Call of the Night

Call of the Night (Japanese: よふかしのうた, Hepburn: Yofukashi no Uta) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since August 2019. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films is set to premiere in July 2022 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.

Call of the Night
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Nazuna Nanakusa (left) and Ko Yamori
よふかしのうた
(Yofukashi no Uta)
Genre
Manga
Written byKotoyama
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 28, 2019 – present
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed by
Written byMichiko Yokote
StudioLiden Films
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run July 2022 – scheduled

Plot

Unable to sleep or find true satisfaction in his daily life, Ko Yamori stops going to school and begins wandering the streets at night. He encounters a girl named Nazuna Nanakusa who is a vampire and shows Ko the joys of being a night-walker. This results in Ko wanting to be a vampire as well, but in order to achieve his goal he has to fall in love with her first.

Characters

Humans
Ko Yamori (夜守コウ, Yamori Kō)[2]
Voiced by: Gen Satō[3]
A 14-year-old, second-year junior high school boy, who slowly finds himself restless because of his boring life. To reinvigorate himself, he slips out at night to walk the streets.
Akira Asai (朝井アキラ, Asai Akira)[2]
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[4]
Ko's childhood friend, who lives in the same apartment complex as him.

Vampires
Nazuna Nanakusa (七草ナズナ, Nanakusa Nazuna)[2]
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya[3]
A "night-walker." She encounters Ko on his night out, then offers to stay with him at an abandoned building to free himself of his worries, where she then sucks his blood as he sleeps.
Seri Kikyō (桔梗セリ, Kikyō Seri)[2]
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu[5]
She approaches Ko when she hears that Nazuna is spending the night with a human. Nazuna and Seri don't get along well, and Nazuna sometimes calls her a "bitch."
Nico Hirata (平田ニコ, Hirata Niko)[2]
Kabura Honda (本田カブラ, Honda Kabura)[2]
Midori Kohakobe (小繁縷ミドリ, Kohakobe Midori)[2]
Hatsuka Suzushiro (蘿蔔ハツカ, Suzushiro Hatsuka)[2]

Media

Manga

Call of the Night is written and illustrated by Kotoyama, his second manga series after Dagashi Kashi. It started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on August 28, 2019.[6] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on November 18, 2019.[7] As of February 18, 2022, ten volumes have been published.[8]

On July 3, 2020, Viz Media announced an English release of the manga in North America starting on April 13, 2021.[9][10][11]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 18, 2019[7]978-4-09-129492-0April 13, 2021[11]978-1-97472-051-4
2 February 18, 2020[12]978-4-09-129556-9June 8, 2021[13]978-1-97472-057-6
3 April 16, 2020[14]978-4-09-850064-2August 10, 2021[15]978-1-97472-080-4
4 August 18, 2020[16]978-4-09-850163-2October 12, 2021[17]978-1-97472-304-1
5 October 16, 2020[18]978-4-09-850268-4December 14, 2021[19]978-1-97472-408-6
6 January 18, 2021[20]978-4-09-850384-1February 8, 2022[21]978-1-97472-590-8
7 April 16, 2021[22]978-4-09-850522-7April 12, 2022[23]978-1-9747-2643-1
8 July 16, 2021[24]978-4-09-850635-4June 14, 2022[25]978-1-9747-3008-7
9 November 18, 2021[26]978-4-09-850735-1——
10 February 18, 2022[8]978-4-09-850872-3——

Anime

On November 11, 2021, a website opened to announce an anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films. The series will be directed by Tomoyuki Itamura, with Tetsuya Miyanishi serving as chief director, Michiko Yokote writing the series' scripts, and Haruka Sagawa designing the characters. It is set to premiere in July 2022 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. The opening theme is "Yofukashi no Uta" performed by Creepy Nuts.[3]

Reception

In 2020, the manga was nominated for the 6th Next Manga Awards and placed 7th out of the 50 nominees with 15,134 votes.[27] The series ranked 8th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website.[28][29]

See also
  • Dagashi Kashi - Another manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama.

References
  1. "The Official Website for Call of the Night". Viz Media. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  2. よふかしのうた■コトヤマ. WebSunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. Mateo, Alex (November 10, 2021). "Kotoyama's Vampire Manga Call of the Night Gets TV Anime Next July". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. Mateo, Alex (March 29, 2022). "Call of the Night Vampire Anime Casts Yumiri Hanamori". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  5. Mateo, Alex (April 26, 2022). "Call of the Night Vampire Anime Casts Haruka Tomatsu". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  6. Sherman, Jennifer (July 30, 2019). "Dagashi Kashi's Kotoyama Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  7. よふかしのうた １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  8. よふかしのうた　１０ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  9. "VIZ on Twitter: "It's love at first bite! Call of the Night will quench your thirst for blood Spring 2021 in print and digital! 🦇". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  10. Sherman, Jennifer (July 3, 2020). "Viz Media Licenses Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya, Asadora!, Beast Complex, Call of the Night Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  11. "Call of the Night, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  12. よふかしのうた 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  13. "Call of the Night, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  14. よふかしのうた 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  15. "Call of the Night, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  16. よふかしのうた 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  17. "Call of the Night, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  18. よふかしのうた ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  19. "Call of the Night, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  20. よふかしのうた ６ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  21. "Call of the Night, Vol. 6". Viz Media. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  22. よふかしのうた ７ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  23. "Call of the Night, Vol. 7". Viz Media. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  24. よふかしのうた ８ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  25. "Call of the Night, Vol. 8". Viz Media. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  26. よふかしのうた ９ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  27. コミックス部門 結果発表 - 次にくるマンガ大賞 2020. Tsugi Manga (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  28. 全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2021. Honya Club com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  29. 全国書店員が選んだおすすめマンガ、今年の1位は「わたしの幸せな結婚」. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 29, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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