Which show are we watching here?
Basic Premise:
Loli-vampire princess-ruler Mina Trepes reveals the existence of her kind to the world and sets up shop on an island off the Japanese coast.
Looks like the prof needs some tissues.
No wonder the prof needs tissues.
Short Summary of Episode 1:
A TV game/talk show invites five panelists to debate the existence of vampires, as there has been string of attacks on young women where the victims have two puncture wounds on their necks. As the discussion continues, the show brings out a so called "queen" of the vampires who states that the vampire who was responsible for the attacks is nothing but low-class trash. There is also a young girl in the audience who asks innocent-sounding but rather pointed questions to the panelists. The vampire "queen" eventually brings out the right arm of the attacker as evidence and singles out one of the panelists, a popular actor who plays a vampire in an upcoming movie. It turns out the actor is the vampire who is responsible for the attacks, and he quickly reclaims his arm, attacks another panelist, and turns into a giant chameleon monster. The chameleon is chased up on to the roof by several other vampires. The TV crew and the little girl from the audience follow the action to the roof and the other vampires refer to the little girl as "princess". The girl faces the rogue vampire and uses her powers to force the rogue to kill himself. After dealing with rogue, the little girl announces to the world that she is Mina Trepes, ruler of the vampires, and that she is going to set up home base on a piece of land off of the coast of Japan.
This guy looks like a Power Ranger villain.
Okay, so this is a show about a loli-uber-vampire.
I was confused for about the first half of the episode.
Finger-licking good.
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A bizarre first episode, but I suppose this is to be expected given that it's a Shaft and Shinbo production. From reading the posts of other blogs, it sounds like Shaft/Shinbo decided to put their own spin on the introduction instead of using the one from the manga. I don't read the manga so I can't say which version is better, but this format of this episode was interesting but not that exciting. The latter parts where the rogue vampire went nuts and trashed the studio was good fun, but the talk/game show segment was a bit slow and pointlessly random. Doesn't Mina's forces already know who the perpetrator was, or maybe the guy could change appearances on the fly? Anyways, I don't really see the point of using the TV show to bait the rogue vampire.
Overall, this was an okay first episode. A bit weird, but not boring, and the production quality was decent enough. I'll keep watching because I want to see the gory action that was shown in the trailer. The trailer was the only real reason why I decided to check out this show, so hopefully Shaft and Shinbo will deliver in this regard. A decent plot would be nice too.
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