Crunchyroll Lands North American and Select International Theatrical Rights From Aniplex of America for the Ultra Supernatural Vampire Compilation Film 'Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp-'
Culver City, California (July 2, 2024) – 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 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 MONOGATARI story. Originally released as three separate movies, the 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.
Additionally, for fans, Crunchyroll recently announced that MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season, a new season of MONOGATARI Series, is set to stream on Crunchyroll on July 6.
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