Hahaha, what should I say? Late as usual? Anyway this episode follows true to Vampire Knights storytelling method; reveal only what needs to be revealed, but with the climax coming soon, I wonder how It’ll end? Summary; Zero, having woken up talks to Ichiru. Questioning him about his disappearance Ichiru, tells Zero his tale. Apparently, it was [...]
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I had to make a double post because the last episode already basically came out and I don’t want to be behind on this series like I am for Kurenai(Special A will have to wait, I have time to catch up with that series). I didn’t make a catch-up post either because I have a [...]
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   You know what says season’s over? Flashbacks. Impressions: Ha. Wow. That was… just awful. About half of the episode was twittered away on flashbacks and explaining Shizuka’s motivations and past. Yes, the finale was about 50% flashbacks of a dead character. What made matters worse were the flashbacks within flashbacks. Seriously, when you have to step [...]
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Gasp! Three shoujo titles, one seinen, and only one shounen series on my list this week. How odd. As tempting to include both Bleach and One Piece, I have but minor comments for the pair. All I can say about the former, the old dude sure can kick some ass. As for [...]
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This has to be one of the worst ever episode for the series when it comes to character design. My analysis back in the first episode about how the character design can easily turns ugly in the hands of lazy animators turns out to be correct. When I see an episode like this, I wonder if it's because the budget is so small that the animators refuse to labor on their craft more than necessary or if they just lose interest in what they do. It's probably hard for animators to be excited about each series that they do so I wonder at what point does the hobby turns into nothing more than a job that needs to be completed. Anyway, for some reason Ichiru sounds a lot like Zero in this episode so does this mean Miyano Mamoru voices both characters? That would be weird but kind of amusing as well since both are supposed to be twins. Ichiru sounds more like Tamaki from Ouran High School Host Club though, albeit an evil one.
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Oh yes…the look of a stereotypical killer…so good Zero’s little twin brother arrived in the anime faster than the speed of light all the way back from the stone ages. I mean what I said, and I don’t want Zero to become another rip-off of Beethoven who whimsically had a very depressing life and die [...]
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Is it just me or has the animation for this series actually gotten worse. It wasn’t that great to begin with, but it didn’t have as much problems as it does now. I don’t plan on going too into detail about the animation because I could honestly rant about it for this whole post. Besides [...]
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Another Vampire Knight chapter!! Yipee!!! [WARNING! May contain spoilers for those who are watching the anime!] The chapter started with Shiki remaining his consciousness and later apologizes to Rima, which is still unconscious, with a hug after realizes that and he’s not Rido’s “puppet” anymore. Meanwhile Headmaster Cross and Yagari gets some role in here too as [...]
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Vampire Knight - 12, This episode is awesome, it’s the best one so far. Now this is something that I want to watch. A lot of things happened in this episode, and it happened so fast. This happens and suddenly that happens, and in the end, THAT happened. Maria told Yuuki the way to save Zero, by [...]
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Although it’s sad to learn that Vampire Knight is taking a summer hiatus after next weeks episode, the jawsomeness of the penultimate episode kinda makes up for it. The fact that I will miss Alice is a positive testament to how much I’ve enjoyed this series so far. Shizuka’s exit at the hand of Kaname this [...]
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[Click images to enlarge them...] Its the second to the final episode (of the first season) and there’s not any improvement on the crappy animation here. I think Maria Kurenai, Rima and Ichijou are the only ones here getting nice character design compared to the manga, everyone looks good there. Anyway to the story, oh… Shizuka [...]
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The anime series Vampire Knight has been confirmed for a second season which will be airing in October on TV Tokyo. This piece of news confirmation can be see on the official manga website. Anyone has been following the series? I only managed to watch 2 episodes so far with my busy scheduled and [...]
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  Put up a fight at least, Shizuka. Impressions: That felt… uh… a bit odd. I guess things should be winding down since the first ’season’ is ending soon, but since they announced that there’d be a second season after the second or third week of this, it never really struck home. With all the focus [...]
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In this episode, we get a treat of ZeroxYuiki moments,YukixMaria moments and even ZeroxIchiru moments. There really seems to be something for everyone in this series. Zero and Ichiru in the bed together as kids was pretty funny and I’m sure almost everyone was thinking something or another about it. For some reason that scene [...]
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ON/OFF - Futasu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi (26.7MB, PSP/Quicktime format) It's been a while since I last heard this song but in general, it's still okay. Having said that, I realized now that part of the reason the song works so well is because it was accompanied by the opening scenes from Vampire Knight. On its own, the song is still pleasant to listen to but the lyrics don't feel as appropriate as it was when it was paired together with the OP scenes. The PV itself is okay but nothing to write home about. It's kind of nice of the singer to make references to Vampire Knight by using chains, red threads, and twin brothers (the singers themselves). But again, I feel some kind of disconnection between the song and the images in the PVs. I kind of miss the scenes where Shiki unleashes out his blood whip and when Zero offers his hand to Yuuki. Those and many other scenes in the OP makes the song a lot more meaningful.
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SaiAni reports that in the next episode of the Vampire Knight radio show is going to feature an announcement: a second season of Vampire Knight is in the works, due to start this October. I hope it gets a quality boost over the current season. It’s been decent, but occasionally I spot some serious QUALITY…
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Slated for a release in Oct 2008. w00t?! ;) Source: Official Site addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fabanzai.animeblogger.net%2F2008%2F06%2F24%2F2nd-season-of-vampire-knight-confirmed%2F'; addthis_title = '2nd+season+of+Vampire+Knight+confirmed.'; addthis_pub = '';
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Sources: moetron and ANN Vampire Knight will have a temporary break for a while and will be back on October. Season 1 will end next week on its 13th episode. There will also be a web radio show called Vampire Knight: Cross Academy Broadcasting Club that will also premiere on July 7. I have no idea [...]
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