Ouran High School Host Club: Season 1, Part 1

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

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!)

When I first found out this was coming out in the US I totally FREAKED. I mean, Ouran is like my favortie thing on this planet. So, I got the anime. And I watched it. And I was like "I am liking this...but that's not how Tamaki found out Haruhi was a girl." And I was like "WHAT?" I mean, I really liked it and all because I love Ouran so I can't give it a bad review. But, Haruhi's voice DOES NOT fit. The other voices fit well enough. But hers does not. I can live with the others. And I kind of got used to hers but I still wish that it was another voice. And the Haruhi in Wonderland episode kind of made me mad. But other than that stuff, the anime is really good and really funny. If you like the manga you will most likely like the anime. For now. I've seen then end episodes and they are weird. BUT YEAH. It's good. If you haven't read the manga, go do it! It's the best.

I have a great respect for Japanese anime but I wasn't so impressed at the english translation.. Seems there were a lot of of the little subtle hints that didn't come accross the same way as in the origional. Also, some of the voice over acters didn't really fit their characters to well. The twins for example are supposed to sound alike so you can't tell them apart but they are two different actors so it was easy. All together I would say that I prefer the origional Japanese language with the subs.

When I first heard that the english dub of Ouran was finally being released, Like most fans of the show who watched the original Japanese version got excited and nervous to see what the voices will be like. And When I heard that Vic would be playing Tamaki, My nervousnes grew bigger (Due to having bad experiences with Vic with my previous Anime).

Soon this wonderful boxset arrived to my doorstep on the day it came out to my surprise. More surprises happened on the way. For one Vic was great! He was surprisingly awesome. Secondly Hunny and Mori matched perfectly. However, Kyoya, Renge and the twins sounded extremely werid. I also didn't like Haruhi's voice because and seemed to low for my taste.

But I admitt this is better then most english dubs out there so I give them credit.

I also wasn't to thrilled with the dvd extras either. First, The Ouran manga preview for the first book (Which I have) Were to small to read (Even If I zoomed in on my TV), Secondly the Outtakes which I originally thought was deleted scenes from the Japanese version from Japan but turned out to be bloopers from the english voice acting.

44 dollors does seem a bit much for this, But, As my duty to support Ouran coming to America Im buying the second boxset. English or Japanese, You can't help but fall in love with this anime.

I love this anime. It is cute and a little fluffy, but very good. They did a good job on the subtitles, keeping close to the original translation. The dvd can be watched in english, japanese, or in japanese with english subtitles. There is also bonus stuff like anime trailers, and scene out takes that are very funny. This is by far one of my favorite animes, and I think it will be enjoyed by people of all ages.

This is a great gift for anime fans everywhere. Amazon seller got it to me ahead of schedule and it was packed great. Good price and great quality. Will pre-order the second part of season one.