If you are looking for an anime about Vampires then Vampire Knight maybe what you are looking for. It was not, however, what I was looking for.
Vampire Knight is an anime that came to America through Shojo Beat Manga in 2006. In 2008 it was adapted into a television show. The anime is centered around a young woman who is living and going to school at Cross Academy. Cross Academy is a school founded with one intention, as a place were higher class vampires can send their children to live with human students in harmony. The students are segregated into the Day Class, for human students, and the Night Class for the vampire students. There are very few times when these students are able to interact with each other, one of which is when the Day Class is finishing their classes and heading to their dormitories as the Night Class leaves for their classrooms. The day class students are very interested in the Night Class students and that is where our heroin comes in.
Yuki Cross is the guardian of her classmates. When she was a young girl her family was killed by a vampire. Just when she was about to fall victim herself Yuki is saved by a…vampire? She is then adopted by the soon to be Headmaster Cross. Yuki spends her time juggling class, patrolling at night and keeping her Night Class obsessed classmates from the vampires. She also is torn between her affections for two different students.
Vampire Knight is not one of my favorite animes. There is a lot going on in the show and Vampire Knight has some wild plots. I have a difficult time with liking Yuki. I suspect it is because I am looking into her character from my own cultural perspective.
That being said the animation itself is gorgeous. The costumes are also really fun. The music featured is also wonderful. It adds immensely to the show. Vampire Knight takes an interesting perspective on the subject of vampires, particularly of a hierarchy within the community.
Would I recommend it? Eh maybe. It is one of the few animes that I haven’t really enjoyed. However I do know people who would enjoy it.
If you are looking for an anime with a supernatural theme that isn’t very scary then give it a shot.
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