I don't understand what is so scary in this so called horror anime? Ok, it's horror fantasy genre and we have a vampires, werewolves and villagers who whine about their lives endangered. And there is a vampires who are afraid of dying, big deal. What i liked is connection between cool monk Seishin and irritating shiki girl Sunako, but everything else was pretty much not so interesting. The first few episodes were repetitive. Animation style of characters is terrible, looks very cheap. Music is not that bad, but there is only a few themes and I quickly become bored to listen over and over the same melodies. (show less)

pros
+ has a bearing on reality (apathetic and unthinking people of the town)
+ good dialogue and chara development
+ interesting plot
cons
- starts off annoying (painful bliss of ignorance!! freaks -.-)
- ending leaves you with questions
- average animation

conclusion: a classic story based on society, with a connection to reality, playing on some unexpectedly deep questions. strikes a delicate balance of horror, mystery, suspense and competition. the plot is well-structured once it starts off, although it certainly will not answer each and every question. only? it's not scary, other than for its amount of medical terminology. whatever... good seiyuu, good music, though somewhat bloody and not recommended for the kids. the animation isn't great for the release date, but if you don't mind that, it's a nice one recommended to the more mature mystery lovers around.

peace. (show less)

@squad14captain, are you out of your mind?:

"You'll actually feel sorry for the vampires" ..."There are scenes that'll make you cringe in your chair and cry along with the vampires as they're put through this ordeal of complete genocide."

Feel sorry for a race of beings (shiki or vampires) that are committing genocide against humans, yet you have a problem with the humans fighting back? ugh, can't stand sympathizers of evil like you. You'd probably feel sympathy toward the Nazis during World War 2 when we started slaughtering them.

Other than that... I somewhat enjoyed this anime as it has a bearing on things that happen in real life today. It really pissed me off watching the apathetic and unthinking people of the town... just like it does in real life. There are so many people in this world that are like that that you have to be like the doctor and literally throw it in their face. The genocide of the Albanians in Kosovo in the 1990s reminds me of that. Politicians in Washington D.C. just couldn't believe what they were being told, they thought that we are in the modern era and things like that just can't happen anymore (sounds just like the villagers in this anime) and it wasn't until lots of pictures of bodies were thrown in their face that they finally came to grips with reality. Too bad so many people had to die first because of all the apathy and stupidity of the leaders of the world. (show less)

YES this is a vampire anime…BUT don’t expect to see magic powers and changing into bats etc.

This is a classic story based on society how when people die one after another the only possibility must be a virus where the whole town dismiss the chance that it could be supernatural.

This anime starts of annoying how hard headed the characters are when individuals never listen to each other’s advice or the truth that they’ve been told even though they are happy to GOSSIP about other stuff… it’s a classic case of “ignorance is bliss” … painfully bliss in this case.

The main character the (doctor) starts off as one of those annoying people…but when he finally comes to terms with the situation of people being turned into vampires…boy is he a COLD HEARTED BSATARD…and when he FINALLY proves it to the other villagers they turn just as blood thirsty LOL…

I personally think this is the ONLY compensation the viewer’s get for putting up with the…erm… ‘lack of supernatural powers’
SOME ADVICE….DONT WASTE YOUR DOWN LOADS ON THE ANIME…JUST GOOGLE A SITE AND STREAM IT…enjoy! (show less)

I've watched a few horror animes, and it seems like there's a horror anime trend going around so i decided to write a review on this one. I just started it today but i can say that it's not going to waste my time. There are a lot of medical terminology throughout the anime, so if you enjoy series like Gray's Anatomy, you'll enjoy it. There isn't too much blood (actually the problem so far is that there is no blood involved with the victims, lol) so even if you are a sensitive viewer, you'll enjoy the plot of the story. It doesnt always have to be blood and goury to be a good horror anime. Enjoy it. (show less)