AniWorthTezuka Osamu no Don Dracula
Introduction
After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor have taken up residence in an old-Western style house.
While Chocola attends Junior High School, Earl Dracula is desperate to drink the blood of beautiful virgin women; an appropriate meal for a vampire of his stature. However, each night that Earl Dracula goes out on the prowl he finds himself getting involved in some kind of disturbance which leads to him causing various trouble for the local residents. With nobody in Japan believing in vampires, his very presence causes trouble amongst the people in town.
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.16/10 · 1397
| 1/10 | 38 |
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| 2/10 | 34 |
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| 3/10 | 74 |
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| 4/10 | 136 |
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| 5/10 | 218 |
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| 6/10 | 294 |
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| 7/10 | 236 |
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| 8/10 | 202 |
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| 9/10 | 85 |
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| 10/10 | 80 |
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Audience reviews
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Kamezuki
“Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula” is somewhat of an anime oddity. It’s known as the anime series that got canceled with the least amount of episodes broadcast. They had scripts for 21 episodes already made, and may have intended to make even more, but since “Don Dracula”’s sponsoring company went bankrupt and an alternate sponsor couldn’t be found, they could no longer afford to pay the TV stations to air it. Thus, only the first four episodes were aired in Tokyo, and some of the regional stations managed to get to episode 8, which became the last episode.
As its production history suggests, “Don Dracula” is a messy show. The plots are repetitive, sloppily put together, and full of both logical and tonal discrepancies. The show’s target demographics are unclear. It was aired in primetime, so…
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