Bund?  James Bund.  Sorry, but that’s how lame the first episode was.  It’s one of the big three this season so it should be good from the second episode, hopefully.  I was disappointed by the talk-show idea but it looked as if they weren’t even close to showing how epic it could be.  Well, fingers [...]
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Dance in the Vampire Bund's opening episode seemed to get a pretty mixed response from those who watched it, but personally I really rather enjoyed what it did, or rather how it attempted to it. An introductory episode is, however, just that, meaning that this series has to try all over again to keep my interest in this second episode.This particular instalment shifts our focus somewhat towards
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Katt: Is this how I’m going to get to start all of my weekends? Coming home and watching Dance in the Vampire Bund? Awesome. Last week I was really shocked to find that I was completely in the minority of manga fans because I so thoroughly enjoyed the first episode; it was only after making [...]
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Vampires, Werewolves, Romance, Supernatural Category:  TV Year:  January 7, 2010 Studio:  Shaft Episodes:  12 Synopsis The story revolves around Mina Tepes, princess-ruler of all vampires, and her “protector,” Akira. Like other vampires, Mina has been in hiding with her people for many years. Seeking to end centuries of isolation, Mina gains permission to create a special district for vampires, “The Bund”, [...]
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Goodbye, should-be great adaptation. OP: “Friends” by Aiko Nakano The OP was quite alright… until Mina definitely took the “Dance” from the title literally and starts dancing. I… laughed, especially with how it’s animated. It looked very awkward. Though I like how it ended with Akira catching [...]
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The Logistics of Letting the Cat Out of the Bag The premiere of Dance in the Vampire Bund came at a good time.  Inspired by the popularity of series like True Blood and Twilight, a group of graduate students recently conducted a political simulation of what might happen if vampires suddenly revealed their existence to the [...]
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At 8 minutes into this episode, I was bored to tears by Vampire Hills 90210, so just started skipping around. Naked little girl full frontal rubdown… very short bullet-time fight against Mr and Mrs Smith, giant spider tentacle web raping the little girl. Fan-bloody-tastic. In any case, there are two other Wednesday shows I’d rather [...]
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うわああああああああ嬉しいんです!本当に嬉しいんです!松徳学生達がマンレサ学校で出きたから!「ようこそ」って、「宜しくお願いします」って、「マンレサへ行ってくれるよかったんです」って。。。どうもありがとうございます、松徳の皆さん! …Extending my thanks to the Shotoku students who came to my school yesterday. And…I GOT NO CLASSES TODAY. WHEEEEE. Read another Minami Manga today: BITTER. awwwww. On to business, Durarara!! 1: I…didn’t get the idea. Seriously, I mean, I can follow the story, but something in the back of my mind is practically begging me to close the video. [...]
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Well, what can I say. It didn’t quite fulfill my expectations. I’m not sure why, but the whole episode was very difficult to perceive. Such thing as an atmosphere didn’t even think of existing; the camera positioning, spoken openly, sucked; consistency failed. The authors aimed at creating a reportage, but in my opinion, they failed [...]
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I’m getting mixed feelings of Vampire Bund in both. One thing is certain though – it has easily the most unique start of the shows in this season. Just wait til Jack Thompson gets bored with video games. Looks like SHAFT decided to go reality show style in the first episode of the Bund and as such [...]
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About the Mangaka Not a lot of information on Tamaki Nozomu, she has done several other works, the most notable being Femme Kabuki. About the Manga     What can I say, other than this is one of the best manga I’ve read. Though it has some rather questionable content, but that makes all the more awesome. This series [...]
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I was a little worried that Shinbo would be a little too… well… Shinbo in directing Dance in the Vampire Bund. But thankfully the episode was mostly free from the various Shinbo-isms. Wait, I've seen this before…
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Sounds like she’s busted For being a bit busty: Melonpan envy.
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A pretty nice and fairly strong start to the anime, it certainly didn’t disappoint. Hopefully this anime will continue to go on strong. At this point, this is definitely a keeper for me. SUMMARY After a recent attack in the Sugimai District, people begin to question about whether or not vampires really exist. On the live talk show Astraea’s Balance , [...]
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So with the QUALITY out of the way early on, this is where the quality really kicks in…right? Well, that’s [...]
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Dance in the Vampire Bund Studio: Shaft Premiere Date: 1/7 Genre: Supernatural Drama/Horror The Story In the modern day, vampires live among humans without them even knowing. Recently in the Suginami neighborhood of Japan, women have been attacked and killed, left with two strange puncture wounds on their necks. Does this mean that humans and vampires are starting to come [...]
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With a spate of murders of young girls going on in a particular Japanese town, and the sole survivor of the numerous attacks sporting a pair of neat bite marks on her neck while her surroundings were all but destroyed in what appears to have been some ensuing carnage, the country appears to be going a little bit vampire crazy. But do vampires really exist?This is the question posed by Astraea's
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Katt: I am in a good mood today–I had just one class, got home and saw that Tea had sent me a link to the BECK live action trailer (want it noooow! <3), and then saw that Dance in the Vampire Bund’s first episode has been subbed…and it was awesome! But I’m getting ahead of [...]
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“Keep it simple, stupid.” In other words, get to the point. We start the episode with a vampire attack. Seemed promising. Then we sadly derail into a stupid talk show debating the existence of vampires and their characteristics. Honestly, what narrative purpose did this whole sequence serve? To prove that vampires do exist? But the audience already knows [...]
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Cheesy vampire line, but dammit, I’m blogging this show.   *mouse-over captions in the pics* When i first seen the beginning of this scene, i knew it was from some television program,...
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