Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (2003)

Original title

真月譚 月姫

Directed by

Katsushi Sakurabi

Genre

horror anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

19

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school boy gets involved with a female vampire. Together they set out to kill a dangerous male vampire.

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What happens

Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (真月譚 月姫, Shingetsutan Tsukihime) is an anime television series. The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C.Staff, and produced by the Tsukihime Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C.Staff. The English adaptation of the episodes has been licensed by Geneon Entertainment. The episodes are based on the visual novel Tsukihime by Type-Moon and adapt the source material with twelve episodes. The series follows a high school boy and a female vampire on a quest to kill a male vampire. The episodes aired in Japan from October 10 to December 26, 2003, on BS-i. The episodes received their international premiere on the anime television network Animax, who have also later aired the series across its respective networks worldwide in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and its other networks in East Asia, South America and other regions under the title Lunar Legend Tsukihime. Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "The Sacred Moon" by Toshiyuki Omori, and the ending theme is "Rinne no Hate ni" (輪廻の果てに) by Fumiko Orikasa. Six DVD compilations, each containing two episodes, have been released by Geneon Entertainment in Japan. The first was released on December 10, 2003, and the sixth on May 13, 2004. Geneon Entertainment has released three DVD compilations, each containing four episodes, in North America, with the third released on February 22, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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