| | |  | DVD | Home » » » Love*Com The Movie | | | | | | | Description: | | Based on the bestselling comic by Aya Nakahara, Love*com The Movie is a high-school romantic comedy centering on two students. Risa Koizumi is taller than the average girl, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otani, a shorter than average boy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. But as their friendship develops, so do Risa's feelings toward Otani. | | | Features: | |
• Based on the popular manga, LOVE?COM The Movie is a high-school comedy centering on two students, Risa and Otani. Risa, a girl, is taller than the average girl, and Otani, a boy, is shorter than the average boy. The two are always bickering and even their teacher sees them as a comedy act. But as their friendship develops, so does Risa's feelings toward Otani. Starring Ema Fujiwara and Teppei Koik
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Teppei Koike, Ema Fujisawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Shosuke Tanihara | | Director:
| Kitaji Ishikawa | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled | | Language:
| Japanese | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| VIZ Pictures, Inc. | | Run Time:
| 100 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 19, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Beanstalk and ShortyJan 23, 2008
By Zack Davisson
"japanreviewed"
Risa Koizumi is too tall for a girl. Atsushi Otani is too short for a boy. You know the rest. Hijinks ensue.
Well, OK, it may not actually be that simple, but that is pretty much the gist of Love*Com (Which is a shortened form of "Lovely Complex", which doesn't have any real meaning besides being bad Japanese-English). Based on a popular shojo manga, this is just a light and fluffy formula-romance comedy pairing two oddballs who are perfect only for each other. The film follows the style of the manga, with sudden flights of anime-inspired fantasy interspersed with reality, and that is its saving grace, and where most of the charm comes in.
Formula films depend a lot on the abilities of their actors to save the day, and the cast of "Love*Com" does OK. Most of them, including the leads, are pretty much inexperienced as actors, but that doesn't hurt them too much. Model Ema Fujisawa playing Risa is cute in an odd sort of way, and fits the role perfectly. Teppei Koike, a singer and "idol" is a little too cool as Atsushi, and it is hard to buy that he has a hard time finding a girlfriend. The film is absolutely peppered with cameos by popular Japanese comedians, but that probably won't mean much to too many Americans. Shizuyo Yamazaki (Sayuri from "Hula Girls") is funny as Risa's older sister, a giant girl in her own right but who managed to hook herself a man.
The films keeps up a good pace, but then fizzles near the end. A problem with some manga adaptations, they tried to fit too much of the popular story in, and just when things should have been coming to their happy conclusion, a new rival steps in and the film drags. You know what the eventual conclusion is going to be, and if the director had compacted the storyline a bit more, maybe thrown in some subplots with the other characters, it would have been a charming piece of film fluff, good for fans of the manga series and for anyone in the mood for this type of formula flick. As it is....things just go on too long, even at barely over an hour and a half.
For this kind of light comedy, the DVD is actually surprisingly good, with interviews, fake music videos and a parody short film. They did a good job padding out the content, and the US release actually has more bonus materials than the Japanese release.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Silly fun.Jun 08, 2008
By Aimee Pan
Definitely a movie that is cute and fluffy and fun, without much substance. To note is the cast full of rising stars, such as the two main characters. Koike Teppei has appeared in many dramas before, but it is Love Com that brings him to the big screen attention of international anime fans who don't watch Japanese dramas. Also in the film is Mizushima Hiro in one of his first roles in a film, and he's one to watch out for too, though neither boy gets anything particularly out of the formulaic character acting.
This is not a hard movie to make, but somehow the director drags it out too long with too many subplots--I feel like the rival situation at the end was just unnecessary as we all know what will happen in the end anyway. Still though, the entire movie is pretty funny, and worth a couple of hours of your time for a few laughs.
 Fantastic!Apr 08, 2012
By Kamesuki
I have never read the manga (though after seeing this movie I am DEFINETELLY going to) but I thought that the movie was very good. The movie had cheesy parts in it that had me rolling on the floor laughing but it also had serious parts in it that had me holding my breath. The main guy character in this movie is one of the cutest actors ever, Teppei Koike, in it and he just makes it GREAT!! The movie also came with information about the actors, PV's (the Japanese equivalent of a music video), Trailers, and extra credits which were really funny and interesting to watch. This movie will leave you laughing and is a definite 'must see'.
Now, about the shipping and subtitles and stuff like that. The movie came in about one week or less which was a couple weeks before I was expecting it and so that was awesome!! The subtitles were really good. I have been learning Japanese for about 2 years and though I am just a beginner and I am not even close to mastering the language, I know enough of the language that I could tell that the subtitles were correct. The movie wasn't wrapped in bubble wrap or anything so I was slightly worried but it was in a good and sealed envelope/container thing and so the movie was completely safe.
Not that great, but a nice bonus for fans of the mangaJun 05, 2011
By kh2ff7
"kh2ff7"
The manga series is one of my favorites, so I wanted to see what the movie was like. It was pretty much a disappointment. The acting was not very good (Risa in particular was painful to watch), a lot of things were changed (some for the better, some for the worse), and a lot of it was very silly.
The film, however, did have its moments; the guy who plays Ohtani did a passable job, and when he kissed Risa at the end it was really cute, even though he didn't seem to be shy about it the way Ohtani in the manga would have been.
My favorite thing about this movie was Maity-sensei. He was HILARIOUS, and they portrayed him perfectly with the sparkles and preening-but-kind perfection and all that. The final "battle" between him and Ohtani was over-the-top, but still funny.
Overall, the movie wasn't great, but big fans of the manga or anime might want to see it anyway, and the movie's real saving grace was Maity-sensei.
I friggin' loved this movie.Apr 23, 2010
By Traci
Look, we all know even the anime was a little over the top, along with the manga, and I think the movie perfectly grasped the goofy, very cute sides of the story. It was ridiculous fun, I couldn't help laughing aloud the entire time. Koizumi and Otani are adorable, along with their little quarrel for love. I reccomend it, its a great picker upper :)
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