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{{Short description|Japanese manga and anime series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
| image = Tsukuyomi vol1 cover.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = ''Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase'' volume 1
| ja_kanji = 月詠
| ja_romaji = Tsukuyomi
| genre = [[Comedy]], [[Romantic novel|Romance]], [[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Keitarō Arima]]
| publisher       = [[Wani Books]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
  | AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
  | NA  = [[Tokyopop]]
}}
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine        = [[Comic Gum]]
| first           = March 2000
| last            = March 27, 2008
| volumes         = 16
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]{{efn|Credited as {{nihongo|Chief Director|総監督|Sō Kantoku}}.}}
| producer        = {{ubl|Hiroshi Yoshida (Flying Dog)|Hiroyuki Birukawa (Nippon Victor)}}
| writer          = Mayori Sekijima
| music           = Daisaku Kume
| studio          = [[Shaft (company)|Shaft]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
  | AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
  | NA  = [[Funimation]]
  | UK  = [[Revelation Films]]
}}
| network         = [[TV Tokyo]], [[TV Osaka]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network
  | US  = [[AZN Television]], [[Funimation Channel]]
}}
| first           = October 5, 2004
| last            = March 29, 2005
| episodes        = 25 + OVA
| episode_list    = List of Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase'''''|月詠|Tsukuyomi|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series by [[Keitarō Arima]]. The manga was serialized in the monthly [[List of manga magazines|manga magazine]] ''[[Comic Gum]]'' from March 2000 to March 27, 2008. The series spanned sixteen manga volumes that were published by [[Wani Books]] in Japan. The manga series was later adapted into a 25 episode [[anime]] television series by [[Shaft (company)|Shaft]], and aired on [[TV Tokyo]] from October 5, 2004, to March 29, 2005. An additional [[Original video animation|OVA]] episode dubbed "Episode 26" was later released only on DVD on February 22, 2006. Moon Phase is about a young [[vampire]] girl named Hazuki and a Japanese freelance photographer Kouhei Morioka whom Hazuki attempts to make into her servant.

While there are differences in adaptations, the main theme of Kouhei protecting Hazuki from harm is present in both. 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. [[Tokyopop]] published an English-language version of the manga but stopped at volume 12 due to the company shutting down its North American publishing division which left the series unfinished. For the anime, [[Funimation]] released an English-language version under the name ''Moon Phase''.

==Plot==
{{Main|List of Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase characters}}

The story is about the relationship between freelance [[photographer]] Kouhei Morioka and Hazuki, a young girl who descends from a royal [[vampire]] lineage. At the beginning of the story, Kouhei travels to a castle in Southwest Germany to take photographs of [[Paranormal|paranormal phenomena]] for his friend Hiromi, who is the editor of an occult magazine. At the castle, Kouhei meets Hazuki, who feeds on Kouhei's blood and claims him as her unwilling servant. Although this "blood pact" is supposed to bind Kouhei to Hazuki as her obedient slave, her act has no effect on Kouhei. Following an action-packed sorcerers' battle in which Kouhei and his cousin manage to free Hazuki from her captivity in the dreary castle, Hazuki travels to Tokyo, and takes up residence with Kouhei in his grandfather's house in Japan. 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. Despite their fighting, the relationship between the duo progresses over time—even in the face of repeated attacks by opposing vampires—until Kouhei becomes determined to protect Hazuki from the vampire servants of her family, who are determined to retrieve her by whatever means necessary.

==Manga==
Tsukuyomi Moon Phase was written by [[Keitarō Arima]], and originally published by Wani Books. The manga series ran from March 2000 to March 24, 2009, in which sixteen volumes were published. The manga was later licensed in Taiwan by [[Sharp Point Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spp.com.tw/spp2006/all/asp/search/bookfile.asp?bc=21011351&vch=comic|title=月詠Moon Phase (01)|publisher=[[Sharp Point Press]]|language=zh|access-date=2009-10-04|archive-date=2011-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604202226/http://www.spp.com.tw/spp2006/all/asp/search/bookfile.asp?bc=21011351&vch=comic|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tokyopop]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] both had English releases for the manga but due to financial trouble, Tokyopop postponed some of the dates. On May 31, 2011, Tokyopop announced that all of their licensed titles would revert to their Japanese owners leaving the series incomplete.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7161 | title = Tokyopop License Updates | date = August 5, 2005 | publisher = Anime News Network | access-date = June 17, 2006}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Volume !! colspan="2" | Japanese !! colspan="2" | English
|-
! ISBN !! Release Date !! ISBN !! Release Date
|-
|  1 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3342-6}} || March 2000        || {{ISBN|1-59532-948-X}} || December 12, 2005
|-
|  2 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3361-2}} || September 2000    || {{ISBN|1-59532-949-8}} || March 7, 2006
|-
|  3 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3395-7}} || April 2001        || {{ISBN|1-59532-950-1}} || June 13, 2006
|-
|  4 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3423-6}} || December 2001     || {{ISBN|1-59532-951-X}} || September 12, 2006
|-
|  5 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3432-5}} || June 2002         || {{ISBN|1-59532-952-8}} || December 12, 2006
|-
|  6 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3443-0}} || February 2003     || {{ISBN|1-59532-953-6}} || March 13, 2007
|-
|  7 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3457-0}} || October 24, 2003  || {{ISBN|1-59532-954-4}} || June 12, 2007
|-
|  8 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3469-4}} || May 22, 2004      || {{ISBN|1-59532-955-2}} || September 11, 2007
|-
|  9 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3486-4}} || December 24, 2004 || {{ISBN|1-4278-0163-0}} || December 11, 2007
|-
| 10 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3509-7}} || July 25, 2005     || {{ISBN|1-4278-0164-9}} || April 8, 2008
|-
| 11 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3535-6}} || March 25, 2006    || {{ISBN|1-4278-0726-4}} || August 8, 2008
|-
| 12 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3578-X}} || October 25, 2006  || {{ISBN|1-4278-0727-2}} || November 4, 2008
|-
| 13 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3597-6}} || April 25, 2007    || {{ISBN|978-1-4278-1161-5}} || Postponed By Tokyopop and never released.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-30/some-tokyopop-manga-volumes-out-of-stock| title = TokyoPop Moon Phase #13 Release Information | publisher = Animenewsnetwork | access-date = 2009-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-24/tokyopop/japanese-manga-licenses-to-revert-to-owners| title = TokyoPop licenses revert back to Japanese owners| publisher = Animenewsnetwork| access-date = 2011-10-18| archive-date = 2011-07-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110729085524/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-24/tokyopop/japanese-manga-licenses-to-revert-to-owners| url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| 14 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3619-0}} || November 24, 2007 || — || —
|-
| 15 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3647-6}} || July 24, 2008 || — || —
|-
| 16 || {{ISBN|4-8470-3677-8}} || March 24, 2009 || — || —
|}

==Anime==
{{main|List of Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase episodes}}
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===Theme music===
{{See also|Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase CD collections}}

====Opening====
# "Neko Mimi Mode" by [[Dimitri from Paris]] (eps 1–8, 10–13, 15–24)
# "Tsuku Yomi Mode" by [[Dimitri from Paris]] (eps 9, 14)

====Ending====
# "Kanashii Yokan"
#* Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement: [[Yukari Hashimoto]]
#* Vocals: Marianne Amplifier, featuring [[Yuka (singer, born 1970)|Yuka]]
# "Nami no Toriko ni naru you ni" (ep 7)
#* Lyrics: Kenzō Saeki
#* Composition and Arrangement: Naruyoshi Kikuchi
#* Vocals: [[Noriko Ogawa (J-pop)|Noriko Ogawa]]
# "Pressentiment triste" by Marianne Amplifier featuring Yuka (ep 19)
# "Neko Mimi Mode" by [[Dimitri From Paris]] (ep 25)

==Reception==
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''[[Hyper (magazine)|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 scripting is criticised for being "too cluttered to allow any immersion".<ref>{{cite journal|date=August 2007|title=Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase|journal=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|publisher=[[Next Media]]|issue=166|pages=84|issn=1320-7458}}</ref>
<!--<ref name="animeondvd">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/6153.php|title=Moon Phase Vol. #6 (of 6)|first=Chris|last=Beveridge|publisher=AnimeonDVD.com|date= May 17, 2007|access-date= January 1, 2008|quote=Episode twenty-six however just goes over the top in trying to be an outright comedy that makes no sense.}}</ref>--><!--Potential review to use-->

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/tsukuyomi/ Japanese Official site] (Japanese)
*[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/tsukuyomi/ TV Tokyo official site] (Japanese)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091005064749/http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1438 Official Tokyopop site] (Archived)
*[http://www.funimation.com/moonphase/ The Official MOONPHASE Anime Website from FUNimation]
* {{anime News Network|anime|4311}}
* {{anime News Network|manga|4310}}

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