If an anime dictionary were to be created a giant picture of Vampire Holmes would be seen next to the following words: dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, woeful, useless, lousy, dire, abysmal etc.etc.
With that being said, I commend the creators of this anime for even getting this out into the market, that in itself is a great achievement. I say this for a number of reasons, the first being that this was clearly not meant to be enjoyable, or funny. Yet from the looks of it, it can be classified as comedy, and it SURPRISINGLY caused me to laugh once, or twice. That is good for an anime that didn't expect to amount to anything. Isn't it? Before I get into the specifics of how bad the anime is, there is good reason to point out that this is the first anime of its kind. An anime solely based on promoting something else, at the end of each episode which only lasts around 3 minutes, if you skip the opening that is, otherwise it is 5 minutes in total. At the end of which a product is shown to the viewer, the product being an app. They even had the audacity to hide the one thing that was remotely interesting within a product that would need to be purchased. That was one of the laughs that this anime had gotten out of me, hilarious. At any rate...
Story(1): M.I.A (Missing in Anime)
Art(1): The budget must have been outrageously low for this anime, it seems as if the artist followed some sort of anime drawing tutorial, yes you read right, artist as in one single artist, because it would be absolutely ludicrous to think that multiple persons worked in this department.
Sound(1): I would hate for you to waste your time watching this anime, so here is some homework for you. Step 1: Obtain a black board and some chalk. Step 2: Apply the ample amount of force to cause screeching. That would be the equivalent of the sound you'll get from Vampire Holmes.
Character(1): If this is what can pass for character development nowadays, then YOU are in luck. Submit your resume to Studio! Cucuri, and you will be on your way to becoming a top notch character designer. All kidding aside, the characters are two-dimensional in the physical, and abstract sense of the term.
Enjoyment (2): This may shock you, but since the point of me watching the anime was to see how bad an anime can get. I enjoyed it a little.
So in conclusion if you are looking for an anime that is Grade A, amazing, or high in quality, then this anime is not for you. However if you just want to laugh at how bad the anime is then this is the one you'll want to watch next.
