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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:19 am
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-, known simply as Tsukuyomi (月詠, Tsukuyomi?) in Japan, is a manga series by Keitarō Arima about a young vampire girl named Hazuki and a Japanese freelance photographer Kohei Morioka whom Hazuki attempted to make into her servant. The manga was adapted into a 25 episode TV anime series by Victor Entertainment and aired late night on TV Tokyo from 4 October 2004 to 28 March 2005, followed by an additional 26th episode released only on DVD in 22 February 2006 which featured art from Type-moon.
TOKYOPOP publishes an English language version of the manga while FUNimation is releasing English language version of the anime .
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:21 am
Story
The story is about the relationship between freelancer photographer Kouhei Morioka and Hazuki, a teenager who descends from a royal vampire lineage. At the beginning of the story, Kouhei had travelled to a castle in Germany. There he met Hazuki who took her opportunity to feed on Kouhei's blood and claimed him as her servant. Kouhei and his associates manage to free her from her captivity, by accident, and Hazuki begins living with Kouhei in his house in Japan. She claims that because she fed on his blood, Kouhei is now her servant, but he refuses to obey her, especially when he judges her requests unreasonable. Despite their fighting, the relationship between the duo progresses over time, until the story reaches the point where Kouhei becomes determined to protect Hazuki from the vampire servants of her family, who are determined to retrieve her, by force if necessary. Kouhei is known as a "Vampire Lover", that is why whenever he gets his blood sucked, the power won't work on him.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:24 am
Characters
Hazuki (葉月)/Luna
Voiced by: Chiwa Saito (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
A selfish vampire in her early teens, Hazuki was restrained in a castle in Germany since she was separated from her mother. She escapes the castle with Kouhei's help and flees to Japan in search for her mother. Curiously when a vampire drinks a mortal's blood, this human becomes his/her servant, but for some reason Kouhei was unaffected when Hazuki did it to him. Despite how she claims he must serve her as a slave and obey every command of hers, Kouhei refuses to do so. Her family are desperate to retrieve her because according to them, she is a "daywalker", a vampire who, unlike others of her kind, can withstand sunlight. She is plagued by an alternate personality named Luna that is forced upon her by her vampire relatives to keep her under control.
Kouhei Morioka (森丘 耕平 Morioka Kōhei)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)
Kouhei is a photographer who is oblivious to spirits and the supernatural (which he specializes in photographing). For some reason, no vampire can make him his/her servant, even by drinking his blood. Furthermore, vampires who feed on him have their servitude ties with their masters broken, making of him a threat to the vampires' society structure. Later it is revealed that he possesses great spiritual powers which were sealed by his family in order to let him live a normal life, as they were too strong for him to control.
Haiji
Voiced by: Masami Yamazaki (Japanese), Gwendolyn Lau (Episodes 2-5) Luci Christian (Episode 6+) (English)
Haiji is Hazuki's guardian spirit. Haiji originally belonged to Kouhei's mother Chizuru, but she lost most of her memories of her when she was reassigned to Hazuki.
Ryūhei Midō
Voiced by: Mugihito (Japanese), Randy Tallman (English)
Ryūhei is Kouhei's grandfather and a powerful exorcist. He lives with Kouhei and Hazuki. Later he develops a relationship with Elfriede.
Seiji Midō
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakuruai (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)
Kouhei's cousin and a powerful exorcist also. Later in the series it is revealed that despite training his entire life, his powers are no match for Kouhei's latent potential. Because of this, he has a slight bit of jealousy.
Count Kinkell
Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)
One of the minions of Hazuki's family, Count Kinkell tries to kill Kouhei and retrieve Hazuki, but is defeated by them with Elfriede's help. He is able to control and bend light which allows him to create illusions.
Elfriede
Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)
Elfriede is Kinkell's daughter and servant. His control over her was nullified when she fed on Kouhei's blood, and since then she joined his and Hazuki's side.She is able to summon creatures and monsters.
Hiromi Anzai
Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)
Hiromi works with Kouhei, assigning various photo jobs to him. Has a notable crush on Seiji. She is also a horrible driver.
Hikaru and Kaoru Midō
Hikaru Voiced by: Mai Kadowaki (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
Kaoru Voiced by: Miyu Matsuki (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)
Hikaru and Kaoru are two girls who, despite being younger than Hazuki, are pledged by their parents to marry Seiji and Kouhei respectively when they grow up.
Yayoi Midō
Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)
Yayoi is a powerful exorcist from the Midō family. He becomes Kouhei's teacher when Kouhei decides to become an exorcist like his relatives in order to be able to protect Hazuki.
Artemis ("Art")
Voiced by: Sawa Ishige (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
Hazuki's younger sister, Art envies her because of the attention their family dedicates to her older sister, and because of it Art is determined to deprive Hazuki of everything and everyone she truly cares for, taking by force or destroying completely. In the series finale, she is taken into Morioka's family after the death of her guardian, Balgus. Kouhei manages to reach out to her and convinces her to open up to a new life with caring friends and family. She is a Shadow User.
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:53 am
i've watched some of this series its really good
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:40 pm
i've seen the first episode but nothing beyond that...
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