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Vampire Knight tv Review
Yuuki Cross has no memory of her life before the age of five, when she was attacked by a vampire and strangely enough saved by another vampire called Kaname Kuran. Ten years later, she now lives with her adoptive father, Kaien Cross, the headmaster of Cross Academy - a prestigious private school with an unusual class structure: the Day Class, which is made up of ordinary students, and the Night Class, an elite group of 'beautiful people'.
Along with Zero Kiryuu, who was also a victim of a vampire attack that killed his whole family, Yuuki guards the school and the Night Class's secret: the Night Class is made up of vampires! What should happen if the Day Class discovered the Night class' secret? And what is Zero hiding from Yuuki? And the ultimate question: Who will win Yuuki's heart? Kaname or Zero?
Credit: Kyoto1421267
List of components:
- Two Anime Series produced by Studio DEEN, 13 episodes each.
- Three Light Novels: "Ice Blue Sin", "Noir's Trap" and "Fleeting Dreams", written by Ayuna Fujisaki.
Story & Characters
At first Vampire Knight looks like an average shojo anime with a soap opera vibe and other elements that repel guys. But it seems that it goes beyond that and explores a little bit of other things seen in shonen comics, such as betrayal, loyalty, friendship and trust. Vampire Knight was the first shojo anime I saw and, to be completely honest, I had no idea it was intended as a show for girls.
-Story-
I found it helpful that the anime slowly sinks you into its universe and takes the time to let you familiarize with the characters. Unlike the manga, the show seems to try and explain everything more detailed and keep most of the confusing parts at bay.
The events unravel themselves at a steady pace and, although it's sometimes slow, the story doesn't get boring. There is also a nice dose of mystery inserted at the end of each episode in order to keep the viewer interested. What I enjoyed the most is that the story doesn't rush to reveal the cheesy love story, but takes a nice detour in order to show off other elements such as the loyalty between two friends or the decent rivalry between others. The story isn't based on a silly crush where the girl embarrasses herself, but tries to develop the female protagonist into a strong person with responsibilities.
The characters' important past events are also unraveled a little bit at a time, so finding out about Yuki's life as a child may answer a lot of questions about the way she behaves around certain people. But the frequent flashbacks can be dull if you're only interested in one character and dislike the others.
The anime focuses on the main plot, but also leaves room for a few side-stories. I personally found them boring, but I suppose they are necessary in order to keep the main story fresh and interesting. Though I enjoyed the first season, the second one seemed to rush the ending and lost a little bit of its shine. I got the impression that the story got derailed somehow and hurried to the finish line.
-Characters-
Yuki Cross - the female protagonist and one of the members of the school's disciplinary committee. Though her past life is wrapped in mystery, Yuki tries to be cheerful and keep everyone around her in good spirits.
Zero Kiryu - Yuki's mysterious friend who harbors a deep dislike for vampires. Often moody and somewhat resentful of almost everything and everyone around him, Zero sticks close to Yuki in order to protect her from the students of the Night Class
Kaname Kuran - the class president of the Night Class who never passes up a chance to take care of Yuki. He is often
feared by others and seen as high authority.
Rating:
Art
The visuals represent a more stylized version of the mangaka's original art. The characters look a little more real and not as ridiculously skinny as in the Japanese comic, but the overall style is basically the same. I really enjoyed seeing the characters' deep and dead-looking eyes - it's a very unique and creative element that had me staring in wonder at first.
What I found interesting was the color pallet that always seems to revolve around the colors red and black. This element sets the mood and it ties up nicely with the overall vampire theme of the anime. The artists have chosen to emphasize what requires attention (e.g roses, a character's outfit), but still keep the rest of the environment a little colorful so it wouldn't feel dull.
The male character's girlish features seem bizarre and I had a hard time getting used to them, but it's not surprising seeing as this is a shojo anime.
Rating:
Sound
The voice acting is decent and captures each characters' emotions. Yuki's voice particularly was chosen really well as it fits her strong yet indecisive personality traits. No character voice is out of place, so the result is brilliant.
The music is wonderfully picked for this anime - most of the pieces contain organ, flute and violin sounds which go really well with the overall sad tone of the show. You feel a certain sense of greatness when you hear the main character themes that are brilliantly accompanied by choirs. For example, Kaname's theme contains a male choir in the beginning that emphasizes the feel of uncertainty and mystery that Yuki may have for this character.
The soundtrack is more than worth the buy even if you dislike the anime, the songs are simply brilliant, incredibly atmospheric and can soften up anyone, even if only for a few minutes.
Rating:
Presentation
-Humor-
Though it is meant to be a serious and sad anime, the show does have a few humorous scenes. These mostly revolve around Chairman Kaien's over-motherly attitude towards Yuki or Zero's hate of almost anything on campus. The humor is inserted cleverly between less-serious scenes so the process doesn't seem brutal.
The most memorable humorous scenes that come to mind are the ones present in the first episodes where Yuki and the other school prefects attempt to hold back a sea of overly-hyper girls from the Night Class boys.
-Enjoyability-
Even if the events can seem a bit over the top sometimes, Vampire Knight is an enjoyable anime with an interesting story. It certainly brings a new idea to the table, that being a vampire isn't really that easy or glamorous. I often try to stay neutral, but this is the only show that made me give in and actually start rooting for a pairing, so some of the characters are easy to get attached to.
Rating:
Final Verdict
8.1667 (good)
Reviewed by Janny-Cats, Apr 16, 2009
Comments
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Rodrigo0010 Sep 03, 2009
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Bertha0402 Sep 03, 2009
thanks for the review!
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nainoi Sep 11, 2009
interesting
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Sanisa Sep 21, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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justyna200376 Oct 06, 2009
nice review
I love Vampire Knight :) -
ShroomX Oct 10, 2009
I agree with you 90% :D
You "stole" my thoughts in this one:
The male character's girlish features seem bizarre and I had a hard time getting used to them, but it's not surprising seeing as this is a shojo anime.Thanks for the review!
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salmaGX Oct 13, 2009
cool
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mona12 Oct 17, 2009
the best
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rukasu04 Mute Member Oct 18, 2009
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SchRita Oct 28, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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animalandia Nov 13, 2009
Esta es una de las series mas romanticas que he visto y me gusto la historia
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SchRita Dec 22, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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Sanisa Feb 23, 2010
Thanks for the review! Nice ^__^
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themuffintree Feb 28, 2010
I find the the b&w - ness of the book kind of confuses you, the show repeats everything that is going on and is very detailed in the artwork. into the deepest ocean of moving pictures, the scary music in the show goes well to penetrate the soap opera anime they are going for and the art that the artist has drawn actually moving is absolutely beautiful,the actors' whom in which betrayed the character's voices did a marvelous job, in my opinion of coarse, my brain is different from other peoples'.The suffering that Zero brought to the story left you heartbroken and the forbidden and unrequited love between both Yuuki and Zero left their fans on their feet. I think everyone is refreshing their pages and/or checking their local book stores because the plot is just getting more unpredictable, I believe that this book is one in which we will be guessing until the very end and then there's also the chance of a "Twilight" crisis coming now with the "Edward or Jacob?" It shall now be "Kaname or Zero?" personally Zero all the way! (^_^)
i am luvin both the show and the book and can't wait to stick my teeth into some more blood hungry, sexy and most terrifying vampires! -
Sherillas Apr 05, 2010
This anime was alright until the second season. I stopped watching midway (season two) because it got to the point where it became redonkulous. I haven't picked up the manga and have no plans to. Incest is plain wrong, wrong, wrong! However, your review was nice, you gave this show a much higher rating than I would have. Thanks for the read!
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SchRita Aug 27, 2010
Love it so much!
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Baraka-Senpai Jul 05, 2011
THANKS! so much!
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Kenshin715 Apr 28, 2012
Meh, Vampire Knight was pretty good, but around volume 11 things got kind if confusing and it felt as if the story is kind of dragging. I also want to kill Kaname. He makes me so mad.
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