Summary: >

Inaho Hitomebore is a girl with everything. She's beautiful, rich, smart... but not rich enough (for her anyway). Inaho is always trying to hatch a scheme to make more money, and she thought she hit the mother load when an actual vampire showed up. She managed to defeat the vampire (named Mosquiton), but that wasn't enough, she revived him, and now he has to obey her every command. Needless to say, Mosquiton is less than enthusiastic about the situation, especially since Inaho drags him on all of her quests to find the all powerful O-parts.

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This is the TV series which came after the OVA. The OVA isn't actually that bad, and the theory behind this anime could actually turn out to be a lot of fun. Especially considering the number of episodes which a TV season would entail. Unfortunately this opportunity was completely squandered. Honestly I think with good writing, and animation improvement kicked up a notch from the OAV this could have been a good series at one time, but also no; it was not to be..

Animation wise it suffered, not surprising for a TV series, but it could have been better. While the beginning sequence has a lot of good animation, the actual show itself was rather lack-luster. The story itself wasn't to particularity interesting, although it has a few funny moments now and then. But for a show that is supposed to be funny, a laugh every now and then isn't really hitting the mark. The plot mainly follows a romp around various places looking for the O-parts. Predictably there is a competing force also looking for the O-parts with more sinister plans. The show also has a more serious side to it, but I didn't find that very captivating either. And actually if you look at the span between the manga, the OAV, and the TV series - it seems like this was a big deal around 1998 and there must have been some general interest in it. As such the TV series put the nails in the coffin manly due to the fact that the anime seemed to be "forced" and this anime was simply made to be made.

Probably the worst of it all is Inaho, who surely is one of the most annoying characters in all of anime. Sexist as it is to say, there are times when some women are better viewed than heard - goes for guys too accept lets face it, guys not really as cute as girls. As such this could also apply to Inaho, but her actions and pretty much everything about her grates me the wrong way.

Overall I didn't like this series and wouldn't recommend seeing it. The fact that this title has managed to be forgotten so quickly says a lot about how it never really went anywhere. If you think this anime does in some way pique your interest, I'd recommend seeing the OVA series which was recently released on DVD.