The Vampire Dies in No Time had flirted with an anime adaption many times, the first notable time was in its volume 5 dust cover, which included the words 'anime announced' and in much smaller print next to it the words ' fervent hope.' It was an interesting gag in itself and it fooled people both non Japanese speakers and some Japanese speakers. Its next flirtation with an anime came in Anime Japan and its 3rd placement in 2018 the series we want to see animated ranking for that year's event. This was followed by comments jokingly made by the author on twitter on the ease of animating the series, citing its mascot, and modern setting as examples of this.
First, I want to highlight what Vampire has in common with two specific series that they have both been animated as well. Super Radical Gag Family had its anime in the 1990s and its episode were short only 7 minutes which usually adapted a chapter of the manga. It was an adaption very faithful to the manga in aesthetics but it never received more than one season. It was however what I would call a perfect adaption of the manga's art style and comedy and whilst its hard to galge its success since there is not much data, it probably was not a massive success as it never got a second season.
Mitsudomoe in contrast to Radical Family has a gag style focusing more on ecchi and misunderstandings whilst Hamaoka tends to focus gag's on its eccentric characters and their often stupid and absurd hijinks that have equally lead to absurd results. Mitsudomoe style fits well in a romcom gag style manga and whilst The Dangers in My Heart is not gag centered it is a turn to romcom that I though fit Sakurai Norio style, I digress but what I want to highlight is that when Mitsudomoe was adapted into anime in 2010, it in my view was also a very good adaptation of the manga's material and whilst it was not a hit it did lead to a increase in manga sales.
The Vampire Dies in no Time in comparison to both these series has are more visual like Super Radical Gag Family and Mitsudomoe. Between those two I would say closer to Super Radical Gag Family because its gag often delves into parody about the editorial department and even the publisher of the manga alongside the antics of the large cast of characters which often end up rather unexpectedly in a comedic sense. However, its comedy is more similar to series like Gintama, since it has more often than not a slapstick style of comedy, which is similarly featured in Gintama but in a more modern Japanase setting like Osomatsu-san.
If its not obvious enough vampires exist in this setting as well as other supernatural creatures. Vampire do cause trouble and there are as result vampire hunters and a research centers for the troublemakers. The nature of the trouble caused by vampires and others supernatural creatures is a big focus of the comedy in the series because quite often they range from perverts to public nuisances. It is part of this cast of characters and how opposing groups involve themselves in many different hilarious situation that reminds me of Gintama.
I will ponder on its potential for success when we receive more information on whether it will be a tv anime or some other form. So I will refrain now from commenting because it would be like putting the cartridge before the horse.
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