Babanbabanban Vampire, an upcoming TV anime based on the BL (“Bloody Love-Comedy”) manga, has revealed a new piece of key art (below) as well as two new cast members. The series will broadcast in Japan as part of TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation” programming block beginning on January 11, 2025 and it will also stream in worldwide markets on Netflix.
The new cast members include:
Umetaro Sakamoto voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
Kaori Yamaba voiced by Akira Sekine
Akita Shoten serializes the original Babanbabanban Vampire manga by Hiromasa Okujima in their 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.
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: Official Babanbabanban Vampire TV anime home page
