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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Discuss. Raw; http://www.animebullet.com/dance-in-the-vampire-bund-episode-1 Well this never happened in the manga..... |
KaiserpingvinJan 11, 2010 4:13 AM
| Almost that entire first episode seemed to have nothing to do with the manga. Seemed like some original stuff SHAFT tried to throw in. I'd be fine with that, if the anime wasn't 12 goddamn episodes long. |
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Haylias said: Almost that entire first episode seemed to have nothing to do with the manga. Seemed like some original stuff SHAFT tried to throw in. I'd be fine with that, if the anime wasn't 12 goddamn episodes long. 12 episodes? WTF? Isn't the manga more then 31 chapters, and still continuing. Yeah, I scanned through the episode. Almost NOTHING to do with the manga. No intro either. I'll like to see this subbed to understand what they're saying. |
| even though it does not closely follow the manga (in which case what anime does now a days ) it is still better thna the moeblob k-on ripoff of So・Ra・No・Wo・To |
| SO RA NO WO TO is much better... No manga material and this is TV SHOW not anime... *SHAFT IS SUPER TROLL* Oh well after Mina appear i think is okay... |
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| The entire episode was basically LOLdialogue... Not expecting much from Dance In The Vampire Bund at all. About episode 1 of vampire bund: everyone who wanted to watch this because they like LITTLE GIRLS, you got trolled. ^^ |
| I'm following the manga, so this was a bit disappointing as it was entirely original, but at least near the end it picked up. It'll most likely get better from here on out. I still have faith in this. |
| It sure was different comparing to the manga, I only started to enjoyed it towards the end :D |
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| yeah i dont have any expectation from SHAFT adaption from manga... sometime is good sometime is really bad... |
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| Well, I expected to be SHAFT-ed and boy I was. Instead of tl;dr walls of text we got massive amount of dialogue in a debate about vampires. The end was super corny, especially when compared how vampires' existence was revealed in the manga. In this case we have to wait for next episodes. 12 eps is not much and this one felt wasted. Hopefully, next episodes will be better. 6-7ish first ep overall Good lord, you're all gigantic complainers. In this case, even without comparing it to the manga, it was kinda weak. |
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." |
| i knew SHAFT is going to pull off something like this.. i'd say i was amazed by this episode.. so much so, that i'll be rating the show a 10 for a now.. they started out with a tv show dealing about whether vampires are true or not.. i like their arguments here and it was all kinda realistic.. then, while more and more people agree that vampire's existence is false, those that i think are the main chars butted in and when they showed an artifact which is a vampire's hand, one of the guests, who is an actor from a popular vampire movie from their world, snatched it and revealed himself to be a real vampire.. the audiences and other guests panicked at the sight of what they were all claiming to be false, the very existence of vampires, was actually true.. then, Mina defeated the vampire that attacked everyone and announced in television that she is the ruler of all vampires and that she established a vampire bund at the piece of land she was pointing at.. i'm amazed at how SHAFT pulled this off.. i've never seen an introduction like this even though i have watched a lot of stuff already.. i've read the first chapter of the manga after watching this and while it's also very good, i've seen those kind of intros before, not to mention i was bit bothered at mina tepes' nudist tendencies.. that would be a bit hard to show on television.. manga readers, i know most of you are not delighted because they did not do a faithful adaptation.. but if i were in your shoes, i could be a bit happier instead coz they made an adaptation that tells the story in a different perspective.. that's like a new material.. haha.. it seems i'm applying what i've learned from Seitokai no Ichizon's ep 1, "Understanding the differences in media.".. i just hope they don't mess it around now too much and perhaps give the proper introduction in ep2.. by the way this is going, we might have a 2nd season since there would be only 12 episodes.. but it's ok.. the manga is ongoing, too, anyway.. |
Oh no, I can't believe the whole thing started as talk show even if it was about informative things of vampires and myths/beliefs/convincing of their non existence. That's of course until Mina appeared serious enough to kill the monster who somehow was a vampire? Can he turn back into a vampire....morph-ling? Until that actor took his old arm back and some action (poor Yumie she was sexy but now death)=> They even but some minor breast details (I think they tried at least)=> |
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zaockle said: So they start from Chapter 4? That's not good for non manga readers of this. So I take it the manga beginning is better?basically, this retcons chap 4 from the manga, because by these events happening, she doesnt really have to do what she does in the manga. basically, i knew shaft was going to do this, along with seeing how they changed the art style so much, so im a little disappointed, but probably will still follow |
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francismeunier said: zaockle said: So they start from Chapter 4? That's not good for non manga readers of this. So I take it the manga beginning is better?basically, this retcons chap 4 from the manga, because by these events happening, she doesnt really have to do what she does in the manga. basically, i knew shaft was going to do this, along with seeing how they changed the art style so much, so im a little disappointed, but probably will still follow I think they plan to make a remake/interpretation of manga material. So far manga wins. And no, they didn't start from chapter 1. Thye made anime-original episode with basically one main plot event from manga (proclamation of Mina Tepes that vampire exist and creation of the Bund). |
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." |
| Okay, so did I pick up the wrong thing? Because what I watched looked like a Japanese game show in anime form. |
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ukonkivi said: Agree with you but I am hoping the pick up much more in episode 2 but admit Mina looks amazing.Okay, so did I pick up the wrong thing? Because what I watched looked like a Japanese game show in anime form. kashim said: That would be interesting information to see.....so far the Bund has its interesting architecture let's leave it at that.francismeunier said: I think they plan to make a remake/interpretation of manga material. So far manga wins. And no, they didn't start from chapter 1. Thye made anime-original episode with basically one main plot event from manga (proclamation of Mina Tepes that vampire exist and creation of the Bund).zaockle said: So they start from Chapter 4? That's not good for non manga readers of this. So I take it the manga beginning is better?basically, this retcons chap 4 from the manga, because by these events happening, she doesnt really have to do what she does in the manga. basically, i knew shaft was going to do this, along with seeing how they changed the art style so much, so im a little disappointed, but probably will still follow |
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ukonkivi said: Okay, so did I pick up the wrong thing? Because what I watched looked like a Japanese game show in anime form. I think SHAFT decided the first few chapters of the manga weren't a good enough introduction to the story and made their own shit up. Let's see where this leads. |
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| I haven't read the maga yet, but I thought that it was pretty nice. As everyone else I was just wtf'ed at the TV show, but things turned out to be pretty weird and freaky in a good way, and I generally really liked the art. Also, Mina's voice is perfect. And omg, it's Tomoya! |
| Updated impressions after having watched subbed version: - good art - bad and extremely corny music when Mina starts talking after whacking the 'mischevious' vampire - quiz show/ whatever wasn't a well executed idea (not to mention I swear seeing something like that before; tv show gone haywire I mean) - wolfie boy is gonna get some spanking in ep #2 6.66/10 for starters |
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." |
| Just in case yall didn't know...[sfw] has a SD release... http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=107755 |
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| SHAFT seems to have taken a gamble and it wasn't very successful, I'm sort of disappointed but I'll still watch. I also think that the next episode will be a modified version of Ch1 of the manga, this one seems to have been some sort of Ep 00. And I expect an awesome OP and more of Mina's awesome voice. |
| It felt like endless eight. Really bad start. It has bright moments, but it would be nice special, not pilot episode. |
Sicilian said: It felt like endless eight. Really bad start. It has bright moments, but it would be nice special, not pilot episode. I totally agree with you.. A very lame episode btw |
| VIVA O BIBSCESAR |
| The start was so diferent from manga but wasn't too bad. She's so awesome :P  |
Tosi ystävyys ei jäädy pakkasella! Thank you for your visit. Welcome again! |
| The game/talk show bit was kind of... well, lame. Voice actor for Mina is good, like Charlie said. The gratuitous amounts of titty jiggling when Vera- er, Bella... stood up was unnecessary. They practically rotated in place. The should've also picked a better "true form" for that vampire, a wart-covered gecko was kinda dumb. Plus, anticlimactic death was anticlimactic. Well Shaft, you've done a good job of scaring off any on-the-fence viewers with this strange approach to a first episode. Seeing as I'm a fan of the manga, I'll stick around because I know good stuff is in store. |
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| It was enjoyable,but a bit cliche.I think I saw the thing with the game show in Ergo Proxy too.Anyways,Mina is awesome.Looking forward to the next ep.Also,they animated Nozomu Tamaki too,lol. |
| "This Forest isn't going to reveal all its secrets for the likes of you." |
KillerYandere said: Maria Holic plot Also, I liked this episode. It was not what I expected, it is not ''animated manga'' and it did not conform with the standards. And that's Shaft for you. |
 My kingdom for a bottle of plum juice! |
| ...True Blood in Japan, lol. Wasted too much introduction time on a 12epi. still, with all the crap this season, can't complain. |
| That might have been average at best, reminds me of Vampire Knight quite a bit and so far doesn't look promising. But at least enough to watch some more episodes and see where this is heading. Also: giant LIZARDS, fuck yeah. |
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| Shaft wanted to troll. I facepalmed a lot during this episode. Shaft has succeeded. Good job Shaft. |
| I haven't read the manga, so I'll judge it without the manga fangirl/fanboy element. The animation was excellent and didn't rape still-frames like so many other debuting anime have chosen to do, though often choosing to loop some motion instead, this, however, didn't bother me much at all as I prefer constant motion over still-frames. The style was very interesting, it wasn't so much suave and had an element of realism to it which I very much appreciate in any anime. Overall, the animation was superb. The story I don't quite understand at this point, however, despite the first half seeming slow and potentially boring, it made up for it during the second half when things began heating up. Now, the ending set a very nice draw point, it pulled me in and made me curious as to what was happening and why, as well as what would happen next. Though somehow I suspect that future episodes may include some ecchi and potentially of the loli variety, though it's rare to find anime without it. Overall, I was pleased and look forward to next weeks episode. |
ChenoanJan 7, 2010 9:48 AM
Toragono said: Found the beginning rather lame and the ED didn't impress me much as well. I hope it'll be better next week. |
| I liked it ^^ And I love the ending. |
| Ok...so I'm one who decided to watch this show after seeing the trailer. I have not read the manga,so I did not know exactly what to expect...unfortunately,all I can say is that the first episode bored me to tears.I really hope things will change,starting with the next episode,or else,I might just drop this series. |
Don't talk to me about character development if Kaizuka Inaho or Slaine Troyard are in your favorites. |
| As a first episode, I wasn't that fond of it. All the onscreen text that were part of the TV show made it quite of messy, and I definitely wasn't impressed by the animation. Since it's SHAFT here, you never know what to expect, but I'm definitely expecting more next week. This was just a luke-warm episode, probably made as some sort of prequel, but not very well executed imo. With only 11 episodes left, good luck! (Was the OP released?) |
| Mina's voice is great. It saved the episode for me , since the whole TV show thing was so boring. They were trying to be funny, but it wasn't working at all. I hope they don't continued down this path or I might have to stick with the manga. |
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| If you download the [SFW] release, then remux the subs onto [Leopard Raws] high res release...then you have a subbed HD Vampire Bund. @ Episode- I agree with whoever said that this was some sort of episode zero. And the bouncy boobs were prolly just to satisfy everyone who wanted to see a nude Mina in the first episode. All in all I think it was decent, and hope the story starts following the manga in the next ep. |
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| I quite liked that first episode, but I haven't read the manga. |
Lvhina said: even though it does not closely follow the manga (in which case what anime does now a days ) it is still better thna the moeblob k-on ripoff of So・Ra・No・Wo・To I support this statment. On a side note  she got way to much bounce there |
| I am the light and the darkness tossed away by fate. I am hope and despair needed by all and to none. I am CuresDestiny. Fear me or Not it is all the same to me. <insert maniacal laughter here>  |
| Well...the beginning wasn't what i expected,but when Mina appeared it was ok. I have great expectations for this show,beacause i like little girls and...amm...i'm sure that's not the only reason...anyway i hope it doesn't disappoint me :P |
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