Ouran High School Host Club - Complete Series (Classic)

I've been collecting physical copies of my favourites on Netflix, and I was searching for Ouran at a good price. I noticed that this had dropped in price in my Saved for Later cart so I snatched it up at nearly fifteen dollars cheaper than at my local B&N. Love Amazon for this availability, great! As for the physical item, it came in perfect condition no scratches on the discs, the dust cover had no wear damage, and the plastic case was intact aka not cracked (much better than the shipping through darling Mal-Wart[tm]). And finally, Ouran (the anime, at least) as a whole is an evercharming subversion of traditional high school anime tropes. The dub is one of the best ever English dub pieces, and unfortunately it was the first version of Ouran I ever watched SO I'm stuck with it forever. No matter how much I like Mamoru Miyano as Tamaki, amongst other characters that I've loved, (and dislike Vic Mignogna as a person), the English version is the way to go for native English speakers. Watch it in Japanese first if you haven't watched it at all, otherwise, you know what I'm talking about. At twelve, I had such an affection for so many of the characters, and each of the people in my friend group had a favourite. It's just cute middle school memories crap, and I have such a nostalgia for it even though it's just a decade old. The ending is a liiiiittle unnecessary, but it wraps it up in a neat enough bow to be satisfactory for my soul. Seriously, just watch it if you haven't. There's so much good in the heart of this series, and I recommend it to everyone who has a little bit of knowledge about anime and understands the need to ironically recognize and subvert tropes of traditional teen content. Cute, mostly lighthearted, relatable characters, what more could you ask for? ^_^

So... I never wanted to love this show. I just can't get any work done without noise, and so usually I'll just throw some random tv show on the roku box and get to work. I read a synopsis of this show ahead of time, and it sounded so ridculous I figured it would be so crappy I could ignore it as it played in the background. Except, it was funny. The first episode was funny. And so was the second. And the third. There were some ignorable moments, but I found myself watching it more and more closely. Then the episode entitled, "A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family," began - and for the entirety of the epsiode I rolled on the ground laughing. It's one of the funniest episodes of television, period. Up there with It's Always Sunny's, "Mac and Dee go on Welfare," and that Friends episode where Phoebe tries to out Chandler and Monica's relationship by hitting on Chandler. Nope, wait - it's much funnier than that Friends episode. Then, the show continues and it's a bit hit and miss for a while, but by that point it's not merely a comedy - you begin to really care about these characters; characters who started out just a farce of common types suddenly become interesting and you want to know more about them. The show, towards the last third, just improves as it goes on - until you're sitting on the edge of your seat, needing to know what happens next. By the last episodes, my brothers and I (my brothers were pulled in as reluctantly and as firmly as I was) were all yelling at the television, rooting on the characters as they faced their biggest obstacles yet! You don't know how much I wish there were a second season, and a third. I like these characters. They're different and fun and good. I want to see them finish highschool, go to college, start their lives. Seems unlikely, given that there hasn't been a second season yet - but I'll still be hoping. Oh, yeah - and I'm so addicted to these 26 episodes, I bought the DVD set. Totally worth it. Especially for the outtakes.

The Show: Like Fruits Basket, this show has funny lines and touching moments. Ouran is better and can be watched repeatedly. It is rated Teen due to some of the words that fortunately go over the head of most young. All the main characters are fun with their own personalities. The voices are casted well. This show is so well done it made me become a fan of the manga which it stays very faithful in feel and story until about book 9 (now at book 16). The anime wraps up as well as it can with only 26 episodes. I do enjoy the few honorifics and wish the manga used them. The main honorific used is Senpai= older school classmate. Extras: The disks are worth purchasing just for the outtakes. We laughed so hard that we had to watch the outtakes twice to hear things we laughed over the first time. Nothing better than hearing Col. Roy Mustang say, "mmm... Mori like seashells." I did have to explain to the 12 year old a few adult terms. The six episode commentaries are done by the voice actors- entertaining and only wish there were more. In the commentary, the actors sing a Tamaki song that is now sung frequently in our house, "Na-ma-ha-GE, Na-ma-ha-GE, Na-ma-ha-GE." I became a Kyoya fan so much that I watched Black Butler for the voice actor (good but not as awesome).

I can't do the story line justice but the characters are funny and the episodes' plots are done well. I would suggest looking Ouran High School Host Club on Wikipedia if you want more details. I'm a big fan. I watched this anime and immediately wanted to read the manga (I did get the Ouran box set from Amazon as well). The packaging was great. The DVD was packed in tight for little to no movement during shipment. There was cellophane around the DVD set. The outside skin is made out of a light cardboard that can be damaged if not careful, but it's visually appealing. The DVD cover has two sides and all four discs are in one case. My DVDs played all the episodes great as well as the captioning and audio. I'm very happy with my DVD set. If you have any doubts you can watch this series in English voice on Netflix and I believe you can search youtube for some episodes (may be Japanese with English subtitles). As mentioned before I did get the manga box set as well. There are 26 episodes in the anime, but about 83 episodes in the manga. I love them both but you do not need one to enjoy the other. I mention in my Ouran box set review that I read the manga free online before purchasing to make sure it was worth the price. Enjoy!

Cute (although very pink) boxset, with a great load of extras and a great series. I don't watch the English DUB for this particular anime, but the Sub was perfect as was the english captions. Very well made product. This anime is built more on the laughs, than on the romance, so its appropriate for either gender really. Although if there is ever a sequel to this anime, that one might delve more into actual character development, this one keeps things pretty simple and happy. The last few episodes have things get slightly serious, but if you know this anime at all, you know that even when things get serious: may of the characters are built to still make jokes and be humorous. The main character is rather "unmotivated" as is part of the joke in the series, but because she has to pay back a debt to this "Host Club" of very wealthy, handome young men, she is forced to dress as a boy and entertain (innocently) young women at their school. This obviously causes her some problems whenever it looks as if her secret will be released. Overall a fantastically fun series. Definitely recommended.

Well the series lives up to its reputation. Its a great watch. I've seen both the Japanese and English dub and I must say that both of them rock. Vic Mignona's reputation proceeds him. Though I think Caitlin Glass's voice at times gets annoying its a great story. Greg Ayers (Kaoru) is amazing. A young genius has been accepted to the prestigious academy of Ouran where only the wealthy attend school. Haruhi is but a poor girl going to school on the merits of her brain, she dresses sloppily and is a real loner. But the one day seeking refuge she goes into a music room for peace and quite only to find the chaotic host club who attend to the lovely fantasies of young women at the school with their dashing looks. You have Tamaki, the romantic king. Kyoya, the cool type. Honey, the boy lolita type (who is second to the oldest surprisingly when he's so short). Mori the silent and stoic type. And Hikaru and Kaoru the mischievious types. Haruhi ends up breaking a vase that puts her in so much debt she is made to be the dog of the host club attending to their errands until they catch sight of her charms and decide to use her as a host as well... freaking out after they finally discover she's a girl. It is up to Haruhi to make sense in the chaos that is the host club and finish her debt. But will love find a way in the host club? The only thing I must say that's negative about the series is no darn kiss between our favorite couple nor the ending isn't like the book, then again the manga is yet to end.

First of all, the DVD came earlier than expected; it was supposed to arrive at 21 March but it came 2 March, so it was great! The DVD was fine, no scrathes on the discs, clean covers and it was still in its wrapper, so it was very nice. The discs play nice on my Blu ray/DVD player, so overall it was great and satisfying. Anime review; The Anime was very nice; a hearthwhelming and funny story, but I was really unsatisfied with the ending. The ending was so unsatisfying because it left a lot of rocks unturned (figure of speech). It didnt answer many of my personal questions on the story. Despite that, it was still a good and hillarious Anime that I would want to watch again in the future. It has good and solid flow and pace of the story. The characters and their personalities were also solid and stable, very nice characters. Overall, it is a great Anime, good to be watched over again, and most of all, it is a unique story for me.

I didn't fall in love with this automatically. I spent the first 8 episodes thinking "This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen" then in episode 8 we see the the show bring out some slightly darker plot lines and I realized the first part was actually trying to be the dumbest thing ever. Somehow this show manages to be a brutal satire on the whole romantic comedy/shojo genre, but at the same time make it real. Every single character (minus possibly Haruhi) is a stereotype, but they are so three dementional and believable that they made me fall in love all over again. This show has the perfect mix of silly, sweet, and heart-tugging. I thought the production was wonderful. The artwork and animation added to the absurdity and surrealism while the voice acting was incredible. What makes this show so great is that when the characters are dumb the acting, animation, and even the characters themselves acknowledge that it's dumb. When I think back on my high school days, I realize that I did a lot of crazy shenanigans just like these boys. It was a great time of life and I love reliving it again with this show. No matter how I'm feeling, I feel better after an episode of this.