutes
Special Features
- Character photo gallery
- Interview with director Yoshiaki Iwasaki
- Trailers
Synopsis
A House Of Riddles
Mysteries abound at the Hinata Apartment when the rent money vanishes... Detective Kitsune takes the case. But who is the real thief?
Then there's a mysterious woman who appears when the moon is red. Her behaviour is rather odd, and now that you mention it, she looks a lot like Kaolla. And is that an alligator?
Suddenly Naru's on the fast track to stardom when she becomes an idol singer. will she be leaving the apartments for good? Will Shinobu and Motoko be joining her?
Then, Motoko finds her chi drained. Unable to utilise her martial arts power, she becomes a shell of her former proud, confident self. Who is left to protect the Hinata Apartments from the greatest threat yet?
Contains episodes 9 -12:
9. The Case Of The Missing Hinata Apartment Money
10. Who Is The Beautiful Woman Wandering In The Moonlight?
11. The Idol Shooting For Tokyo U Is A Prep School Student
12. Changing After The Wedding? Swordmaster Motoko's
Sunday Best
Cover
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Review
Not many series have had me hooked as quickly as Love Hina, within the first half of the first episode I was really interested in the characters and fining out who they are and where they were going.
I don’t know exactly what it is that draws you into the series and keeps you glued. Maybe it’s the slow release of story lines; this show gives you a really good amount of time to enjoy what’s happening rather than moving you on too quickly. There’s also some really intriguing story line twists, and some brilliant use of story telling that often builds upon itself to create an amazing broader story.
The diversity of the characters in this series are probably one of the best examples you will find, not only are the characters varied in looks and actions but each one has its own story and you become really attached to each one. Sometimes having too many main characters can spoil the focus of the series, but Love Hina really pulls it off, again it doesn’t give you too much too quickly, often and introduction to a new character will take a full episode. I think a lot of thought has gone into the overall planning of the show as a whole and it has really paid off.
Visually the show looks really nice, not as cutting edge as a lot of shows but its way above average with nice character detail and movement. The visuals are all quite bold which in tern creates a lighter show and adds the overall enjoyment.
The music soundtrack is very good, there’s often music in the background which I like, because some show are too quite with only the voices being herd at one time. The tempo of the music is correct for what’s happening on screen, if a moment is funny the tempo builds up and if it’s emotional it slows down.
Overall this is a really solid series and after watching it I understand why it has such a huge fan-base. The plot is fantastic, the characters are bold and entertaining and the whole show stays very focused.
(AZ:UK)