Gakuen Heaven Collection (4pc) (Sub)
by Takahashi Natsuko
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Actor: Gakuen HeavenDirector: Takahashi Natsuko
Brand: Media Blasters
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 400 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ANIME WORKS
DVD Reviews of Gakuen Heaven Collection (4pc) (Sub)
DVD Review: One of the best Animes since Sailor Moon
Summary: 5 Stars
First off the general disclaimer: This is a "Shonen-ai" Anime, which means "boys love" and its generally viewed by girls whom like to look at guys that are beyond gorgeous...thing is I'm a guy and I personally enjoyed it!
When you first pop in disc one and get to the title screen you get to hear the opening theme "School Boys" by YAMOTO(Great OP song) and you see Hideaki Nakajima and Tetsuya Niwa like on the first disc cover. Obviously from there you get to do your standard stuff like scene selection and subtitle options and then start the show.
The way I like to explain this show to people is mentally you have to break it up into 3 different "Arcs": First is the introduction of the main characters in the show on disc one, discs two and three deal with the MVP Battle and four is the end of the show. Once you mentally establish that you're good to go for the rest of the way and can watch everything unfold.
First four episodes might not be "your speed", but you do get to see how this show goes borderline 13 to 16 and beyond. Each of the first four episodes has some form of "sexual reference" at the beginning, but you quickly realize the punchline after the scene is fully shown and then I guarantee you'll go "Oh.....OH!" and just laugh your butt off. My personal favorite had to do with Kaoru and Omi at the beginning of episode four and the look on Kaoru's face was simply priceless.
The cast of characters will make anyone find a particular character to pick out and just enjoy watching their development. From the introverted artist Takuto Iwai to the often clingy Naruse Yukihiko you learn how diverse a cast this show has.
At first blush someone whom watches this and then watches "Love Hina" might think its a clone...problem is that in Love Hina very few people, if anyone got along with the guy running the apartments and in this series its the exact opposite! The main character, whose name is Ito Keita, becomes very popular with the student body with the exception of like two students until the very last episode of the series/season. I will also personally guarantee you that you'll make this mistake the first time you even LOOK at the treasurer Saionji Kaoru: You'll take one look at him and when you reference him to someone you'll say "She'll get.." and then realize what you said. I made that mistake and even Keita does in one episode...odd thing is as you'll learn quickly they form a very unique friendship that had me holding out hope for a truly happy ending with those two as a couple.
Kaoru's Parallel is Endo Kazuki and I'll explain why to ya: Endo is the Chairman of the school that admits Keita, but for most of the series(about 11 episodes) he refused to tell his friend about whom the Chairman was even though he knew it was himself all along. Kaoru was very open to Keita in an episode when Keita was doubting whether or not to send the e-mail to the Chairman(Kazuki) and Kaoru tells Keita about how he met his best friend in Omi. You'll note that he NEVER refers to Omi as his boyfriend/lover, but just his best friend. This leaves you to think that maybe...just maybe Keita and Kaoru would become a couple at the end of all this, or at the least when Kaoru offers Keita a spot to work in the Treasury/Budget Council(That's the Manga's term) he'd take him up on it and well...you'll have to see how that turns out!
I rated this a 5 star Anime because honestly I wanted to see a good "Shonen-Ai" and I hadn't seen one since "Kizuna: Much Ado about nothing" and the different plots that developed in the different discs. Two of my favorite characters were Kaoru and Iwai and my least Favorite was simply Kazuki. My only complaint was this: Why was I the viewer treated like an idiot when Kazuki played dumb about where he was when he wasn't around? That if anything would have been reason enough to look at Kazuki as a villain in the series.
Hopefully you'll find this review useful and even if ya didn't go buy the Anime anyways. You've nothing to be ashamed of if you're a male otaku and you watch the series because I guarantee you there'll be that one thing that happens in the series that makes you forget it was a "alternative lifestyle" Anime and just look at it as an Anime.
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Description of Gakuen Heaven Collection (4pc) (Sub)
Ito Keita has one thing in his favor: luck! And luck has just landed him a special invitation to attend the Bell Liberty Academy for Boys an exclusive High School only for the most privileged the most talented and the most beautiful. When a strange accident on move-in day attracts the attention of Niwa Tetsuya the student body president and Saiyonji Kaoru the class secretary Ito finds himself the center of attention. With the eyes of a whole school of pretty boys on him where will Ito find the time to unravel the mystery of his invitation?System Requirements:Running Time: 400 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 631595085570 Manufacturer No: AWDVD0855Bestsellers in DVD
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