Vampiyan Kids

Vampiyan Kids
バンパイヤン・キッズ (Vanpaiyan Kidzu)
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Production I.G
Anime television series
Directed by	Masatsugu Arakawa Toyokazu Sakai (assistant)
Produced by	Daisuke Kawakami Katsuji Morishita Tomoko Takahashi
Written by	Junki Takegami Satoru Nishizono Rika Nakase
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Production I.G Trans Arts Xebec
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 13, 2001 – March 30, 2002
Episodes	26

Vampiyan Kids (Japanese: バンパイヤン・キッズ, Hepburn: Vanpaiyan Kizzu) is a Japanese anime television series created by Production I.G and directed by Masatsugu Arakawa, with Suzuka Yoshida and Miyako Yatsu in charge of character designs and Toshihiko Sahashi composing the music. It began airing in Japan on October 13, 2001, and finished airing on March 30, 2002. The series lasted 26 episodes, with 3 episodes being DVD only.

Plot summary

The world of a Vampiyan family, who survive on orange juice instead of blood, is turned upside down when Papa is unable to scare humans. The family is sent to the human world where Papa must scare 1000 people before they can return. Unfortunately, Papa's daughter, Sue, falls in love with a boy named Kou and no longer wants to return home.

Pilot film

An 18-minute pilot film was produced for Vampiyan Kids in 1999. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, supervised by Mitsuru Hongo, and the music was composed by Kow Otani.

External links

• Vampiyan Kids at Production I.G.
• Vampiyan Kids (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia