The TV anime series is scheduled to begin broadcasting in January 2025!
This time, the teaser visual and teaser PV have been released. Along with that, character, cast and staff information has also been released, with Daisuke Namikawa playing the role of Ranmaru Mori and Yusuke Kobayashi playing the role of Rihito Tatsuno. Comments have also arrived from both Namikawa and Kobayashi.
From January 2025, every Saturday at 11:30 pm
Broadcast begins on TV Asahi’s nationwide 24-station network “IMAnimation”
The teaser visual released this time depicts the surreal image of the handsome vampire Mori Ranmaru standing in a public bathhouse cleaning outfit, just like the cover of the first volume of the original manga.
▲Released teaser visual
The teaser PV also features the voice of Mori Ranmaru (voiced by Namikawa Daisuke) for the first time! The world of vampires where Ranmaru lives and the unexpected world of a public bath are depicted in animation.
A 450-year-old vampire who drinks the blood of humans. He is none other than Mori Ranmaru, a samurai who served Oda Nobunaga. Ten years ago, he was chased by a certain organization and was in a terrible state when he was saved by Li Jin. Since then, he has been working happily as a live-in part-timer at Li Jin’s family restaurant, Koi no Yu.
As a vampire, he is picky about his blood preferences, describing “the blood of an 18-year-old virgin” as the best, and has been protecting Lee In’s chastity until he turns 18. He usually only drinks the blood of evil people, as he believes in coexisting with humans, but Lee In is too attractive and he’s at his limit.
Comment from Daisuke Namikawa
–The appeal of this work
Everyone is straightforward and desperate. However, things don’t go so easily. They often find themselves in dire situations. How they get through them is also one of the big attractions. It’s a very easy work to get into because it makes full use of settings that are generally considered to be like this in the world. The title of the work is punchy, but you can easily remember it if you hum it a few times, and if you watch it, you’ll understand what it’s about.
–What are your thoughts on acting?
I have nothing but enthusiasm. How do I portray the aura that this handsome man exudes? How do I differentiate between complete sexiness and piercing sexiness? How do I strike a balance between seriousness and nonchalance? How can I make it more entertaining? How do I express the sadness that comes from the character’s experience? My head is already going… hmm? Not right.
I’ll do my best!
He is currently a 15-year-old high school boy. He is a supreme virgin who knows no taint at the soul level.
He is the fourth generation owner of Koino-yu, a long-established public bathhouse that has been in business for 60 years. When he was a child, he met Mori Ranmaru by chance when he was dying and hid him in Koino-yu. Since then, he has had a good relationship with Ranmaru, who became a live-in employee, but he had no idea that Ranmaru had remained a virgin until he turned 18 in order to drink his blood, and because of this, he grew up to be an honest, innocent, and good-natured young man.
She is quite naive and thinks that when Ranmaru honestly says “I’m a vampire” it’s a joke.
●Comment from Yusuke Kobayashi
–The appeal of this work
It’s a chaotic feeling that comes from each character acting according to their own heart. I especially like how Mori’s actions all lead to strangling himself. The direction also progresses in an unexpected direction, making the unpredictable developments interesting.
–What are your thoughts on acting?
I think the key is how to express pure power that will impress Mori-san. It’s not the same as expressing a little jealousy or cute behavior in a cunning way, so I’m looking forward to recording how to express emotions honestly and how to match the tempo with the other characters.
A real “vampire” was in a modern-day Japanese “public bath”!
Mori Ranmaru is a live-in part-timer at Koi no Yu, a 60-year-old public bathhouse.
He is a genuine vampire who sucks people’s blood.
Ranmaru’s goal is to repay the favor to Tatsuno Rihito, the fourth generation owner of Koi no Yu, who saved his life.
And…
Tasting his “18-year-old virgin blood”…!
現在15歳の李仁が熟すまで、あと3年。
しかし入学早々、李仁は同級生の女子に一目惚れしてしまう。
はたして蘭丸は、念願の「18歳童貞の血」を守り通すことができるのか…!?
夜の湯けむりと共に、恋の矢印が交錯する“ブラッディ・ラブコメ”（BL）開幕！
森蘭丸：浪川大輔
立野李仁：小林裕介
原作：奥嶋ひろまさ（秋田書店「別冊少年チャンピオン」連載）
監督・脚本：川崎逸朗
助監督：球野たかひろ
キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督：番由紀子
サブキャラクターデザイン：南方麻奈美
総作画監督：増田俊介 清丸悟
プロップデザイン：池森絵美 増田俊介 田村亮太
色彩設計：吉村智恵
美術監修：加藤 浩（ととにゃん）
美術監督：坂上裕文（ととにゃん）
美術設定：加藤浩（ととにゃん） 浅見由一（ととにゃん）
撮影監督：小池里恵子（Assez Finaud Fabric.）
編集：平木大輔（Assez Finaud Fabric.）
2D デザイン：池内翔
3DCG ディレクター：海瀬大
特効：石原智美
音楽：市川 淳（Julydex）
音響効果：小山恭正
音響制作：ビットグルーヴプロモーション
アニメーション制作：GAINA
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