Mayuko Kazama, Taku Yashiro join the cast of the January 2025 anime
Kodoani.com – Account X/Twitter of the anime adapted from the manga The Grandfather of the Vampire by the author Hiromasa Okujima announced its first promo, visuals and two new cast members on Thursday.
New cast
Mayuko Kazama in the role Aoi Shinozuka (picture below left).
Taku Yashiro in the role Ken Shinozukaalso known as Franken (picture below right).
Broadcast time
The movie will be released on January 2025 in the channel's new programming block IM Animationairing Saturday at 11:30 p.m.
Main cast
The anime will feature:
Daisuke Namikawa in the role Ranmaru Mori
Yūsuke Kobayashi in the role Rihito Tatsuno
Production team
Itsurō Kawasaki (works such as Arc the Lad, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil, Magical Girl Ore) will direct the anime and write the script at studio GAINA. Takahiro Tamano (episode director for We Never Learn: BOKUBEN, BNA: Brand New Animal) will be assistant director. Yukiko Ban (works such as Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, A Girl & Her Guard Dog) is the main character designer and animation director. Shunsuke Masuda and Satoru Kiyomaru is the main animation director. Jun Ichikawa (works such as The Morose Mononokean II, Seven Days War) belong to Julydex will compose music.
Other staff
Supporting character design: Manami Minakata
Props design: Emi Ikemori, Shunsuke Masuda, Ryōta Tamura
Color design: Chie Yoshimura
Art Director: Hiroshi Katō, Hirofumi Sakagami
Background art: Hiroshi Katō, Yuichi Asami
Filming director: Rieko Koike
Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
2D design: Sho Ikeuchi
Director of 3DCG: Masaru kaise
Author: Tomomi Ishihara
Sound effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Audio production: Bit Grooove Promotion
Content of the series
The BL manga series (abbreviation for “Bloody Love Comedy”) focuses on a vampire 450 years old name is Ranmaruworks part-time at an old public bathhouse. He desires the blood of a virgin 18 years oldand so follow the development of Rihito 15 years oldthe son of the bathhouse owner, and tries to stop him from losing his virginity.
Information about manga
Okujima launched the manga in the magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion belong to Akita Shoten in the month October 2021. Akita Shoten published the second volume seven of manga in March 7.
This manga is also the inspiration for a live-action movie that will be released next year 2025.
