Crunchyroll has announced that it has acquired North American and select international theatrical rights for Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp from Aniplex of America. The international rights also include screenings in Mexico and Australia.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the film to theaters for one day in North America and Mexico on August 28, 2024 and in Australia on September 5, 2024.
Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp was released in Japanese theaters on January 12, 2024. It is a compilation film that summarizes the previously released Kizumonogatari trilogy (comprising Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu, Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu, and Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu), which were screened in Japan between 2016 and 2017.
The Kizumonogatari movies are an adaptation of the third volume of Nisio Isin‘s long-running supernatural Monogatari light novel series, and serves as the prequel to 2006’s Bakemonogatari Part 1 and 2. Vofan contirbuted illustrations to the original novel series.
The light novels inspired several anime adaptations, beginning with Bakemonogatari in 2009, which was directed by Tatsuya Oishi, who also directed the Kizumonogatari movie trilogy. The other previous Monogatari anime were directed by Tomoyuki Itamura (Call of the Night, The Case Study of Vanitas).
The latest anime adaptation, Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season, will begin streaming on July 6, 2024.
Crunchyroll describes the synopsis of Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp as:
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.
Source: press release
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