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One property that will always mean a lot to me is the Love Hina anime series, which we got to do a mini theatrical premiere of at the Coolidge Corner theater back before the original DVD release came out decades ago. The show has seen a lot of distribution in the years since, and now OceanVeil has scheduled it for streaming. The show was recently set for a July 5th, 2026, debut on the service in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, and it has now gone live on the service.
The TV series was directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki based on the series composition by Kurou Hazuki. Akitoshi Maeda adapted Ken Akamatsu’s original designs and served as the chief animation director, with Xebec handling the production.
The Japanese cast includes 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, and Yuu Asakawa as Motoko Aoyama.
The English dub was written and directed by Wendee Lee for Bang Zoom and the cast includes 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, and Wendee Lee as Kaolla Su.
Plot Concept: 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.
Chris Beveridge
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Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.
He likes to write a lot, as you can see.
