Mayonaka Punch

Mayonaka Punch (真夜中ぱんチ) 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 premiered in July 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, 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.

Characters

 * Masaki (真咲)


 * Live (りぶ)


 * Ichiko (苺子)


 * Fū (譜風)


 * Tokage (十景)


 * Yuki (ゆき)


 * Kikka (橘花)


 * Otomi (乙美)

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine on March 4, 2024. A single tankōbon volume has been released as of July 2024.

Anime
On January 26, 2024, Kadokawa Corporation and P.A. Works announced they were producing the original anime television series, which premiered on July 8, 2024, on Tokyo MX, AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gimi Gimi" (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 "Henshū-ten" (編集点) performed by Masaki (Ikumi Hasegawa). Crunchyroll licensed the series in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Middle East, the CIS, the Indian subcontinent, and Oceania. Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

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.