{"id":1058,"date":"2014-01-29T06:53:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T06:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1058"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:17:20","slug":"don-dracula-star","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1058","title":{"rendered":"Dracula, Don"},"content":{"rendered":"
Also known as \u30c9\u30f3\u30fb\u30c9\u30e9\u30ad\u30e5\u30e9 (Don Dorakyura)<\/h5>\n
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Hello, My Name (in English) is…<\/h3>\n

Dracula is the same famous vampire in both Japanese and English.<\/p>\n

Distinguishing Features<\/h3>\n

With his old-school tuxedo, slicked back, high-peaked black hair, thick eye-brows and razor-sharp fangs, Tezuka’s Dracula is every inch the legendary vampire.<\/p>\n

Status: Primary Star (\u2605\u2605\u2605)<\/h3>\n

Although he has a pompous, over-bearing demeanour and an incurable know-it-all attitude, he also has a heart of gold – especially where it concerns his young daughter Chocola<\/a>. \u00a0However\u00a0his tendency to take himself overly seriously makes him a master of pratfall comedy – and the perfect foil to his arch-nemesis, the vampire-hunting Professor Hellsing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notable\u00a0Roles<\/h3>\n

Although Dracula is mainly confined to\u00a0his own titular series, Don Dracula<\/em> (1979)<\/a> – a comedy about Count Dracula himself moving his entire Transylvanian manor to a quiet residential area of Nerima War, in modern-day Tokyo\u00a0– he has also appeared in Black Jack<\/em> (1973-83)<\/a> and made a cameo appearance (on a magazine cover) in Rainbow Parakeet<\/em> (1981-82)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Manga Appearances<\/h3>\n

If you spot an appearance not already listed, please let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n

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1979<\/h4>\n

Don Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula\u2019s Arrival<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, Again<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, After All<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula Tanker<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cWell, I\u2019m Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, One More Time<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula vs. Camilla<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula Meets the Fish-Men<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, Once Again<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cBlonda, My Love<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cIt Reminds Me of Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, By\u00a0All Means<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula Lives by Night<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cAlmost Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula\u2019s\u00a0Transformation<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cAnother Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula in the Rain<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula, Barely<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cNow It\u2019s Dracula, for Some Reason<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula Returns<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula in Desperation<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cThe Wrong Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cDracula Train<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cThe Jaws of Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cPlagued Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”
\nDon Dracula<\/a><\/em> (\u201cFailed Dracula<\/a>\u201d) as “Dracula”<\/p>\n

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1982<\/h4>\n

Rainbow Parakeet<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(“We’re No Angels”) as “Dracula” (magazine cover cameo)
\nBlack Jack<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(“Just Like B.J.”) as “Dr. Kuromatsu”<\/p>\n

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