History Trivia / LoveHina

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original anime series has been licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} after Bandai Entertainment went out of business, and ''Love Hina Again'' was rescued by Creator/DiscotekMedia in 2020. But if you want to find the Christmas and Spring specials on DVD, your best chance would be to find it at used DVD stores.

* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub, Creator/WendeeLee is the ADR director as well as the voice of Kaolla and Tama.
* FollowTheLeader: [[WordOfGod Ken Akamatsu]] admitted he was inspired by {{dating sim}}s when writing ''Love Hina'', and his main influence was clearly the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series. Naru being an obvious {{Expy}} of [[TheAce Shi]][[CannotSpitItOut ori]] [[WellExcuseMePrincess Fuji]][[HeroesWantRedHeads saki]]? Check. The legend of getting happiness for a couple by entering Todai? Clearly inspired from ''[[PortmanteauSeriesNickname Tokimemo 1]]''[='=]s "[[WorldTree Legend of the Tree]]". The crazy atmosphere and mood and wacky characters? Reminiscent of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the original anime series has been licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Bandai Entertainment going out of business, if you want to find the Christmas and Spring specials as well as ''Love Hina Again'' on DVD, your best chance would be to find it at used DVD stores.

* DirectedByCastMember: An unusual case of this happens in the Latin American Spanish dub: Noriyasu Seta is voiced by Carlos Galindo, which was also the show's ''translator'', while Fabian Mejia, the proper ADR director, voiced random characters instead.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/MegumiHayashibara and Creator/YujiUeda worked together on the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise.

* DirectedByCastMember:
** An unusual case of this happens in the Latin American Spanish dub: Soujiro Seta is voiced by Carlos Galindo, which was also the show's ''translator'', while Fabian Mejia, the proper ADR director, voiced random characters instead.

* FranchiseKiller: The Latin American Spanish dub of the series was so bad that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] there were canceled. Also, the series only lasted one single season (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was a collateral victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican cast when they were fired, causing Optimedia Productions to rely on amateur (at the time) voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Latin American [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

* StarDerailingRole: Surprisely averted like hell in the Latin American Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was. Although some actors like Naru's one (Karla Vega, who eventually became an ADR Director) went into voicing secondary roles afterwards, others like Keitaro's Ricardo Bautista managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Latin American dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' and Ty Rux in ''WesternAnimation/DinoTrux''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first and that the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

* FranchiseKiller: The Latin American Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were canceled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was an innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing Optimedia Productions to rely on amateur (at the time) voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Latin American [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

** The Latin American Spanish dub was screwed by ''both the voice actors and the network'' at the same time. While ''Love Hina'' is infamous for being extremely hard to dub, the dub suffered from being dubbed almost entirely by amateur voice actors (due of a voice actors' strike in Mexico after The Simpsons' original voice actors were replaced with non-unionized actors). Due of the subpar performance of almost all the voice cast, and because it aired overnight, Cartoon Network pulled out the series after its first run.
* StarDerailingRole: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Latin American Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles afterwards and eventually becoming an ADR Director, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Latin American dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' and Ty Rux in ''WesternAnimation/DinoTrux''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first run in Latin America, and the fact the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

** According with Akamatsu, Shinobu was the character who changed most during the early drafts. She had a cute looking, a serious personality, always angry and initially hated Keitaro.

* ActingForTwo: Kaolla Su, Amalla Su and Tama are voiced by Creator/WendeeLee in the anime's English dub.

* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Latin American Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were canceled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was an innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing Optimedia Productions to rely on amateur (at the time) voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Latin American [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

** In North America, when Creator/ProductionIG went over Creator/WendeeLee's head over the voice direction and casting.

* StarDerailingRole: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Latin American Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles aftewards, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Latin American dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' and Ty Rux in ''WesternAnimation/DinoTrux''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first run in Latin America, and the fact the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The Japanese producers were closely involved in the English dub of ''Love Hina'', constantly overruling the director Creator/WendeeLee on casting and line delivery.

* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were canceled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was an innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing Optimedia Productions to rely on amateur (at the time) voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

** In North America, when the Japanese producers went over Creator/WendeeLee's head over the voice direction and casting.
** The Mexican Spanish dub was screwed by ''both the voice actors and the network'' at the same time. While ''Love Hina'' is infamous for being extremely hard to dub, the Latin American Spanish dub suffered from being dubbed almost entirely by amateur voice actors (due of a voice actors' strike in Mexico after The Simpsons' original voice actors were replaced with non-unionized actors). Due of the subpar performance of almost all the voice cast, and because it aired overnight, Cartoon Network pulled out the series after its first run.
* StarDerailingRole: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Mexican Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles aftewards, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Mexican dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' and Ty Rux in ''WesternAnimation/DinoTrux''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first run in Latin America, and the fact the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The Japanese producers absolutely control-freaked the English dub of ''Love Hina'', constantly overruling the director Creator/WendeeLee on casting and line delivery.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the prototype, Keitaro was much less of a pushover and he sincerely considered evicting the tenants. The girls originally only wanted to befriend him because they wanted to avoid being kicked out.
** The original Naru was called Midori and something of a mix between Mutsume and the current Naru, who meets Keitaro by falling through the ceiling and landing in his bed. This actually happens to Mutsume in the manga, though that's much later on.

* StarDerailingRole: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Mexican Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles aftewards, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Mexican dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first run in Latin America, and the fact the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

* CareerKiller: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Mexican Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles aftewards, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Mexican dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers''. It helped a lot the series never was re-run ever again after it first run in Latin America, and the fact the series was broadcasted at late hours, limiting the damage on the voice actors' reputations.

* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were canceled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was an innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur (at the time) voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

* CareerKiller: Surprisely ''averted like hell'' in the Mexican Spanish dub, if you take into account how awful that dub was, albeit some actors, like Naru's one (Karla Vega) went into voicing secondary roles aftewards, but others, like Keitaro's (Ricardo Bautista) managed to improve a lot, being his more outstandish performance was voicing Ayato Sakamaki in the Mexican dub of ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers''.

* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were canceled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it wasn't re-run. To be fair, the dub was an innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=] Creator/LilianaBarba.

* FollowTheLeader: [[WordOfGod Ken Akamatsu]] admitted he was inspired by {{dating sim}}s when writing ''Love Hina'', and his main influence was clearly the ''Franchise/TokimekiMemorial'' series. Naru being an obvious {{Expy}} of [[TheAce Shi]][[CannotSpitItOut ori]] [[WellExcuseMePrincess Fuji]][[HeroesWantRedHeads saki]]? Check. The legend of getting happiness for a couple by entering Todai? Clearly inspired from ''[[PortmanteauSeriesNickname Tokimemo 1]]''[='=]s "[[WorldTree Legend of the Tree]]". The crazy atmosphere and mood and wacky characters? Reminiscent of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the prototype, Keitaro was much less of a pushover and he sincerely considered evicting the tenants. The girls originally only wanted to befriend him because they wanted to avoid being kicked out.

* FollowTheLeader: [[WordOfGod Akamatsu]] admitted he was inspired by {{dating sim}}s when writing ''Love Hina'', and his main influence was clearly the ''Franchise/TokimekiMemorial'' series. Naru being an obvious {{Expy}} of [[TheAce Shi]][[CannotSpitItOut ori]] [[WellExcuseMePrincess Fuji]][[HeroesWantRedHeads saki]]? Check. The legend of getting happiness in couple by entering Todai? Clearly inspired from ''[[PortmanteauSeriesNickname Tokimemo 1]]''[='=]s "[[WorldTree Legend of the Tree]]". The crazy atmosphere and mood and wacky characters? Reminiscent of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''.
* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were cancelled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it was never rerunned. To be fair, the dub was a innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=].

* FranchiseKiller: Only applied in Latin America, though. The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were cancelled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in Creator/CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it was never rerunned. To be fair, the dub was a innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Naru and Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=].

* FranchiseKiller: Latin America only: The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were cancelled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it was never rerunned. To be fair, the dub was a innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Naru and Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=].

* FranchiseKiller: Latin America only: The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were cancelled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it was never rerunned. To be fair, the dub was a innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the prototype, Keitaro was much less of a pushover: right after the first hot spring incident, he severely considered evicting the tenants. The girls originally only wanted to befriend him because they wanted to avoid being kicked out (having realized that [[BullyingADragon picking on the guy who could legally make them all homeless]] was NOT a good idea).

* FranchiseKiller: Latin America only: The Mexican Spanish dub of the series was ''so bad'', that any plans to bring the [=OVAs=] to Spanish were cancelled. Also, the series only lasted ''one single season'' (at least in CartoonNetwork in Latin America) and it was never rerunned. To be fair, the dub was a innocent victim of the voice actor strike caused by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mexican voice actors when they were fired, causing the voice acting studio who dubbed the series to rely on amateur voice actors instead, with the only exception of Mutsumi's Mexican [=VA=].