Call of the Night
Call of the Night is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2019 to January 2024. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films aired from July to September 2022 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. A second season aired from July to September 2025.
In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the category.
Plot
Unable to sleep or find genuine satisfaction in his daily life, Ko Yamori withdraws from school and begins wandering the streets at night. During one of his nocturnal outings, he encounters Nazuna Nanakusa, a vampire who introduces him to the appeal of life after dark. Ko becomes interested in becoming a vampire himself; however, to do so, he must first fall in love with her, as required by the transformation rules.Characters
Main
;Ko Yamori;Nazuna Nanakusa
Humans
;Akira Asai;Kiyosumi Shirakawa
;Mahiru Seki
;Akihito Akiyama
;Anko Uguisu
;Sakura Asakura
;Lira Echigo
;Kei Yamori
Vampires
;Seri Kikyo;Niko Hirata
;Kabura Honda
;Midori Kohakobe
;Hatsuka Suzushiro
;Kiku Hoshimi
;Haru Nanakusa
;LoveGreen
;Azami
;Susuki
;Haruka Nanakusa
Media
Manga
Call of the Night is written and illustrated by, his second manga series after Dagashi Kashi. Kotoyama named the series after the song of the same name by Creepy Nuts, which later became the ending theme song for the anime adaptation. It started in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on August 28, 2019, and finished on January 24, 2024. Shogakukan has collected its chapters in 20 volumes, released from November 18, 2019, to March 18, 2024.On July 3, 2020, Viz Media announced an English release of the manga in North America. They released the volumes from April 13, 2021, to June 10, 2025. On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their Viz Manga digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they were released in Japan.
A short story series, titled Call of the Night: Paradise Arc, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2 to August 27, 2025. The collected volume was released on September 30, 2025.
Volumes
Anime
In November 2021, an official website opened to announce an anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films. It is directed by Tomoyuki Itamura, with Tetsuya Miyanishi serving as chief director for the first season, Michiko Yokote writing the series' scripts, Haruka Sagawa designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and composing the music. The first season aired from July 8 to September 30, 2022, on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. The opening theme song is "Daten", while the ending theme song is "Yofukashi no Uta", both performed by Creepy Nuts. The duo also performed the insert song "Loss Time".At the Fuji TV Anime Lineup Press Conference 2024 event in March 2024, a second season was announced, which aired from July 4 to September 19, 2025, on the same programming block on Fuji TV and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Mirage", while the ending theme song is "Nemure", both also performed by Creepy Nuts.
Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for streaming on Hidive in North America, Europe, Oceania, and selected Latin American and Asian territories, which at their Otakon panel in July 2022, announced that the series would also receive an English dub, which began streaming on September 8 of the same year. Sentai Filmworks also licensed the second season for streaming on Hidive, with the English dub beginning its streaming on September 3 of the same year.
Reception
By June 2025, the manga had over 5.3 million copies in circulation.Accolades
In 2020, the Call of the Night manga was nominated for the sixth Next Manga Awards and placed seventh out of the 50 nominees with 15,134 votes. The series ranked eighth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website. In 2023, the series won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the category, along with Ao no Orchestra.The anime adaptation was nominated at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in three categories: Best New Series, Best Romance, and Best Ending Sequence.