| | |  | SHOJO BEAT | Home » » » Vampire Knight: Complete Series | | | | | | | Description: | | Yuki Cross is a first-year student at Cross Academy. As a member of the Disciplinary Committee, her duty is to keep the infatuated Day Class students from chasing the beautiful Night Class students, all while performing the important task of protecting the secret of the Night Class, that all members of the Night Class are, in fact, vampires! The Night Class was intended to end a long history of conflict by promoting a peaceful coexistence between human beings and vampires. As Guardians, Yuki and her childhood friend Zero are tasked with protecting the coexistence of the Day Class and the Night Class. Unlike Zero, who sees the vampires as enemies, Yuki believes vampires and humans can coexist. | | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Japanese | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Viz Media | | Run Time:
| 312 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 25, 2011 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 33 reviews |
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46 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Only the first partDec 13, 2010
By A. Johnson
"palii26"
Ok first off this is only the first part of the series it was split into two parts, Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty, its the way it was done when it was aired in Japan, and VKG starts up right after the VK end and I mean right after, it wont start at a new place in the story like some anime series do. That being said this anime ROCKS its some what dark and delves into the pain of not knowing, and the pain and self loathing of your own being and the pain of keeping something very important from the one you love.
29 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Great Anime, Disappointing Quality Box SetSep 17, 2011
By Kanra
This is going to be a review of the product itself, rather than the actual anime. I want to put one thing out their first though, and that is that I absolutely love Vampire Knight, though I can't say much for the English dub, even if it does have the almighty Vic Mignagna as one of the main characters.
Now onto the product.
I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I forked over over thirty dollars for this cheap, anorexic excuse for a box set. For starters, the discs don't even have images on them, they look like a blank disc that you'd buy at Staples. In fact, I was considering making my own labels and putting them on the discs myself.
The case leaves a lot to be desired as well, it's very flimsy and cheap feeling, with one of those 'eco-friendly' cutouts in the plastic with the revolving arrow symbol, and it doesn't even have any pamphlets or information booklets inside it, you just open up the case and it's like "well this sucks..."
It's a normal sized case, just like a movie you'd buy from the store, and it has a flimsy sleeve that goes over the case with some nice cover art on the front and info on the back, that part is OK I guess.
And when it say's 'complete series' it's not actually complete, this doesn't include the second season, 'Vampire Knight: Guilty.'
Just a few other facts, it's dubbed by Viz, has both English and Japanese dialogue, subtitles, is 13 episodes-325 minutes, and has pretty much squat as far as extras go, save for a 'relationship chart' which I have not yet looked at, so I don't know what it is.
So all in all if you like this series I suggest you try to find a better release of it than this one because when you get right down to it, it's a really lame quality box set. And I certainly wouldn't want to pay over thirty dollars for such a disappointment. But don't let that distract you from the series itself, which is actually very good.
22 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Children of the NightJan 29, 2011
By Kellyannl
Yuki Cross is a high school girl attending class with her best friend Yori and closest guy pal/brother figure Zero, who's being raised with her by the school's headmaster. But by night, Yuki and Zero maintain the peace as the school is turned over to young vampires, who with the help of a medical breakthrough do not need to drink human blood and are the members of a new generation of vampires being trained to peacefully coexist with humans.
Among them are their leader, Kaname Kuran, a mysterious figure who saved Yuki from a vampire when she was little and on whom she has had a crush ever since; Ruka Souen, the Kaname groupie pining away for him while he only has eyes for Yuki; Hanabusa Aido, the tempermental bisexual who's jealous of Kaname's attention towards Yuki but also finds himself drawn to her; Aido's easygoing, reliable cousin Akatsuki Kain, who alternates between trying to keep Aido out of trouble and patiently waiting for Ruka to get over Kaname and notice him; Kaname's friendly, sociable best friend Takuma Ichijo, and Ichijo's friends Senri Shiki and Rima Toya, two goths who do modeling work on the side. Yuki's growing acquaintance with Kaname's circle will coincide with her learning a terrible secret Zero has been keeping from her, and her life will change as she's torn between the two boys she loves deeply in different ways...
Like the series Dark Shadows, Vampire Knight has some horror elements but is essentially a soap opera dripping with melodrama focusing on the loves and friendships between the characters. As this is the "getting to know the characters" phase of the story (the equal length sequel Vampire Knight Guilty has been licensed and will follow, with potential for the whole story to be animated once the manga ends), this isn't the best part of the story. The characters do already start to grow on you now though, and if you're receptive you start to want Zero to be okay, Ichijo to escape the influence of his creepy grandfather, and Ruka to get a clue regarding Kain. As for Yuki herself, in spite of her being woefully unqualified for her position as peace enforcer, she is a sympathetic character who you come to like.
Nothing new under the sun, but an obvious purchase for those for whom this type of story appeals - with buildup to the more striking events of Guilty beginning in the last episodes. One final note: be aware that Disk 1 is in an unusual double-sided format, which means you need to flip it to watch episodes 5-8 - just so that no one panics thinking they're missing those episodes.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Season 1 boxset of Vampire Knight is pretty cool.Mar 28, 2011
By elaga
If you love Vampire Knight, then you'll love having this boxset. I appreciate boxsets of series I'm going to watch over and over again because they take less shelf space. The voice acting is great in both Japanese and English. The animation is beautiful. The characters are deep. The story about the politics of vampires is intriguing. The 5 star rating is totally for the series itself.
However, I am extremely disappointed in Viz's packaging. While I patiently waited for a boxset to come out, I was annoyed by the packaging. The DVDs themselves are flip discs. In other words, there's no artwork on the DVDs because you have to play side A and then flip it to side B. I hate those kinds of DVDs. They are extremely easy to scratch. It makes me reluctant to buy the season 2 boxset, which I really want. I'm hoping that Viz will make more of an effort and package the 2 seasons into 1 boxset without using flip discs. (I'm not sure if that's the technical name for them. It's just what I call them.) I would have much rather had 3 DVDs and paid a few dollars more than the flips. Also, there was no insert artwork in the sleeve. If I didn't love this series so much, I wouldn't have bothered buying the DVDs. Viz's new approach to saving money making DVDs is making me want to save money not buying them.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Vampire Knight is epic!Nov 10, 2011
By Natalie casaburi
I'd really like to say this series is amazing! Okay Yuki Cross is going to this school called Cross academy(she's the headmasters stepdaughter). And it's her job to watch after the night class, who are all vampires! Now i think i'll just explain the characters Yuki Cross: Yuki's a very sweet polite girl who i do like even though most people hate her I think she's very caring and even though she doesn't have powers that counts for something. Zero: He's my favorite character! Zero is Yuki's best friend and partner in keeping the night and day class from meeting. Zero's extremely bitter but can't blame him his parents got killed by a rouge vampire when he was young and has lived on campus with Yuki for his life mostly he's so cute and quite funny i'd say more about him but don't want to spoil anything. Kaname Kuran is the leader of the night class and has an obsession with Yuki that the rest of the night class can't fathome Kaname is very slick seductive and creepy, he is Yuki's main love interest though i wish she'd go for Zero. The night class is awesome there are so many i can't describe them all but my favorite's Aido a vampire that is really funny and loves pleasure from others pain. I haven't finished yet but i'm very happy with the anime, it has a great story characters and humor to. The English dubs really good i.m.o i'd just like to add. You won't be dissapointed with the show. Oh and if you think this sounds like Twilight don't worry they have similarities but there different and vampire knight is so much better.
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