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Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut Review
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut is a sci-fi fantasy anime that takes place during the space race between the "US" and "USSR."
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – Episode 1
It’s the kind of thinly envisioned alternate universe that more or less directly replicates real history while stapling exactly one speculative element on top. But by the end,…
First Impression: Irina: the Vampire Cosmonaut
Gather round all ye aspiring astronauts, for it is time for…a history lesson! In 1957, Laika the street dog, here renamed Maly (“small”) and given a loving background,…
First Look: Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
The World War is over, and the UZSR and the UK are in the midst of a space race. After successfully sending a dog into space, the time…
Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut Review — B
My cute vampire daughter goes to space.
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On the bus ride to the launch pad, Lev suddenly asks the driver to stop, and makes a face that wouldn’t look out of place on Irina. Everyone…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 05 – Free Falling
A military bigwig arrives to inspect the training facility, and to also tell the two dozen or so candidates that only six of them will make the cosmonaut…
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Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: With the midcentury space race in full swing, the communist UZSR seems to be in a winning position. Having…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 12 (Fin) – Moonlight Dreamers
Having watched Irina and Lev risk their lives so many times for each other and their country (very much in that order), Anya has decided it’s her turn…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 10 – That Sweet Pain
Parting is sweet sorrow, but before that, Irina and Lev’s first and last official date is just plain sweet. Their usual bar is closed, so they go see…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 03 – Freedom, Not Fear
After a scene involving the pudgy, scheming old men who run Zirnitra from the capital, Sangrad (some who want to kill Irina as soon as the mission is…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 07 – Borscht or Bust
The day of launch has arrived, and Irina dons her proper Zirnitran uniform, but meets one-on-one with the Chief, who has survived countless small heart attacks to get…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 08 – Wait and See
Irina returns to headquarters not to more scorn and racism, but an actual standing ovation—albeit a somewhat forced and stilted one. As forced by the chief as the…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 09 – A Softening of Thorns
Not-Russia’s head honcho doesn’t like how the not-Americans are progressing with their space program, and the Chief promises they’ll have a human in space by Spring. That human…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 06 – Moon Shot in the Arm
Traumatized by what she saw at the crash site, Irina has a nightmare about suffering the same fate as all those poor test dogs. But as usual, she…
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 04 – Fly Me to the Moon
With Lev being told Irina will launch in three weeks and her finally trying on a real spacesuit, shit is starting to get very real. If the higher-ups…
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