KIZUMONOGATARI -KOYOMI VAMP-: Resurrected Neo-Gothic Anime Coming to North America From Crunchyroll

It was one fateful evening when Koyomi Araragi encountered her – Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade: Legendary Vampire, Killer of Apparitions, and King of Apparitions. Her legs and arms were cruelly torn apart, her extravagant dress soaked in red; she’s a monster who finds herself in a tragic state, lying in a pool of her own blood. However, Koyomi finds her to be beautiful this way. 

Those unfamiliar with the now-extensive MONOGATARI anime franchise, fear not (or not much, anyway): extensively revised and reworked (revamped, if you like) from a trilogy of feature films released in 2016 and effectively impossible to find today, KIZUMONOGATARI: KOYOMI VAMP is the starting point, a prequel that chronicles teenage loner Koyomi’s initiation into the supernatural realm. Overseen by original co-director Tatsuya Oishi, this resurrection retains the distinctive characteristics of his work, not just the dynamic battle scenes and elegant aesthetics, but the echoes of French New Wave cinema. Sleek, sly, and startling, it’s a grandiose, avant-garde, neo-gothic nightmare, spattered with splashes of teen sex farce and copious quantities of blood.

CRUNCHYROLL LANDS NORTH AMERICAN AND SELECT INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL RIGHTS FROM ANIPLEX OF AMERICA FOR THE ULTRA SUPERNATURAL VAMPIRE COMPILATION FILM “KIZUMONOGATARI -KOYOMI VAMP-” 

 

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment set to bring the anime adaptation comprised of three films: KIZUMONOGATARI Part 1: TEKKETSU, Part 2: NEKKETSU, and Part 3: REIKETSU to theaters for one-day-only in North America, Mexico, and Australia beginning in August

 

Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced today that it has acquired North American and select international theatrical rights, including Mexico and Australia, for the ultra supernatural vampire film compilation KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- from Aniplex of America.

 

KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- is a three-film anime adaptation comprised of edited footage from the trilogy of films of the same name previously released in 2016 and 2017 featuring animation produced by SHAFT.

 

KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- centers around a high school student named Koyomi Araragi, who survives an encounter with a gorgeous yet helpless vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. 

 

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the film to theaters for one-day-only in North America and Mexico on August 28 and in Australia on September 5. 

 

It was one fateful evening when Koyomi Araragi encountered her – Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade: Legendary Vampire, Killer of Apparitions, and King of Apparitions. Her legs and arms were cruelly torn apart, her extravagant dress soaked in red; she’s a monster who finds herself in a tragic state, lying in a pool of her own blood. However, Koyomi finds her to be beautiful this way. 

 

Written by NISIOISIN and animated by SHAFT, KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- takes you back to the beginning, the origin of the MONOGATARI story. Originally released as three separate movies, the upcoming film installment summarizes the KIZUMONOGATARI trilogy and can be seen exclusively in theaters. 

 

Film Credits: Directed by and screenplay by Tatsuya Oishi. Original story by NISIOISIN. Produced by SHAFT. Run time: 114 minutes.