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Template:Nihongo is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works. The series is created by Dōga Tōkō Shōjo and directed by Shū Honma, with Hideaki Shirasaka serving as screenwriter, Ryōta Arima adapting Tsukasa Kotobuki's original character designs for animation, and tape and Raku composing the music. The anime aired from July to September 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine in March 2024, while a light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo in July 2024.
Premise
Masaki Sonoue, a "NewTuber", is kicked out of her existing group due to punching one of her collaborators. Desperately seeking to rebuild her online reputation, she meets Live, the leader of a group of vampires, who is obsessed with sucking her blood. Masaki makes a deal with Live: if she helps her go viral and attract 1 million subscribers, Live can feed on her.[1]
Characters
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- A co-founder of the Hype-Girls NewTube channel who becomes disgraced in her field following a series of violent tendencies. As such, she works with Live in order to rebuild her broken reputation. However with fears of criticism after her scandal, she opts to stay behind the camera as the main editor and crew member of the Mayonaka Punch channel.
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- A vampire and the matriarch of Bonpai Manor. Having been asleep for 20 years, Live awakens after dreaming of Masaki and teams up with her to fulfil her need for blood consumption.
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- A vampire and Live's attendant. A small child vampire who handles the cooking and tasks around the house.
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- A vampire and Live's attendant. A shy teenage vampire who is good at singing while being a fujoshi.
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- A vampire and gambling addict.
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- A high-ranking vampire who watches over the residents of Bonpai Manjor to ensure their vampire abilities are not revealed to the public through their videos.
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Other characters
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- Masaki's younger sister.
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine on March 4, 2024.[11][12] A single tankōbon volume has been released as of July 2024.[13]
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Anime
On January 26, 2024, Kadokawa Corporation and P.A. Works announced they were producing the original anime television series,[11] which aired from July 8 to September 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX, AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gimmie Gimmie" (ギミギミ) performed by Live (Fairouz Ai), Ichiko (Yuina Itō), Fū (Hina Yōmiya), Tokage (Hitomi Ueda), and Yuki (Ai Kayano), while the ending theme song is Template:Nihongo performed by Masaki (Ikumi Hasegawa).[8] Crunchyroll is streaming the series in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Middle East, the CIS, the Indian subcontinent, and Oceania.[14][15] Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[16]
Episodes
Light novel
A light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on July 20, 2024.[17]
See also
- Ya Boy Kongming! – another anime series directed by Shū Honma
References
External links
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