Anime: Vampire Knight
Episodes: 13 @ 24 mins per episode
Producers: Aniplex, Studio Deen, Viz Media & NAS
Synopsis: Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the night class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of the ignorant day class.
As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the night class' dorm president, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill.
Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell.
Story: So basically humans and vampires co-exist at this academy. Zero's story is that him and his family was attacked, and everyone except for him (and his brother) died at the hands of this vampire. So, now he has a deep hatred for them, and will not hestitate to kill one. Except, of course, when Yuuki decides to get in his way.
Now, Yuuki... We don't know anything about Yuuki's history. All that we know, is that when she was younger (about 5 years old), she was wandering in the snow and a rouge vampire wanted to suck her blood, and attacked her. Luckily, she was saved by Kaname Kuran, a pureblood vampire. Because Kaname saved her, Yuuki now thinks she owes her life to Kaname, and falls in love with him.
I really do believe that the story was thought out, but it wasn't planned very well. Everything about this anime just felt way too rushed.
Art: The art was... well, shitty. It started out pretty good, I loved the animation in the very first couple of episodes, but about episode 8... It started going downhill. The scenes weren't very focused, the eyes were weird... Frick, I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.
Sound: I loved the music! The OP/ED was dark and classic, both giving off that creepy feel. I feel that the music was basically the high point of the anime for me.
Character: Meh. It honestly felt like they didn't put any time to give any character development at all. Everything was "Here's this character, and this one, oh and her too." I mean, they gave some development to Zero, but that was so late in the series, that I don't think it mattered anymore. Same with Yuuki. Absolutely no development until the last minute. Shame.
Enjoyment: I really didn't enjoy it. It was bland, nothing too terribly exciting.
Overall: I was disappointed. I was looking forward to watching this, because it was one of my favorite manga. I was happy to have it get an animation. But, I saw lack of quality animation, horrible voice actors (sorry, they didn't do anything for me), and a lack of development. I'm sorry to say that I don't think I will be watching this anime again anytime soon.
