The upcoming television anime adaptation of Ema Toyama’s “Vampire Dormitory” manga revealed its three main cast members in a new teaser promotional video released on Friday.
The cast includes Kana Ichinose as Mito Yamamoto, Shunichi Toki as Ruka Saotome, and Yuichiro Umehara as Ren Nikaido. Scheduled to debut in April, Crunchyroll will stream the anime across North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS, and India.
Described by Crunchyroll as follows:
“I want to become your thrall…!” A cross-dressing girl and doting vampire’s dangerous cohabitation is about to begin! After losing her parents and being abandoned by her relatives, Mito is left all alone in the world
. When she’s kicked out of the restaurant where she works with no money and no place to live, she is taken in by Ruka, a vampire. In exchange for giving Ruka her blood as his “food,” she ends up living with him in a boys’ dorm full of beautiful boys with unique personalities…?!
Nobuyoshi Nagayama is directing the anime at Studio Blanc, Touko Machida is writing the scripts, and Naomi Tsuruta is designing the characters.
Toyama launched the manga in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine in November 2018, with the 12th compiled volume released on November 13, 2023. Kodansha USA Publishing handles the English release of the manga, having released the 10th volume in January 2023 (in print in June 2023).
