Kotoyama’s Call of the Night supernatural manga is getting a TV anime adaptation in July 2022. The anime’s first visual, teaser video, main cast and staff are also revealed.
The story centers on high-school boy Ko Yamori, who suffers from Insomnia and begins wandering the streets at night. He encounters a girl named Nazuna Nanakusa who shows Ko the joys of being a night-walker by turning him into a vampire with a bite on the neck.
Gen Sato plays the protagonist Kо̄ Yamori, while Sora Amamiya takes the role of the heroine Nazuna Nanakusa.
The anime is directed by Monogatari series’ director Tomoyuki Itamura and animated by LIDEN FILMS with Tetsuya Miyanishi as the chief director. Bleach anime writer Michiko Yokote is responsible for the series script.
▼Celebratory Illustration by Call of the Night manga author Kotoyama
▼Celebratory Illustration by Call of the Night anime character designer Haruka Sagawa
The teaser video previewed the anime’s opening theme song “Call of the Night” (よふかしのうた) by Creepy Nuts.
▍Call of the Night Character Design
■ Kо̄ Yamori- CV: Gen Sato
■ Nazuna Nanakusa – CV: Sora Amamiya
▍Call of the Night Story
Nanakusa is a vampire. That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too. But transformation doesn’t come that easily…
When Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them… Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and…naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Yamori’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test!
▍Call of the Night Staff
Original Works: Kotoyama [Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday]
Chief Director: Tetsuya Miyanishi
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Character Design: Haruka Sagawa
Animation: LIDEN FILMS
▍Call of the Night Cast
■ Kо̄ Yamori- CV: Gen Sato
■ Nazuna Nanakusa – CV: Sora Amamiya