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Ouran High School Host Club: Season 1, Part 1 | 
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| Actors: Maaya Sakamoto, Greg Ayres, Luci Christian, Caitlin Glass, Todd Haberkorn
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 3359
Format: Color, Full Screen, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 0
UPC: 704400095306
EAN: 0704400095306
ASIN: B001DN0USA
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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Product Description
Ouran High School. An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury.Bookish Haruhi can't afford to slack being on a scholarship and out of place among the moneyed. No matter The Host Club is now open! A group of handsome boys dedicated to selling their charms to their bored female classmates Haruhi is suddenly in debt to the club after breaking an expensive vase in their lair. The only way to pay for the damage? Haruhi will work as a Host! The only problem? Haruhi is a she! Between the wildly inflated ego of the expert escorts and the potential calamities of constant cross dressing Haruhi's freshman year looks like it will be one to remember.System Requirements:Running Time: 312 minutesFormat: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 704400095306 Manufacturer No: 0
Amazon.com
The outré reverse-harem comedy Ouran High School Host Club (2006) continues the tradition of gender-bending anime. Ouran High is a private academy, catering to the super-rich and superficial. To amuse themselves--and bring in a few extra yen--the richest, most attractive boys in the school have set up a host club, where they dispense tea and charm to the girls. Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student who's such a schlump no one realizes she's a girl, stumbles into the club and breaks an antique vase. To repay the cost of the vase, the members demand she dress as a boy and join the club. Although she's an outsider and a "commoner," Haruhi soon becomes the boys' favorite. Club president Tamaki (who represents the "blond prince" type) falls for her; Mitsukuni ("Lolita boy") adores her, as do identical twins Hikaru and Kaoru ("forbidden brotherly love"). Neither the viewers nor the characters can take these silly stories seriously, but High School Host Club will delight fans of bishonen (beautiful boys). (Rated TV 14: risqué humor, including allusions to homosexuality and lesbianism) --Charles Solomon (1. Starting Today, You Are a Host! 2. The Job of a High School Host! 3. Beware of the Physical Exam! 4. Attack of the Lady Manager! 5. The Twins Fight! 6. The Grade School Host Is the Naughty Type! 7. Jungle Pool SOS! 8. The Sun, the Sea and the Host Club! 9. A Challenge from Lobelia Girl's Academy! 10. A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family! 11. Big Brother Is a Prince! 12. Honey's Three Bitter Days! 13. Haruhi in Wonderland!)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 i love these boys December 4, 2008
R. Osborne (powell, oh United States)
I love Host club. I was worried about what the english version would do to it. I wasn't disappointed.
Ouran DVD Set Part 1 December 2, 2008
DynomiteWins (Costa Mesa)
I love this series - the comedy is right up my alley and makes me laugh out loud even after repeated viewings. Since I'm not actively involved in the anime community I wasn't even aware that there was a lot of hype surrounding this show until after I watched it. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this to someone just starting out watching anime since there's a lot of parody of anime cliche in this that wouldn't be quite as funny unless you've seen the cliche a million times before. The story arc is very subtle and really doesn't begin to take shape until the next season - this first season is more for getting to know the large cast of characters and laughing along with the random insanity.
The set is simple - I LOVE that they released the entire first season in one go (rather than having us collect episodes disk by disk with 3 episodes on each disk which is always annoying.) It's very basic - not a lot of bonus features on the disk or in the set.
The Japanese voices are wonderful and the subtitling is excellent - they do a great job walking the line between a literal translation and translating so as to convey a joke that might otherwise be lost in translation. I felt the subs were made with every attempt to be true to the original content. Very pleased.
The cast for the English dub is superb, however as much as I love Vic Mignogna (particularly his work on FMA) I feel he was miscast as Tamaki. Caitlin Glass (who was also excellent in FMA) did a good job, although I don't know if her interpretation of Haruhi was spot on. In any case, the English dub, while not perfect, is definitely watchable.
The only thing I would change about this set is that there are NO bonus materials featuring stuff in Japanese. There's some "blooper reels" which are fine and textless songs which are to be expected, but I would have loved to see more bonus materials featuring any sort of behind-the-scenes Japanese cast and/or crew. Still, not enough to detract from this set being 5 stars for content and value.
Amazing! December 1, 2008
Lindzey Grasmick (Idaho)
As a fan of the japanese version of this series, I was a little excited to find that it was getting dubbed. it made it even greater that it was being done by so many of my favorite actors! With the talents of Caitlin Glass, Vic Mignogna, Greg Ayres, and Travis Willingham, it was amazingly done and just took my breath away. It was full of laughter, and it's a must-see for every anime fan!
Comedy from start to finish November 23, 2008
Will Remain Anonymous (Perris, Ca United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ouran High School Host Club is an interesting look at the lives of the ultra rich, and one poor person's attempt to fit in. Haruhi Fujioka is a serious student there on a scholarship, and she's determined to make it through without much fanfare. That all changes when she unexpectedly meets the members of the host club. Through a series of events, she becomes their underling, and shortly afterward, a host herself. I've seen the Japanese version, and I can say that Funimation did a fantastic job with the dub. There wasn't too much that I saw that was changed from the original script. Everyone sounded believable. From Haruhi's low tone, to Tamaki's and Kyoya's manners of speech, to the Hitachiin twins speaking in unison. I recommend this to anyone who likes anime or romantic comedies.
 Amazing Series, Sub Par English Release November 1, 2008
Melia
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Let me begin by stating the following two things: 1) Ouran High School Host Club is, hands down, my favorite anime ever. I watched the subtitled versions back on Youtube years ago. When I found out it was being released in America, I was incredibly excited. Which brings me to my second point. 2) I have nothing against American dubs as a whole, I find that more often than not, I am able to tolerate their voice selections.
And besides, we can always watch the sub version on the dvd is the dub bothers us that much, right?
Unfortunately, it appears not. I watched the first few episodes dubbed, but upon hearing Renge's voice, I had to quickly switch over to Japanese audio and English subtitles. However, the subs on my dvd simply would not work properly, despite which dvd player I played them in. They would usually stick on one line repeating for several minutes while the Japanese dialogue continues, or sometimes just not show any subtitle at all.
I found this very frustrating, though it did occur to me that perhaps I just got a bad dvd. I just wanted to warn everyone before they went off and bought a $40 dvd set with the expectation that they can watch it with subs. However, if you're someone who doesn't mind the dub (and there are samples on Youtube if you have yet to see them) or you want to take the chance that perhaps the subs will work on your dvd, don't let my review hold you back from enjoying a truly amazing anime.
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