Vampire in the Garden

Vampire in the Garden (Japanese: ヴァンパイア・イン・ザ・ガーデン, Hepburn: Vanpaia in za Gāden) is a Japanese original net animation (ONA) series produced by Wit Studio. Originally set for a 2021 premiere on Netflix, the series was delayed to May 16, 2022.

Characters

Momo (モモ)

Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh (English)

A human teenager and trainee soldier who struggles with the constant war between humans and vampires. Meeting the Queen of the Vampires on the battlefield she embarks on a journey where she learns to love life and experience music for the first time.

Fine (フィーネ, Fīne)

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi (Japanese); Larissa Gallagher (English)

Queen of the Vampires who resists her role as Queen and wishes the war would end. Having lost the human love of her life, Aria, to the war she often wishes to die. Meeting a young human who resembles Aria she fosters her growing love for music and leaves the war behind as she learns to live again.

Allegro (アレグロ, Areguro)

Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi (Japanese); Paul Castro Jr. (English)

Fine’s childhood friend and loyal servant. He despises humans as he knows a human was the cause of Fine’s heartbreak and does everything he can to try make her happy and bring her home when she leaves.

Nobara (ノバラ)

Voiced by: Rika Fukami (Japanese); Lipica Shah (English)

Momo’s mother and General of the human army. She has shown she loves Momo but prioritises her position as General over motherhood, even willing to charge Momo with treason to suit her political goals.

Kubo (クボ)

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi (Japanese); Connor Fogarty (English)

Nobara’s brother and uncle to Momo. Also a General in the army he prefers fighting to politics and wields a katana in battle. His hatred of vampires runs deep as the woman he loved was turned into a vampire and he was forced to kill her. He is fond of Momo and criticises Nobara for being a bad mother to her.

Production and release

The series was first announced back in March 2019 by Netflix, with Wit Studio handling the series’ production. Ryōtarō Makihara served as director with assistance from Hiroyuki Tanaka. Tetsuyo Nishio designed the characters and Shunichiro Yoshihara served as art director for the series. Yoshihiro Ike served as the series’ composer. Vampire in the Garden was released worldwide on May 16, 2022, on Netflix.

Episodes

References

External links

Vampire in the Garden on Netflix

Vampire in the Garden at IMDb

Vampire in the Garden (anime) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia