TV series
Dance in the Vampire Bund
Overview
Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attempts to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and international recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.
Details
- First air date
- 2010-01-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- AT-X, Chiba TV, tvk, Teletama, TV Aichi, Tokyo MX, Sun TV
- Production
- SHAFT, Media Factory, AT-X, FlyingDog, GENCO
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Chiwa Saito as Yuki Saegusa
- Aoi Yuuki as Mina Tepeş
- Yuichi Nakamura as Akira Kaburagi Regendorf
- Kenji Hamada as Rozenmann
- Eri Kitamura as Nelly
- Akeno Watanabe as Nella
- Asuka Tanii as Nero
- Yuzuru Fujimoto as Juneau Dermailles
- Yuhko Kaida as Veratos
- Takaya Kuroda as Alphonse Medici Borgiani
- Shizuka Itoh as Nanami Shinonome
- Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Hikosaka
Creators and crew
- Toshiaki Asaka - Producer
- Nobuhiro Osawa - Producer
- Masahiro Sonoda - Director
- Hiroshi Kimura - Director
- Nobuharu Kamanaka - Director
- Naoyuki Tatsuwa - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Prom Night
On the live talk show Astraea no Tenbin, the topic of the day is the existence of vampires after a series of attacks that have left distinctive bite marks on the victims.
Episode 2: Howling
Kaburagi Akira is a seemingly normal high school student at the time that Mina Tepes creates the Vampire Bund.
Episode 3: Teen Wolf
The day after saving Mina, Akira wakes up in bed with her and has regained some of his memories.
Episode 4: Interview with Vampire
With the establishment of the Vampire Bund, Mina Tepes is ready to hold a press conference, so many members of the press have come to the island.
Episode 5: Shadow of Vampire
It becomes known, by some students, that Nanami was attacked by vampires. Akira and Yuki are attacked by vampires wearing the same school uniform as them, and they are saved at the last moment by Meiren who takes on the band of vampires with ease. Mina sends Nella to kidnap the grandson of the Prime Minister when he refuses to accept Mina's plan.
Episode 6: From Dusk Till Dawn
Akira is confronted by Meiren, and Akira begins doubting Mina. He finds out about Mina kidnapping the Prime Minister's grandson and confronts her about it and about the fact that vampires have infiltrated the school. She says that the vampire society rests on her shoulders and that she will do whatever necessary to make sure that the Vampire Bund plan is fulfilled. After hearing this, Akira teams up with some of the kids from school to eradicate the vampires inside the school.
Episode 7: Innocent Blood
Despite their differences, Mina and Akira must learn to work together in order to save some student council members from the rogue vampires who've taken them hostage.
Episode 8: Near Dark
On the surface, things appear to have calmed down at the academy, but among the students there are deep physical and psychological scars that have not yet healed.
Episode 9: Lost Boy
Akira's curiosity about the concept of eternity leads him to ask Mina questions that are difficult to answer. Though it may sound promising, eternity is not without its harsh realities.
Episode 10: Walpurgis Night
The Bund is finally enjoying some well-earned peace when chaos visits once more - the Three Clans have appeared in the Bund, putting Akira's life in grave peril.
Episode 11: Underworld
Killers-for-hire stalk Akira, and the werewolf's inability to transform puts his life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Mina raises the stakes of her wager after a particularly unpleasant test of her purity.
Episode 12: Dance in the Vampire Bund
Two beastly warriors shed blood in defense of identical princesses, and Mina learns the shocking secret behind the legacy of the true bloods! Mina then made a pledge to Akria to stay with him forever like Akria did as a young boy.
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