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The Vampire Dies in No Time Anime Briefly Listed With 2nd Series

Online Japanese retail site Rakuten briefly listed in its description of Itaru Bonnoki's 19th The Vampire Dies in No Time (Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu) manga volume on Friday that the manga's television anime will have a second series. The description has now been edited, but an older version is still viewable through Google Cache. The volume ships on January 7.

The anime premiered in Japan on October 4, and is currently airing. Funimation is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.

The gag manga centers on Dralc, a vampire who is feared as he is rumored to be invincible. The vampire hunter Ronaldo goes to Dralc's castle after hearing that Dralc has kidnapped a child. But when Ronaldo arrives at the castle, he finds that Dralc keeps dying over every small thing and turning to dust. Dralc's true nature is that of the weakest vampire of them all.

Hiroshi Kōjina (Grenadier, 2011 Hunter x Hunter) is directing the anime at Madhouse. Yukie Sugawara (Overlord, Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World, No Guns Life) is in charge of the series scripts. Mayuko Nakano (Maiden Rose, WWW.WAGNARIA!!) is designing the characters and is also serving as chief animation director. Asami Kawano is the assistant director. Narumi Konno is the color key artist, and Hitomi Yoshdia is directing the art. Yoshio Watanabe is the compositing director of photography, and Mariko Tsukatsune is editing.

Ryō Takahashi (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Argonavis from BanG Dream!, Sk8 the Infinity) is composing the music. Ryousuke Naya is directing the sound, and Katsuhiro Nakajima (Swara Pro) is handling the sound effects. Pony Canyon producing the music with Up Dream.

Manga creator Bonnoki launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion in June 2015.

Source: Rakuten (Cached version)