The official Twitter account for the TV anime Baban Baban Ban Vampire revealed the show’s new key visual and first promotional video. The anime will premiere in January 2025 on TV Asahi’s IM Animation programming block.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzLO0zkvUIA]
Kawasaki Itsurou is directing the anime at Studio GAINA. The anime will star Namikawa Daisuke as Ranmaru Mori and Kobayashi Yuusuke as Rihito Tatsuno, and the new cast members confirmed this week are Kazama Mayuko as Aoi Shinozuka and Yashiro Taku as Ken Shinozuka.
The anime is an adaptation of the Baban Baban Ban Vampire manga by Okujima Hiromasa. The manga was launched by Okujima (New-yoku Yankees, Slow Damage: Clean Dishes -leveret, Villain no Gakkou) in October 2021 in Akita Shoten’s Bessatsu Shounen Champion magazine. Akita Shoten published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2022 and the seventh volume on March 7th, 2024. The eighth volume will be released on October 16th, 2024.
The manga will also be adapted into a live-action film in 2025 as a joint production between Shoshiku and TV Asahi.
The story centers on a 450-year-old vampire named Ranmaru, working part-time at an old public bath. He desires the blood of an 18-year-old virgin and so watches over the growth of 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owners, and tries to prevent him from losing his virginity.
We’ve previously covered Baban Baban Ban Vampire on NamiComi News, which you can read by visiting the relevant news article.
