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Live-Action Baban Baban Ban Vampire Film's Clip Shows Ranmaru, Rihito's Conversation

The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film of Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire manga unveiled a new clip from the film on Thursday. The video shows Rihito talking to Ranmaru late at night, with Rihito nervous about his first day at a new school. Ranmaru reassures him, and in the process becomes tempted to suck his blood.

The film was originally scheduled for a February 14 release, but was postponed due to "various circumstances." The preview screening scheduled on January 21 was also canceled. The film will now open on July 4.

Ryō Yoshizawa, who plays the vampire protagonist Ranmaru Mori in the film, was questioned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police regarding an incident on December 30, when he was drunk and allegedly entered his neighbor's apartment unit instead of his own. Yoshizawa's talent agency AMUSE released a statement on January 6, confirming the incident and stated that Yoshizawa has already apologized to his neighbor for the inconvenience, and that he has already moved out of the apartment.

The live-action film also stars Rihito Itagaki as Rihito Tatsuno, and Nanoka Hara as Aoi Shinozuka.

The BL (indicated here as standing for "Bloody Love Comedy") manga centers on a 450-year-old vampire named Ranmaru, working part-time at an old public bath. He desires the blood of an 18-year-old virgin, and so watches over the growth of 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owners, and tries to prevent him from losing his virginity.

Okujima launched the manga in Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shōnen Champion magazine in October 2021. Akita Shoten published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on March 7.

The Baban Baban Ban Vampire anime adaptation premiered in Japan on January 11. The anime is streaming on Netflix.

Sources: Live-action Baban Baban Ban Vampire film's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie