Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu


Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut

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Synonyms: Moon, Laika, and the Bloodsucking Princess
Japanese: 月とライカと吸血姫
English: Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 4, 2021 to Dec 20, 2021
Premiered: Fall 2021
Broadcast: Sundays at 01:35 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Arvo Animation
Genre: FantasyFantasy
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, MilitaryMilitary, SpaceSpace, Urban FantasyUrban Fantasy, VampireVampire
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.321 (scored by 5765457,654 users)
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Ranked: #27592
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Popularity: #1554
Members: 166,642
Favorites: 786

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Preliminary Spoiler
Dec 19, 2021
“The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory, as some people make it out to be. You have to put in a lot of work, a lot of sweat, and have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin”
- Yuri Gagarin

The Cold War lived between two opposing blocs, the beginning of a space and arms race, the dangers of a possible nuclear war and its end in the early nineties inspired many writers, artists, cartoonists and the media to create different works that sought to explain, ...
Dec 19, 2021
Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu a.k.a Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is a show that if you'd ask me how can I recommend this series to anyone, I would say this: "Imagine if the actual "Man of the Moon" historical feat never happened with the US of A's Neil Armstrong's iconic "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." sentence. The Space Race during the Cold War happening between 1955 and 1975 is instead won by the USSR a.k.a the Soviet Union in the same but alternate historical time period, using not just animals but vampires instead." And this is exactly what ...
Dec 19, 2021
Communist Dracula.

Flying through space and touching the stars is something everyone dreams of at one point in their lives, but did you dream about having your vampire girlfriend who sometimes wears a muzzle coming along for the ride? Irina: the Vampire Cosmonaut is another anime adaptation of a light novel which I will not sigh at because it is well written, interesting and unique in the light novel space.

The space race is one of humanities most interesting events as well as controversial. Through a lightly distorted leans of historical fantasy where the USSR is the Federal Republic of Zirnitra and the USA is the ...
Oct 25, 2021
Preliminary (4/12 eps)
This anime is kinda unique,not everyone can suddenly decided to make something like “how about we make a story about a slavic counry sending A FCKING VAMPIRE TO THE FCKING MOON” that’s something I would never imagine,even when im drunk or something,next why don’t we just make a story about an ogre living in mars.
But jokes aside,they executed the story really well,though the point of the story is sending a vampire to the moon,we also see the struggle behind the mission,the discrimination that our main heroine get is kinda disturbing,we learn from each episode that they consider our MH as nothing more than an animal ...
Oct 26, 2021
Preliminary (4/12 eps)
Well I'll say this. I think that this anime is the dark horse of the season. An anime about the space race is definitely something that I have not heard of before. Add the vampire tag and you have a recipe for a distinctive anime.

Story 8/10:
I really like the story for this anime. A race between two enemy nations to get a manned spaceship into orbit. Put this together with the main duo of the series Irina Luminesk and Lev then you have a story about 2 people bonding over their love for space and desire to get to somewhere special to them.

Art 7/10:
The ...
Dec 20, 2021
Recommendation: A cute love story filled with nostalgia and old Soviet aesthetics, it's nothing revolutionary but a very pleasant watch overall.

Story: The Soviet Union analogue USZR is going to be the first to send a person to space, but desperately wants to avoid international embarrassment by having them die in an accident with the world watching. Their solution is to send a vampire prisoner, Test Subject N44 AKA Irina Luminesk, into space first as an experiment, since she is near-human in physiology but considered closer to a dog than a human, so no one will miss her if something goes wrong. Lev Leps, ...
Apr 21, 2022
When I read the description of "vampires in space" I knew I had to watch this one. Something so wonderfully stupid just had to be entertaining. On some levels it was, but it really dropped the ball in the second half.

Let's look at our main characters first. Protagonist-kun wants to go to space, and that's where his character development begins and ends. But, and here's the twist, the vampire girl also wants to go to space. Stunning and brave. I really thought they'd be able to come up with more for these characters to do or some more personality traits beyond the bog standard rom-com ...
Dec 26, 2021
The anime is so cute and tired. I like how it treats the space race between the United States and Russia very well. It's a good compilation of history and they put it together with a vampire girl who wants to be an astronaut. I love how they handle the story the main character as you want, you love him, you want everything in life to go well for him. The animation quite well and the soundtrack also the character design is well done. I would have liked it to be more romantic because there are scenes where you say, tell him that you like ...
Oct 25, 2021
Preliminary (4/12 eps)
I know what you are thinking. Looking at not only the title of the anime, but the description too. Thinking. 'Vampires in space? What?' It's a concept that one may think it's crazy, and might be a random anime that is thrown together, and doesn't connect well with it's audience. But honestly, this show can be more seriously sweet then it seems. That's mainly down to it's main partnering main cast members, that really drive the show forward, and it's sweet of how their relationship is.

Like imagine, being scapegoated, as nothing by a tool by most, seen as such by most. With the idea ...
Jan 27, 2022
*Spoilers ahead*

This is a show which is rather different than usual. On one hand, at its core, its really not that special. The story is based on real event, except it takes place in an alternate universe/world/reality where the alphabet and names of everything are different, but factually everything is exactly the same as the cold war era. Well, aside vampires (that are also different to normal vampires in most regards). The documentation of soviet cosmonaut training and launch isn't something too exciting, unless you're a space and/or history nut, and isn't handled too well here either, despite the addition of a semi cuudere and ...
Jan 2, 2022
What is this anime?
Vampire girl is abducted to be a test-flight experiment to make sure a space flight is safe before humans go into space. MC is her instructor and is cool dude. He tries to get her safely into space and back, while also trying hard to make sure he's the first human in space.

Did I enjoy it?
It surprised me. From beginning to end it kept me entertained and wondering what would happen next. It's sad that the romance aspect of the show wasn't travelled more, but it is nice as it is. It ends on a good note where, while it could continue, ...
Dec 20, 2021
Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut is basically a treat for all the history buffs out there who also manage to think of the "what if" scenarios of the pasts, like when the USSR won the space race against the USA.

Here are my Ratings for this show

Story is 6/10- Basically established a solid plot but its not bad but its not special either.

Art 9/10- Eye Candy to the eyes especially the MOE character design of Irina, Anya and other female characters.

Sound 9/10- Want a fictionalized USSR themed OST? you can listen it here and reminisce the past glory of the great USSR!

Character 6/10- I'll give ...
Jan 8, 2022
Story/characters:

The premise to Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is outlandish and watching this series requires one to suspend their disbelief over the idea of inserting a vampire on an otherwise realistic storyline. Not everyone can achieve such a feat and this premise is bound to turn people off. It was not an issue for me as I have learned anime can get a little wacky and hey! So long as all the craziness is provided right at the start, I am willing to give it a go!

If you can overcome that obstacle then you will be surprised at how closely this series follows real events of ...
Mar 23, 2022
"The vampire cosmonaut"...This is going to get strange.

Allow me to preface this by saying I highly enjoy vampire anime but most suck...hard (pun not intended). Only a few series have been able to pull of the vampire genre and not made it turn into a mishmash of cringe and cliche. Additionally, anime about space, the cold war, the "UZSR" and 20th century politics does not gain my attention. I solely watched this because of a cute vampire girl.

So how does "The vampire cosmonaut" handle the vampire genre? Mehr. Honestly, you could have replaced vampires for any other oppressed group and it would have worked. 99% ...
Dec 19, 2021
Set in a world similar to Cold War era Soviet Union in 1960, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is set during the space race between the Zimitra Republic and United Kingdom of Arnak to attempt launching the first person into space. Lev Laps is part of a cosmonaut candidate training program, who was demoted to a backup candidate due to insubordination against a superior officer. Needing to test how the conditions of space would affect human candidates, Lev is tasked by the Zimitran government to train a teenage vampire named Irina Luminesk to be used as a guinea pig for testing out how humans would fare ...
Jan 10, 2022
Disclaimer: I have not read the light novel (LN) of this series, thus I am unsure of how accurate the anime adapts from the original source. Therefore, most of the comments here will be analysing the anime as an original show rather than an adaptation of the LN.

Story: The story is set in an alternate reality of Earth where the events are similar to the Space Race period. The story is self-explanatory based on the idea that the Space Race is about whoever gets to reach Space (in the context of the anime) first. As a result, there is little world-building required and the story ...
Dec 24, 2021
Sure my review will have some spoilers and I don't know if it'll be helpful for you the reader. I know there'll be a lot better review out there by professional anime watcher and reviewers. I'm only a working guy stressed at work and enjoy watching anime to relieve stress.

Also dont expect me to name the characters, as I loved giving them my own term.

I decide to watch this anime adaptation of a light novel series from Gagaga Bunko, and as of now it was licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for an English release next year, around mid-2022.

That made me interest on this series.


Story
Vampire, and ...
Dec 19, 2021
The story is meh but the main characters have more depth than most of the other romance anime I've watched. I wouldn't recommend it unless you like cutesy romance shows, otherwise it is a solid watch.

Story: 6
The story is nothing captivating, but I enjoyed the setting of communist "Russia." The story is fine for what it is.

Art: 7
The animation is fine. A few cute especially cute moments, but otherwise average.

Sound: 8
Overall sound design is average, but I gave it an 8 for the ED.
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