Love Hina and Escaflowne?

kiAne · Post by **kiAne** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:15 pm

I thought Escaflowne was pretty g0od......but don't expect the same of Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea (the movie) ....it was a Total disappointment and very confusing also

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR · Post by **InSaNe KeYbLaDeR** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:39 am

kiAne wrote:I thought Escaflowne was pretty g0od......but don't expect the same of Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea (the movie) ....it was a Total disappointment and very confusing also

Sorta reminds me of the CCS 1st movie. Totally sucked.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:39 pm

MAS PRODUCTIONS wrote:
fyrtenheimer wrote:
MAS PRODUCTIONS wrote:
Bebop0083 wrote:
Garylisk wrote:I got Escaflowne, then.

Really a great show.. so much different from Love Hina heh
so much different?? you mean REALLY DIFFERENT. Hina is the grandma in Love Hina. though she is only 2 to 3 eps. im guessing thats why they call it that.
Well its also possible that its called Love Hina because the story takes place in Hinata Springs.
Well, Hina was the lady who was in charge of it right? Therefor the name.

THE NAME
I highly doubt that the anime is named after the grandmother, then again who knows.

an alternate theory:
[DISCLAIMER - THE EXPLANATION THAT FOLLOWS IS PROBABLY NOT CORRECT, AND MAKES AKAMATSU LOOK LIKE EITHER A PERVERT OR FAN-HATER]

'Hina' in 'Love Hina' is never written in kanji, which could settle this question. 'Hina' is also a valid pronunciation of a valid writing of the English word 'doll'. If you can't take this to it's necessary conclusion, that's ok; you're not old enough to be thinking about stuff like that in the first place.

In the unlikely event that this assessment is correct, we must then look at Akamatsu's intent: is this a pun to flesh out Keitaro's loser nature? A hook to pull in fans, like the allleged dirty lyrics in "Louie, Louie"? Or did he think that it would go over the heads of his fans as well, allowing him to laugh at them as losers?

We'll never know, because this was a stupid conjecture in the first place, and isn't any more true than you make it.

--K

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:52 pm

kiAne wrote:I thought Escaflowne was pretty g0od......but don't expect the same of Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea (the movie) ....it was a Total disappointment and very confusing also

Given I somewhat agree in that I prefer the TV series a lot more (my favorite show), but what was confusing about the movie? Perhaps it's something that can be answered.

fyrtenheimer · Post by **fyrtenheimer** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:54 pm

Kai Stromler wrote:
A downright dirty alternate theory was here.

--K

I like that explanation better.

hero hui · Post by **hero hui** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:23 am

havent seen love hina , but......i have seen escaflone and i think it's kick ass *w00t*, i intend on watching the escaflone movie .....some day

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:34 am

I can described Escaflowne but what I saw on the back of my eye lids as I fell asleep. I remember samurais in the beginning, lesbo action, a bitchy cat girl and some weird flash back. Then I woke up!

AWESOME!

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:38 am

The movie I meant.

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:38 am

Kracus wrote:I can described Escaflowne but what I saw on the back of my eye lids as I fell asleep.

Correction: I can only describe Escaflowne by what I saw on the back of my eye lids as I fell asleep.

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR · Post by **InSaNe KeYbLaDeR** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:05 am

Kracus wrote:I can described Escaflowne but what I saw on the back of my eye lids as I fell asleep. I remember samurais in the beginning, lesbo action, a bitchy cat girl and some weird flash back. Then I woke up! AWESOME!

LMAO