Voice actor Yuichi Nakamura is joining the voice cast of the upcoming Babanbabanban Vampire TV anime series. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan on January 11, 2025 and will be streamed exclusively on Netflix.
Nakamura will voice Ranmaru Mori’s youthful-looking older brother, Nagayoshi Mori.
He joins a main voice cast that includes:
- • Daisuke Namikawa as Ranmaru Mori
- • Yusuke Kobayashi as Rihito Tatsuno
- • Mayuko Kazama as Aoi Shinozuka
- • Taku Yashiro as Ken Shinozuka/Franken
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Umetaro Sakamoto
- • Akira Sekine as Kaoru Yamaba
Itsuro Kaasaki (FLAGLIA, Magical Girl Ore) is directing the anime and writing the scripts, with Takahiro Tamano (episode director for We Never Learn: BOKUBEN, BNA: Brand New Animal) as assistant director, Yukiko Ban (A Girl & Her Guard Dog, Shining Tears X Wind) as character designer and chief animation director, and Julydex’s Jun Ichikawa (Engaged to the Unidentified) as music composer. GAINA is handling the animation production.
The series will debut in Japan on TV Asahi’s new programming block IM Animation.
The original supernatural comedy manga series by Hiromasa Okujima has been running in Akita Shoten’s Bessatsu Shonen Champion since October 12, 2021. Eight tankobon volumes have been released as of October 2024. The manga will also be adapted into a 2025 live-action film.
Babanbabanban Vampire follows a 450-year old vampire named Ranmaru Mori, who craves the blood of 18-year-old male virgins. His latest target is Rihito Tatsuno — a teenager from the family who owns the bathhouse he’s currently working at.
Source: Babanbabanban Vampire Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
