Vampire Knight is one of the shows I am enjoying this season. But it is a little hard to keep the various members of the "night class" straight. So I have translated the official site's characters page, adding a pic of each seiyuu.Click here or on the image to go to the full page:I don't want to put too much emphasis on this, but it struck me as I looked at the official site that all the main creative staff on this show are women. The director is Sayama Kiyoko. This is her first full series, but she did storyboarding and direction for episodes of Princess Tutu, Saber Marionette J, Blood+, Aria the Natural, etc. The lead writer is Okada Mari, who did work on Simoun, and was lead writer on true tears, Sketchbook, Kodomo no Jikan, etc. The mangaka is Hino Matsuri. And the character designer is Nishida Asako, who was character designer/animation director on Fate/Stay Night, Simoun, and Touka Gettan. Check out her home page, especially the gallery.One more staff note: the sound director is Gouda Houzumi, who also is the VA for the headmaster. It seems Studio Deen likes VAs as sound directors: Tsujitani Kouji was sound director of Simoun and F/SN (he was Tanda in Seirei no Moribito).
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L'Arc~en~Ciel - Daybreak's BellThis is the first opening songs for the anime played in episodes 1-13 and also once again as the closing song in the final episode.Yet another great anime opening by L'Arc~en~Ciel, the thing I want to know about this band is why haven't they released the single Shine, I love that song the opening to a terrific fantasy anime series Seirei no Moribito.Online Videos by Veoh.comTomoko Kawase has been a favorite of mine since I got her album last year Heavy Starry Heavenly released under her "Tommy heavenly6" name.Now back with her original band, the second opening of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 played in episodes 14-25.The Brilliant Green - Ash Like SnowOnline Videos by Veoh.com
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John Sirabella of Media Blasters has declared on the AoD forums that Seirei no Moribito will still air on Cartoon Network as it was originally planned prior to Geneon’s demise. Sirabella also notes that he has two more un-announced titles from Geneon, and that the company isn’t interested in partially-released series, so don’t go thinking [...]
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Media Blasters has rescued Seirei no Moribito. Further good news: the first novel in the series that Moribito is based on is scheduled to be published in June. The series also will be shown on Cartoon Network. I look forward to apoplectic reactions from the “meat is murder” crowd when the twentieth episode airs. ***** Quote of [...]
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So there are plenty of days that I remember quite clearly. Like the day the Challenger blew up, I was sitting in a third-grade classroom, huddled around a television with about thirty or so other students. Pretty much all because Christa McCauliffe (the teacher on the shuttle) was from New Hampshire (and I was in school [...]
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Apparently Media Blasters has “rescued” the anime series Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (or Seirei no Moribito), which was previously held by Geneon.  This is, I believe, the first confirmed Geneon license rescue - and hopefully the first of many. Also, to little surprise, Kyoto Animation announced a CLANNAD After Story TV series which will [...]
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Anime on DVD reports that an extra on the KITE: Liberator DVD has announced that Media Blasters has acquired the license to release Seirei no Moribito from the mostly-defunct Geneon, the first rescued license from that debacle thus far. Hopefully that means more is on the way, however!
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Ah, Wellber no Monogatari. The show that scared away almost all its viewers in the first episode due to the talking tank. Still, this is another gem from Production IG, although it’s way rougher than series as Seirei no Moribito and Chevalier. The biggest problem with this series is definitely that the first couple of [...]
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Seirei no Moribito is a story that follows a female warrior as she protects a young prince against a number of antagonists. The first few episodes suggests that it is an action anime, yet in the succeeding episodes, it changed to a slice – of – life approach then a bit of drama and [...]
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Honestly, the level of nostalgia for this series is starting to get overwhelming. This series is even giving Seirei no Moribito a run for its money in terms of realism! Why the heck have I been the only single blogger who said anything about this series? Okay, I can understand the ones who are dependant [...]
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