Take Loli vampires who are obsessed with owning people, the “innocent� photographer, a pinch of creepy scholar psychic, and the obnoxious reporter, and you’ve got Moon Phase.

In just two episodes (available on Gaia Online), I personally don’t feel that there is much to enjoy about this show, unless you’re into lolis and vampires, and the possibility of your mind wandering into a Rule 34 of a certain…tentacle scene.


It is primarily about this photographer (Kouhei) who has had bad luck getting a job as a photographer in Japan due to the fact that all his photographs have this paranormal theme going on. So Hiromi, his annoying reporter friend, gets him a job in Germany. He goes to take pictures of an old German castle, and while there he sees this girl sitting on the roof. The next day he, Hiromir, and Seiji (Hiromi’s sensei) go back to the castle, but only Kouhei goes in. He has an inability to see ghosts, so they can’t scare him out of the castle. This, however, probably would have been a better deal for him. Instead, he meets up with the girl he had seen on the roof, and discovers her name is Hazuki. She’s an evil little loli gothic lolita neko vampire. It seemed, to me, like the creator was trying to appeal to like EVERYONE with this character. She “kisses� (bites) Kouhei so that he becomes her slave, as it’s a condition she must meet to be able to leave the castle. She later finds out the her powers have no effect on Kouhei, but even still, he wants to help her. In just one days time, Kouhei goes from having a mild interest in why an over stereotyped loli is sitting on an old German castle’s roof, to risking his life to protect her and help her escape from the castle.

The voice acting was kind of boring, to be honest. The only thing that I really enjoyed from this preview (2 episodes) was the soundtrack and the art put into the castle. I may catch parts of it just to see how it ends, but i can honestly say that i won’t be going out and getting it.

i have not seen the whole thing.
i would like to get it though. because i am fond of it art wise. and i like the voices.

but story wise. it was from reading about MoonPhase on blogs months before that i have begin to see the connection between it and Shinbo. i think i am growing to dislike his style of directing. he is the guy that did PPD, so now every series after that...has to include some kind of PPD reference!

T:MP and Negima!? by far are the best examples of good manga gone bad anime. only appealing ever so slightly in art. because this Shinbo guy just cant seem to follow the plot of source it came from. he can turn a serious moment into a -palm to the face comedy why did he do that - type of moment.

I Hate the english version of the show, they completly messed up Hazuki chan's voice...*couphs* Err...Im a moon phase lover. I have all the dvd's and im working on geting the mangas. I love Vampires, lolita's and kitty's so when i saw the first ep subtitled i fell in love with it.but really i guess the saying "to each there own" goes well with this anime.


TeHe I loved this anime so much that Ive actually dressed up as hazuki chan at a convention....not the best dressed but at least people loved my costume ^^

mm i dont find that valid enough to "hate" a version of something.
since its the same anime in another language.

Well it actually is. the origanl vocie actor I find had a much more apealing voice the that of the english ones... i cant bare to watch it with the new voice's cause in my opineon and alot of other Subtile anime watcher were disapointed in the voice actors they picked out ^^;; Like i said To each there own.