Otaku Vampire's Love Bite gets TV anime as Kamisama Kiss creator's vampire rom-com heads to the screen
ShoPro Entertainment and VIZ Media have announced a television anime adaptation of Julietta Suzuki's Otaku Vampire's Love Bite, with a teaser trailer and visual released but no studio, cast or premiere date yet.
A vampire who cares far more about her favourite fictional character than about blood is heading to television, after a television anime adaptation of Julietta Suzuki's manga Otaku Vampire's Love Bite was formally announced this week.
The announcement was made on Wednesday 4 November by ShoPro Entertainment, the Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions company, with an official website opening, a teaser video and a first teaser visual released alongside it. VIZ Media, which publishes the manga in English, also announced that it had greenlit the television adaptation and unveiled its own teaser trailer and key art.
The timing of the announcement was itself a small joke for fans. In Japanese, the date 11/04 can be read as 'ii oshi', roughly meaning a good favourite, and oshi is the word fans use for the character or idol they support most passionately. That devotion sits at the heart of this story.
Otaku Vampire's Love Bite, known in Japanese as Oshi ni Amagami, centres on Hina, a reclusive vampire whose enthusiasm for collecting merchandise and following her favourite character far outweighs any appetite for blood. The series is a supernatural romantic comedy, mixing vampire lore with the everyday world of fandom, conventions and online devotion.
Suzuki first published a one-shot version of the story in April 2022 before launching the full series in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine in November 2022. The manga has since grown steadily, reaching ten collected volumes by July 2026, with an eleventh volume due on 20 November 2026.
For English-speaking readers, VIZ Media licensed the manga in February 2024 and released the first volume in English in October 2024. The eighth volume followed in July 2026, and the ninth is scheduled for 1 December 2026, giving new readers a clear route to catch up before the anime arrives.
The adaptation carries particular weight because of its creator. Suzuki is best known for Kamisama Kiss, which ran in the same magazine from 2008 to 2016 across 25 volumes and went on to inspire two anime seasons and four original video animations. That track record has made her one of the most recognisable names in shojo manga.
What the new anime will look like, however, remains largely unknown. No production studio, director, voice cast or premiere date has been revealed yet, and the announcements so far say only that further details will follow in the coming months.
The project also arrives as romantic vampire stories enjoy a fresh moment in anime. Another vampire-themed manga, Hiragi-san's House of Vampires, was announced as an anime in the same week, suggesting publishers see renewed appetite for the genre.
For now, fans have the teaser visual and trailer to study, and a manga run that is still expanding. The next announcements to watch will be the studio and staff, the voice cast, and, above all, a date for when Hina's story reaches the screen.
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