Baban Baban Ban Vampire

Baban Baban Ban Vampire (ババンババンバンバンパイア) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima. It began serialization in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion in October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina is set to premiere in January 2025, and a live-action film adaptation will open in Japan in the same year.

Characters

 * Ranmaru Mori (森蘭丸)


 * Rihito Tatsuno (立野李仁)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima, Baban Baban Ban Vampire began serialization in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion on October 12, 2021. The series' chapters have been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on Garlic Day on February 29, 2024. It will be produced by Gaina and directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki, with assistant direction by Takahiro Tamano, characters designed by Yukiko Ban, and music composed by Jun Ichikawa. The series is set to premiere in January 2025 on TV Asahi's brand new IMAnimation programming block.

Live-action film
A live-action film adaptation was also announced on Garlic Day on February 29, 2024. It is produced by Shochiku and TV Asahi, and is set to premiere in Japanese theaters in 2025.