Ranked #1030

Rosario + Vampire Capu2

"A series with splendid animation and soundtrack but poor storyline."

Many many things have happened in the first season which was loosely based on the manga original, so logically we are expecting the storyline of Capu2 to continue from where season one left off. In fact, many many things do happen in Rosario + Vampire Capu2. They include the very exciting and daring (in the sense that they are pissing off the fans) censored fan service, more censored fan service, and still more annoying censored fan service. In terms of actual Rosario + Vampire story coverage, Capu2 literally got close to none with a few minor exceptions.

Story:
Similar to the previous season, Capu2 is also considered episodic (each episode is one mini standalone story). The "monster of the week" which received numerous criticism also returned though this time most of the "monsters" do not have much of an evil intention thus making most battles seem even more ridiculous (pointless) than before.

Unlike the first season which still semi followed the story from the manga, Capu2 is almost purely fillers as evident in episode 6. To wrap it up, Gonzo pretty much taken out all the actions in the story and replaced them with censored fan service (how can it be called fan service if they are censored with a bear?). Obviously fillers unrelated to the actual story tend to make fans unhappy, but from another perspective it can be rather refreshing at times because even manga readers wouldn't know what might come next!

Animation:
Upon watching this anime, perhaps the first thing you'll notice is the supreme animation quality. Whether you are new to this series, or a fan from the manga original, the artwork in the anime is without a doubt impressive. It should be added that the animation quality throughout the series is very consistent, which certainly means a lot for a show intended for fan servicing.

Sound:
When compared to the first season, the OP and ED are certainly at the same level in terms of quality, thanks to our beloved Nana. It is plain evident that the OP and ED clips no longer relates to the story (unlike season 1's OP and ED which give hints to certain aspects of the plot), which is actually a good thing for this season since the production crew never had any intention of following the story anyhow. So a good OP and ED that matches their theme (ie. fanservice) would do the trick.

Give Nana Mizuki tons and tons of credit for her amazing job well done for performing the OP and ED as well as being the CV for Moka. As stated in my Rosario + Vampire review, Nana has an amazing ability to sing thus allowing her to win the “Best Musical Performance” award in the first Seiyu Awards.

Character:
I was quite surprised when writing this review that there were hardly any character development in this season. Not only are the characters' hidden abilities STILL have yet to be included in the anime, but nothing really changed from the first season's ending (as expected from a filler series). Season one definitely did a better job in this department.

Enjoyment + Final Thought:
The heavy censorship really made the show very not enjoyable for me. If you want to watch the series uncensored, you'll have to wait for the DVD release. Overall, Rosario + Vampire Capu2 served its purpose as a filler and "fanservice" series. Having strong animation quality and great sound track makes up for the lack of story and pretty poor character developments. I recommend this series for people who like good quality animation but if you want story development, you'll be best to skip this.

*Note* The review is based on the broadcast episodes (ie. TV), the DVDs have no impact on the review. read more

The Short Review for the Reader without much time:
Story (3/10): What story?! Well, there was a storyline for the first and last two episodes of this anime, and then 9 episodes of filler. 9 EPISODES OF FILLER IN A 13 EPISODE ANIME. Is this anime so inconsistent that it can't even stick to the plot for over two consecutive episodes?! Hence the low score.
Art (8/10): The art is the best thing about this anime, is is fluid, clean, detailed, and rich in color.
Sound (6/10): The music matches the anime pretty well, ecchi all the way. It's the video with the music that is...interesting.
Characters (6/10): The characters all have flat personalities: they all love the guy, and they are all...lets just say "brave" in public.
Enjoyment (6/10): Eh. Some new developments that were quite interesting. Mostly mumbo jumbo.
Overall: (5/10) read more

~~~~~~Now as of episode 13~~~~
What the hell happened? I really enjoyed the first season and then all this censorship has left me in despair!
Edit: on episode 6 there is nothing or little censored :)
Editv2:and were back to the censorship, a cheap ploy by Gonzo to save them from Bankruptcy.
edit: Disappointing to say the least, although there was a bit of manga plot in there.

Story: What story? it's a series of unimportant episodes not moving towards anything with the exception of the first 2.
Edit:A bit interesting finally a nice fight but still nothing from the manga
Editv2: We are coming up on the last couple of episode and its still just filler ;(

Art:
The art is great in this season too, probably the best of any anime currently out there. Except theres bats everywhere!! I'm gonna go batshit with all this censorship. Severe cockblocking brings this down to a 4.
Edit: Yay they fixed it so i brought it up to an 8 if there is no more cock blocking until the end the art will become a 10.
Editv2: The animation still great, although the fight scenes are a little bland, but still censored.

Sound:
I like all the voice actors and stuff, there are alot of good songs as well. Like the op and ed songs alot too and there is plenty of character songs and other goodies in there.
Edit: Some more great music

Character:
There all the same as the first season. Very little development if any.
Edit: Still little development
Editv2:" " "

Enjoyment:
Now we all know the only reason anybody picked this up was because there was panties and boobs. Don't kid yourself you pervert, you know its true. It's like saying you read playboy for the articles.
Edit: :D
Editv2: its kind of ok if u have nothing to watch

Overall:
Despite enjoying the first season i felt this was shit. I find it hard to get through an episode and am incredibly disappointed in whoever the hell was responsible for getting this show censored.
Edit: I think they realized they were making a mistake by not sticking with the manga and censoring the show, it's a good thing they fixed that.
Editv2:There is no way they can introduce any more manga plot, and seeing as this is probably the last season that sucks.
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Let me first explain each score that i gave:
Story : 8
-It's good to know that Moka has sisters in her family. not only 1 but over 3 of them plus Moka which adds up to 4. That simply means, more harem!(i hope)
Art : 9
-I don't have to say it but all the characters(girls) look great! i mean, not in a perverted way but in a bishoujo type of way. They never stop to amuse us with there art. i mean, look at shirayuki's and kurumu's mothers!
Sound : 10
-You guys gotta admit, the op kills! Discotheque is one of few songs that are made with a theme which isn't new(disco theme) to the 21st century with such a cool beat! not to mention the part in Ep3 where Mizori and Kurumu had a song battle during music class. And also their BGmusic is really something!
Character : 9
-Talk about Kokoa's twisted love, that really is quite cute. Not to mention the saying, "Like Mother, Like Daughter." Look at Shirayuki's mom. she was stalking Tsukune behind the table!
Enjoyment : 9
-From the previuos scores i gave, there is no need for me to explain why i gave this score.
Overall : 9
-Such a great combination of characters into one anime. I hope to see more sequels to come after this. read more

Well god the story is this: A guy who is really not cool at all, has three hot chicks and a little girl lovin him. And he only likes one. He goes through random situations at a monster school.
I feel like its all filler, really.
And its an ecchi anime, itll have seens with ecchi. Then random they will start censoring things. You DO NOT censor anything in an ecchi anime unless its like hentai but not if its upskirt. Especially when they are hot sexy chicks.
No YOU DONT DO THAT!

The character is actually very good, the thing that ruins it is the main guy, hes really not developed and doesnt have a unique personality at all.
My enjoyment is not that high, cause i dont know where they are going with this.

Really watch the first season. And save this at a time where you dont want to watch an anime where itll make you start having high expectation. Act like this is a Naruto filler except not as retarded and pointless!

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Story? Who cares? You're watching this for the fanservice, and as a harem, you should be pleased with 13 episodes of 99%, "Tsukune, Tsukune, take me." That's basically what it is; and it's implied ****SPOILERS**** that he and Moka (pink-haired) get together.
****POSSIBLE SPOILERS FROM HERE ON IN****
It's funny, actually. I think there's only ONE kiss the entire second season between Tsukune and any of his four girl "suitors," and it's not even Moka, I want to say it's Mazore (sp).
Anyway, getting a little sidetracked there... you will enjoy this season if, like me, you enjoy fanservice and enjoy receiving a healthy dosage every episode. If I just described your tastes, come on in, enjoy the ride.

Story: N/A
I won't rate something that's not present. Don't take it negatively, the season did what it had intended to do and did it surprisingly well.

Art: 8
R + V has always had solid artwork/animation. However, this would be a 10 if they had kept the animation standards up to what they were churning out in the beginning of R + V, season 1. I mean, take a look at the opening credits: that's some dang good animation.

Sound: 7
Above average.

Character: 9
With fanservice comes character development. Better than the first season for sure.

Enjoyment: 8
Liked it more than the first, but that's really because of my taste in anime. I haven't read the manga, but I'm sure I'd have more negative things to say if I had. In hindsight, I would've liked to have seen a Moka x Tsukune kiss sometime during the series. Basically, it would've made the 13 eps. completely worth it.

Overall: 8
Hey, if you liked the first season, but you just wanna feel giddy about relationship business, this one's for you. read more

well there is not much to say about this anime ... if you have already seen the first season, but for those who haven't seen first season I strongly recommend watching season 1 :], and if possible just skim through the manga so that you see what's coming.

STORY:
the story starts pretty random like the last season, a little too similar to you average slice of life comedy but i believe it should pickup like the manga. hopefully.

ART:
the art is very good, but so far those little bats censoring the partial nudity are getting annoying, not that i am a hentai or anything but sometimes a little partial nudity is good.

SOUND:
the sound is ok... the opening song is good but the video for it is better. but i think this anime is missing the little "lalalalala lalala lala " from the first season lol.

CHARACTER:

the characters are the same ones from the firs season except for moka's little sister that dwells arround trying to fight moka, but in my opinion Mizore-chan it still the best :]

ENJOYMENT:

i give enjoyment a 10 because this anime is very easy to "fall for" The characters are lovely and very lively which makes the series very fun and easy to watch. read more

Actually I really CAN'T believe that they released the second season without finishing the manga.

Season two still focuses on Tsukune but what is more observed during the last episode was his vampiric side(which looks less hot but in the manga was hotter).

Overall the replay value is bad and the plot needs to be rearranged

After enjoying the first R+ V , I picked this up with high hopes that it would continue to be as good, and it did an alright job of maintaining the standard. Having not read the manga I can't comment on how true to it it was, but the plot was again the basic harem plot and a continuation from the first series with an added character in Moka's sister, Kokoa. Overall, the plot wasn't as good as the first, a lot of the stories didn't seem to lead anywhere new, whereas in the first season the episodes felt like they were all leading somewhere.

The artwork is still the same gonzo team that did the first and is still the same fantastic quality we have come to expect from them, the sound I'm marking down slightly on the first episode, mainly due to the overuse of irritating catch phrases, which seemed to appear just to disrupt the storyline in most places, still the same voice acters/esses are involved so the sound isn't changed from the first season.

The characters are all the same bunch from the first season with the additions of Kokoa and appearances from the mothers of the group, Ruby also appears a lot more in this season. This might have been OK, but a lot of the scripting for the newer characters made them annoying to watch, Kokoa especially was grinding my gears towards the end of it, and character development on Ruby was non existant, I was however glad that they did answer a few of my questions from the first season with Moka, all in all the characters were still fun to watch (Kokoa and Ruby aside).

I did enjoy the series, and its a very easy one to watch, it just suffers from the sequal hangover like so many anime titles seem to in that it just doesn't live upto its predecessor. Not to say that this doesn't give it a good go of it, definately worth a watch if you've been watching the first season, and for anyone new, watch the first season first! read more

When I heard this series was going to Capu2 I almost cried with happiness. The story follows a very cliche harem/ecchi plot, which is a guy surrounded by girls in a magical world, and each one of them dig him.

From there, you can already understand what's going to happen. For the first season, it's tiny sub-stories with a dramatic ending. BUT the thing is that the humor in this story totally makes up for the lack of serious plot. And for you ecchi lovers..well there's only two things that we are pleased with and this show has it and you know what I mean.

Overall I'm only giving a rating to the first season, which is an 8/10. As for the second season, I have high expectations and so far they have been fulfilled. read more