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Love Hina Again (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Love Hina Nuevamente (Spanish)
ラブひなAgain (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: ecchi, fanservice, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Keitaro needs some time to evaluate himself and his goals, so he goes onto a trip with Seta to attempt the life of an archaeologist. However, not all is safe at the Hinata Inn while he is gone. A woman claiming to be Keitaros sister comes and claims right to being the manager of the inn. Life gets complicated when Keitaro returns, and attempts to deal with his sister of yesteryear.
User Ratings: 2784 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 213 votes (sub:149, dub:48, raw:3, ?:1, others:12
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 517 votes (sub:363, dub:120, ?:9, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:22
8 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 708 votes (sub:511, dub:154, raw:6, ?:5, edit.dub:3, others:29
19 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
3 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Good: 631 votes (sub:494, dub:106, ?:4, edit.dub:2, raw:2, others:23
10 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 Polish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Turkish Sub subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 352 votes (sub:278, dub:59, ?:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 141 votes (sub:105, dub:29, ?:2, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 90 votes (sub:73, dub:13, raw:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 56 votes (sub:44, dub:9, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 41 votes (sub:33, dub:7, raw:1)
 Awful: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:5)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 5358 users, rank: #143 (of 10256)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.295 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8536, rank: #2712 (of 10428)
Weighted mean: 7.162 (Good), rank: #3071 (of 10428) (seen all: 7.19 / seen some: 5.70 / won't finish: 2.58)
Bayesian estimate: 7.163 (Good), rank: #2845 (of 7916)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage:
2002-01-26
2007-09-19 to 2007-09-22 (Germany - Animax)
Chronology:
(2002-01-26) Vol.1 "Kanako" / DVD:KIBA-722,VC:KIVA-722 / 30 min / 3,800 Yen
(2002-02-28) Vol.2 "Keitarou" / DVD:KIBA-723,VC:KIVA-723 / 30 min / 3,800 Yen
(2002-03-27) Vol.3 "Naru" / DVD:KIBA-724,VC:KIVA-724 / 30 min / 3,800 Yen
(2002-04-05) Original Soundtrack / CD / 30 min / 2,500 Yen / Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune (UTENA, FLCL)
Opening Theme:
"Kirari Takaramono" by Yui Horie
Ending Theme:
#1: "Be For You, Be For Me" by Yui Horie
#2: "Be For You, Be For Me" by Natsuko Kuwatani
#3: "Be For You, Be For Me" by Yuji Ueda & Yui Horie
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Love Hina Again DVD (Oct 30, 2003)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Love Hina Again (Blu-ray) 2020-07-28 (from $59.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Love Hina - Movie Collection (DVD) 2003-11-04
    Love Hina - Movie Collection (DVD) 2004-03-02 (from $79.95)
    Love Hina - Movie Collection (DVD) 2006-07-25
    Love Hina - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-9) 2004-09-28
    Love Hina Again (DVD) 2003-09-02
    Love Hina Again (DVD) 2004-03-02
Soundtrack
    Love Hina Again (OST) 2004-12-07

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Series Composition: Kurō Hazuki
Scenario: Kurō Hazuki
Storyboard:
Itsurō Kawasaki (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 1, 3)
Unit Director:
Setsuo Takase (ep 2)
Toshinori Narita (ep 1)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 3)
Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune
Original Manga: Ken Akamatsu
Character Design:
Akiyoshi Maeda 
Meiju Maeda
Art Director: Chitose Asakura
Chief Animation Director: Meiju Maeda (ep 3)
Animation Director:
Hatsue Kato (ep 3)
Meiju Maeda (OP, ED; eps 1-2)
Shinichi Yamaoka (ep 3)
Tōru Watanabe (ep 3)
Art design: Junko Nagasawa
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Hirose
Producer:
Atsushi Moriyama (King Records)
Naoki Hiramatsu (Xebec)

Assistant Animation Director:
Akio Takami (ep 2)
Shinichi Yamaoka (ep 2)
Yuuichiro Yano (ep 2)
Background Art:
Chie Murakoshi (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Fumie Kawai (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Hachidai Takayama (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Harue Iwai (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Haruka Ohsawa (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Kaori Motojima (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Katsuhiro Yamada (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Kiyoko Kanno (Production Ai; ep 3)
Kouhan Hishinuma (Production Ai; eps 2-3)
Mari Kawai (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Megumi Ogawa (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Motoko Iwahashi (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Shin Watanabe (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Shin'ichirō Uchiyama (Production Ai; ep 1)
Toshihisa Koyama (Production Ai; ep 3)
Yoshimi Umino (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Yukiko Ogawa (Production Ai; eps 1-3)
Casting Coordination: Masahiko Takahashi (Sigma Seven)
Color Coordination: Satoshi Tsuchiya (ep 2)
Color design:
Yūko Kanemaru (eps 1, 3)
Digital Photography:
Akihiro Saitō (Trans Arts; ep 1)
Chisato Asai (Trans Arts; ep 1)
Haruhiko Tsumura (Trans Arts; ep 1)
Hiroki Sekido (Trans Arts; eps 1, 3)
Hitoshi Saito (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Katsutoshi Ooi (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Keiji Kitsutaka (Trans Arts; eps 1, 3)
Kenichi Dai (Trans Arts; ep 1)
Kenichi Yoshida (Tokyo Kids; ep 3)
Kenji Kuwabara (Trans Arts; eps 1, 3)
Kohichi Furusawa (XEBEC; ep 3)
Kōji Sawada (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Makiko Nakayama (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Masaru Kitagawa (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Masayoshi Nishiyama (XEBEC; ep 3)
Norimasa Teramoto (Tokyo Kids; ep 3)
Risa Yamagata (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Satoshi Fujita (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Satoshi Kunitsune (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Seiichi Morishita (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Tadaaki Yamazaki (Tokyo Kids; ep 3)
Takeshi Yamamoto (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Tomoyuki Nakata (XEBEC; ep 3)
Yuichiro Umagi (Tokyo Kids; ep 3)
Yuki Kudo (XEBEC; ep 3)
Yuuka Hagiwara (Studio Twinkle; ep 2)
Editing: Yayoi Ōtake
Editing Assistant:
Hiroaki Itabe
Effects:
Yasuyuki Konno (Suwara Pro)
Finish Check:
Satoshi Tsuchiya (eps 2-3)
Yūko Kanemaru (eps 1, 3)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Hirosawa (Last House; ep 3)
Ayako Matsumoto (Actas; ep 2)
Chiemi Hironaka (Studio Boomerang; ep 1)
Chiho Takeda (ep 3)
Hayato Hashiguchi (Studio Emuai; ep 1)
Hideaki Nagata (Studio Boomerang; ep 1)
Kaoru Takayama (Studio Boomerang; ep 1)
Kazuhiro Miwa (Last House; ep 3)
Keita Watabe (Hal Film Maker; ep 1)
Kimihiro Yamamoto (Studio Emuai; eps 1, 3)
Kiyomi Matsuda (Actas; ep 2)
Masaru Hagyuu
Masatsugu Nishida (ep 3)
Miyuki Takai (Studio Emuai; ep 1)
Osamu Kondou
Shino Sudō (Studio Boomerang; ep 1)
Yoshinori Deno (Studio Emuai; eps 1, 3)
Yōsuke Kobashi (Hal Film Maker; ep 1)
Yukie Umetsu (ep 3)
Yukiko Kawakita (ep 3)
Yūko Sera
In-Between Check:
Masami Imai
Takuya Matsumura
Yōko Takahashi
Key Animation:
Akio Takami (ep 3)
Haruko Iizuka (ep 1)
Hatsue Kato (eps 2-3)
Hideki Watanabe (ep 2)
Hiroshi Itō (ep 1)
Hiroshi Konno (ep 1)
Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Notake (eps 1-2)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 1)
Kaori Takahashi (eps 2-3)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 1, 3)
Keisei Noguchi (ep 3)
Makoto Itō (ep 2)
Makoto Uno (ep 3)
Masahide Yanagisawa (ep 2)
Masahiro Satō (ep 1)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2)
Masakazu Kawazoe (eps 2-3)
Masayuki Katō (ep 2)
Minoru Ueda (ep 1)
Mitsuru Ishihara (eps 1-3)
Nobuyoshi Habara (eps 2-3)
Seiki Tanaka (ep 3)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 1-2)
Shingo Adachi (eps 1-3)
Shinichirō Kajiura (ep 3)
Shinsuke Ishikawa (ep 1)
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 2)
Tadashi Sakazaki (eps 1, 3)
Takafumi Hoshikawa (ep 2)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 3)
Takashi Maruyama (eps 2-3)
Takashi Sasaki
Takehiro Hamatsu (eps 2-3)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 1-3)
Tatsuya Urano
Tetsuya Koshizaki (ep 1)
Tōru Watanabe (ep 2)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 3)
Toshihiro Nakajima (eps 1-3)
Yūko Yamamoto (eps 2-3)
Paint:
Daiki Hayashi (Studio Elle; eps 2-3)
Fujie Obara (Studio Elle; eps 2-3)
Jun Ono (Studio Elle; eps 2-3)
Kaoru Ohta (Studio Elle; eps 1-3)
Kazumi Fujita (Studio Elle; eps 1-3)
Kazunori Iso (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Kyōko Baba (eps 1-2)
Masami Hamada (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Masato Kuri (Studio Elle; eps 2-3)
Mikiko Tsuji (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Natsuyo Ban (eps 1-2)
Noriko Hatta (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Raki Iwase (Tant; ep 1)
Rieko Numata (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Saori Abiko (Studio Elle; ep 3)
Satsuki Gunji (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Seiko Kuroda (Studio Elle; ep 2)
Seiko Morimoto (Studio Elle; ep 3)
Shiho Tabata (Tant; ep 1)
Shin'ya Oohara (Studio Flag; ep 1)
Takahiro Miyazaki (Studio Elle; ep 2)
Takuya Kubo (Studio Elle; eps 1-3)
Tomomi Yanagida (Studio Elle; ep 3)
Waka Sakai (Studio Elle; eps 2-3)
Yukiko Ishii (Studio Elle; ep 3)
Yūsuke Ōkubo (Studio Elle; ep 3)
Planning:
Toru Sato (XEBEC)
Toshimichi Ōtsuki (King Records)
Production Advancement:
Takehito Ueno (ep 3)
Takeyuki Ishida (ep 2)
Prop Design: Shinichi Yamaoka
Recording: Yoshio Obara
Setting Desk: Tatsuhiko Matsuzaki (ep 1)
Special Effects:
Hidero Sakurai (ep 3)
Tsuyoshi Nakano (ep 3)
Ushio Fujita (Kagura; eps 1-2)
Theme Song Composition:
Chika Itô (ED)
Kumoko (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Chika Itô (ED)
Kumoko (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Natsuko Kuwatani (ED)
Yui Horie
Yūji Ueda (ED)
Video Editing:
Miyuki Takai
Saori Tadokoro
文芸進行: Hiroyuki Nakamura
美術担当: Kuniko Miyake
設定進行: Tatsuhiko Matsuzaki (ep 1)
Natsuko Kuwatani as Kanako Urashima
Yui Horie as Naru Narusegawa
Yūji Ueda as Keitaro Urashima

Junko Noda as Mitsune Konno
Masayo Kurata as Shinobu Maehara
Megumi Hayashibara as Haruka Urashima
Reiko Takagi as Kaolla Su
Yumiko Kobayashi as Sarah McDougal
Yuu Asakawa as Motoko Aoyama

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Haitani Masayuki (ep 1)
Michio Miyashita as Kimiaki Shirai (ep 1)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kentaro Sakata (ep 3)
Satomi Koorogi as Moe (ep 3)
Satsuki Yukino as Mutsumi Otohime
Yasunori Matsumoto as Seta Noriyasu
Yuki Matsuoka as Kuro
Yukie Maeda as Onsen Tamago
Yuri Shiratori as Mei Narusegawa (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation: Xebec
Backgrounds: Production ai
Broadcaster: K3 (Televisió de Catalunya) 
Digital Photography:
Studio Twinkle (ep 2)
Tokyo Kids (ep 3)
Trans Arts Co. (eps 1, 3)
Xebec (ep 3)
DVD Distribution: King Records
Editing Studio: Jay Film
In-Between Animation:
Actas (ep 2)
AIC (ep 2)
Bee Train (ep 2)
Delta Peak Production (ep 3)
Hal Film Maker (eps 1-2)
K-Production (eps 1-3)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 1-3)
Last House (ep 3)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 2-3)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
MI (eps 1, 3)
Production I.G (ep 2)
Studio Boomerang (eps 1, 3)
Studio Lions (ep 2)
Studio Wanpack (ep 3)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 1-2)
Tokyo Kids (eps 2-3)
U-ni animation (eps 1-3)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Production: Audio Tanaka
キャスティング協力: Sigma Seven
仕上げ:
K-Production (eps 1-2)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 1-2)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 2)
Studio Elle (eps 1-3)
Studio Flag (eps 1-2)
Studio Step (ep 1)
Sunshine Digital (eps 1-2)
Tanto (ep 1)
U-ni animation (eps 1-2)
効果: Swara Pro
特効: Kagura
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Wendee Lee
Script: Wendee Lee (ADR Script)
Translation: Dan Kanemitsu
Executive producer:
Ken Iyadomi
Yukinao Shimoji
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Maki Terashima-Furuta
Richard Noboru Kekahuna

Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Co-Producer:
Charles McCarter
Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Editing: Rick Tedzlaff
Production Support: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi
Re-Recording Mixing: Rick Tedzlaff
Recording engineer: Rick Tedzlaff
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
David Umansky as Keitaro Urashima
Dorothy Melendrez as Naru Narusegawa
Tina Dixon as Kanako Urashima

Barbara Goodson as Mitsune "Kitsune" 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

David Lucas as Masayuki Haitani
Gene Holliday as Kimiaki Shirai
Julie Ann Taylor as Mutsumi Otohime
Rebecca Forstadt as Mei Narusegawa
Ron Allen as Seta Noriyasu
Sandy Fox as
Kuro
Moe
Student
Steve Areno as Kentaro Sakata
English companies
Adaptation:
Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Production I.G. USA
Distributor:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2003)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Pluto TV (via RetroCrush)
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Discotek Media (2020)
Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Executive producer: Federico Anceri
Producer: Andrés Bustamante

Licensing Manager: Liliana Silveira
(none)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Fantasy Entertainment
Production: Fantasy Entertainment
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
German staff
German cast
Kim Hasper as Keitaro Urashima
Maria Koschny as Naru Narusegawa
Tanja Geke as Kanako Urashima

Giuliana Wendt as Shinobu Maehara
Ilona Otto as Mutsumi Otohime
Julia Meynen as Su Kaolla
Julia Ziffer as Sarah McDougal
Katrin Zimmermann as Haruka Urashima
Maxi Deutsch as Motoko Aoyama
Sonja Scherff as Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno

Julien Haggege as Kentaro Sakata (ep 3)
Robin Kahnmeyer as Kimiaki Shirai (ep 1)
Tobias Müller as Haitani Masayuki (ep 1)
German companies
Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-09-19 to 2007-09-22)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
IKASU
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: Elektrofilm
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: Mega-Anime
Russian cast
(none)
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