Dance in the Vampire Bund

Dance in the Vampire Bund
Original Title	ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド (Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	FUNimation Entertainment
Voice Director	Ian Sinclair
Translation & Adaptation	Monica Rial Jackson Frolick
Recorded	2011
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	12
Year	2010

Dance in the Vampire Bund (ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando) is a supernatural romance anime, based on the manga written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki. It consists of 12 episodes and was produced by Shaft. The series aired between January 7, 2010 to April 1, 2010 in Japan.

Synopsis The series begins with Mina Tepes, self proclaimed sovereign of vampires, and her protector, who is a werewolf, Akira. Like the other vampires, Mina has been hiding from humans for a long time. Trying to end the centuries-old years of isolation, Mina gets permission to build a vampire-dwelling district, "The Bund", off the coast of Japan for the payment of the entire national debt of the Japanese government. Mina then reveals to the world the existence of vampires and her wish for both races to live in peace. Unfortunately, opposition organizations appear in the process that attempt to kill Mina and interfere with her desire for both races to live in peace.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Mina Tepes	Aoi Yūki	Monica Rial
	Akira Kaburagi Regendorf	Yūichi Nakamura	Eric Vale
			Colleen Clinkenbeard (young)
	Yuki Saegusa	Chiwa Saitō	Alexis Tipton
Secondary Characters
	Alphonse Medici Borgiani	Takaya Kuroda	J. Michael Tatum
	Hysterica	Rie Kugimiya	Stephanie Young
	Mei Ren	Yū Kobayashi	Cherami Leigh
	Nanami Shinonome	Shizuka Itō	Kara Edwards
	Vera	Yūko Kaida	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Wolfgang Regendorf	Jōji Nakata	Christopher Sabat
The Balance of Astrea
	Host Yukinobu Tokita	Jin Urayama	Tyson Rinehart
	Nero	Asuka Tanii	Tia Ballard
	Professor Isao Ebikawa	Binbin Takaoka	R. Bruce Elliott
	Yumi	Rie Yamaguchi	Jamie Marchi
	Nozomu Tamaki		Tyson Rinehart
	Seiichi Hirai	Isshin Chiba	Newton Pittman
Recurring Characters
	Nelly	Eri Kitamura	Trina Nishimura
	Nella	Akeno Watanabe	Terri Doty
	Ryōhei Kuze	Susumu Chiba	Ian Sinclair
	Takashi Saijō	Kazuya Ichijō	Robert McCollum
	Juneau Dermailles	Yuzuru Fujimoto	Jerry Russell
	Sister Laura	Yū Kamonomiya	Jessica Cavanagh
	Rozenmann	Kenji Hamada	Todd Haberkorn
	Ivanovic	Kissei Kumamoto	Patrick Seitz
	Yuzuru	Mika Itō	Leah Clark
	Katsuichi Mizoguchi	Jin Urayama	Kent Williams
	Hikokasa	Mitsuhiro Ichiki	Greg Ayres
	Jean Marais Dermailles	Ken Narita	Jerry Jewell

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s.)
	Hiroe Ubayama	Nao Nagasawa	Anastasia Muñoz	1
	Charles	Satoshi Hino	Anthony Bowling	2
	Isurugi	Eiji Maruyama	Barry Yandell	3, 7
	Nicole Edelman	Ayaka Kodama	Clarine Harp	4
	Clara	Asuka Tanii	Jamie Marchi	4, 12
	Cinva	Kenji Akabane	Joel McDonald	8-9, 12
	Romulus	Nobuyuki Kobushi	Jojo Krako
	Heinrich	Kenji Takahashi	Jackson Frolick
	Gordon	¿?	Chris Rager
	Leroy	¿?	Kevin Douglass
	Old Inquisitor	Mari Matsunaga	Pam Dougherty	10-12
	Anna's Mother	Miho Miyagawa	Lydia Mackay	12

Additional Voices

Regan Adair Bryce Albertson Miles Archer Christopher Ayres Anthony Bowling Jonathan Brooks Madeleine Scott Broseh Jessica Cavanagh Corey Cleary-Stoner Colleen Clinkenbeard Cynthia Cranz Terri Doty Pam Dougherty Kevin Douglass R. Bruce Elliott Scott Freeman Jackson Frolick Cris George Josh Grelle Chad Halbrook Martha Harms Clarine Harp Andrew Haskett Vlad Imir Kristi Kang

Brittney Karbowski Ryan Lescalleet Jason Liebrecht Lydia Mackay Jamie Marchi Joel McDonald Anastasia Muñoz Dave Nelson Brina Palencia Jane Parr Kyle Phillips Newton Pittman Chris Rager Tyson Rinehart Callista S. Christopher Sabat Patrick Seitz Becca Shivers Jenny Stoneking John Swasey David Trosko Kent Williams Barry Yandell Jerry Zumwalt

Notes

• FUNimation initially announced that they'd release the series in an edited format due to the "controversial elements of the series, which, when taken out of context, could be objectionable to some audiences". After much negative backlash, and further review from FUNimation, the series was released in its uncut format as none of the content actually violated U.S. law.
  • Similarly in the UK, while expected to be censored, the series passed by the BBFC with a "15" rating.
• Due to the controversial nature of the series, many of the voice actors chose to either be listed under aliases (Jasmine Mendingo, Abigail Hartman, Anita Neukar, etc.) or plainly be un-credited.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
FUNimation Entertainment	2011	+	The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			4 Discs
Manga Entertainment			The Complete Series	2 PAL	United Kingdom
			2 Discs
FUNimation Entertainment	2015		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			2 Discs

External Links

• Dance in the Vampire Bund at the Internet Movie Database
• Dance in the Vampire Bund (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Dance in the Vampire Bund on Behind The Voice Actors