Babanbabanban Vampire, an upcoming TV anime based on the BL (“Bloody Love-Comedy”) manga, has revealed a big bite of new information, including a new trailer, new key art (below) and new cast additions. The series will broadcast in Japan as part of TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation” programming block beginning in January 2025.
Babanbabanban Vampire Trailer
The new cast members include:
Aoi Shinozuka voiced by Mayuko Kazama
(Hakua Igarashi in Kaiju No. 8)
Ken Shinozuka (“Franken”) voiced by Taku Yashiro
(Spitz Feier in Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions)
The original Babanbabanban Vampire manga by Hiromasa Okujima is serialized in Akita Shoten’s Bessatsu Shonen Champion manga magazine. Itsuro Kawasaki writes and directs the TV anime at animation studio GAINA with assistant direction from Takahiro Tamano. Yukiko Ban serves as character designer and chief animation director, Manami Minakata serves as assistant character designer and Jun Ichikawa of Julydex provides the music.
Babanbabanban Vampire key art
The story of Babanbabanban Vampire centers on Ranmaru Mori, a live-in part-timer at a long-established public bathhouse, whose true identity is a 450-year-old vampire. He is in search of the ultimate taste, “the blood of an 18-year-old virgin,” and continues to protect the virginity of the only son of the bathhouse, 15-year-old Rihito. However, when Rihito reaches puberty, he falls in love at first sight with a girl in the same class! Ranmaru’s desperate plan to stop him from losing his virginity begins…!
Source: Comic Natalie
