VIZ MEDIA RELEASES VAMPIRE KNIGHT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION ANIME BOX SET

Return To Cross Academy For The Paranormal Romance And Dark Bloodlust In Both Seasons Of Acclaimed Gothic Anime Series Offered In A New Comprehensive DVD Box Set

 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, has released the brooding gothic melodrama – VAMPIRE KNIGHT – in a comprehensive DVD box set that contains both seasons of the hit anime series in a single new edition.

VAMPIRE KNIGHT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION is available now and is rated TV-14. The 4-disc set is available exclusively on DVD with an MSRP of $44.82 U.S. /$43.24 CAN.

The new box set contains VAMPIRE KNIGHT as well as VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY, for a total of 26 episodes. Gorgeous O-card box art features foil embossed stamping, and a special illustrated chart is also included that shows the relationships between all of the series’ key characters. English dubbed 2.0 audio is available as well as the original Japanese dialogue track with English subtitles.

Yuki Cross can’t remember anything earlier than the day ten years ago when she was saved from a vampire attack by Pureblood vampire Kaname Kuran. Now Yuki, along with her partner, Zero, is a Guardian at Cross Academy, where two groups of students, the Day Class and the Night Class, coexist in relative harmony, despite the fact that the Night Class students are all vampires! But their peaceful existence is threatened when Yuki’s memories of a bloodstained past begin to emerge, and a dark shadow of evil looms ever closer!

“Audiences can return to the ominous Cross Academy and savor the gothic romance and bloodlust, dark characters, and beautiful artwork that have made the VAMPIRE KNIGHT series such a hit among anime fans,” says Charlene Ingram, Senior Manager Animation Marketing. “For the first time, both seasons of VAMPIRE KNIGHT are available in a single complete DVD box set. For anyone that has yet to see this acclaimed series, the new release is also an ideal way to catch it in its entirety.”

VAMPIRE KNIGHT and VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY are based on the best-selling manga series created by Matsuri Hino (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens; published in North America in-print and digitally by VIZ Media), who burst onto the scene in Japan with her debut title, Kono Yume ga Sametara (When This Dream Is Over) in LaLa DX magazine. With the success of subsequent series such as CAPTIVE HEARTS and MERU PURI (both also published domestically by VIZ Media), Hino has become a major force in the world of shojo manga.

Also don’t miss the VAMPIRE KNIGHT FANBOOK and THE ART OF VAMPIRE KNIGHT, both available from VIZ Media.

For more information on VAMPIRE KNIGHT, or other award-winning anime titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

Calvin and Hobbes Complete Collection Review

  By. DLaw

One thing from pop culture that has shaped generations is comic strips. Calvin and Hobbes, by cartoonist Bill Watterson, is the story of a 5 year old that has a stuffed tiger that he believes is real and with whom he goes on amazing adventures. The strip began on November 18, 1985 and ended on December 31, 1995, and has since become one of the most successful syndicated comic strips in history.

Bite-sized review:

The design is really easy to follow. The art looks updated and feels like its from a brand new newspaper. The layout is divided by date starting with its very first strip and ending with its last strip (sadly, but all good things do come to an end). The Sunday strips are full paged, colored and presents more of Calvin’s amazing imagination.  The series touches on many topics such as public education, the environment, and, to an extent, politics and how flawed it is. The comics even delve into philosophical questions that can keep the reader pondering the answer long after we’ve read the strip.

The Complete Collection is long, with a total of four books, and though it seems like a tedious task to read them all, it’s worth it in the end. You will laugh at the satire and even be surprised that strips made around twenty or even thirty years ago can still be relevant to this day. Besides, reading stories of an awesome kid who has a tiger for a friend is pretty cool!

The collection is a bit pricey at $100, but it’s still a great reading experience.

All in all, I would totally recommend this collection. It gets a 5/5 and I highly recommended for anyone who reads comics and likes comic strips. The art style doesn’t need to be over the top like modern comics to impress you and the story will have you hooked till the end.

Pros	Cons
Complete collection of the series	Price
Full art in black and white or colored
Once you start, you can’t stop