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Amazon's Prime Video Adds Live-Action Baban Baban Ban Vampire Film
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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 opened on July 4. The film sold 100,000 tickets and earned 134,597,080 yen (about US$922,800) in its first three days.
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 11th compiled book volume on June 26.
The Baban Baban Ban Vampire anime adaptation premiered in Japan on January 11. The anime is streaming on Netflix.
The series is inspiring a stage play titled Bloody Love Kageki Baban Baban Ban Vampire (Bloody Love Opera Baban Baban Ban Vampire), which will run from September 20-25 at the Tokyo International Forum Hall C.
Source: Amazon's Prime Video via WTK
