The official website for the upcoming television anime adaptation of Ema Toyama’s Vampire Dormitory has confirmed the premiere date with a new key visual. The anime will begin airing on TOKYO MX and BS Nippon TV on April 7 at 11:30 pm JST. It will be distributed simultaneously on streaming platforms Lemino and Anime Times. It will also air on AT-X on April 8 and MBS on April 9. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in select regions overseas. The new key visual, featuring female protagonist Mito surrounded by Ruka, Ren, Takara, Juri and Komori in the boys’ dormitory room, can be seen below:
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Previously announced cast includes Kana Ichinose as Mito Yamamoto, Shunichi Toki as Ruka Saotome, Yuichiro Umehara as Ren Nikaido, Yusuke Shirai as Takara Kagurazaka, Yuki Sakakihara as Juri and Wataru Hatano as Komori. Japanese group FANTASTICS will perform the opening song Sugar Blood Kiss. Nobuyoshi Nagayama is directing the anime, while Toko Machida is writing the script and Naomi Tsuruta is designing the characters.
The anime Vampire Dormitory is an adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Ema Toyama. The manga has been serialized since November 2018 in Kodansha’s shoujo manga magazine Nakayoshi. Studio Blanc’s anime adaptation was first announced in October 2023. Kodansha USA is licensing the manga in English and describes the story as: “I’ll do it! I will become your slave!” A cross-dressing girl and an obsessed vampire find themselves entangled in a dangerous relationship. A heart-stopping BL romance from award-winning Ema Toyama (Missions of Love, Aoba-kun’s Confessions)! Mito, who has no family to rely on, lives on the streets, disguised as a boy. Ruka, a vampire, saves her from a dangerous situation and makes her an offer: become his slave, from where he can feed whenever he wants, and she can live with him — in the men’s dormitory. Because her survival depends on her secret not being discovered, every day brings a new danger—not to mention that vampire! Meanwhile, Ruka, unaware that Mito is a girl, pampers her day and night in an attempt to ripen her “disgusting male blood,” but when real feelings arise… love The dangerous romance between a cross-dressing girl and an obsessed vampire begins!
Source: Official website©Ema Toyama/Kodansha/“Vampire Dormitory” Production Committee