Audience reviews
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GhostStreamer
Mild spoilers
A vampire girl who’s an astronaut. An... original idea? I’d dare say “different,” since anime creators are very imaginative.
I enjoyed this anime. It doesn’t have the typical over-the-top Japanese comedy clichés (puffed-up faces, the sweat drop, fan service, etc.). It’s a fairly “serious” anime, with just the right amount of humor.
It’s a critique and an invitation to become aware of what it means to live under a totalitarian state and what that entails (cruel experimentation on living beings, purges, widespread disinformation, media manipulation, etc.).
Both main characters (Lev and Irina) are quite mature, which is a nice change. Irina is the typical sweet girl who means no harm, but she has a strong personality that makes it impossible not to like her; Lev also has tha…
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Irina: the vampire cosmonaut It's a show with an interesting premise but that could have been bolder with it.
The show is basically a retelling of the Cold War with some changes here and there, mostly names and people, but obviously adding vampires to the mix. To be honest, the fact that the protagonist is a vampire isn't as absurd as you might think, mainly because the way it was presented makes it seem more like an allusion to minorities than a true fantasy vampire. Irina, besides perhaps being a little more physically better than the average, she does not have the traits you'd expect from a vampire; she doesn't turn into a bat, she doesn't transform others into vampires, she doesn't mentally control others, and don't has other abilities you may see in fantasy vampires, she's a very dow…
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Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut is a romance story, written in parallel to the real history of the early space race. It makes many changes, such as giving countries, places, and people different names (ie USSR > UZSR), not to mention the Vampire twist. Our main characters start out very distant from one another, growing closer over time while crossing hurdles in the government and people for the goal of being the first people in space.
The animation is sometimes inconsistent, occasionally being uncomfortably detailed or approaching chibi levels of simplicity. The soundtrack is nothing memorable, but not bad. The story started to get a little cheesy at the end, turning into an overly simplified fairytale ending in a world which was never fairy-tale like.
Overall I enjoyed this, and recommend…
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An interesting concept of an anime of a pair(Our main characters Leps Lav and Luminesk Irina) of a human and a vampire located in an Ussr-esque superpower which is competing against another rival, another superpower and they have to work together, against the conformity of the society, the rather strangeness of vampires, some discrimination, and overall exocity of the species of vampires. To who contact with vampires like her were accessed... That one will have to watch several anime episodes in to go figure out, but nevertheless.
As for the vampirism to which this anime is tagged, it is not very well explored or explained. We get some vampire stereotypes such as adversion to garlic, living on coffins, and overall an atmosphere of eeriness around them. Besides that, a diet of blood, super…
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This incredible gem is egregiously underrated. At first, I thought the premise would be stupid since it's a romance between a human and a vampire, but they both are trying to be astronauts and want to go to space. The art is very beautiful, and the music is fitting. HOWEVER, only other than the cheesy song they played for the jazz scene, it was not cringey at all! It's a super sweet and slow burn romance but nevertheless still very rewarding to watch. Definitely recommend. Wish there would be a season 2, but I highly doubt there will be.
Plot: 8/10
Characterization: 8/10
Art: 8/10
Music: 7/10
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When I read the description of "vampires in space" I knew I had to watch this one. Something so wonderfully stupid just had to be entertaining. On some levels it was, but it really dropped the ball in the second half.
Let's look at our main characters first. Protagonist-kun wants to go to space, and that's where his character development begins and ends. But, and here's the twist, the vampire girl also wants to go to space. Stunning and brave. I really thought they'd be able to come up with more for these characters to do or some more personality traits beyond the bog standard rom-com couple is forced to spend time together doing something they both enjoy and we're somehow supposed to be surprised they fall in love. These cheesy setups are fine in isolation, I just would have liked too se…
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*Spoilers ahead*
This is a show which is rather different than usual. On one hand, at its core, its really not that special. The story is based on real event, except it takes place in an alternate universe/world/reality where the alphabet and names of everything are different, but factually everything is exactly the same as the cold war era. Well, aside vampires (that are also different to normal vampires in most regards). The documentation of soviet cosmonaut training and launch isn't something too exciting, unless you're a space and/or history nut, and isn't handled too well here either, despite the addition of a semi cuudere and tsundere immature vampire waifu.
Some more things that where added are the discrimination against said vampire and the vampire race, a PROPER non positive por…
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Story/characters:
The premise to Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is outlandish and watching this series requires one to suspend their disbelief over the idea of inserting a vampire on an otherwise realistic storyline. Not everyone can achieve such a feat and this premise is bound to turn people off. It was not an issue for me as I have learned anime can get a little wacky and hey! So long as all the craziness is provided right at the start, I am willing to give it a go!
If you can overcome that obstacle then you will be surprised at how closely this series follows real events of the space race. This adherence to facts is made clear in the first episode as we are told the true fate of our unfortunate dog Laika who perished early on in her Sputnik-2 voyage. These little details are not limite…
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What is this anime?
Vampire girl is abducted to be a test-flight experiment to make sure a space flight is safe before humans go into space. MC is her instructor and is cool dude. He tries to get her safely into space and back, while also trying hard to make sure he's the first human in space.
Did I enjoy it?
It surprised me. From beginning to end it kept me entertained and wondering what would happen next. It's sad that the romance aspect of the show wasn't travelled more, but it is nice as it is. It ends on a good note where, while it could continue, it leaves me perfectly satisfied as to where it left off.
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The anime is so cute and tired. I like how it treats the space race between the United States and Russia very well. It's a good compilation of history and they put it together with a vampire girl who wants to be an astronaut. I love how they handle the story the main character as you want, you love him, you want everything in life to go well for him. The animation quite well and the soundtrack also the character design is well done. I would have liked it to be more romantic because there are scenes where you say, tell him that you like him and give him a kiss, they end this suffering. But hey taking that out is a very entertaining and cute anime.
En español:
El anime es re lindo y tireno. Me gusta como trata muy bien la carrera espacial entre estados unidos y rusia. Es una buena recopilaci…
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"The Vampire Cosmonaut" has a very high purpose from the moral point of view: a reflection on the importance of equality and the absurdity of the concept of race, creating a parallelism between people considered "inferior" and the vampire species, despised and segregated due to the negative propaganda they suffer from humanity. The purpose has been objectively achieved: during the show we see that our protagonist is abundantly denigrated, so much so that she is considered a simple object on which to experiment, and, subsequently, some merits are recognized, as in any story about episodes of racism. . From a human point of view, however, the story completely lacks those characteristics that are necessary for the transmission of ideals, such as empathy with the characters. In the next paragr…
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Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut. Just the title lets you know this is going to be a weird one. I went in having absolutely no idea what to expect, but I was still somehow disappointed by this one. I’m going honest and upfront. This isn't very good.
Brought to you from the director of Cutey Honey Universe and a first-time writer, this is an alternate history version of the space race told through the perspective of the Soviet Union. Isn’t that literally just the plot of Royal Space Force? Gainax already did that shit in 1987 during the Cold War. Irina adds one new element to the formula by adding vampires. What do vampires have to do with space exploration? Absolutely nothing. However, Irina wants to preach a message about racism and does so in the most tone deaf, incompetent way possible.
W…
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Welcome to M1c3f's condensed Anime review. I'll be giving you all the necessary information about a show in just a few sentences and a following recommendation.
Today featuring: Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu (TLN)
First and most important to know: TLN's main purpose undoubtedly is meant to be round earth propaganda. The female lead is a cute tsundere vampire.
The story plays in a cliche anime version of the USSR. It picks up antisemitism in a metaphorical way. I felt twilight vibes even though I haven't seen any movies or read books about the series which felt awkward. The show being a drama has an ok dramatic narrative. Featuring a "love that is not meant to be" story. The plot has as many deep holes as the moon has craters. The story is flat and unentertaining because there are no visib…
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Going into the Fall 2021 Season, I would have never thought an alternate history fiction about a Soviet Vampire going to space will be my Comfy Anime of the Season, but here I am. In spite of its oppressive setting, or maybe even because of it, Tsuki to Laika has been a light and enjoyable viewing experience.
One thing the show makes it abundantly clear even in the first episode, is that the Vampire/Dhampir are a catch-all for assorted prosecuted races and ethnicities in the Soviet Union/USA. The show being hard historical fiction with relatively accurate depictions of the Soviet Space program came to me as a surprise. The show doesn't shy away in its depiction of racism, but I would still say it does a reasonable job at portraying its setting without being overly heavy handed.
The plot…
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Recommendation: A cute love story filled with nostalgia and old Soviet aesthetics, it's nothing revolutionary but a very pleasant watch overall.
Story: The Soviet Union analogue USZR is going to be the first to send a person to space, but desperately wants to avoid international embarrassment by having them die in an accident with the world watching. Their solution is to send a vampire prisoner, Test Subject N44 AKA Irina Luminesk, into space first as an experiment, since she is near-human in physiology but considered closer to a dog than a human, so no one will miss her if something goes wrong. Lev Leps, a cosmonaut candidate who was demoted for righteously hitting a superior officer, is assigned as her handler and trainer. Irina hates and distrusts humans for very understandable reasons…
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It's very rare to see an anime about vampires that has sci-fi elements nowadays. Both genres are like oil and water, genres that aren't supposed to be mixed together.
So after saying all that, is this anime that unique with a rare genres combination? Not really. It's pretty much has the same beats as other 69420 romance anime.
What's the point of watching this then? Well, I can at least say that watching this anime won't waste your time.
The story is decent but it's unique, like I said before, having sci-fi elements and vampires. But it's mostly a sci-fi anime about the first vampire who goes to space (step aside Yuri Gagarin, we now know who the actual first person to go to space lol).
It's romance element is predictable but it's pretty well-done in my opinion. There was build-up and sat…
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Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut is basically a treat for all the history buffs out there who also manage to think of the "what if" scenarios of the pasts, like when the USSR won the space race against the USA.
Here are my Ratings for this show
Story is 6/10- Basically established a solid plot but its not bad but its not special either.
Art 9/10- Eye Candy to the eyes especially the MOE character design of Irina, Anya and other female characters.
Sound 9/10- Want a fictionalized USSR themed OST? you can listen it here and reminisce the past glory of the great USSR!
Character 6/10- I'll give it a 6 since most of the character development mostly focus on Irina and Lev. But fair enough for other side characters to be involved, but like what I've said character focus is on the two main chara…
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Communist Dracula.
Flying through space and touching the stars is something everyone dreams of at one point in their lives, but did you dream about having your vampire girlfriend who sometimes wears a muzzle coming along for the ride? Irina: the Vampire Cosmonaut is another anime adaptation of a light novel which I will not sigh at because it is well written, interesting and unique in the light novel space.
The space race is one of humanities most interesting events as well as controversial. Through a lightly distorted leans of historical fantasy where the USSR is the Federal Republic of Zirnitra and the USA is the United Kingdom (no relation to my country) of Arnack the show explores the dark and dirty side of the space race. Where the UKA might be using some alternative timeline versi…
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“The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory, as some people make it out to be. You have to put in a lot of work, a lot of sweat, and have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin”
- Yuri Gagarin
The Cold War lived between two opposing blocs, the beginning of a space and arms race, the dangers of a possible nuclear war and its end in the early nineties inspired many writers, artists, cartoonists and the media to create different works that sought to explain, real or fiction, what was happening at the front (and in secret) between the United States and the Soviet Union. And although this war "ended" more than 30 years ago, many current works are inspired by some elements taken from the two political mod…
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Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu a.k.a Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is a show that if you'd ask me how can I recommend this series to anyone, I would say this: "Imagine if the actual "Man of the Moon" historical feat never happened with the US of A's Neil Armstrong's iconic "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." sentence. The Space Race during the Cold War happening between 1955 and 1975 is instead won by the USSR a.k.a the Soviet Union in the same but alternate historical time period, using not just animals but vampires instead." And this is exactly what novelist Keisuke Masano had in mind when he penned this sci-fi fantasy light novel, that sadly went under the radar, only to be forgotten and swept under the rug when this is all said and done.
It's a shame really, b…
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