Dance in the Vampire Bund

On live television, Mina Tepes, the ruler of all vampires, reveals the existence of her species to the world and states her plan to build a sanctuary in Japan for vampires, called the Vampire Bund. Using her family's wealth to pay off the nation's debt, they have agreed to let her build this safe-haven for her fellow creatures of the night. But not everyone is so easily swayed by Mina's influence, as her announcement brings about conflict with humans who believe that the queen's quest for peace is a façade.

Akira Kaburagi does not believe in vampires and gets uneasy whenever they are brought up, although he has yet to realize why. Apart from suffering a head injury a year ago, he lives on blissfully until he meets Mina. She triggers within him memories of a life he had long forgotten, and he soon begins protecting her without understanding why. But Akira's secret is far stranger than he could have ever thought possible—he discovers that he is a werewolf, sworn from birth to protect the vampire queen, even if it costs him his life. Now, as these two dance a rondo of death in the Vampire Bund, Mina and Akira find out just how deep their bond goes.

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Tepes, Mina

Main

Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Kaburagi Regendorf, Akira

Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese

Saegusa, Yuki

Main

Saitou, Chiwa
Japanese

Meiren

Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

Shinonome, Nanami

Supporting

Itou, Shizuka
Japanese

Medici Borgiani, Alphonse

Supporting

Kuroda, Takaya
Japanese

Vera

Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Nero

Supporting

Tanii, Asuka
Japanese

Regendorf, Wolfgang

Supporting

Nakata, Jouji
Japanese

Sister Laura

Supporting

Kamonomiya, Yuu
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

Producer

Kubota, Mitsutoshi

Producer

Oosawa, Nobuhiro

Producer

Ooshima, Miku

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Opening Theme

	1: "Friends" by Aiko Nakano (eps 2-6, 8-11)
	2: "Tsumeato" by hibiku (eps 12)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Tsumeato" by hibiku (eps 1-3, 6, 8-11)
	2: "Friends" by Aiko Nakano (eps 7, 12)

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Mar 24, 2022

MrYandereFan26

Recommended

I've seen mixed reviews for this anime. Some good, some bad and some average. I must say I rather enjoyed this show. Interesting story and world. The setting and animation were also very good.

Some criticisms are it was a bit rushed as they tended to include a lot going on at the same time and it could have done with being longer in order for it to improve.

The best part of the anime by far was Mina Tepes. She is the main reason I really wanted to see this anime and she is a really cute and great character. I often like vampire ...

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Jan 18, 2023

tsujiri

Mixed Feelings

It's hard to watch a love story unfold when you're rooting for the underdog in a love triangle.
I was drawn in because I love vampires, fantasy, and handsome anime boys - and this ticked all the boxes for me. It's an EXCELLENT series that scores well in thoughtful writing, music, character development and more... it felt like I was watching an anime movie with cinematic frame cuts and zooms, perfect editing and metaphors in every single episode. I wouldn't describe it as anything other than a visual and literary masterpiece, as it evokes the kind of complex emotions one rarely feels from series today. ...

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Sep 25, 2019

starfarts

Not Recommended

This is a spectacular piece of shit and I can't recommend it to anyone, no matter how vampire anime deprived they might be.

My #1 criticism is the colossal shitshow that is the art style. It's difficult describe with words, but it's that kind of "art" where someone throws a whole lot of motifs around that *should* be artistic but the way it's all put together just produces a cringy mess. Art in general is highly subjective, but in this anime it's comparable to showing up at a high-class show in Paris and instead of seeing masterful works through the centuries you actually see what happens ... when a methhead eats twenty tacos then goes potty on some canvas. (I'll leave further art comparisons alone since getting into the whole "inflated art prices are actually thinly-veiled attempts at money laundering" isn't anime related.) The nail in the coffin (HA) for me was the poorly Photoshopped photographs that are spliced in generously; in the final episode, there's an obvious picture of New York City with the Empire State Building right in the middle...despite the series taking place in Tokyo. Lmao.

My second major complaint is the loli crap. Fetishes are one thing, and DanceBund certainly does the whole "my body may LOOK like a nine year old, but I'm ACTUALLY a seventy-four thousand year old vampire queen" meme to justify showing prepubescent T&A, but it's the literal child molesting during a later arc that really pissed me off. There's a boy and he's shown making out (complete with pornographic spit exchanges and sound effects) with a grown woman before they fondle and so on. I get that Shaft were trying to be edgy--and again, I don't care at all about personal fetishes--but this was just fucking gross.

My third primary complaint is the shitty storytelling. As the series progresses it becomes constructed more like a crappy Youtuber shouting at a camera about whatever hot topic is in the news: jump cuts, jump cuts, jump cuts, random pictures, random Photoshopped images, random colors, jump cuts, cump juts, tuj mumps............it all just melts together with the terrible art direction to cement my opinion that this was directed by an idiot. And it didn't HAVE to be! The actual narrative is pretty good even in spite of the dumb central plot (vampire-werewolf forbidden love). There are ever-so-brief glimpses of what could have been, like political scheming, vampires revealing themselves to the world, artificial blood, power struggles, and more, but it's all lost in jump cuts and shitty Photoshopped images.

I don't recommend anyone watch this. There are zero redeeming qualities at the end of the series, and I honestly regret wasting any amount of time on this steaming turd.

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