To Love Ru is a Japanese manga series written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from April 2006 to August 2009, and the chapters collected into 18 ''tank ...

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series based on the manga of the same title written by

Saki Hasemi is a Japanese anime screenwriter and manga writer, best known for authoring the manga series ''To Love Ru'' (2006–2009) and '' To Love Ru Darkness'' (2010–2017) alongside illustrator Kentaro Yabuki. Together the two manga series have over ...

and illustrated by

Kentaro Yabuki is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Black Cat'' (2000–2004) and for illustrating ''To Love Ru'' (2006–2009) and '' To Love Ru Darkness'' (2010–2017) alongside author Saki Hasemi. Currently, Yabuki writes and illustrat ...

. Produced by

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and directed by Takao Kato, the anime aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2008. While the anime uses characters and general themes from the original manga, a large majority of this season was anime-original and did not adapt much material from its source manga. The anime's opening theme is "Forever We Can Make It!" by

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, the first ending theme for episodes one through thirteen is , and the second ending theme is ; both are sung by

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. Three original video animation (OVA) episodes produced by Xebec and directed by Takao Kato were shipped starting on April 3, 2009 with pre-ordered copies of the manga's 13th, 14th and 15th volumes. An additional three OVA episodes were released with the bundled version of the 16th, 17th and 18th volumes. The opening theme for the OVAs is "Yatte Koi Daisuki" and the ending theme is "Apple panic"; both songs are by

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and

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, the

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Lala Satalin Deviluke is a fictional character and the main female protagonist of the manga series ''To Love Ru'', created by Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki. In the series, Lala is an alien princess from the planet Deviluke who, to avoid marrying one of her marriage ...

and Haruna Sairenji, respectively. The anime is licensed in North America by

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and distributed by

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. The complete

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collection part one containing the first half-season was released on December 15, 2009 and part two containing the second half-season was released on February 16, 2010. Sentai released the series on

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on March 18, 2014. A second season of the anime titled was produced by Xebec and directed by Atsushi Ōtsuki. It aired for 12 episodes between October 6 and December 22, 2010 and would mark the beginning of the anime strictly adhering to the manga. The opening theme for the second season is "Loop-the-Loop" by Kotoko and the ending theme is "Baby Baby Love" by Tomatsu. Sentai Filmworks have also licensed the second season and released the complete series set on DVD on April 3, 2012; the Blu-ray set was released on May 27, 2014. Six OVA episodes of ''To Love Ru Darkness'', a

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manga, were produced by Xebec and released with the limited editions of the manga's 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, and 13th volumes on DVD on August 17, 2012, December 19, 2012, August 19, 2013, December 4, 2013, December 4, 2014, and April 3, 2015, respectively. A twelve-episode anime television series and third season overall was also produced by Xebec, directed by Atsushi Ōtsuki, and aired between October 6 and December 29, 2012. The opening theme for ''To Love Ru Darkness'' is by Ray and the ending theme is by

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. Sentai Filmworks released ''To Love Ru Darkness'' on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on July 15, 2014. A second season of ''To Love Ru Darkness'' and fourth overall, titled ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'' aired in Japan between July 7 and October 29, 2015. The opening theme is "secret arms" by Ray while the ending theme is "Gardens" by

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. Sentai Filmworks released ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'' on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on November 1, 2016. Three OVA episodes of ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'' were produced by Xebec between January 4 and December 2, 2016. A fourth OVA episode to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''To Love Ru'' was released on November 2, 2017 with a book titled ''To Love Ru Chronicles''.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1 (2008)

Season 2: ''Motto'' (2010)

Season 3: ''Darkness'' (2012)

Season 4: ''Darkness 2nd'' (2015)

OVAs

''To Love Ru'' (2009–10)

These OVAs take place before ''Motto To Love Ru''.

''To Love Ru Darkness'' (2012–15)

The ''To Love Ru Darkness'' OVAs takes place after ''Motto To Love Ru''. The first OVA episode serves as the pilot for the ''Darkness'' series while the subsequent OVA episodes consist of side stories between ''To Love Ru Darkness'' and ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd''.

''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'' (2016–17)

The first three ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'' OVAs take place 2 days after ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd''. The fourth OVA adapts an omake chapter released after the end of the ''To Love Ru Darkness'' manga.

Notes

References

External links

Official anime website
{{To Love-Ru To-Love Ru

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