skiles.robbie - 2015-12-20 00:46:17

Well lets just say this was an interesting one. The action was pretty good, even though there wasn't allot of it, by 2010 standards. I will say just watch it to watch it. Also you might forget about it in like a day...It is that forgettable.

hlehner - 2014-12-31 23:20:40

guys if you think is great idea to watch this anime you gonna be suprised , the beginning is too awkward and some episode have no sense this is very poor sometimes ...anyway... lets begin

About The Story
the story is little bit strange and very annoying sometime and i think the concept is ruined too much weird things happen for no reason and the only things with a sense is the final but the others are just nowhere when i have begin the anime i have think about dropped this but the episode 3 have suprise me and after this i have begin to hate the anime , i dont what happen the beginning is just nowhere... and after a couple of episode this anime look like a Mafia-Vampire this is just too weird .... and some episode are just for full-up...but the story is not soo bad but for me... i hate it

About The Animation and Soundsthe animation is very look like sometimes like the Monogatari Series if you have watch the Monogatari Series you know what im talking about , the animation is good i like it and for the sounds this is normal

About The Charactersi dont know why but some characters look like of some characters of the Monogatari Series i know i dont stop to say this but this is very look like the same but not completely...but i hate some characters

Akira Kaburagi Regendorf / he is a great character i think this is the best character in the anime the 1 character you're not gonna hate , his transformation is too nice i like his power x)

Mina Tepes / this girl is too b*t*h sometime and she is nice but not nice i hate her and i like her but im not sure so she is a Vampire-Ruler ..... so you know what i mean....(Over-Power) his transformation is too bad ass i prefer when she is in transformation so yeah...

About The Enjoymenti think your hope gonna dissapear during the story and come back again ... and dissapear again ... so the battle are nice to watch but some things in the anime is very not enjoyable.... this is just ridiculous and random.... i can't enjoy the anime

so this is it i can't recommand this kind of anime... this is a anime you need to watch if you need to kill time ... if you love vampire... this is not a reason to watch .... this anime is not so fun if you really want to enjoy something go watch the Monogatari Series this is better

jesse88 - 2013-08-05 06:24:03

When I first watched Dance in the Vampire Bund I really thought it was going to be something special. It was daring, risque and produced by a studio with some serious chops.

Imagine my dismay when the opening scene is transformed into some variety show travesty that didn't happen in the manga. OK. I wasn't that worried about it, the show is an adaptation after all. Unfortunately this show, like many before it, decided to drastically veer away from the original source material into "anime only" story lines.

Gone are the touching moments and interactions between the two main characters. The deep political intrigue and viciousness of the antagonists. Instead, there are some hollow and unemotional "side stories" thrown in to get this anime to 12 episodes.

Disappointing.

lea24 - 2013-07-19 20:50:42

Before I begin this review, I would like to make it very clear that I have not read the Dance In The Vampire Bund manga, nor do I have any immediate plans to do so, and this review is based entirely on the animated adaptation Thus, don't complain about how the manga was good, because that is completely irrelevant to how much I fucking hated the Vampire Bund anime.The series starts off with an interesting premise, namely a TV gameshow discussing all the increasing amounts of signs that vampires walk among us. Although Vampires are hardly an original premise... actually, they're one of the least original and overused premises in modern media, but I digress... introducing their existence to the unsuspecting public via the media is certainly a new one. On paper, this reads like a fantastic deconstruction of the vampire genre, but horribly executed and turns into a rather large clusterfuck. Amidst the TV show, Mina Tepes, a small blonde loli girl who looks distinctly similar to Evangeline A.K. McDowell, announces the existence of Vampires, and declares herself to be their ruler.The above becomes largely forgettable, though, as something of an Episode 0 sort of thing, and the following episode picks up with the actual plot, introducing our protagonist Akira. I call him our protagonist in the very lightest sense of the word, since from the very beginning it was painfully obvious that the staff behind the show care about one character, and one character only, and that is Mina. Despite being our supposed protagonist, Akira shows next to no personality in the series, being a bland plot vehicle instead. As it turns out, he and Mina go quite a way back, but Akira has amnesia. Apparently, he is a member of the Earth Clan of Werewolves, and is bound to protect Mina.Yes, you read that right. This features both Vampires and Werewolves. Where have I heard that one before?What follows is a rather poorly-paced plot that takes several episodes to truly commence, and when it does, falls flat on its face. Whilst i'd rather not spoil too much, Mina takes a rather drastic choice within the series when the shit hits the fan, and starts to take a turn for the worst as a character. What doesn't help is that said decision seriously clashes with how she is portrayed in the previous episode, making her out to be a rather inconsistent character. At the same time, the plot that ensues is very generic, bland, and completely fails to ignite any sense of interest, with the exception being towards the end when the show begins to pick up.All of this, however, is only so much detraction, and could still make for a passable show if it wasn't for my one and only massive complaint about this show: The directing. Put simply, Akiyuki Shinbo needs a good, hard kick in the 'nads for the horrible, horrible job he has done directing this show. For a start, the art style is extremely bland, and the colouring feels very undersaturated, making a very weak atmosphere for the series. But more importantly, the animation is horrific. Not since Evangelion have I seen such blatant corner-cutting, and at the very least Evangelion put it to good artistic use. Here, they repeat animation wholesale, and constantly use longshots, along with some very blatant and annoying censors. And just to put the cherry on the top, when the animation hits its low, can you guess what they did? They mixed in live action shots to save animation, if you believe they would honestly sink so low. But worst of all, the eye closeups. Oh dear lord the eye closeups. There's an extreme close up of an eyeball around every few seconds, or at least once every two minutes. In one episode, I actually counted how many, and guess what? 54. In a single episode. I am not making this up.In essence, this show is garbage. It's hard to find more than a handful of redeeming features to it, aside from the fact that the manga might be something passable. Final Words: Don't waste your time on it.Animation/Graphics: 1/10Story/Plot: 4/10Music/Background: 7/10Voice Acting: N/AOverall: 3/10For Fans Of: Bakemonogatari, Trinity Blood

metz.jordon - 2013-06-15 06:29:20

Dance in the Vampire Bund, despite the current controversy is a good Manga.Story:The Story follows the manga, to a point with one minor change being the lead, Akira, has lost his memories. However this change only is seen as an annoyance to the watcher because its never really talked about save, for the few obvious times.Artwork:I loved the Artwork, its very dark and lends itself perfect to the setting and feel of both the Manga and the Anime. Sound: Ok, not much to say with that.Enjoyment: having read the manga did nothing to influence my enjoyment of the series until you get to the last 3 episodes. Then it just drops more the the manga plot and makes up its own.Overall:I liked it until the last 3 episodes, then it got bad.Last:Read the manga, then if you like it watch it anime, its nice to put a voice to the face sometimes. But the fact that it only have 12 episodes stinks but then again the manga is not that far ahead so we may be in-store for a season 2