Should You Watch Vampire in the Garden?
The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Vampire in the Garden,now streaming on Netflix.
Vampire in the Garden released quietly on Netflix on May 16th with only five episodes. Uniquely, this anime isnot based on a manga, or previously existing IP and therefore has led to quite some speculation about whether that was a good idea. Although its trending status on Netflix may imply that it wasn’t all bad.
Fundamentally Vampire in the Garden is a blend of a love story and coming of age. Momo lives in a society where music has been banned due to its likelihood of attracting vampires. Vampires for their part wage an equally fanatical war on the humans as the humans do on them, and Momo with her strong sense of empathy and love for music is caught in the middle. A chance encounter with the Vampire Queen Fine changes her entire outlook on life and the two together go on a journey to seek out Eden, a place they can live together in peace.
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The animation in this short show is nearly flawless, as the characters move smoothly and naturally. From dancing and playing the piano to fighting and flying the creatures in this world move with a sense of realism that viewers wouldn’t normally expect from a humanoid whose arms turn into bat wings. Although, not every scene is so beautiful, with one notable moment where the pair are driving a car through the snow, that has some major flaws in the motion of the car that anyone would scoff at. Such a mistake is unusual from the team at Wit studios and therefore it is surprising that such a glaring error made its way into the final cut.
The storyline however is where this anime tends to collapse and the lack of source material becomes obvious.
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