Tsukihime Volume 1

Details

 Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
 Catalogue Number: MVD2084
 Certificate: 15
 Date Released: June 6th 2005
 Screen: 16:9 Widescreen
 Languages: English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo
 Subtitles: English
 Duration: 100minutes

Synopsis

Blue Blue Glass Moon, Under the Crimson Air

The ability to see the threads that bind everything and to be able to destroy anything just by severing it is known as the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Shiki has such a power, or would that be a curse that he must endure? Thankfully, he was given glasses that can seal this curse and he was finally able to live life normally... until now. When Shiki is strangely attracted to a woman and unwillingly kills her, his life takes a strange turn in that he didn't actually kill her... After all, it takes more than a simple cut to kill a vampire...

Contains episodes 1-4

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Review

I quite enjoyed this volume - while there are parts of Tsukihime that don't quite work as well as they could, the direction the story seems to be taking and the characters involved are interesting enough to make me want to see more. The most noticeable issue is with the show's pacing, which is quite slow - there's a definite laid-back feel throughout these episodes, and after four episodes it still isn't clear exactly what's going on. So far, though, the good outweighs the bad, and I'm looking forward to seeing the next installment. (Anime-On-DVD)