The Vampire Dies in No Time is a comedy manga currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion. It was adapted into an anime in 2021, with a second season scheduled to air in January 2023. What was the first season of the anime The Vampire Dies in No Time? I'd like to share my thoughts on how it differs from the original!
What kind of work is The Vampire Dies in No Time?
The Vampire Dies in No Time is a comedy manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion. It is about a duo of a shitty vampire Draluc who is so weak that he dies quickly but quickly revives, and Ronald, who works as a vampire extermination, who solve and get involved in various troubles in Shin-Yokohama, a city overrun with perverted and eccentric vampires. It is a work that is characterized by a tremendous amount of material in one episode and the rapid appearance of disposable characters that are too strong at a high tempo.
To put it bluntly, what was the anime of The Vampire Dies in No Time like?
The first season of Vampire Dies in No Time was, frankly, fun! ! Of course, the original has the fast-paced gags, but the information packed into one page in the original is expressed in the anime, which is more careful and of higher quality. The original is very funny and interesting with a tremendous amount of material and development that leaves the reader behind, but the anime has to carefully express the overwhelming amount of material, which is interesting in its own way and I thought it was a work that was more suited to anime!
The original can be understood in one frame, and the anime cannot be understood in one frame!
For example, in the second episode of the anime, the scene where Zenranium appears, which appeared in the first volume of the original work, has about two frames of prelude before its appearance in the original work, and one frame for its appearance. It's a very fast-paced scene, but thanks to the strong character of Zenranium, it works as a punchline. In the anime, the prelude to its appearance is also quite time-consuming, and it's made to look like a scary vampire. This is the scene where it appears after such a careful prelude, and it was a funny scene even in the anime.
It's doing things that can only be done in manga and anime!
This is what came out of the manga after careful direction! It might be interesting even if it was a development like that, and the anime is actually interesting, but it might ruin the strong point of packing a torrent of material into one episode, and the tempo would be bad. However, there is a problem with expressing the passage of time in anime, and if the material is packed in one after another, the viewer will be completely left behind, so a certain amount of foreshadowing is necessary and the cost of drawing will be high. However, the careful direction that is unique to anime has an interesting quality that is not found in the original work. It may be a coincidence that it came out of the convenience of the creators who had no choice but to do so, but I think it is interesting to do something that can only be done in anime.
What are they doing with all these gorgeous voice actors?!
In The Vampire Dies in No Time, popular voice actors such as Jun Fukuyama as the main character Draluc and Makoto Furukawa as Ronald are used, but in addition, there are also other veteran voice actors such as Akio Otsuka, Shigeru Chiba, and Kazuhiko Inoue who are unforgettable once you hear them. What kind of role is this veteran voice actor playing?
Otsuka Akio "Zenranium"
A naked vampire wearing a cloak, hiding his crotch with geranium flowers, trying to increase his number of followers by making people drink seeds made from the geranium in his crotch.
Shige Chiba "I love Yakyuken"
A vampire who loves Yakyuken so much that he uses powerful barrier magic and hypnosis to force people to play Yakyuken, stripping them of their clothes, and then makes them wear specially made T-shirts that are really embarrassing after they're stripped off.
Kazuhiko Inoue "Y Talk Uncle"
A vampire who uses powerful hypnosis to turn everything he says into dirty talk. Once he is hypnotized, it becomes difficult to communicate, and the result is the tragic result of revealing all of his sexual preferences.
These terrible characters are played by big name voice actors
As such, there are many vampires with perverted sexual preferences in The Vampire Dies in No Time. However, although these vampires are certainly perverted and eccentric, they are actually very powerful, advanced vampires, and their abilities are simply inclined to be used according to sexual inclinations, and depending on how they are used, they have the potential to cause something outrageous. That's why the voice actors are luxurious...I would like to say that, but there is a tendency to generously use popular voice actors for characters that are almost disposable, so I wonder if there is such deep thought behind it...Is the budget okay?
How long is the anime of The Vampire Dies in No Time compared to the original?
The original work of The Vampire Dies in No Time has been released up to volume 21. The anime is made up of three episodes from the original work. There were only two episodes in the first season, but since there were 12 episodes in one season, episode 35 was broadcast in the anime. Episode 35 is about three volumes of the original work, and the first season's content is also mainly from volumes 1 to 3. However, episodes from volumes 4 to 5 and beyond were made into anime first, and some episodes from volumes 1 to 3 were not made into anime.
Adult circumstances?
The anime content was mainly from volumes 1 to 3 of the original work, but some episodes from volumes 4, 5, and even further ahead were broadcast, but I think that's probably a problem with the cast lineup. Vampire Dies in No Time has a lot of characters, and even minor characters who are not regular characters are luxurious. In particular, episodes featuring characters who have a strong impact but do not appear often (and who have a luxurious voice actor), such as Uncle Y-dan and the True Ancestor, who appeared in the first three volumes, may have been broadcast to a certain extent in advance. Also, characters such as Sans, who appeared in the third volume, did not appear in the first season, but only in the second season, which may be due to the convenience of the schedule.
【The Vampire Dies in No Time 2】Summary of the original and anime
I've summarized how The Vampire Dies in No Time compares to the original and anime! The original had its good points, but the anime seemed to have good points that the original did not have. It's a comedy anime with a good tempo, and the first season was fun, so unless there's some mistake, there's no element that will make the second season boring, so it looks like it's going to be a promising second season!
