At least we didn’t have any eyes spontaneously glowing in this episode! This was a bit of a disappointing episode, but still enjoyable and worth watching. This series I heard the news recently that this series is officially going to have 26 episodes! I’m so excited to see how the plot runs out, considering the [...]
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The hellish experience of final exams has reached its halfway point and from here on in they’re spread far enough that I don’t have to put blogging on hold to study, so it’s time to play catch up on the stuff I missed. Additionally, narrowly beating out Vampire Knight (seriously?!) in the poll, Soul Eater will [...]
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Vampire Knight 2 screens
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“I’ll also show you a sweet dream next night.” - (22:24) Engrish for “To be continued”, apparently! Vampire Knight: The 1st Night Night of the Vampires I’ve always found something glamorous about Gothic romanticism, there’s something in the aesthetic that is really cool. I will watch Vampire Knight just for all the music and the art. Let me explain. It’s [...]
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Geez, blissmo’s comments are always so criticizing… Summary: Valentine’s Day is coming up, and all the girls from the Day Class are eager to give their chocolates away for the Night Class. Because of all the hustle and bustle on that day, Yuki and Zero are [...]
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This is a rather nice gothic PV that features cello, chains, praying mantis, voyeuristic old man, and of course, a gothic lolita. The girl who sings the song, Wakeshima Kanon, was apparently found by Malice Mazer's singer, Mana. As a result, her image in the PV is influenced by their Gothic-Victorian style. In a lot of ways, the PV reminds me of ALI PROJECT and their various Rozen Maiden OP and ED theme. It's also interesting to know that the lyrics have this purposely stunted style to it so that it reflects the song title. Thanks to its creepiness, the song becomes a perfect ED theme for Vampire Knight. Wakeshima Kanon - still doll (22.2MB, for PSP/Quicktime) | YouTube version
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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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Sometimes, I wonder if I watch anime for the right reasons. For most of the people who watch Vampire Knight, they are in either for the story (which is good or bad depending on whether you are a Kaname or Zero fan, or that whether you are a manga reader or not) or the nice [...]
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I started watching Vampire Night recently and at the start of the anime things started to get a little like "ouran host club" with the Vampires of the night class acting like male hosts to the huge fans of Day Class Girls.
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As usual, the shows I’m not blogging this season: - I’ve heard many diverging opinions about the manga of Vampire Knight. The arguments against it say that the manga is just your average angst-fest, and how it’s nothing special. The only argument in favour of it that I could find was “Bishies! Bishies! Bishies!” Really, [...]
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