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| Love Hina | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kitsune and Shinobu (left), Naru (center) and Motoko and Su (right) | |
| ラブ ひな (Rabu Hina) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ken Akamatsu |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | October 21, 1998 – October 31, 2001 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kurō Hazuki |
| Music by | Koichi Korenaga[4] |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 19, 2000 – September 27, 2000 |
| Episodes | 24 + OVA |
| Original video animation | |
| Love Hina X'Mas Special: Silent Eve | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kurō Hazuki |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 25, 2000 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Love Hina Spring Special: I Wish Your Dream | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kurō Hazuki |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 1, 2001 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Love Hina Again | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kurō Hazuki |
| Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | January 26, 2002 – March 27, 2002 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
Love Hina (Japanese: ラブ ひな, Hepburn: Rabu Hina) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells the story of Keitarō Urashima and his attempts to find the girl with whom he made a childhood promise to enter the University of Tokyo. The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, in Australia by Madman Entertainment, and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. Two novelizations of Love Hina, written by two anime series screenwriters, were also released in Japan by Kodansha. Both novels were later released in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop.
A twenty-four episode anime adaptation of the manga series, produced by Xebec, aired in Japan from April to September 2000. It was followed by a bonus DVD episode, Christmas and Spring television specials, and a three episode original video animation (OVA) entitled Love Hina Again. The anime series, special, and OVA were licensed for release in North America by Bandai Entertainment. In July 2007, the license was acquired by Funimation, who released a boxset of the television series in February 2009. The series is also licensed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and in the United Kingdom by MVM Films.
The series has proved extremely popular around the world, both commercially and critically. In Japan, the manga had 20 million copies in circulation; over 1 million anime DVDs were also sold. The English release of the manga has been reprinted many times. Both anime and manga have received numerous industry awards in Japan and North America, as well as praise from critics.
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