Servamp
Servamp is a Japanese manga series by Strike Tanaka, It was serialized in Media Factory's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Gene since June 2011 to December 2024, with its chapters collected into twenty-four tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television adaptation began airing on July 5, 2016, and concluded on September 20, 2016, with 12 episodes.
Plot
Mahiru Shirota is a normal high school student who likes simple things. One day, on his way back home, he finds a black cat and decides to take care of it, naming it Kuro. The next day, however, he is surprised to find out that the black cat is, in fact, one of the seven vampires that represent the Seven Deadly Sins. His name is Sleepy Ash, he represents Sloth, and he turns into a cat when exposed to sunlight. By giving Sleepy Ash a name and a cat bell, and then calling him by his given name, Mahiru accidentally forms a temporary contract with him. The contract is finalized once Sleepy Ash drinks his blood, making him Mahiru's vampire servant known as "Servamp" and Mahiru becomes his master called "Eve". Following this, Mahiru and Sleepy Ash, now Kuro, encounter Tsubaki, a vampire who claims to be the Servamp of Melancholy and the unknown eighth brother of the other Servamps. Tsubaki intends to wage an all-out war against his six brothers and Sister, while Mahiru decides to gather them to fight against Tsubaki and his group together.
Characters
Eves
;Mahiru Shirota
;Misono Alicein
;Mikuni Alicein
;Tetsu Sendagaya
;Licht Jekylland Todoroki
;Izuna Nobel
;Niccolo Carpediem
Servamps
;Sleepy Ash
;Tsubaki
;All of Love
;Doubt Doubt
;Old Child
;Lawless
;The Mother
;World End
Subclass
;Sakuya Watanuki
;Belkia
;Shamrock
;Otogiri
;Lilac
;Higan
;Guildenstern
C3
;Shuhei Tsuyuki
;Tsurugi Kamiya
;Junichiro Kurumamori
;Yumikage Tsukimitsu
;Taishi Toma
Other characters
;Ryusei
;Koyuki
;Toru Shirota
;Johannes Mimir Faustus
;Yuri
;Mari
;Dodo Eisuke
;Rosen Crantz
;Ophelia
Media
Manga
Strike Tanaka began publishing Servamp in the first issue of Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene magazine on June 15, 2011, to December 13, 2024, where it was first tentatively titled Eve and Servamps. The chapters from the magazine have been collected into twenty-four tankōbon that have been released by Kadokawa. In July 2014 Seven Seas Entertainment announced it had licensed the series for publication in North America. Twenty adapted English-language manga volumes have been released, with more announced. In addition to print material, the series also inspired six drama CDs, the first of which was released with volume six of the manga in July 2014. The manga entered the hiatus in February 2017 due to the author's health. She had the intense pain which led to rest and recover. The manga resumed on April 15, 2017, after she was recovered from her pain. The 24th and final volume was released on December 27, 2024.
Music
In addition to drama CDs the series has also produced several character song CDs, as well as an original soundtrack CD. In total there have been five character pair CDs, released in 2015, as well as a character song mini-album and an original soundtrack, both of which have been released in October 2016. The anime series also had an opening song, "Deal With" by Oldcodex, and an ending song, "Sunlight Avenue" by Takuma Terashima.
Anime
An anime television adaptation was announced in the August issue of Monthly Comic Gene. It was reported by Oricon Style that the adaptation would be a television series. The anime was produced by Brain's Base and Platinum Vision with Itto Sara serving as the chief director, Hideaki Nakano as director and Kenji Konuta handling series composition, with character designs by Junko Yamanaka and music by Kenji Kawai. The anime aired from July to September 2016. Funimation had licensed the series outside Asia for streaming on their website. In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication holds the license to the series.
Film
A sequel anime film titled Servamp: Alice in the Garden premiered in Japan on April 7, 2018. The film was produced by Platinum Vision. Hideaki Nakano and Junko Yamanaka returned for the direction and character designs respectively, while Ayumu Hisao served as scriptwriter. The film's theme song is "One Side" by Oldcodex.
Stage play
A stage play adaptation of the manga ran in Tokyo's Kokumin Kyōsai coop Hall / Space Zero from November 27 to December 6, 2020. It had also been scheduled to run in Osaka on December 19 and December 20, 2020, but was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The stage play starred Ryohei Takenaka as Mahiru Shirota, Kyouhei Chida as Kuro, Ryu Kiyama as Misono Alicein, Yuya Tominaga as Snow Lily, Reo Hotta as Mikuni Alicein, Ken Kato as Tetsu Sendagaya, Nagato Okui as Hugh, Yuta Kishimoto as Licht Jekylland Todoroki, Yuta Osumi as Lawless, Mondo Ukai as Higan, Masaki Matsuda as Sakuya Watanuki, Shuto Washio as Belkia, and Taiko Katono as Tsubaki.
Reception
On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave the first three English language adapted manga volumes a combined overall grade of B.