Publisher: Geneon USAFormat: Region 1 DVD, NTSC, Japanese Dialogue with optional English Dub and English Subtitles
Length: 12 Episodes x 25 minutes (released as three discs and box set)
Production Date: 2003
Currently in Print (as of writing): Yes
Story Outline: Based on a visual novel (naturally an erotic one), Shiki Tohno, a high school boy, was banished from his well to do family after an accident as a child which left him with a psychic ability to see “death lines” in everything. All he has to is cut them with a knife and the object, human or otherwise, falls apart and dies. A mysterious woman gives him a pair of glasses so he is unable to see the lines. She informs him that he should only take his glasses off when he needs to protect someone special. He later is invited back into the family house by his rather stiff and cultured sister, who seems be hiding some sort of secret. He also has a run in with a mysterious blonde woman named Arcueid Brunestud who claims she is a vampire and that had previously killed her the day prior.
Mini Review: I like the set up of this show, but I think the whole vampire thing has been done to death (no pun intended…). The story is quite slow at times, and the animation isn’t the greatest. However it showed a lot of promise, even if it didn’t quite deliver. A pleasant diversion. That’s about all I can say about it really. Got it for about $8 a disc, so I don’t mind.
Overall quite a fun show, but drags at a number of points. Could have easily been told in a four part OVA format. I'd give it a 6 out of 10.
Remaining Backlog: 18 months (it's much easier this way than listing the number of discs).
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