The Record of a Fallen Vampire Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027

A website opened on Monday to announce the television anime adaptation of Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura's The Record of a Fallen Vampire (Vampire Jūjikai) manga, which will debut in 2027. The website also revealed the anime's teaser promotional video, teaser visual, and main cast and staff members.

The anime will star:

Yūma Uchida as Rose Red Strauss, a pure-blooded vampire and the last king of the Night Kingdom

Aino Shimada as Bridget Irving Frostheart, a Dhampir who has lived for over 1,000 years

Mankyū (Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor, Migi & Dali, The Ramparts of Ice two seasons) is directing the anime at Zero-G and Liber, and is also in charge of series scripts. jimao (Mechanical Marie, The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague prop designer) is designing the characters, and Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End two seasons, Violet Evergarden) is composing the music. 

Viz Media published the manga in English physically. Yen Press and Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service publishes the manga digitally. Viz Media describes the story:

A tale of the Vampire King's tragic love and its consequences

Thousands of years ago, Vampire King Akabara "Red Rose" Strauss lost both his kingdom and his queen. Since humans were unable to kill the queen, they sealed her away, erecting thousands of fake seals so that the king would never find her true location. Despite being pursued by relentless dhampires, Akabara continues to search for his queen to this day…

Akabara's quest takes a sinister turn when an entity called the Black Swan appears. The Black Swan inhabits the body of a young human girl every 50 years, giving her the power to destroy the Vampire King and his queen. With each incarnation the Black Swan grows stronger--will the 49th Black Swan mean the end of Akabara?

Shirodaira and Kimura launched the manga in Square Enix's Shonen Gangan magazine in December 2003. The company shipped the ninth and final compiled book volume in April 2007. Viz Media published the manga in English in May 2008, and it shipped the ninth volume in May 2010.

Shirodaira and Kimura will launch a new manga in the series titled Vampire Jūjikai: Inu ni wa Inu no Uta (The Record of a Fallen Vampire: A Dog's Song for Dogs) in Shonen Gangan on October 9.

Sources: The Record of a Fallen Vampire anime's website, Comic Natalie