Dance in the Vampire Bund

Dance in the Vampire Bund (ダンスインザヴァンパイアバンド) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki. The manga was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper between 2005 and 2012, and is licensed for publication in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Three sequels, Dive in the Vampire Bund, Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledgehammer, and Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order, were published between 2009 and 2015. A fourth sequel, Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order, launched in May 2018 and is currently ongoing. All four series, as well as two dōjinshi collections, have been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment.

The plot follows the emergence of vampires into the human world and explores how fear on both sides changes the world's status quo as they come into conflict with those who desire peace.

A 12-episode anime television series, produced by Shaft, was aired in 2010. However, the anime does not stay true to the manga.

Plot

The story revolves around Mina Țepeș, Princess-Ruler of all vampires, and her werewolf protector Akira Kaburagi Regendorf. Like other vampires, Mina has been in hiding with her people for many years.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki, Dance in the Vampire Bund began serialization in the January 2006 issue of Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine on December 5, 2005, and it concluded with the October 2012 issue on September 5, 2012.[5][6] The series was collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes between June 2006 and October 2012.[7][8] Seven Seas Entertainment announced their license to the series at Anime Expo 2007.[5][9] TO Books began publishing a two-in one omnibus reprint of the series in June 2018. The reprint includes color pages and new short short stories featuring Mina.[10]

The two-volume Dive in the Vampire Bund (ダイブインザヴァンパイアバンド) spin-off was published in Japan between January 2010 and March 2013.[11][12] Seven Seas licensed it in October 2010.[13]

A mini-series titled Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledgehammer (ダンスインザヴァンパイアバンドスレッジ・ハマーの追憶) began serialization in the December 2012 issue of Comic Flapper on November 5, 2012.[6] It ended on November 5, 2013,[14] and was compiled into three volumes between March and December 2013.[15][16] The mini-series was also licensed by Seven Seas, who announced the series in October 2013.[17]

Tamaki was originally scheduled to launch a second series of the main manga in spring 2013, but it was delayed.[6][14] He began publishing Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order (スカーレットオーダーダンスインザヴァンパイアバンド2) in the January 2014 issue of Comic Flapper on December 5, 2013.[14] The series ended on April 4, 2015,[18] and was published as four volumes between April 2014 and April 2015.[19][20] In June 2014, Seven Seas announced that they had acquired the rights to the sequel.[21]

On March 9, 2018, Tamaki announced via Twitter that he would be starting a new manga in the series, titled Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order (ダンスインザヴァンパイアバンド A.S.O), and that the series would be a continuation of Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order.[23] The series launched on TO Books Nico Nico Seiga-based online magazine Comic Corona on May 28, 2018.[24] Seven Seas announced their license to the title in March 2019.[25]

Seven Seas also published two dōjinshi collections, Dance in the Vampire Bund: Forgotten Tales and Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles, which Tamaki had previously released only at Comiket.[26]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the August 2009 issue of Monthly Comic Flapper on July 4, 2009.[27] The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Masahiro Sonoda,[28][29] and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino,[30] with animation by the studio Shaft.[28] Naoyuki Konno provided character designs for the anime,[28] and Akio Dobashi composed the series' music.[31]

Censorship

Initially, Funimation announced that the U.S. release would be released in an edited format, because of "controversial elements which, when taken out of context, could be objectionable to some audiences", and which Funimation considered "inappropriate for U.S. viewing and [...] not essential to the storyline" (nudity involving Princess Mina, who has the outward appearance of a child). Another title, Strike Witches, was released unedited, despite containing some similar elements.[37] After negative fan reaction to edited DVD and Blu-ray releases, Funimation released another statement on March 10, 2010, stating that the company expected to release the show unedited based on the first seven episodes, but would make a final decision once the company had seen the final five episodes to ensure that they complied with U.S. law.[38] Funimation later confirmed that the DVD and Blu-ray release would be unedited. It was released on June 14, 2011.[39]

In July 2011, Manga Entertainment, who had acquired the series for distribution in the United Kingdom, announced that an uncut version of the series had been passed by the BBFC with a "15" rating.[40]

type	tv series
director	Akiyuki Shinbo Masahiro Sonoda
producer	Nobuhiro Oosawa (Genco) Toshiaki Asaka (Media Factory)
writer	Hiroyuki Yoshino
music	Akio Dobashi
studio	Shaft
network	AT-X, CTC, tvk, TV Saitama, TV Aichi, Tokyo MX, Sun TV
first	January 7, 2010
last	April 1, 2010
episodes	12
episode list	List of Dance in the Vampire Bund episodes

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Plot

The Bund

Media

Manga

Anime

Censorship

Reception

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References

Censorship