Vampire in the Garden a post-apocalyptic anime series – Review

‘Vampire in the Garden’ is one of the platform’s bets of the year with an original miniseries developed by Wit Studio, the studio responsible for ‘Ranking of Kings’ and the first three seasons of ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’.

Vampire in the Garden is not based on a manga. It is an original animation series written and directed by Ryoutarou Makihara.

The anime miniseries presents us with a dystopian world where humans have had to take refuge in large cities protected by artificial light in order to defend themselves against vampires, with whom they are at constant war. Vampires only need blood to survive, so they multiplied rapidly and ate up the humans.

Human society has become a militaristic culture where each individual has a role and music and art are banned to avoid the attention of vampires. In the midst of this open war, a young woman named Momo wishes she could live a different life where music is not a crime. When Momo meets Fine, a vampire who wants to get away from the conflict, the two decide to run away together and find a place where vampires and humans can live together in peace.

One of the most fascinating aspects of ‘Vampire in the Garden’ is precisely its review of vampires, debunking some of the myths about it and balancing the portrayal of sophisticated beings with deformed bloodthirsty monsters. The visual aspect of the anime is one of its strengths, with animation at the spectacular level that the studio has accustomed us to and a character design that, although simple, manages to innovate on several fronts and give us very attractive and characteristic designs.

We must warn that although it is an emotional anime, with a lot of emotional and even contemplative charge, ‘Vampire in the Garden’ is also raw and heartbreaking, with very explicit scenes that do not cut a hair to show us the darkest side of the world where it develops.

And it is that the world of ‘Vampire in the Garden’ has a lot of potential and it is partly what gets you hooked on the story, with a militaristic dystopia where art is a remnant of vampire culture and fantasy and science fiction find a Balance. It is a story that moves through its characters, and on many occasions it even becomes intimate as it revolves around two characters, their relationship and their dreams.

There are only five episodes, full of action and fascinating character and background design. A short story of vampires and humans at war, of outlaws, of fools. You have to give Vampire in the Garden a chance. Nothing to lose and a lot to enjoy.