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MoonPhase (TV)

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Alternative title:
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- (Japanese)
月詠 -MOON PHASE- (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: vampires
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Photographer Kohei Morioka, while on assignment for a magazine devoted to the occult, enters a dark castle in where he encounters a young vampire girl named Hazuki who tries to turn him into her servant. While Kohei doesn't succumb to Hazuki's will, he does set her free from the barrier keeping her in the castle. He is surprised to find her living with him in Japan.
Ratings: 1708 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 143 votes (sub:115, dub:23, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 351 votes (sub:240, dub:101, raw:5, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 459 votes (sub:314, dub:140, raw:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 378 votes (sub:249, dub:119, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
2 Russian dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 172 votes (sub:117, dub:50, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 106 votes (sub:70, dub:34, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 36 votes (sub:27, dub:8, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:26, dub:7, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:2)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3473 s, rank: #294 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.468 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.74, rank: #2026 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.369 (Good+), rank: #2183 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.63 / seen some: 6.54 / won't finish: 4.24)
Bayesian estimate: 7.370 (Good+), rank: #1897 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2004-10-04 to 2005-03-28
2007-08-27 to 2007-10-23 (USA - AZN Television)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Neko Mimi Mode" by Dimitri From Paris (eps 1-8,10-13,15-24)
#2: "Tsuku Yomi Mode" by Dimitri from Paris (eps 9,14)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kanashii Yokan" by Marianne Amplifier Feat. Yuka
#2: "Nami no Toriko ni naru you ni" by Noriko Ogawa (ep 7)
#3: "Pressentiment triste" by marianne Amplifier feat. yuka
#4: "Neko Mimi Mode" by Dimitri From Paris (eps 25-26)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
Reviews:
Moon Phase DVD 1 (Dec 6, 2007)
MoonPhase DVD 6 (Jul 12, 2007)
MoonPhase DVD 5 (Jun 29, 2007)
MoonPhase DVD 3 (Feb 14, 2007)
Moon Phase DVD 2 (Jan 10, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    MoonPhase - Phase 1 (DVD 1) 2006-10-17 (from $3.60)
    MoonPhase - Phase 1 + Artbox (DVD 1) 2006-10-17 (from $55.00)
    MoonPhase - Phase 2 (DVD 2) 2006-11-28 (from $44.99)
    MoonPhase - Phase 3 (DVD 3) 2007-01-09 (from $4.66)
    MoonPhase - Phase 4 (DVD 4) 2007-02-20 (from $6.00)
    MoonPhase - Phase 5 (DVD 5) 2007-04-03 (from $28.86)
    MoonPhase - Phase 6 (DVD 6) 2007-05-15 (from $12.99)
    MoonPhase - The Complete Collection [Viridian Collection] (DVD 1-4) 2009-01-13 (from $69.00)
    MoonPhase - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (DVD 1-4) 2011-10-25 (from $19.13)
    MoonPhase - The Complete Series (DVD 1-6) 2008-03-18 (from $21.86)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition: Mayori Sekijima
Script:
Hiroaki Kitajima (5 episodes
eps 8, 12, 14, 20, 24
)

Kenichi Kanemaki (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7, 11, 16-17, 19, 22, 25-26
)

Tomoyasu Okubo (6 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 23
)

Storyboard:
Michio Fukuda (6 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 18, 23-24
)

Osamu Tadokoro (6 episodes
eps 5, 8-9, 14, 19, 22
)

Toshimasa Suzuki (eps 4, 20)
Episode Director:
Shin Ōnuma (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 15, 20, 24
)

Yutaka Hirata (ep 16)
Music: Daisaku Kume
Original Work: Keitaro Arima
Character Design: Masahiro Aizawa
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Animation Director:
Kyoko Kametani (4 episodes
eps 15, 19, 22-23
)

Masahiro Aizawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 17, 25
)

Minoru Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12-13, 19
)

Taisuke Iwasaki (ep 3)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Producer:
Hiroyuki Birukawa (Victor Entertainment|Flying Dog)

2nd Key Animation:
Genichirō Abe (16 episodes
eps 2-7, 9, 11-12, 15-19, 21-22
)

Tadashi Narigasawa (ep 18)
Assistant Director: Toshimasa Suzuki
Background Art:
Yoshiko Kuroda
Color design: Jin Hibino
Color setting: Tomoe Takaya
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
In-Between Animation: Akihisa Takano
In-Between Check: Keita Shimizu (eps 8, 14, 20)
Key Animation:
Genichirō Abe (OP from ep. 9; 4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 24-25
)

Tatsuya Oishi (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 25-26
)

Yoh Yoshinari (1 episodes
ep 25 uncredited
)

Yuriko Takase
Opening Director: Keizō Kusakawa
Opening Key Animation:
Yumiko Ishii
Paint:
Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; 21 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-13, 15-19, 21-22, 24-25
)

Yasuko Watanabe
Paint Inspection: Jin Hibino
Photography:
Toshikazu Kuno
Planning: Shirō Sasaki
Setting Assistance: Tatsuya Oishi (eps 17-18)
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada
Theme Song Composition:
Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
marianne Amplifier (ED)
Visual Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Chiwa Saitō as Hazuki/Luna
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kohei Morioka

Jūrōta Kosugi as Yayoi Midou
Mai Kadowaki as Hikaru Mido
Michiko Neya as Hiromi Anzai
Miyu Matsuki as Kaoru Mido
Mugihito as Ryuhei Mido
Sawa Ishige as Art
Takahiro Sakurai as Seiji Mido
Takashi Matsuyama as Kinkeru
Yumi Kakazu as Elfriede

Fumi Morisawa as Elfriede's mother (ep 17)
Hajime Iijima as
Chief Editor (ep 7)
Ramen shop man (ep 6)
Haruka Kimura as
Crows (ep 16)
Female Secretary (ep 4)
Nurse A (ep 11)
Snow Monkey (ep 19)
Hiroaki Yoshida as Youth (ep 4)
Hiroko Maruyama as Koharu Midō
Ken Narita as Mario
Kenji Nomura as Torajirō Midō (ep 6)
Kōichi Kuriyama as
Customer (ep 4)
Editor A (ep 7)
Evil Spirit (ep 22)
TV Anchor (ep 20)
Marina Inoue as Kōhei Morioka (young)
Miho Nagahori as
Frieze (ep 16)
Shizuru
Naoki Yanagi as Jeda
Naoko Suzuki as
Nurse B (ep 11)
Photographer (ep 22)
Nozomi Masu as Woman (ep 5)
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Stone Dragon (ep 2)
Tadahisa Saizen as Vargas
Takayuki Suzuki as
Kyoto Store Owner (ep 6)
Train Announcer (ep 11)
Takayuki Usami as Devil Hamster (ep 5)
Yasushi Miyabayashi as Akuda (ep 6)
Yumiko Hori as Child (ep 5)
Yuri Amano as Seine
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Dansou (ep 15)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Studio Pastoral
Animation Production: SHAFT
Background Art: Studio TENJIN
Backgrounds: Pak Production
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Format Editing: Video-Tech
In-Between Animation:
SHAFT
In-between Animation :
Wao World
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack
Music Collaboration: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: VS&P
Photography:
Studio Elle
Photography :
J.C. Staff Photography Dept. (eps 2, 5)
Production Cooperation: Nomad (ep 23)
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Video Editing: Studio K2
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Script:
Colleen Clinkenbeard (10 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 13-14, 16, 18, 20-22
)

Jared Hedges (9 episodes
eps 5, 7-10, 15, 17, 25-26
)

Paul D. Storrie (ep 19)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Peter Hawkinson (8 episodes
eps 16-21, 25-26
)

Ryan Morgan (eps 1-2, 7-10)
Assistant ADR Director: Taliesin Jaffe
Assistant Talent Coordinator: Scott Garner
DVD Authoring: Dylan Rogers
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Matt Chaney
DVD Menu Design: Kris Pierce
DVD Producer:
Jayme Westman
Head Writer: Jared Hedges
Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Logo Animation: Chas Naylor
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Post-Production Assistant:
Rob Schindlbeck
Script Supervision: Jacqueline Gilbert
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Jessie Mancilla
Jason Liebrecht as Kouhei Morioka
Monica Rial as Hazuki/Luna

Brina Palencia as Kaoru
Carrie Savage as Artemis
Gwendolyn Lau as Haiji (Cat)
Jason Douglas as Yayoi Mido
Laura Bailey as Hiromi
Luci Christian as
Haiji (Human)
Hikaru
Randy Tallman as Ryuuhei
Sonny Strait as Seiji
Stephanie Young as Elfriede
Troy Baker as Count Heinrich von Kinkel

Andrew Cross as Section Editor A (eps 7, 9)
Caitlin Glass as Chimp (ep 19)
Chuck Huber as Shop Owner (ep 6)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as
Chizuru
Kouhei's Mother
Shikigami (ep 11)
Cynthia Cranz as Hazuki's Mother
Jamie McGonnigal as TV Announcer (ep 20)
Jim Foronda as Section Editor A (ep 16)
Julie Mayfield as
Elfriede's Mother (ep 17)
Koharu
Kent Williams as Kojiro Mido (ep 6)
Lydia Mackay as Frieze (ep 16)
Mark Stoddard as Editor-in-Chief (5 episodes
eps 7-8, 12, 16, 19
)
Michael Pandolfo as Kouhei Morioka (Young)
Mike McFarland as Chef (ep 6)
Robert McCollum as Mario (eps 15-17)
Taliesin Jaffe as Crow (ep 16)
Wendy Powell as Pinky (ep 15)

English companies
ADR Production: FUNimation Studios
Broadcaster:
FUNimation Channel
Digital : Direct2Drive
Distributor:
Revelation Films (UK)
Internet Streaming:
Joost
Translations: JN Productions
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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