The Case Study of Vanitas Sinks Its Fangs Into a TV Anime

Vanitas, the owner of a mysterious grimoire, offers a somewhat sinister smile in a scene from the upcoming The Case Study of Vanitas TV anime.

A steampunk setting filled with vampires is something fans can really sink their teeth into, and now The Case Study of Vanitas (known as Vanitas no Karute in Japan), a supernatural steampunk fantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki, is being adapted into a TV anime that will debut in the summer season of 2021. The main cast for the series includes:

Original work: Jun Mochizuki (serialized in Square Enix's Monthly GANGAN Joker magazine)
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Series composition: Deko Akao
Character design, chief animation director: Yoshiyuki Ito
Assistant character design: Chiyo Nakayama
Prop design: Shinpei Ishibashi
Visual concepts, color design: Izumi Takizawa
Art design: Shuhei Tada
Art director: Shingo Kanai
Director of photography: Zhang Yingying
3DCG director: Takuma Miyake
Editor: Rie Matsubara
Sound director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (SOUND BOX), Sachiko Nishi (SOUND BOX)
Animation production: BONES

Noé Archiviste, a young and well-dressed vampire, plunges head first through the open air in a scene from the upcoming The Case Study of Vanitas TV anime.

Additionally, two key cast members have been revealed: voice actors Natsuki Hanae and Kaito Ishikawa will play the roles of Vanitas and Noé, respectively. The opening theme song for the series, entitled "Sora to Sora" ("The Distant Sky"), is performed by sasanomaly.

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『ヴァニタスの手記（カルテ）』
　 2021年夏 TVアニメ化決定
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呪いと救いの吸血鬼譚、開幕。

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— TVアニメ『ヴァニタスの手記』 (@vanitas_anime) March 28, 2021

An English language version of the original The Case Study of Vanitas manga is published in the United States by Yen Press, who describe the story of the series as follows:

Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the pavement or rifling through dusty bookshops in search of the tome. Instead, his quarry comes to him...in the arms of a man claiming to be a vampire doctor! Thrust into a conflict that threatens the peace between humans and vampires, will Noé cast in his lot with the curious and slightly unbalanced Vanitas and his quest to save vampirekind?

A key visual for the upcoming The Case Study of Vanitas TV anime, featuring the main characters Vanitas and Noe Archiviste posing dramatically in front of a full moon while bounded by a guilded picture frame.

Additional details (such as more cast members and the broadcast schedule) for The Case Study of Vanitas TV anime will be revealed at a later date.

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Anime! Anime!

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