In case you need a quick set-up for Call of the Night, here it is. Insomniac/middle schooler Ko Yamori finds himself ditching school and living the nightlife due to some rather cruel events occurring in his life. During his nightly outings, Ko runs into a rather bizarre and brazen young woman who he soon discovers isn’t exactly normal but is a vampire named Nazuna Nanakusa. After our vampire sucks the blood of the unsuspecting Ko, he learns that he’s still a normal human and to become a vampire he must fall in love with one and then have his blood sucked. Now on a mission to join the creatures of the night, Ko tells Nazuna that his plan is simple, fall in love with her at all costs! Yes, folks, this is a rather unique setup for a vampire romance tale and we adore how it removes the typical comedy stylings of vampire romance comedies and goes in a completely different direction! Even by episode 4—which 6 are out as of this article being written—we still wonder what will occur next for our strange friends/future couple.

Liden Films—animators behind Berserk and Terra Formars—have really done something special with Call of the Night. From the minute Nazuna and Ko flew through the night skies in episodes 1 and 2 to the duo’s following few nights together, we found ourselves extremely impressed by the beautiful animation in Call of the Night. For a series that relies heavily on nighttime affairs—very few scenes are set in the day—Call of the Night is absolutely stunning and vivid. Liden Films isn’t always considered one of the heavy contenders when it comes to animation but if they produced more series like Call of the Night, we could see them being more noticed in the animation world.

Ko and Nazuna are just two of the most perfect companions we’ve seen in a vampire anime. While there are other characters that are thrown into the series, these two are just so flawless together. Every scene they talk in feels realistic and the various oddities behind their characters just feel enjoyable to watch. How Nazuna teases the young and seemingly friendless Ko to how Ko takes jabs out at what makes Nazuna blush is just fun always. Even the other characters play out well to add to their story but, these two are the reason we hope they do become a proper vampire duo, eventually!

From the opening song, Daten, to the ending rap called Yofukashi no Uta—both performed by Creepy Nuts, the soundtrack from Call of the Night is just a solid one, to say the least. Every tune has a purpose and most songs made us want to jump up and dance, while no one was watching at least. All poor dancing aside, we absolutely fell in love with the soundtrack within Call of the Night as it mixes so many genres together to create a very atmospheric tone for every single episode we’ve seen so far.