Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood (となりの吸血鬼さん) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Amatou. It has been serialized since August 2014 in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Comic Cune, which was originally a magazine supplement in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive until August 2015. It was collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired between October and December 2018.

Characters

 * Sophie Twilight (ソフィー・トワイライト)
 * An approximately 360-year-old vampire girl who came to Japan in 1986. As a never-aging undead, she is incredibly weak to sunlight and thus usually stays awake during the night. Her diet consists solely of blood, albeit refrigerated as she can't bear to drink it directly from humans. While often maintaining a refined appearance, she enjoys going to comic book conventions and ordering otaku goods.
 * An approximately 360-year-old vampire girl who came to Japan in 1986. As a never-aging undead, she is incredibly weak to sunlight and thus usually stays awake during the night. Her diet consists solely of blood, albeit refrigerated as she can't bear to drink it directly from humans. While often maintaining a refined appearance, she enjoys going to comic book conventions and ordering otaku goods.


 * Akari Amano (天野 灯)
 * A school girl who begins living with Sophie after meeting her. She keeps a collection of dolls and is particularly fond of Sophie due to her doll-like appearance.
 * A school girl who begins living with Sophie after meeting her. She keeps a collection of dolls and is particularly fond of Sophie due to her doll-like appearance.


 * Hinata Natsuki (夏木 ひなた)
 * Akari's best friend, who often worries about her.
 * Akari's best friend, who often worries about her.


 * Ellie (エリー)
 * Another vampire girl who is a long-time acquaintance of Sophie's. She first meets Akari after having slept for over 100 years in her house in America before later moving into the neighborhood. Her character is based on Elizabeth Báthory. She later falls in love with Hinata.
 * Another vampire girl who is a long-time acquaintance of Sophie's. She first meets Akari after having slept for over 100 years in her house in America before later moving into the neighborhood. Her character is based on Elizabeth Báthory. She later falls in love with Hinata.


 * Sakuya Kurai (倉井 朔夜)
 * One of Akari's classmates, who is in love with Yū.
 * One of Akari's classmates, who is in love with Yū.


 * Yū Aoki (青木 夕)
 * Another of Akari's classmates.
 * Another of Akari's classmates.

Manga
Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood is a four-panel manga series by Amatou, a Japanese manga artist who mainly draws adult comics. It began serialization in Comic Cune's October 2014 issue released on August 27, 2014. Comic Cune was initially a "magazine within a magazine" placed in Monthly Comic Alive, but later became independent of Comic Alive and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015. It was last published in the December 2021 issue on October 27, 2021. The first tankōbon volume of the manga was released on September 26, 2015; eight volumes have been published as of December 27, 2021.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired in Japan between October 5 and December 21, 2018 on AT-X and other channels and simulcast on Crunchyroll. Ponimu also simulcasted the series in Indonesia. The series is directed by Noriyaki Akitaya, while Tatsuya Takahashi handled the series composition, Takahiro Sakai designed the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composed the music. The opening theme is "†Kyūtie Ladies†" (†吸tie Ladies†), and the ending theme is "Happy!! Strange Friends" (HAPPY!!ストレンジフレンズ), both performed by Miyu Tomita, Yū Sasahara, Lynn, and Azumi Waki. The series ran for 12 episodes.

Official Blu-ray disc copy was released in February 22, 2022 from Discotek Media.