Comments on: Vampire Knight Episode 1 - “Let’s bring in the darkness!”

By: ai enma

ai enma — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:27:19 +0000

Vampire Knight ar the best

By: jo

jo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:23:45 +0000

oooh vampire knight es lo mejorr
jiji copie todas las imagenes :d
mui buena tu paginaa!!
besos

By: kc0

kc0 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:01:43 +0000

I really enjoyed the first episode, but at the same time three things worried me:
1)The animation quality: The animation quality for the episode wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. First episodes generally seem to have some of the best animation in a series and it really doesn’t have far to fall from being good acceptable to the realm of “Who was that supposed to be again?”
2)The tone of the show: The integration of the funny parts into the more serious parts was a little jarring. I hope they reach a good balance without those scenes seeming out of place. The random silliness just seemed to really go against the tone they were trying to set.
3)Deviations from the manga: What they did in the first episode didn’t bother me. It didn’t really screw up anything plot wise and it was more interesting to watch then a straight adaptation of the manga would have been. But, it shows that they are willing to make changes, and I don’t really trust them not to screw it up. I don’t mind changes in my adaptations, but it seems like they plan on sticking pretty closely to the manga plot, so they could create some major plot holes if they aren’t careful.
…. Sorry for writing so much.

By: emmi

emmi — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:25:34 +0000

Finally Vampire Knight… I have heard a lot and probably would have started reading the manga soon, but now that anime is out, I will postpone it(seeing it was not happening any soon either). I was kinda looking forward to it. Character designs really impresses me and animation is good too.

Fangirls… ummm… right now I have no clue who is who, so yeah, I will just pass on that and keep shut until I watch the epi when subs are out.

By: SioaMei

SioaMei — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:11:52 +0000

“…while Rika removes their memory.” i jst wanna clarify, it was Seiren (Kaname’s bodyguard) who erased the memory of the 2 day class students.

and thanx Impz! i miss ur summaries since season 2 of saimono has ended.

(sigh) Kaname’s soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo handsome!!! i wonder why some girls hate him…

hot vampires… makes me want to offer my neck. (ooops. my boyfriend’s gunna kill me if he reads this)

By: JC

JC — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:44:31 +0000

As a VK manga fangirl, I have to say I’m enjoying the adaptation a great deal. The voice cast is really good and the look is a fairly good translation of the manga. It’s not the world’s greatest animation, but it’s still pretty darn good. I was kinda worried how Zero and Yuuki would look based on the preview stills, but they both look great. And Kaname looks sooo pretty… =)

Thanks muchly for blogging this! I’m looking forward to the fansubs. =) Watching on RAWS has been okay considering I have the first 3 translated manga volumes.

I guess my only worry is how they’re going to cram 38 plus chapters into a season, especially given the first episode was literally the first chapter of the manga. (Sorry if that’s a spoiler of some kind!) I guess we’ll see though… Any word on how long the season is supposed to be?

By: Impz

Impz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:49:14 +0000

@ohpive: only for the first episode ^^. The good o’s format will return next episode.

By: ohphive

ohphive — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:41:32 +0000

I miss the good O’ Summary + thoughts format…
Are future entries all going to look like this?

By: Crusader

Crusader — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:16:15 +0000

Yuuki needs to upgrade her stick to a boomstick. Well at least there is one gun toting stoic. Consider me mildly interested.

By: D.J

D.J — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:42:56 +0000

Impz, she does look really cute! They managed to make Zero look yummier too. And Kaname, well he’s always pretty.

I’ll admit though that I’m biased towards Zero. Of course that probably isn’t surprising given my love of Abel from Trinity Blood ^-^ I know your wifey will agree with me on that one ^-^

I promise not to leak spoilers.

*Returns to drooling*

By: summermusings

summermusings — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:08:35 +0000

Just got a hold of watching the chinese subs, and I agree! The part where Aido bit Yuki and Kaname came out, he looked way off. I could do without the boring opening, but the ending sounds pretty much awesome.

And Ruka looks better here, and thankfully Yuki here is much better than in what they showed in their poster - Yuki’s head was wayyy big. D:

By: denise

denise — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:01:46 +0000

oh I also think the Opening theme is great for the show! it really “suits” it. I’m in love with the song.

By: Impz

Impz — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:10:24 +0000

@LKK: Yep. In fact, I already read VK manga to the most recent release, but I am quite concerned if there are going to be manga spoilers. As Reverse Vampire has made some manga posts on VK, I thought it’s better for me to at least mention it.

Ya, It’s not that hard to follow if you are watching the raw for this. Still, I am glad. ^^

@Denise: hehehe, it follows mostly the story of chapter 1, but it is fast forwarded a bit more than usual. Well, I am glad you will. Do share whatever you have up to the manga content for this episode. ^^

@Ryan A: Happiness. I like shoujo. Yuuki’s neck is delicious too. I nearly typed DFC.

@Caraniel: Ya, it’s really problematic for many manga readers because the two mediums are bound to have their differences. I really cannot complain much because it is a good transformation from manga to anime. I actually enjoy Zero’s character design and it did not feel that obvious.

@Polar Bear: This is VK though O_O. huh?

@Yami: Of course. If not, you will not be Yami, and I will not be Impz. The whole world will explode. I mean, what’s so good about Kaname. He is still ok until a certain part of the manga…That was …bah.

@Jelly: Word

@D.J: Hahahaha, I was very happy with Yuuki cos she looks so much cuter. I want Ruka too quite a bit. Her character design is nice. I am not surprised about the animation because Studio Deen seems to be focusing most of its effort on VK compared to its other four series.

By: D.J

D.J — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:35:15 +0000

YAY its finally here! *does the happy dance*

I was nicely surprised by the animation so that’s a major plus already.

I have to agree the Opening and Ending themes, hell the music in general is a good match for the show.

I’d say more but I’m too busy drooling over Zero and Kaname. Yes in that order, I just seem to have a thing for the silver haired ones ^-^

By: jelly

jelly — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:42:06 +0000

Zero > Kanami period.