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Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood

Japanese manga series

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood[lower-alpha 1] (となりの吸血鬼さん, Tonari no Kyūketsuki-san) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Amatou. It has been serialized since August 2014 in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Comic Cune, which was originally a magazine supplement in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive until August 2015. It was collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired between October and December 2018.

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Characters

Sophie Twilight (ソフィー・トワイライト, Sofī Towairaito)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[3]
An approximately 360-year-old vampire girl who came to Japan in 1986.[lower-alpha 2] As a never-aging undead, she is incredibly weak to sunlight and thus usually stays awake during the night. Her diet consists solely of blood, albeit refrigerated as she can't bear to drink it directly from humans. While often maintaining a refined appearance, she enjoys going to comic book conventions and ordering otaku goods.
Akari Amano (天野 灯, Amano Akari)
Voiced by: Yū Sasahara[3]
A school girl who begins living with Sophie after meeting her. She keeps a collection of dolls and is particularly fond of Sophie due to her doll-like appearance.
Hinata Natsuki (夏木 ひなた, Natsuki Hinata)
Voiced by: Lynn[3]
Akari's best friend, who often worries about her.
Ellie (エリー, Erī)
Voiced by: Azumi Waki[3]
Another vampire girl who is a long-time acquaintance of Sophie's. She first meets Akari after having slept for over 100 years in her house in America before later moving into the neighborhood. Her character is based on Elizabeth Báthory. She later falls in love with Hinata.[4]
Sakuya Kurai (倉井 朔夜, Kurai Sakuya)
Voiced by: Rina Hidaka[5]
One of Akari's classmates, who is in love with Yū.[6]
Yū Aoki (青木 夕, Aoki Yū)
Voiced by: Aya Uchida[5]
Another of Akari's classmates.

Media

Manga

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood is a four-panel manga series by Amatou, a Japanese manga artist who mainly draws adult comics. It began serialization in Comic Cune's October 2014 issue released on August 27, 2014. Comic Cune was initially a "magazine within a magazine" placed in Monthly Comic Alive,[7] but later became independent of Comic Alive and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015.[8] It was last published in the December 2021 issue on October 27, 2021.[2] The first tankōbon volume of the manga was released on September 26, 2015; eight volumes have been published as of December 27, 2021.[9][10]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired in Japan between October 5 and December 21, 2018 on AT-X and other channels and simulcast on Crunchyroll.[11][12] Ponimu also simulcasted the series in Indonesia.[13] The series is directed by Noriyaki Akitaya, while Tatsuya Takahashi handled the series composition, Takahiro Sakai designed the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composed the music.[3] The opening theme is "†Kyūtie Ladies†" (†吸tie Ladies†), and the ending theme is "Happy!! Strange Friends" (HAPPY!!ストレンジフレンズ, Happy! Sutorenji Furenzu), both performed by Miyu Tomita, Yū Sasahara, Lynn, and Azumi Waki.[14] The series ran for 12 episodes.[15]

Official Blu-ray disc copy was released in February 22, 2022 from Discotek Media.[16]

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Notes

  1. Its English title had been Ms. Vampire Who Lives Next to the House, before the second volume was published in Japan.
  2. The year itself is not mentioned in the anime, but in episode 11, Sophie states the release of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels to be her reason for travelling to Japan.
  3. All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

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    Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 23, 2018). "Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
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    Pineda, Rafael Antonio (28 July 2021). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood Manga Ends in 3 Chapters". Anime News Network. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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    Ressler, Karen (June 26, 2018). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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    Episode 10, after Halloween, before Christmas.
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    Loo, Rgan (August 9, 2018). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood. Anime's 1st Video Unveils More Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. [6]
    Episodes 3, 6 and 10.
  7. [7]
    "4コマ誌コミックキューン、アライブ内に誕生" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. August 27, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
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    "4コマ誌キューン創刊、なもりポスター付録＆「パンでPeace！」アニメ化" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
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    となりの吸血鬼さん (1) (MFC キューンシリーズ) (in Japanese). ASIN 4040677978.
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    となりの吸血鬼さん 8 [My neighbor's vampire 8]. Comic Cune (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2022. The comedy with the imadoki vampire is finally complete!
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    Ressler, Karen (June 25, 2018). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood TV Anime Slated for October". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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    "Crunchyroll Streams Between the Sky and Sea, Run with the Wind". Anime News Network. October 2, 2018.
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    Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 2, 2018). "Ponimu Indonesia Streams Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
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    Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 29, 2018). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood. TV Anime Premieres on October 5". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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    Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 1, 2018). "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood. Anime Listed With 12 Episodes". Anime News Network.
  16. [16]
    "Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood - Discotek Media catalogue page".
  17. [17]
    "STORY" (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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