Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
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.
suite92
Take the TV-MA rating seriously.Mina Tepesh presents herself as the queen of contemporary vampires. She appeals on television for a Vampire Bund, that is, real estate where vampires can be free to be vampires. As a being who has had a long life, and who understands things like compound interest and capital appreciation, Mina's personal and family wealth is enormous. She uses this to pressure legislators to go along with her plans.There are humans who are in favour of the proposed Bund, and those who are opposed to it. Similarly, there are vampires in favour, and vampires against the proposal. This goes back and forth throughout the series.Mina has a connection with Akira, a teen-aged human. Akira is also a werewolf, and sometime earlier in his life he vowed to protect Mina as best he could. About the time Akira took his vow, he also lost a big chunk of his memory.So, the series is about the conflicts mentioned above, about Akira protecting Mina, and about Akira regaining his memory. Toward the end of the series, the elders of three ruling vampire clans descend upon Mina, and force her to own up to a promise she made to the clans in the past.As the series draws to a close, everything is revisited, and everything cast into doubt. The clan leaders set up a fight between Akira and their own chosen assassins. If Akira wins, Mina can continue; if not, they force her into submission about rule of the vampires.So how does this pan out? -----Scores-----Art/Animation: 7/10 Quite a bit of the art was fabulous; some was a bit too abstract and weird.Sound: 6/10 Typical action stuff, but neither great nor poor.Voice Acting: 8/10 No particular problems. Often good, sometimes a little screechy.Story: 6/10 There are a number of issues, mostly about motivation. Just what was the reason that Akira is so devoted to Mina? The suggestion that Mina might not be the 'real' vampire queen was not resolved. The reference to cloning was interesting, but I would have liked to have seen more detail about that. The strong, repeated statements that there was another queen candidate in the wings was never quite brought to fruition. The comedy vignettes about the maids shown after the credits were usually pretty funny.
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.
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.
