Delico's Nursery

Dali Delico is an aristocrat from the prestigious Delico family and an elite member of the Blood Pact Council who has a promising future.

He is ordered to carry out a certain mission by the Blood Pact Council, the highest governing body of vampires, but Dali flatly refuses.
When Gerhard, Dino, and Henrique, who are frustrated fellow members of the Diet, go to try to persuade Dali, they find Dali cradling a young child himself.

Meanwhile, a mysterious series of murders targeting vampires occur in the streets. There seems to be some sort of past connection between Dali and the anti-social organization Pendulum, which is believed to be the mastermind.

''With all our blood and pride, let's show that we can achieve both duty and child-rearing!"

A tale of noblesse oblige childcare struggles by vampire aristocrats.
Will it be possible to balance the splendid Gothic world with the careless child-rearing that takes pride in?

(Source: Official Site, translated)

Classico, Dino Main

Satou, Takuya Japanese

Delico, Dali Main

Morita, Masakazu Japanese

Lorca, Henrique Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Fra, Gerhard Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Kiki Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Fra, Angelico Supporting

Itou, Ayasa Japanese

Delico, Raphael Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Lorca, Lucia Supporting

Wakui, Yuu Japanese

Lorca, Elena Supporting

Fuku, Sanae Japanese

Clara Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Nagamine, Rieko Producer

Katou, Miaki Producer

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Sep 6, 2024

Curlybrace101

Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Delico's Nursery is a vampire/murder mystery/childcare show, which are three genres I never thought I'd see in a single show, and it is absolutely delightful.

One might worry about how they balance the childcare with the murder mystery, but don't worry, so do the characters! The entire show is about our cast of grown men trying (and struggling) to balance catching a serial killer with raising their children, and that being the very focus of the show makes it work well.

It's just so charming watching a group of stuck up, sexy, noble vampires flounder raising children because they were convinced that child-rearing was the work of ... the staff and are now being forced to do it themself.

They're all very flawed men in their parenting, at first, and watching them learn and grow in it makes the show. They are absolutely not good parents, and that is the point. It's always sweet watching people become better by raising children. Sometimes when you raise children, children raise you as well.

And, of course, the reason they're being forced to balance these two very different lines of work is because one of the vampire nobles aims to fulfill his wife's last request of raising their children himself, so he insists he can't catch the murderer with everyone else. When they propose he does both, his response is essentially "fine, just as long as you do the same!" to prove to them how difficult it is, which is hilarious and refreshing.

The murder mystery takes a backseat, but I don't think the show was pretending it wasn't going to. From the promo material I could tell this was a childcare show first and foremost, so I think the murder mystery feels pretty natural as the subplot.

The character design and art is also very pleasing to the eye. The character design are pretty standard "hot but slightly effeminate nobleman for the female gaze" types, although I'm not complaining because those types of designs tend to be very beautiful and put-together. As for the art style, it's rather unique in the way it colors/shades, and I haven't seen a style quite like it in anime before. The colors are kept muted and in shadow, and it adds to the overall darker tone of the show.

While the tone is more lighthearted during some of the childcare moments, it's overall pretty dramatic, which does well to remind the audience that there IS a serial killer on the loose, and that murder mystery also does well at dropping enough clues in each episode to keep the audience intrigued while not taking over the childcare moments, which are clearly more important.

As other reviews have pointed out, the animation can be really rough at times, but in comparison to everything else I find it inconsequential. I can't speak for the Japanese, but the dub cast is also doing extremely well and they contribute very nicely to the show's aesthetic.

I don't think there's really another show like Delico's Nursery out there, because Delico's Nursery is so unique, and that makes it an absolute treat.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 10, 2024

Rajidae

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (5/13 eps)

I'm not seeing what all the fuss is with the bad reviews. It's a mix between conspiracy mystery and child-rearing, and after watching 5 episodes, it's setting up all of the themes and plotlines in a nice manner. I wouldn't say it's *compelling* quite yet, but the children are adorable and realistic with each of them having their own issues that often come up in real-life parenting as well, and the audience slowly gains more information about the world through the parents dealing with the antagonist group.

The art is nice. It's unique and eye-catching. The animation is about what you would expect for such a ... detailed artstyle, but the few hiccups it has regarding some backgrounds and bg facial expressions is negligible.

If this was airing in the 2000's/early 2010's, people would love it, you all just have impossibly high standards. It's nothing special, but if you're into parenting as a genre, you'll like it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 31, 2024

l1f3l

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Maan the name of TRUMP (True of Vamp) sure is unfortunate huh? But yknow what else is unfortunate?

The first 2 eps r kinda hard to get through. The constant sound of kids crying is one thing, i can get over it, but it combined with the anime treating these guys like incredible geniuses when they've said nothing of note + them being straight up horrible parents that i want to punt AND snobby aristrocrats to boot..... im struggling to care about any of these bitches, besides their children cuz they're cute, if a bit annoying but thats what kids are like no?

And it'd be fine ... if they were terrible abusive dads, if the anime didnt obviously want us to root for them, treatin their outbursts as silly and quirky rather than, yknow, things that will (and have) scarred their children for life. Like, i dunno, am i meant to laugh when a guy shouts at his toddler, makin him cry for Daring to need to go to the toilet? And when he's (forced) to go with him, he returns with him bnawling his eyes out again, so he probably shouted at him then some more.

I'm puttin it as mixed feelings cuz MAYBE? it'll get better and they'll start being better, more genuinely caring parents soon, and maybe the writing will stop sounding like it thinks we're as stupid as the kids themselves. But i'm not optimistic. They keep sayin exposition bits to eachother as if they're not all vampires that would or should know all this info.

The plot is a classic "there's murders happenin and we're tryna figure out whodunnit" except that we see whodunnit in ep 1, so its mostly about how the lads will figure out who it is. I like the character designs, they're pretty boys and i fw that. The animation is. Fine.

Idk man i struggle to say nice things about this anime so far, i'm puttin it on hold but i might not continue it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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