Rebellion Kizumonogatari Part 1: For the anime, Funimation released an Fnglish version under the name Moon Phase. Nekketsu-hen Kizumonogatari Part 3: Works directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. Hyper commends the anime for its “character design and animation which are uniformly quite good and the series boasts some very nice Gothic background art”. The series spanned sixteen manga volumes that were published by Wani Books in Japan. For the anime, Funimation released an English-language version under the name Moon Phase. The manga series ran from March, to March 24, in which sixteen volumes were published. The scripting is criticised for being “too cluttered to allow any immersion”. The story is about the relationship between freelance photographer Kouhei Morioka and Hazuki, a young girl who descends from a royal vampire lineage. On May 31, Tokyopop announced that all of their licensed titles would revert to their Japanese owners leaving the series incomplete.
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It first appeared as a serial in the monthly manga magazine Comic Gum from March, to March 27, Hazuki claims that, because she fed on his blood, Kouhei is now her servant, but Kouhei continually refuses to obey her, especially when he thinks her requests are unreasonable. The manga series was later adapted into a 25 episode anime television series by Shaft, and aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, to March 28, The manga was later licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press. The OVA storyline though has very little to do with the original series outside of having some of the same characters, and has a completely different storyline which does not fit into anything which came before it.