HYBE’s animated collection DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR begins its international rollout at present on January ninth, beginning with Japan. It will ultimately attain viewers throughout greater than eighty areas. The title grows out of the favored webtoon linked with ENHYPEN, a challenge that has collected over 200 million views.
The brand new adaptation builds one other layer of the DARK MOON universe, touchdown on Crunchyroll with dubbed and subtitled choices in eight languages. The present already screens in Japan by TOKYO MX and streams on ABEMA. A wider launch follows on January 13 because the collection arrives on eighteen Japanese streaming websites, together with Netflix, Prime Video and Hulu.
South Korea receives the animation early on January 10 with its first airing at 1:30 within the morning on ANIBOX. A digital launch comes thirty minutes in a while twelve platforms equivalent to TVING, Wavve, Watcha and Laftel, together with IPTV companies like Genie TV, B television and U plus television.
The collection additionally expands to North America, Europe and plenty of Asian markets. Crunchyroll helps this distribution with a broad set of language tracks to match its worldwide viewers.
Proceed studying the article to be taught extra in regards to the plot, forged, and extra particulars of DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR.
Extra about ENHYPEN’s DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR
Shoko Shiga directs the DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR adaptation at studio TROYCA, and the script course comes from Toko Machida, recognized for work on Vampire Dormitory. The character paintings is formed by Masami Inomata from IDOLiSH7, whereas the soundtrack is produced by Naoki Chiba, recognized for Strike the Blood IV.
The plot of DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR, as outlined by WEBTOON, follows the uneasy lifetime of Riverfield, a city the place essentially the most admired college students from two competing colleges are secretly vampires and werewolves. A brand new pupil named Sooha arrives and unexpectedly attracts each side towards her. Quickly, unusual occasions disturb the quiet neighborhood, and the boys’ buried recollections start to rise. Under is the forged of the DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR.
- Helio voiced by Kieran Flitton is modeled after Heeseung (ENHYPEN chief)
- Solon voiced by Will de Renzy-Martin is modeled after Sunghoon
- Jaan voiced by Valentine Stokes is modeled after Jay
- Jakah voiced by Steven Kelly is modeled after Jungwon
- Jino voiced by Phillip Sacramento is modeled after Jake
- Noa voiced by Benji Buckley is modeled after Ni‑ki
- Shion voiced by Minh Ton is modeled after Sunoo
- Chris voiced by Ciarán Unusual is a authentic character (childhood pal of Sooha)
- Khan voiced by Ricco Fajardo is modeled after &Workforce’s Okay (a part of the werewolves within the story)
- Tahel voiced by Shōya Chiba is modeled after &Workforce’s Taki
- Najak voiced by Hayato Dojima is modeled after &Workforce’s Nicholas
- Enzy voiced by Shohei Komatsu is modeled after &Workforce’s EJ
- Ruslan is modeled after &Workforce’s Harua
- Camill is modeled after &Workforce’s Jo
- Mahan is modeled after &Workforce’s Fuma
- Luka is modeled after &Workforce’s Maki
- Louis is modeled after &Workforce’s Yuma
- Marge voiced by Ruth Urquhart is a facet/authentic character in Darkish Moon (not mapped to an ENHYPEN member)
- Sooha voiced by Elsie Lovelock shouldn’t be primarily based on a particular ENHYPEN member. She’s the unique protagonist round whom the vampire boys are drawn.
The collection is a joint manufacturing from trade leaders Aniplex and TROYCA. To mark the premiere, promotional movies will seem in New York’s Instances Sq. beginning January 12, whereas WEBTOON prepares themed occasions throughout a number of areas. Aniplex producer Kurosaki famous that the present’s enchantment comes from its established webtoon fanbase and its broadly relatable vampire storyline, anticipating the animation to succeed in viewers in lots of markets.
DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR joins the broader HYBE ORIGINAL STORY slate, a rising artistic universe lively since 2021. The lineup contains webtoons, novels, books and model tasks. Different titles within the assortment function 7FATES: CHAKHO from BTS, THE STAR SEEKERS from TOMORROW X TOGETHER and the latest SUMMER MOON: THE QUPRIDS linked to ILLIT.
Edited by Shreya Jha