# Baban Baban Ban Vampire

Baban Baban Ban Vampire (Japanese: ババンババンバンバンパイア, Hepburn: Baban Baban Ban Banpaia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima. It began serialization in Akita Shoten's ‹See RfD› shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion in October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina premiered in January 2025, and a live-action film adaptation has been announced.

## Characters
### Ranmaru Mori (森 蘭丸, Mori Ranmaru)

    Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
    Portrayed by: Ryo Yoshizawa

### Rihito Tatsuno (立野 李仁, Tatsuno Rihito)

    Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi
    Portrayed by: Rihito Itagaki

### Aoi Shinozuka (篠塚 葵, Shinozuka Aoi)

    Voiced by: Mayuko Kazama
    Portrayed by: Nanoka Hara

### Ken Shinozuka (篠塚 健, Shinozuka Ken) / Franken (フランケン, Furanken)

    Voiced by: Taku Yashiro
    Portrayed by: Mandy Sekiguchi

### Nagayoshi Mori (森長可, Mori Nagayoshi)

    Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
    Portrayed by: Gordon Maeda

### Umetarō Sakamoto (坂本梅太郎, Sakamoto Umetarō)

    Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
    Portrayed by: Shinnosuke Mitsushima

### Kaoru Yamaba (山羽カオル, Yamaba Kaoru)

    Voiced by: Akira Sekine

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima, Baban Baban Ban Vampire began serialization in Akita Shoten's ‹See RfD› shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion on October 12, 2021. The series' chapters have been compiled into ten ‹See RfD› tankōbon volumes as of March 2025.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | March 8, 2022 | 978-4-253-22973-9 |
| 2 | July 7, 2022 | 978-4-253-22974-6 |
| 3 | November 8, 2022 | 978-4-253-22975-3 |
| 4 | March 8, 2023 | 978-4-253-22976-0 |
| 5 | July 6, 2023 | 978-4-253-22977-7 |
| 6 | December 7, 2023 | 978-4-253-22978-4 |
| 7 | March 7, 2024 | 978-4-253-22979-1 |
| 8 | October 16, 2024 | 978-4-253-22980-7 |
| 9 | December 16, 2024 | 978-4-253-29494-2 |
| 10 | March 7, 2025 | 978-4-253-29495-9 |

### 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 premiered on January 11, 2025, on the brand new IMAnimation [ja] programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Bloody Liar", performed by Blue Encount, while the ending theme song is "Ne-Chu-Show", performed by Botchi Boromaru [ja]. Netflix streams the series globally.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "The Vampire of the Public Bathhouse" Transliteration: "Sentō no Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: 銭湯の吸血鬼) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 11, 2025 (2025-1-11) |
| 2 | "The Unpleasant Vampire" Transliteration: "Fuyukai na Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: 不愉快な吸血鬼) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 18, 2025 (2025-1-18) |
| 3 | "Franken and the Vampire" Transliteration: "Furanken to Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: フランケンと吸血鬼) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 25, 2025 (2025-1-25) |
| 4 | "The Vampire's Slumber Party" Transliteration: "Zakone no Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: 雑魚寝の吸血鬼) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | February 1, 2025 (2025-2-1) |
| 5 | "The Vampire of Fate" Transliteration: "Shukumei no Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: 宿命の吸血鬼) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | February 8, 2025 (2025-2-8) |
| 6 | Transliteration: "Semarareru Kyūketsuki" (Japanese: 迫られる吸血鬼) | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 15, 2025 (2025-2-15) |

### 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".