Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase

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Japanese: 月詠 −MOON PHASE−
English: Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 5, 2004 to Mar 29, 2005
Premiered: Fall 2004
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:30 (JST)
Producers: Omnibus Promotion
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Shaft
Source: Manga
Genres: ComedyComedy, RomanceRomance, SupernaturalSupernatural
Theme: VampireVampire
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.931 (scored by 3115531,155 users)
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Ranked: #47252
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Popularity: #2607
Members: 79,924
Favorites: 284

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Preliminary Spoiler
Aug 31, 2008
This series is for those who prefer their vampires to be cute as kittens more often than they are dark and brooding. The mood of the series, like Hazuki's personalities, tend to alternate between the two, although it generally works better when emphasizing the moe aspects, which it does a lot. That said, people with an aversion to cat-eared girls and little-sister types are advised to stay far away.


The plot tends to switch between stretches of seriousness and levity: the first two episodes deal with Hazuki meeting Kohei and escaping the castle, then settling into a silly daily routine before dealing with more villains a ...
Mar 17, 2008
Tsukuyomi -MOON PHASE- is about a photographer who takes pictures of ghosts for a living. Kouhei the protagonist then encounters a vampire, whom tries to force him to become her slave.
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Story: The story is quite simple, but isn't your typical romantic comedy anime. It focuses on the relationship between a human and a vampire, which can become pretty interesting if it can deliver it well. Every anime has its villain, and the bad guys really make the story interesting.
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Art: The art isn't the best, and it doesn't appeal to the audience. The majority of the anime consists of dark colours, and in some ...
Aug 5, 2008
Mixed Feelings
Intro: Boy's job is to take pictures of the supernatural. Boy's job leads him to castle to meet girl. Girl has multiple personalities and is a vampire. Boy brings girl home. Story unravels there.

Story: The story was actually decent in my mind. It was creative and it included everything one would ask for in an anime. DRAMA, ROMANCE, ACTION, and COMEDY. It although, lacked a decent ending and left a minor amount of questions un-answered, the story fell into place and connected to the next scene of the story. I have nothing really to complain with the story.

Art: The art was the noteworthy thing about ...
Jun 16, 2009
Mixed Feelings
This won't be your typical review. There are already plenty of those. Instead I just wanted to share my final thoughts about something usually overlooked about Moonphase. Moonphase/Tsukuyomi is a very strange show. I don't just say that because of its reputation for loli level moe. What I mean is, the series as a whole is hard to summarize. Moonphase is easily the kind of show that can give the somewhat misleading impression of "typical". By no means is it some amazing original masterpiece, but the point I'm going to make isn't meant to slam it or demonize it either. In fact, the sole purpose ...
Apr 13, 2008
Story - 10 - The story is about a human who love a vampire. A world ful of action, comedy, adventure and love. The story revolves around hazuki and kouhei in romantic comedy way, the people who protect hazuki and the world that they choose for being with each other..
Art - 10 - I can say that the anime was really realistic and the fact that the images changes in the story plot. It was really good and I really like the animation..
Sound - 10 - Oh boy, the music in this anime was really good.. I like the theme song that they are ...
Jul 29, 2019
Despite the bad score I gave this show, I don't think it's completely irredeemable. I actually really enjoyed some episodes individually, but as an overall experience though from start to finish I'm not sure I can recommend it.

The first thing we see in episode 1 is a gothic castle, shrouded in mist that really sets a creepy, atmospheric tone that I found pretty enchanting. By the 3rd episode the tone completely shifts and we're getting cutesy arguments between the tsundere main vampire girl, Hazuki, and Kouhei, her unlikely rescuer. It's actually hard to believe it's even the same show at that point, and the ...
Jul 20, 2010
To be honest the reason I decided to write this review was because everyone was mainly putting down all the bad stuff about this anime instead of keeping a open mind about it. When I first looked at this I thought "oh probably another fan service type of anime", but I completely misjudged it. In fact the most fan service it had were the neko ears.

Story: I can't say the story was outstanding, because if it was I wouldn't be craving for more. In fact I would be quite satisfied with the ending results. I'm not saying it was bad or that it left ...
Jun 13, 2010
Preliminary (16/25 eps)
Moon Phase promised to be a good series and was able to deliver in some ways however this series is clearly not for everyone. My reviews aren't really spoilers so much as the context of the content you should expect.

There is a storyline and it's reasonably interesting however this series is ultimately dominated by the conflicting emotions of the two main characters. The first two episodes will draw you in and depending on your tastes will either be the best thing since sliced bread or a disappointment.

I enjoyed the art and it was definitely above average in my opinion. There were no cheap budget gimmicks ...
Jun 8, 2010
I had originally been introduced to "Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~" when I was still using GaiaOnline and was pleasantly surprised at the combination of humor and supernatural elements. In this day and age where we have so many serious vampire series, it's good to see one that doesn't take itself too seriously.

This series can move slow at times, and the near-constant arguments between Kouhei and Hazuki can be annoying from time to time. I enjoyed the latter half of the series immensely, but it took me forever to get through the first half because of these.

In the end, I found it to be a ...
Jun 18, 2009
Story:I really enjoyed Tsukuyomi "Moon Phase" I watched when I was younger,so I didn't understand the whole concept of moe all I knew was that It had my two favorite things Vampires and Cats,even now I still enjoy it and I've watched a lot of animes and it is still one of my favorites.I also enjoyed the opening,most of the time I tend not to like cutesy songs that repeat over and over but when I first saw it I fell in love with the song I also like the little details that change in very opening and the things that fall on the characters ...
Oct 9, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Moon Phase seemed like a series that wasn't sure what kind of story it wanted to tell, mixing rom-com and vampire drama in its focus on male lead Kouhei's interactions with 14-year old vampire gal Hozuki, though both elements are still lackluster. The comedy and drama to the series comes from Hozuki adjusting to living life outside her castle while Kouhei puts up with her antics and Kouhei's family trying to protect her from other vampires trying to drive her back to the castle. The comedy was mostly lackluster for me since it relied on many of the same gags such as Hozuki's obnoxious tsundere ...
Apr 4, 2015
Sometimes anime really does get on my nerves hard. Anime can take an old concept and add in a few twist which gives it an original feel. In addition, provide a pretty good story for a brief period. Then just completely ruin the whole damn fuckin' thing robbing it of almost all value. Moon Phase so falls into this category to the point where I can run into my corner and cry.

I'll begin with the features that immediately grabbed my attention: the animation and artwork. Visually, Moon Phase is outstanding. It displays a great deal of color combinations with a dark and gothic setting. The ...
Aug 21, 2014
I really enjoyed this series. It is one of the few I have actually watched twice.

The thing about this series is that it is almost more interesting as a survey of the Japanese Occult than for the story itself.

The story is about Kohei Morioka who is a photographer for hire. He investigates a castle in Germany but while there, becomes ensnared with Hazuki, a young vampiress. She bites him and tries to make Kohei her slave, but something goes wrong with her magic and she cannot control him, a fact that enfuriates her. In fact, he takes pity on her and ...
May 11, 2013
This anime left me a little nonplussed. Animation isn't in general as good as I expect from Shaft, and the show is peculiarly fetish-y. As well, I'm heavily reminded of _Bakemonogatari_ and _Kure-nai_ - and not necessarily in a good way. (I wish I remembered why I decided to watch it.) The episode where they drive to the confrontation with Count Kinkel was visually beautiful & stylish, comparing well with other series like _Tatami Galaxy_. But the story... I was right in my first comment, it's basically _Kure-nai_ with vampires - cute high-class purple-eyed loli who battens onto good-hearted nebbish with special ability who will ...
May 28, 2012
Tsukuyomi Moonphase is about a psychic photographer who capture picture of ghost and two personality vampire.

Story: The series is about vampires, it clearly depicted the capabilities, nature and weaknesses of a vampire. The story seems to have 2 part first is the spoiled Hazuki and the second is the kind Hazuki. The romance is not that really good, but the comedy really works for me. The plot seems is interesting which was delivered well with the various encounters with the other kind of vampire.

Art: The best in its year of its release, but not with the present. Yet the color theme is dark and ...
Jul 6, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (19/25 eps)
This anime has the most useless characters I have ever seen in my life. That alone made it nearly unwatchable, not to mention the dense, useless main character. Would not recommend unless you want to waste your time, But thats just one mans opinion
Jul 25, 2010
Being a fan of vampires and the gothic all my life I had to check this anime out when I heard about it, and while it is far from a classic, it’s an enjoyable romp of an adventure for sure.

Moon Phase is at its heart an adventure/romance/comedic anime and it mostly works very well in all its fields and while the series may look light and fluffy on its surface (And most of the time it is quite light) it holds some dark settings and events which will surprise you.

The central story is engaging enough and develops well at the start, yet as it progresses ...
Apr 23, 2016
Preliminary (1/25 eps)
Enjoyable enough to warrant a watch, but be warned around episode 13 or so it slows down. It slows down far enough that I almost dropped the series. Any way now the review.

Art: I enjoyed the colour scheme and how the creator animated everything. I have a softness for animes with moe loli's. Not much really to say about the art besides it was visually appealing, although at certain times I felt that the way it was logged made it look sideways but I'm not completely sure about that.

Story: story starts out with a fairly captivating plot. First 3 episodes drew me in ...
Jan 25, 2025
Mixed Feelings
I'm not sure how I felt about this series to be honest. I think if I had to describe it with one sentence it would be "it was ok" - I agree with the review that said Phase Moon didn't seem to know what story it wanted to tell because it was trying to be a mixture of a vampire story and a rom/com which on the surface isn't bad, but I don't think they executed it well enough.

I want to talk about Hazuki for a moment as she is the main part of the show. For the most part I found her to ...
Dec 23, 2024
Preliminary (10/25 eps)
Tsukuyomi moon phase is a very interesting concept unfortunately... a concept that didn't end up great in my taste... it's like seeing a pretty cupcake, but the cupcake is a bit dry... the main characters are very annoying to me, always nagging at each other each episode. (mosty) the plot feels slow and the supporting characters feel "eh"
Even though the anime sucks, the soundtrack on the other hand is really good so if anything definitely give it a listen to.
At the end of all this, it's not a bad anime to have in the background to watch while doing something else, so that's what I'm ...