Dance in the Vampire Bund

2010
Dance in the Vampire Bund

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Prom Night Jan 07, 2010

On the live talk show Astraea no Tenbin, the topic of the day is the existence of vampires after a series of attacks that have left distinctive bite marks on the victims.

EP2 Howling Jan 14, 2010

Kaburagi Akira is a seemingly normal high school student at the time that Mina Tepes creates the Vampire Bund.

EP3 Teen Wolf Jan 21, 2010

The day after saving Mina, Akira wakes up in bed with her and has regained some of his memories.

EP4 Interview with Vampire Jan 28, 2010

With the establishment of the Vampire Bund, Mina Tepes is ready to hold a press conference, so many members of the press have come to the island.

EP5 Shadow of Vampire Feb 04, 2010

It becomes known, by some students, that Nanami was attacked by vampires. Akira and Yuki are attacked by vampires wearing the same school uniform as them, and they are saved at the last moment by Meiren who takes on the band of vampires with ease. Mina sends Nella to kidnap the grandson of the Prime Minister when he refuses to accept Mina's plan.

EP6 From Dusk Till Dawn Feb 11, 2010

Akira is confronted by Meiren, and Akira begins doubting Mina. He finds out about Mina kidnapping the Prime Minister's grandson and confronts her about it and about the fact that vampires have infiltrated the school. She says that the vampire society rests on her shoulders and that she will do whatever necessary to make sure that the Vampire Bund plan is fulfilled. After hearing this, Akira teams up with some of the kids from school to eradicate the vampires inside the school.

EP7 Innocent Blood Feb 18, 2010

Despite their differences, Mina and Akira must learn to work together in order to save some student council members from the rogue vampires who've taken them hostage.

EP8 Near Dark Mar 04, 2010

On the surface, things appear to have calmed down at the academy, but among the students there are deep physical and psychological scars that have not yet healed.

EP9 Lost Boy Mar 11, 2010

Akira's curiosity about the concept of eternity leads him to ask Mina questions that are difficult to answer. Though it may sound promising, eternity is not without its harsh realities.

EP10 Walpurgis Night Mar 18, 2010

The Bund is finally enjoying some well-earned peace when chaos visits once more - the Three Clans have appeared in the Bund, putting Akira's life in grave peril.

EP11 Underworld Mar 25, 2010

Killers-for-hire stalk Akira, and the werewolf's inability to transform puts his life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Mina raises the stakes of her wager after a particularly unpleasant test of her purity.

EP12 Dance in the Vampire Bund Apr 01, 2010

Two beastly warriors shed blood in defense of identical princesses, and Mina learns the shocking secret behind the legacy of the true bloods! Mina then made a pledge to Akria to stay with him forever like Akria did as a young boy.
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Released: 07 January 2010 Ended
Producted By: SHAFT
Country: Japan
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.funimation.com/shows/dance-in-the-vampire-bund/
Synopsis

Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attempts to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and international recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.

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Teodora This anime has an interesting plot and a very interesting character of Wilhelmina (she may annoy,but she has a good heart)to care about.Just not as good in doing this idea justice.There are many violent scenes and even nudity,especially of Mina (made me angry in both the manga and here).The one interesting relationship is between Mina and Akira.The ending was nice.I will say that anime I watch are English Dub,so Mina and Yukari from Rosary and a Vampire are voiced by the same woman,which sounds much better here than she did as Yukari(Yukari has a much more high pitched voice).I also cannot believe that Mina's Japanese voice actress was 17-18 when she voiced her.Wow,I would never voice anything with so much nudity(if this was live action...do not let me even say what a trouble it would be.)Overall,good idea ,an awful execution.I really wish that both manga and anime were much better.
H. Dance in the Vampire Bund isn't a complete and total bomb, but it wasn't anywhere near a success either.Firstly, and I think this is many people's problem with this anime, is that it was overly sexualized. I myself don't have any particular problem with some nudity in anime; but too much and it gets distasteful and overshadows the plot. Unfortunately, that is the case here. Hate to say it, but it's almost animated child porn (because the vampire princess inhabits the body of a 9-year-old).Secondly, there are areas of the story which, in my opinion, lack development. There is somewhat of a love triangle between Mina, Akira, and Yuki. I'm not a big fan of love triangles in the first place, but I do feel that they could have done better with this one. Yuki is in love with Akira, but Akira loves Mina...why? He made a promise to her when he was 7, and while I understand the loyalty of his character and unwillingness to turn his back on his promise, this still isn't a justifiable reason for him to love her. Not enough focus was put on developing Mina and Akira's romantic relationship.Lastly, there were loose ends I felt needed tying up. What exactly did Akira do to himself when he stumbled upon the True Blood Legacy? What exactly IS the True Blood Legacy? Akira is a werewolf/shifter, yet they never explain the background for this. There is mention of "three clans," but not much more detail is put into describing them.Not much appealed to me about Dance in the Vampire Bund; it might to other people, but I'm sure there are many other anime shows out there that are much better than this one.
Tweekums When I started watching this on Funimation's YouTube channel I thought it was rather strange; the opening episode opened with a television debate about whether or not people believed in Vampires, at first few of the panel of so-called experts believe and as the debate goes on that number decreases... until a girl, Mina Tepes, appears claiming to be the leader of the vampires. We later learn that she has being preparing to go public for some time; founding a prestigious school and saving the Japanese economy so that they will have little choice when she depends a small area of land to establish the Vampire Bund, a country for Vampires to live. One of the students at her school, a boy called Akira who unbeknownst to him is a werewolf, he is destined to become her protector. The vampires are not united and many want to prevent the Bund from succeeding and even after it is established Mina's problems aren't over as the heads of the 'Three Clans' have sent their assassins after Akira and whoever's assassin kills him get Mina.At first I wasn't sure if I'd like this anime but grew to enjoy it fairly quickly, the characters were well designed, the story was fascinating even though it was only a short series. While there isn't too much fanservice it isn't totally absent especially in the 'pool episode' where the female vampires wear some fairly skimpy swimwear. I believe some cuts were made to avoid showing too much of young Mina. The story had a good ending which left things open for a possible second series but wrapped up enough plot threads to form a good conclusion if there is no more. Don't switch off when the end credits start as there is a short comedy sketch, 'Dance with the Vampire Maids' after most episodes.These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
Paul Magne Haakonsen Having seen three episodes of the "Dance in the Vampire Bund" series already, I am not really hooked. There is something very confusing about the wholesome feel of the series.Most of the characters are lacking depths and personalities, and it is hard to keep track of whom they are and what their motives are. Had they done more work of the characters it would be better.There is somewhat of a storyline in the series, although it is continuously disrupted to irrelevant pieces of sidestory.I do like anime and manga, but there are a lot out there available that are far better than this series.