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Vampire Knight, ep. 01-05
I usually don't like watching anime made from manga, just because a) I like manga art better, b) the voices always startle me because they aren't exactly like the ones in my head, and c) the pacing feels off (it takes about two episodes for one volume, which I can read in half an hour).
I am going to completely eschew plot summary and link you here instead, as the first five volumes cover the first volume and a half of the manga. Mostly, all you need to know is that Yuuki is our innocent heroine, Zero is the broody grumpy vampire hater, and Kaname is the overly protective vampire who saved kid!Yuuki.
The switches between SD comedy and Gothic vampire crack worked a lot better for me in the anime, largely because in the anime, each mood takes more time, as opposed the manga, which often flip-flops between mood every other page or so. Also, the sound effects help. But mostly! We get many shots of vampires with glowing red eyes!
And! And! People! There is organ music for the big emotional moments, or the little emotional moments, or really, any moment that involves over-the-top Gothic settings! And! The ending song is set to an extremely creepy scene in which Yuuki is a doll dressed in black, Loligoth style, and she cries tears of blood while her stuffed rabbit's eyes glow red! It is AWESOME!
I cannot wait until SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!
Please no spoilers for the manga in comments unless it is under <span style="color:#333;background:#333">spoiler text</span>.
I am going to completely eschew plot summary and link you here instead, as the first five volumes cover the first volume and a half of the manga. Mostly, all you need to know is that Yuuki is our innocent heroine, Zero is the broody grumpy vampire hater, and Kaname is the overly protective vampire who saved kid!Yuuki.
The switches between SD comedy and Gothic vampire crack worked a lot better for me in the anime, largely because in the anime, each mood takes more time, as opposed the manga, which often flip-flops between mood every other page or so. Also, the sound effects help. But mostly! We get many shots of vampires with glowing red eyes!
And! And! People! There is organ music for the big emotional moments, or the little emotional moments, or really, any moment that involves over-the-top Gothic settings! And! The ending song is set to an extremely creepy scene in which Yuuki is a doll dressed in black, Loligoth style, and she cries tears of blood while her stuffed rabbit's eyes glow red! It is AWESOME!
I cannot wait until SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!
Please no spoilers for the manga in comments unless it is under <span style="color:#333;background:#333">spoiler text</span>.
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Yes! Yes! I can actually sort of distinguish them now... Though for a while I was totally confused because I forgot Aidou and Hanabusa were the same person -_-;;.
I.. sigh. Oh Yuuki. I am hoping she gets to kick more ass later, though I am rather doubtful.
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Although I agree with the commenter above me that Yuuki's passiveness is actually quite annoying. At least in the manga you get more of her justifications for it.
Also there seems to be something wrong with Zero's animator's ability to draw any facial expression other than 'blank stare'. This sometimes leads (to me) to a dissonance between what I think Zero's emotions would be and what he's showing, even in his fairly limited way. (A good example would be the first time Yuuki finds out about Zero's nature. He should have *some* sort of emotion on his face at that point, surely?)
Other than that, yeah, I love it, too. It's one of the must-watch this season for me.
XWA
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Loligoth Yuuki FTW. I hope the anime comes out here soon!
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The one I know is from Wolf's Rain, but omg! I should have known there would be more!
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Actually, come to think of it, Utena can definitely furnish DoomRoses(TM), so we've got flowers taken care of too--thus, with your Wolf's Rain citation, all points in your userpic are adequately backed up. ^^
(And so it is proven to me that I'd better watch Wolf's Rain at some point.)
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*hopes that episode 5 has been fansubbed by the time I get home tonight*
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I love the ending song and animation so much.
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Oh, Yuuki! Oh, Zero!