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The Case Study of Vanitas (1)
Author & Artist Jun MochizukiReleased December 2016 by Yen PressTranslation: Taylor EngelEditor(s): unlistedGenre: Action, Mystery, Drama
Planetes in the Planetarian: a Church of Men and Angels
From ancient times, the boundless night sky and the numberless stars have captured the human imagination. For Aristotle, the birth of philosophy lay in the contemplation of the stars,…
The Case Study of Vanitas, or Eroticism in Storytelling
I don’t like discussing online trends in these sort of essays. It feels like I’m attacking something nebulous, that I could be blowing a couple of Tweets out…
A Case study of the Reitaisai 19 Fumo incident
I wasn’t around for the previous sales on AmiAmi EN but I heard the horror stories; site crashing constantly, cart not saving items, pages not loading, everything sold…
Spectacle and Art: A Case Study of the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Last week marked the 11th anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (otherwise known as the ‘Great East Japan Earthquake’), a devastating event that resulted in the…
Case Study of Vanitas Is A Crazy Anime
Anime Name: Case Study of Vanitas ヴァニタスの手記カルテ Vanitasu no Karute Where to Watch: Crunchy Roll There once lived a vampire known as Vanitas, hated by his own kind for being born…
First Look: The Case Study of Vanitas
In an alternate history industrialized Europe where vampires are an acknowledged social minority, the eponymous Vanitas is a doctor in possession of the ancient “Tome of Vanitas”, named…
The Case Study of Vanitas – Episode 1
Look, let’s be honest about how this will go. It's an exquisite-looking BONES anime with vampires, homoeroticism, and liberal use of paper cutout-style aesthetics. Also, I read the…
First Impression: The Case Study of Vanitas
In a steampunk Paris where the men wear top hats and capes and the women faint due to over-tight corsets, vampires—long thought purged from the earth—are hunting humans…
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.19 – In Broad Daylight
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.17 – A Noble Woman
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.3 – What A Jerk
The Case Study of Vanitas just started and I'm already very excited about this new season. I sure hope it can keep this momentum.
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.16 – Birds of a Feather
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.10 – Birds of a Feather
The Case Study of Vanitas is shaping up to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.15 – Bird of a Wire
The Case Study of Vanitas is shaping up to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
The Case Study of Vanitas Volumes 7 and 8 Review
The Case Study of Vanitas teeters on the edge of having too many characters and plots but everyone's histories and fates are tied together well.
The Case Study of Vanitas Volumes 5 and 6 Review
While there are a couple concerns regarding where The Case Study of Vanitas is going, the quiet revelations in Volumes 5 and 6 make it a solid read.
Scenic Sunday! Toyama Prefecture is a tucked away treasure waiting to be explored.
Tucked away from any of the famous metropolitan areas of Japan on the northwestern coast of Honshu, just east of the Noto Peninsula, with Toyama Bay and the…
Case Study of Vanitas Season 2
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This Week in Anime - The Horrific Beauty of Case Study of Vanitas
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 10 [Review]
The Tenth Episode of The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte) has aired, bringing to a close the current arc, adding more mysteries, and revealing more of…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 15 [Review]
This shot is just gorgeous as we see her taking her first look into the blue sky after a lifetime shuttered behind stone walls. The Fifteenth Episode of Case…
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.12 – Entracte
The Case Study of Vanitas is shaping up to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 19 [Review]
Once more I am questioning if I’m not watching softcore vampire erotica when they give us shots like these ones. The Nineteenth Episode of Case Study of Vanitas aired earlier…
The Case Study Of Vanitas Volume 2 Review
Bones, why did you take out some important details? Small details are important in a Mochizuki story!
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.20 – Lovesick
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 7 [Review]
The Seventh Episode of The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte) has aired and, naturally, I have thoughts about it. So sit back and ponder about the…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 23 [Review]
A fight in the rain that falls like tears as no one is happy about the situation and it can only end in tragedy. The Twenty-Third Episode of Case…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 20 [Review]
Once more I question who writes the dialogue because this line combined with the blushing hue screams Yaoi-bait. The Twentieth Episode of Case Study of Vanitas aired earlier this week.…
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.18 – Epic
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 21 [Review]
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episodes 6 [Review]
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 18 [Review]
This is a really gorgeous shot. They really put nice animation into this series and it encompasses their struggles well to save someone who doesn’t want to be…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 13 [Review]
That was not what I was expecting when they said they were hunting a beast down. After a season break, the Case Study of Vanitas has returned. And with the…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 17 [Review]
You know with a name like Jeanne it wouldn’t be accurate unless someone was getting set on fire by the end of it. The Seventeenth Episode of Case Study…
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.4 – Sexy
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The Case Study of Vanitas – Blue Moon Rising
The Case Study of Vanitas just started and I'm already very excited about this new season. I sure hope it can keep this momentum.
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 14 [Review]
In any other show I would expect this scene to lead further and I don’t know if I’m happy or disappointed. The Fourteenth Episode of Case Study of Vanitas has…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 16 [Review]
In contrast to last week, this shot is both beautiful and uncannily disturbing as she intends to kill the source of all the problems we’ve had in the…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 11 [Review]
The Eleventh Episode of The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte) has aired, and as we approach the end of the current season we have a date…
Anime Series Like The Case Study of Vanitas
Scorned by his vampire peers for being born under a blue moon, it is said that the vampire Vanitas created a powerful grimoire known as the Book of…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 9 [Review]
The Ninth Episode of The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte) has aired and, after some banter and an admittedly interesting case of shoot the hostage we…
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 8 [Review]
The Eighth Episode of The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte) has aired and with it comes a new arc and a new pretty boy. Recap The…
The Case Study of Vanitas ep.22 – Family
The Case Study of Vanitas continues to be one of my favourite shows of the season. It's silly and stylish and just a little bloody.
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The Case Study of Vanitas: Episode 22 [Review]
And in contrast to last week, this week we get a smile from a good boy vampire who has a heart. The Twenty-Second Episode of Case Study of Vanitas aired…