Kyuuketsuki Miyu TV
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gaze into my eyes
deep within reveals
a heart chained in sorrow
born of a flame in darkness
in the night
i crave to feel your breath
and your touch
for you, the eternal happyness comes
at the price of your blood
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Kyuuketsuki Miyu TV
deep within reveals a heart chained in sorrow born of a flame in darkness in the night i crave to feel your breath and your touch for you, the eternal happyness comes at the price of your blood |
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Many years had passed since the release of the Vampire Miyu OAV, until finally between 1997-98 Vampire Miyu returned, this time as a 25 episode TV series. The OAV aired a long time ago (in terms of anime), and anime culture itself was a different thing. The TV series is not in fact the same Miyu that was put to anime form years earlier. The TV series reflects the sort of anime cultural changes in the 90's, yet it still retains the core feeling of the series itself. The TV series certainly isn't the dark poetry in animation that the OAV was. The TV series comes across as more polished in appearance, with more vitality than its predecessor. The animation itself is potentially terrific, but you can see the effects of a smaller TV budget, and the animation ends up being merely 'average' (although I must admit that I myself adore the new character designs). There was also quite a bit of controversy in Japan when it was announced that Watanabe Naoko who did the voice in the Miyu OAV, would not be playing her in the TV series. Naoko played the part of girlish Miyu flawlessly in the OAV, but you have to keep in mind that this is not the same series. The new voice of Miki Nagasawa is probably one of the biggest signs of change in the series. The girlish giggling Miyu of Naoko, is quite different from the consistently calm, stoic Miyu in the TV version. Larva also changes a bit in the TV series, and blossoms into his truly spectacular potential and goes as far as to say 4-5 lines per episode (sometimes even a duologue!!). While the OAV was more an introduction to the dark world of Miyu, the TV series is more a look at Miyu in a modern society fighting age old shinma. Miyu attends a local school, in which she actually makes friends. Most noteworthy of these is Chisato who is suspiciously similar to Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth (and just as hyper for that matter). And out of all the oddities.... there is the little creature named Shiina. Probably the last thing you would expect to see in the TV series, is a little cute pink creature that looks like a cousin of Makona (from Magic Knight Rayearth), which has one psychotic eye. |
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-- Story --I've decided not to go into a synopsis for every episode of the TV series. Summing up 25 episodes is far to exhaustive for me, and I don't think I could do a very good job anyhow. The general happenings of the Miyu TV series deal with Miyu going to a local school. It's usually at the school that Miyu learns about strange happenings which usually lead to a Shinma. Miyu often has to walk a fine line since she doesn't want people to discover her true nature (that she's a vampire). Miyu also struggles with the fact that she gets attached to her friend Chisato. The biggest problem of Miyu is probably Reiha; a snow demon who would like to be the guardian. Miyu for the most part despises Reiha, for her methods, as well as for her lack of compassion for humans. Overall the stories usually are set apart from one another, although a few episodes involve the past of Miyu, and Larva. I must admit that I really enjoy the slightly twisted little tales of Vampire Miyu. It's truly anime at its best. |
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