Search - Moon Phase - Phase 1 on DVD

A VAMPIRE AWAITS A SLAVE

Sesho | Pasadena, TX USA | 11/01/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Kouhei would like to be a professional photographer someday but no mainstream magazine will take his work because he has the unusual ability to capture ghostly apparitions on film. So no matter what or who he takes a picture of, there's always this spooky shape hovering around them! The only time this comes in handy is when he does freelance work for the editor of Occult Magazine, Hiromi. In their latest collaboration they have travelled to Germany with Kouhei's cousin, Seiji, who also happens to be a powerful psychic. They have come to do a story on the legendary Schwartz Quelle Castle, a gigantic edifice that comes with a ton of local legends about its past and tales of things that go bump in the night inhabiting its walls. Kouhei's other talent is that curses and assaults by supernatural beings have no effect on him, which makes him the best guinea pig to see what will happen when a human enters the castle. Little does he know that inside is a young vampire girl named Hazuki who has been held against her will for years, waiting for someone to rescue her. In addition to her rescue, she also wishes to make this knight in shining armor her submissive slave with a bite of her fangs!

Even though the show starts off with a lot of horror elements, its prime directive is cuteness. And the cuteness contained on this first disk will make your teeth rot out, but who cares about cavities, right? Hazuki makes Sugar, the little snow fairy look like Dirty Harry by comparison! The horror takes a big right turn to comedy as Hazuki comes to live with Kouhei, Seiji, and their antique dealer grandfather who can't resist requesting Hazuki to wear cat ears all the time. I really liked the interactions between Kouhei and Hazuki, who make a great comedy team. Looks like this is going to be a really good show."

The Cutest Vampire in anime

faster | Football Town, USA | 02/22/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I went into this series not expecting very much at all and I was plesantly surprised to find a series with some very likable characters, an interesting story, and one of the most bizarre opening songs I've ever seen in anime, probably the most bizarre. Anyway as has been stated it's basically about the cute little vampire girl, Hazuki, who has been isolated from society most of her life and is finally released by a young paranormal photographer named Kouhei. They end up living together with his family and the story goes on dealing with just everyday life as a vampire and battles with other vampires who want to bring Hazuki back.

It's well done and has elements of comedy, action, and drama, so it has a little something for everyone.

On the DVD itself, the packaging and insert are very nice. Each DVD also comes with 4 postcards with artwork on them from different artist which is definitely nice."