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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Wow, I was so looking forward this anime and it met the majority of my expectations. I LOVE the color usage. I'm not crazy about the SFX or the movement of the animation but otherwise the voice acting and the art itself is great. I was a little peeved that they showed ...The OP video was good, hinted at a few spoilers, and I liked the song. I hated the ED, both video and song. =/ I'm glad they're no censorship..so far.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAYY VAMPIRE KNIGHT!!! ^____^

where did you find the anime episode so fast. didn't it just come out in japan?
AHHH i wanna seeee!!!! :(

There are people who watch raws or actually live in Japan on MAL...

Oh yeah! I watched the RAW on veoh.com... it was sooooo good in my opinion... and I totally agree about the op and ed song! My favorite part was definitely the art... from some pictures I had seen Zero didn't look as good as he does in the manga... but once I watched it I was totally wrong! Zero looked WAY hotter in the anime in my opinion! *drool* Especially when he took his shirt off! OMG, I about died! lol <-- jkjk... but it was still hot! ;)
Kaname even looked about the same in my opinion... although I'm not a big Kaname fan is probably why I focused more on Zero's looks... lol ^_^'
But all-in-all I freaking loved it and I can't wait for them to come out in America so I can buy them! T_T

I liked it quite a bit. It was also interesting to see everything in color. Rarely do I read a manga before I watch the anime, so I don't get this experience a lot. And some color choices were different from what I always thought they would be. The seiyuu choices were good. And yeah, I also agree the OP was better than the ED.

OP = win
Voice acting = major win
ED = not horrible
Art in general = sweet
Animation = eh, okay

But who cares because VK has finally started!! And overall a great start in my opinion. I’m totally looking forward to next week. I'm going to try really hard to not get my hopes up too high early on though. XD

OMIGHOSH!!! It's exactly how I thought it would be! And I must agree that it's so awesome being able to see it in color and in motion. =^_^= The hair colors and such were the same as I had pictured them to be, which is awesome. So hot! *Droooool* I totally can't wait for the second one to come out. I want it now already...LOL! :P

P.S. I LOVE your sig and avatar Icephoenix. ^_^

I loved both the OP and ED
The voice acting was great, the animation was fairly good but not up to kyoto standards
Overall 1st episode was great

i really like it!! the graphics are really great than expected~~

need need more~~!!

First impression = Very Good!

I'll admit the animation quality was a bit sub-standard, especially on characters that are in the background of a scene, they look a bit rushed. But for most of the close-ups there was plenty of detail, and it won't bother me or anything. I'm just happy to see this show starting!

Zero looks better in the anime than in the manga, whereas Kanama is vice-versa. (and I'm more of a Kaname fan ;P). Yuki seems...different somehow, I think it might be her hair. Still, like I said, I'm quite pleased by it so far.

I really love the opening (both song and visuals), I thought it was well suited to the show. The ending song was a little bit dull, but I really loved the creepy scenes of Yuki and the rabbit toy with the red eyes.

I can't wait for a group to pick up the subs for this, though at least I had a general sense of what was going on since I've read the first 3 mangas.

Oh, and I was also a bit shocked that they showed a certain something with Zero so soon. Even in the manga it didn't happen for a little bit. But I guess they want to up the pacing or something. *shrugs*

first ep was ok, it follows the manga 100% and character design is way better than expected...
but, i dont like Kaname's seiyuu :/ it puts me off really.
also, i hope they would consider reducing the comedy elements >.<

But most of the comedy elements they showed were in the manga...


Ugh, the animation...I didn't think the close ups were much better. The elegance is gone (the vampires movement felt more abrupt and standoffish to me than beautiful) and poor Yuuki is just awkward.

I do not think Zero looks better than in the anime. He looks better than what they did to my poor Kaname (can you tell who I like more? xD), but I don't think he's better than the manga at all. I think Mamoru's got his attitude down pretty close, though... as for Kaname's seiyuu.... I'm still reserving my opinion.

But Yuuki? Argh, it's like a different character altogether. The seiyuu isn't doing a bad job, but her neck is crazy skinny, and what happened to her hair and face?? She doesn't even resemble her. It's like they spent most of their time trying to focus on the guys' hair, and figured hers didn't matter at all. Ack. As long as the animation doesn't get worse as the series progresses.

And Takuma being blonde? That threw me off. I must have missed that somewhere. Speaking of blondes, I think they did a good job with Aidou - keeping him up to his character. The others, we'll have to wait and see :D

I was surprised when I saw the pills, and the blood at the end irritated me. The few hints in the OP were unexpected and well done. The ED was alright, but I have to agree with MistressMorbid - the creepy rabbit toy was interesting, haha.

The SFX and background music were meh, but the images of the Academy and surrounding grounds was more detail than we ever got -- I loved that aspect of it.

...Now to watch it with subs when they come out ^^

well.. i felt that the anime was way darker than the manga..
i didn't like the animation at all..and whats up with their eyes? <_<
but i guss they did a good jop for the 1st ep.. i hope the next one will be even better.. since i didn't really like this one much..
it didn't go to my expectation..

I've never been a fan of the seiyuu Daisuke Kishio, but I heard VK's audio dramas and he honestly did a really good job. When I was thinking of seiyuu before I even glanced at the audio dramas, I thought Mamoru Miyano would've been the perfect Kaname o.0 I was shocked that he voices Zero in the dramas. But surprisingly, the switch was really good. I'm sure they'll both pull it off well for the anime. :]

Also, I LOVE Jun Fukuyama as Aidou.

So I wasn't the only one who thought Mamoru would have made a good Kaname ^^ I was surprised as well. But as I said before (and you have said), I think he's doing a good job of Zero. But this is Mamoru we're talking about, he does great at any character he plays :P

I forgot to say, they animated the Chairman pretty good! In fact, I think he was the best done out of all of them :P

FukuJun was so good as Aidou, but he was different than for example Lelouch or Kei from SA. I almost made a mistakes and thought that Fujita Yoshinori voices Aidou-senpai XD;;
I never thought there will be some superdeformed and I was a bit shocked, but SD were cute (Aidou-senpai~) <3 Also 'punch' and 'push' scene XD I almost cried, cause it was fun.
Music was good, I liked opening, but ending wasn't as good as OP. Vocalist has a really really weird voice o.O And I love how they did character designs, it was done much better than in Special A :)

er....I didn't notice the animation in so much detail, shoujo manga rarely translates 100% well into anime and in my opinion they already did a very good job by managing to retain some of the creepy feel and also keep the comedic elements. Also, I already loved seeing them animated anyway.

Voice acting? nothing to complain about that, thought all of them nailed it perfectly, I imagined Kaname's voice to be rather gentle and smooth with probably a hidden undertone anyway. As for Yui Horie, Miyano Mamoru and Fukuyama Jun....well of course no complaints!

Also did like the OP and ED, although the latter was really rather creepy...but hey we are talking about emo vampires here, it fits perfectly. If this goes any longer maybe Ali Project will be doing the songs =p

Very satisfied with the first episode, hope this keeps up

Hm. I....was...a bit..disappointed.
Yuuki seemed a little bit childish to me and Kaname not enough hot XD
Voice actors are love tho and animation wasn't that bad, but I didn't like that art in some moments... Why Shiki looked hotter than Kaname.... T_T
And OP ish just love. I loved that song after first hearing it (promo) <3 And ED isn't bad either~ Looking forward for next eps, anyway.

wow.
this was as bad as i expected it to be xD the opening song is horrible as well as the opening animation sequence. the plot is, well, vampire knight lol. i tried to read the manga a few times, but it was so boring and ridiculous that i always gave up after 10 pages or so.
guess i'll never know why do things like this become popular...

Aidou has developed into one of my favorite characters in the series…and of course Jun Fukuyama is amazing. I’m looking forward to seeing him throughout the series.


^ lol

And even though the ending may come off as dark and slightly creepy...