On March 4^th, Funimation revealed that they had acquired the streaming rights to the “complex and dark drama” Dance in the Vampire Bund. Due to its scenes of lolicon fanservice, this licensing decision came as a shock. Especially considering the bad taste left in the mouths of fans by the Christopher Handley case. The next day it was announced that they would be editing their release of the show. The Internet then proceeded to lost it’s shit.

A few angry fans on the ANN forum actually went as far as to comparing Dance in the Vampire Bund to Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Lolita. Forum member J-syxx says this:

“Stanly Kubrik’s Lolita is perfectly fine and this isn’t. Have you ever actually read the novel, Lolita? Explain to me why the content in the novel of Lolita is legal and in every library in the country, yet this anime shouldn’t be allowed? Yeah, that’s what I thought.”

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