Mamoru Oshii’s VLADLOVE anime may have been delayed from its original fall 2020 plans, but that hasn’t stopped the character previews from rolling out. The latest offers a brief English-subtitled look at Maki Watabe, the captain of the Cinema Club as voiced by Saori Hayami (Maria Campbell in My Next Life as a Villainess).
VLADLOVE is a 12-episode slapstick comedy series. Oshii serves as the general director and screenplay writer, alongside his Urusei Yatsura mate Junji Nishimura as the director. Kenji Kawai, who has collaborated with Oshii for decades, of course, provides the soundtrack music. It was set to premiere in the fall of 2020 with no new date as of yet.
Synopsis:
Mitsugu Bamba is a high school girl who finds meaning in donating blood. She frequently visits a blood bank to donate blood, despite being harshly treated by the nurse. One day, she encounters a beautiful girl who looks like she’s from overseas at the blood bank. The pale girl looks like she’s about to faint any minute, but then, she starts destroying the blood bank. The girl loses consciousness and Mitsugu takes her home…
The series previously fleshed out its girls-only cast with a current total of seven stars:
Ayane Sakura (Ochaco in My Hero Academia) as Mitsugu Bamba
Rina Hidaka (Silica in Sword Art Online) as Mai Vlad Transylvania
Romi Park (Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist) as Chihiro Chimatsuri
Saori Hayami (Maria Campbell in My Next Life as a Villainess) as Maki Watabe
Yoko Hikasa (Karen in Tower of God) as Jinko Sumida
Yu Kobayashi (Sasha Blouse in Attack on Titan) as Nami Unten
Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!) as Kaoru Konno
Source: Official website
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