Vampire Princess Miyu
Vampire Princess Miyu (
The four-part OVA has also spawned two manga series Vampire Princess Miyu and Shin Vampire Princess Miyu (latter a little disappointing) , as well as a Vampire Princess Yui series.
Yui�s powers stems from cherry blossoms and a mysterious lake in a different realm. In that lake resides a �sister� of hers (Yuki, I think that's her name) who was supposed to guard over the shis, but fell in love with a human instead. As a result, she remains with him in eternal slumber beneath the lake. Without a leader, the shis abuse the powers of the lake and creates havoc in the human realm. Yui also ends up as their target since she is capable of awakening Yuki.
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How cold, how detached the demeanour! And yet those golden eyes still burn with such fire; such unspeakable grief. So sad. So haunting. So beautiful� And the taunting echoes of her laughter trail away, only to grow like some terrifying crescendo in my mind. As if to mock my own void, that bitter emptiness that has become my soul...
An OVA series and a collection of shoojo manga (Young Ladies� Comics), though the stories differ for both.
kyuuketsuki Miyu) is a series about a 13-year-old vampire, Miyu, who rules the shinmas (god-demons) and stalks those that have escaped into the human realm after her parents (her mother's a vampire princess like Miyu herself) had disrupted Miyu's initiation to spare her of her fate. To atone for her parents� mistake, Miyu is tasked with banishing the lost shinma back into darkness.
Vampire Princess Miyu is a blend of traditional Japanese myth and the western gothic romanticism. It is brooding, melancholic and beautiful, and stays true to the tradition of shoojo horror manga. The series has earned much popularity in the west, though in my opinion, still remains a little under-rated. Unquestionably one of the quality animes from Japan.
Vampire Princess Yui 
(manga series)
The style resembles the Miyu stories, but features a very different character. Like Miyu, Yui fought vainly against her destiny, but she remains very human (blushes, giggles and cries a lot) despite severing ties with her past. Her childishness is also a sharp contrast to Miyu�s coldness. This sharp contrast is extended to Yui's protector, Nagi. While the Larva speaks little, and always appears melancholic (and that's only if he actually takes off his mask), Nagi tends to be more lively, flushing often to Yui's childishness. In fact, both Yui and Nagi tend to interact with the human world more often. Some might therefore say that they are move lovable and endearing than Miyu/Larva, though I'd tend to disagree, since both pairs' appeal is so different. Yui and Nagi are more of the archetypal female/male protagonists in shoojo manga than Miyu/Larva, though.
The definite Miyu homepage. Lots of images, sounds, scripts and synopses.
A detailed write-up, particular on the manga series, even though I feel some of the criticism directed at the series are a wee bit too harsh.
A few pages, and some missing ones, on the anime series. Has a pretty good image archive.
A homepage dedicated to the anime series.
