Mayonaka Punch

Mayonaka Punch is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works. The series is created by Dōga Tōkō Shōjo and directed by Shū Honma, with Hideaki Shirasaka serving as screenwriter, Ryōta Arima adapting Tsukasa Kotobuki's original character designs for animation, and tepe and raku composing the music. The anime aired from July to September 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from March 2024 to February 2025, while a light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo in July 2024.

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Premise

Masaki Sonoue, a "NewTuber", is kicked out of her existing group due to punching one of her collaborators. Desperately seeking to rebuild her online reputation, she meets Live, the leader of a group of vampires, who is obsessed with sucking her blood. Masaki makes a deal with Live: if she helps her go viral and attract 1 million subscribers, Live can feed on her.

Characters

Mayonaka Punch

;Masaki Sonoue
;Live
;Ichiko
;Fū
;Tokage
;Yuki

NewTuber

;Kikka
;Otomi
;Igito
;Tanbura

Other characters

;Sakura Sonoue

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from March 4, 2024, to February 4, 2025. Two tankōbon volume were released from July 4, 2024, to March 4, 2025.

Anime

On January 26, 2024, Kadokawa Corporation and P.A. Works announced they were producing the original anime television series, which aired from July 8 to September 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX, AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gimmie Gimmie" performed by Live, Ichiko, Fū, Tokage, and Yuki, while the ending theme song is "Henshū-ten" performed by Masaki. Crunchyroll is streaming the series in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Middle East, the CIS, the Indian subcontinent, and Oceania. Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

Light novel

A light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on July 20, 2024.