Rosario to Vampire

Sinopsis

Rosario to Vampire ini sendiri bercerita tentang kisah seorang remaja yang bernama Tsukune Aono. Ia adalah seorang remaja yang gagal masuk ujian sekolah sehingga tidak bisa melanjutkan disekolah pilihannya. Untuk mengatasi hal ini, orang tua Tsukune mencarikan sekolah lain yang bisa menerimanya. Sekolah tersebut adalah Youkai Gakuen, yang ternyata adalah sekolah khusus untuk makhluk lain. Namun Tsukune tidak takut dan orang tuanya pun menyetejui anaknya untuk masuk ke sekolah khusus makhluk lain itu.

Pengalaman baru banyak ditemui disekolah ini, salah satunya adalah bertemu dengan seorang gadis cantik yang bernama Moka Akashiya dan ia pun jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama kepada gadis yang ternyat aseorang vampire. Di Yokai gakuen, Tsukune belajar banyak mengenai makhluk selain manusia dan sekolah itu sendiri tentunya. Usut punya usut ternyata sekolah tersebut adalah sekolah rahasia dan tidak boleh ada manusia yang tahu. Jika ada manusia yang mengetahuinya, maka orang itu akan lanngsung diesekusi.

Informasi

Type: BD

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Start: Jan 3, 2008

End: Mar 27, 2008

Producers: Gonzo, FUNimation Entertainment, Happinet Pictures

Duration: 25 mins

Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance, School, Shounen

Romaji: Rosario to Vampire

English: Rosario + Vampire

Japanese: ロザリオとバンパイア

Synonyms: Rosario and Vampire

Rosario + Vampire the anime is the adaptation of a manga of the same name, or at least, thats what it was supposed to be.

Story: I'm trying to best not to rip this show apart but bear with me, Tsukune is your unfortunate high-school male who has just been enrolled in a school he doesnt even know when his parents found an admission pass on the ground by accident. Little does he know is that the school is for monsters than hate humans and would prob kill any on sight. It is when he meets Moka, a beautiful girl who in reality is a powerful vampire. What I just wrote was basically what you would get introduced with on the first episode, everything was cool then. As the "story" moved on, I slowly started to get irritated at the EXCESSIVE amount of panty shots this anime had. Now I enjoy fanservice every now and then like any other guy but in this show the fanservice was given to you in large and unnecessary quantities, a girl could be standing doing nothing WITHOUT EVEN WIND BLOWING, but they would still show you her panties for no real reason. I thought this was just another one of those fanservice shows so I didnt really wanted to hate this show for that reason. Around ep 5 I decided to pick up the manga as well since I heard good things about it, it was then when I realized what a mess this anime had become. They turned a good manga with interesting plot and good action, into a fanservice driven anime that had tunned down the action and REALLY changed the storyline just to turn it into an ecchi comedy. Also EVERY episode follows the same old formula, If I could describe a R+V episode it would be as follows:

Tsukune meets Moka

Tsukune meets an antagonist

Tsukune gets in trouble

Moka tries to help

Tsukune accidentally removes Moka's rosary

Vampire Moka beats everyone up

Everything is happy again

This same formula is applies for every episode of this show with exception of the last 2 episodes, which were good on its own right but still managed to butcher the goodness of the manga. If you watch animes to get a good story you wont find it here.

Art: As terrible as the story is, this anime's best feature was its animation. The colours were all great and the animation was fluent everytime. I failed to notice any sign of quality drop throughout the show. I will give this show props for that.

Sound: It wasnt bad, nothing really out of the ordinary. The ED song was really good though....IMO the best part of every episode was the end credits XD

Character: The characters of this anime are likeable, well Tsukune is the typicial guy who tries to help but ends up being helped instead because of its uselessness. Moka's normal form is a contrast to her vampire form as one is sweet and friendly and the other is rough and swift to act. To be honest my only motivation to finish this show was Shirayuki Mizore aka Ice Girl. Voiced by Kugimiya Rie it was nice to see her use a non loli voice and well the character itself IMO is awesome. She could've been the main character :)

Enjoyment: I'll keep this simple, I didnt like this anime. It was hard to finish some episodes and then try my best not to drop it right after. Its safe to say I will not be watching the second season if they havent learned their lesson on this one.

Overall Rosario + Vampire was a rather disappointing show considering how Gonzo had a really good source to work with but decided to ruin it in order to bring ecchi comedy and pointless plot. If you are the type of person who likes this kind of ecchi comedy and mindless fanservice then R+V will be a good show for you to watch and I recommend it for you (also rejoice as a season 2 will be coming). For someone who likes a good story, dont bother, this anime is not worth it.