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真月譚 月姫

Lunar Legend Tsukihime

Shiki Tohno sustained a life threatening injury as a child, and due to that incident he was sent away from the Tohno household and was given to a relative to be raised. Years later, when Shiki is in high school, the head of the Tohno household—his father—dies, and he is ordered to move back in by his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household. However, Shiki holds a huge secret. Ever since that injury, he has been seeing lines on objects, and only with a special pair of glasses is he able to stop seeing them. Also he is unable to remember anything well from the time before his accident. The day he moves back to the Tohno household is the day he stumbles upon a woman named Arcueid Brunstud and decapitates her with one stab of his knife in a temporary fit of insanity. When she suddenly showed up beside him later alive and well, and ask him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey to unravel the mysteries of his past begins. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original真月譚 月姫 (han)
RomajiShingetsutan Tsukihime
EnglishLunar Legend Tsukihime
Chinese真月谭月姬 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asTsukihime - Lunar Legend · Lunar Legend Moon Princess · Moon Princess · True Lunar Chronicle Tsukihime · Повесть о лунной принцессе

Facts

FormatTV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired2003-10-10 → 2003-12-26 (Autumn 2003)
StatusFINISHED
StudioJ.C.STAFF
SourceVisual novel
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresActionHorrorMysteryRomanceSupernatural
ThemesVampireSuper PowerUrban FantasyGoreNunMaidsMale ProtagonistFemale Protagonist
StreamingHIDIVE

Reception

Community score6.14 / 10
Bayesian score6.30 / 10
Composite40.0
On lists35,332
Favourited304 (0.9%)
Completion81.5%
Drop rate6.6%
In backlog45.4%
Score spread σ2.14

Score distribution

146523503679492851,40162,06772,75881,693977510538

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2003E38 of 41
Year2003E137 of 148
GenreHorrorD212 of 272
Source materialVisual novelD212 of 266
StudioJ.C.STAFFE254 of 277
GenreMysteryE591 of 652
EraEarly 2000sE648 of 687
GenreSupernaturalE1,101 of 1,234
GenreRomanceE1,531 of 1,687
Season (all years)AutumnE1,741 of 1,921
LengthSingle-courE2,276 of 2,668
GenreActionE2,484 of 2,765
FormatTV seriesE2,923 of 3,322
OriginJapanE6,358 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKatsushi Sakurabi, Takao Abo
Series compositionHiroko Tokita
Character designTomotaka Takeuchi
Original creatorType-Moon, Kinoko Nasu, Tomotaka Takeuchi

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AniList id 169 · MAL id 169 · Bangumi 1899 · record updated 2026-08-26