Baban Baban Ban Vampire
Baban Baban Ban Vampire is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima. It began serialization in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion in October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina aired from January to March 2025, and a live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters in July 2025.
Characters
;Ranmaru Mori;Rihito Tatsuno
;Aoi Shinozuka
;Ken Shinozuka / Franken
;Nagayoshi Mori
;Umetarō Sakamoto
;Kaoru Yamaba
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima, Baban Baban Ban Vampire began serialization in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion on October 12, 2021. The series' chapters have been compiled into twelve volumes as of November 2025.Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on Garlic Day on February 29, 2024. It is produced by Gaina and directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki, with assistant direction by Takahiro Tamano, characters designed by Yukiko Ban, and music composed by Jun Ichikawa. The series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2025, on the brand new IMAnimation programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Bloody Liar", performed by, while the ending theme song is "Ne-Chu-Show", performed by. Netflix streams the series globally.Live-action film
A live-action film adaptation was also announced on Garlic Day on February 29, 2024. It is produced by Shochiku and TV Asahi, directed by Shinji Hamasaki and written by Yūko Matsuda. It was originally set to premiere in Japanese theaters on February 14, 2025, but was later delayed due to "various circumstances" related to Ranmaru's actor, Ryo Yoshizawa, and his 2024 trespassing incident. The film opened on July 4, 2025.The film is also selected at the 24th [New York Asian Film Festival], which was held from July 11 to July 27, 2025, for its North American Premiere.