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Crunchyroll to Stream Vampire TV Anime Diabolik Lovers

Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will stream the television anime adaptation of Rejet's Diabolik Lovers vampire drama CD/PSP game. Crunchyroll will stream the series on Mondays at 3:00 p.m. EDT starting today. The series will be available on Crunchyroll to viewers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Turkey!.

The story centers around the six sadistic Sakamaki vampire brothers. Yui Komori is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her second year in high school, she transfers to a new school — a night school for entertainers and celebrities — due to her father's work. There are rumors that there are vampires among the student body, and Yui ends up living with the Sakamaki brothers.

Shinobu Tagashira (D.C. ~Da Capo~ character designer/chief animation director, Is This a Zombie? character designer) is directing the anime at studio ZEXCS (D.C. ~Da Capo~, Flowers of Evil, Say, "I Love You".). Yūko Yahiro (B Gata H Kei - Yamada’s First Time) is adapting Satoi's original designs for the animation, and Seiko Nagatsu (Futari wa Precure Splash Star, Mokke) is in charge of the series scripts. Yuuki Hayashi (Robotics;Notes, Blood Lad) is composing the music.

The game's original cast is returning for the anime adaptation.

• Hikaru Midorikawa as Ayato Sakamaki
• Yūki Kaji as Kanato Sakamaki
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Raito Sakamaki
• Kōsuke Toriumi as Shū Sakamaki
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Reiji Sakamaki
• Takashi Kondō as Subaru Sakamaki

Midorikawa and Toriumi are performing the show's theme song "Mr. Sadistic Night."

The show is premiering in Japan on Monday.