Diabolik Lovers

Diabolik Lovers
ディアボリックラヴァーズ
(Diaborikku Ravāzu)
GenreDrama, mystery, romance[1]
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
Platform
Released
  • JP: October 11, 2012
  • JP: December 19, 2013 (PS Vita)
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: More,Blood
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
Platform
  • PSP
  • PS Vita / PS TV (Limited V Edition)
  • PlayStation 4
Released
  • JP: October 24, 2013
  • JP: January 15, 2015 (PS Vita)
Anime television series
Directed byShinobu Tagashira
Produced by
  • Mayumi Ichikawa
  • Yuuko Kon
Written bySeiko Nagatsu
Music byYuki Hayashi
StudioZexcs
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X
English network
Original run September 16, 2013 – December 9, 2013
Episodes12 + 1 OVA (List of episodes)
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Vandead Carnival
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
PlatformPS Vita, PS TV
Released
  • JP: December 4, 2014
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Dark Fate
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
PlatformPS Vita, PS TV
Released
  • JP: February 26, 2015
Anime television series
Diabolik Lovers: More,Blood
Directed byRisako Yoshida
Produced by
  • Mayumi Ichikawa
  • Kumi Totsuka
  • Kenji Ebato
Written byHiroko Kanasugi
Music by
  • Yuki Hayashi
  • Saki
StudioZexcs
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
English network
Original run September 23, 2015 – December 9, 2015
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Lunatic Parade
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
PlatformPS Vita, PS TV
Released
  • JP: February 25, 2016
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Lost Eden (paradise)
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
PlatformPS Vita
Released
  • JP: February 16, 2017
Video game
Diabolik Lovers: Chaos Lineage
DeveloperRejet
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreVisual novel
PlatformNintendo Switch
Released
  • JP: March 28, 2019

Diabolik Lovers (Japanese: ディアボリックラヴァーズ, Hepburn: Diaborikku Ravāzu) is a Japanese otome game franchise by Rejet. Its first entry was released in October 2012 for the PlayStation Portable system. The franchise has released seven games with the first two having been remastered for the PlayStation Vita and released as "Limited V Editions". The seventh game was released in March 2019 playable on Nintendo Switch. The franchise has brought forth two 12-episode anime television adaptations by Zexcs, which aired from September to December 2013, and September to December 2015. The first series was followed by an original video animation (OVA), which was included in Diabolik Lovers: Dark Fate in February 2015. It has been made into various manga, anime, drama CDs, music CDs and fanbooks. Three stage plays also ran in August 2015, August 2016, and January 2018.

In February 2020, Rejet announced and launched a new project happening within the same universe as Diabolik Lovers, titled Carnelian Blood[3] (Japanese: カーネリアンブラッド, Hepburn: Kānerian Buraddo) featuring thea 5-man unit called EROSION.[4]

  1. ^ "Diabolik Lovers - Sentai Filmworks". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Aniplus HD to Air Diabolik Lovers More,Blood TV Anime on October 8". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. ^ 『CARNELIAN BLOOD』Rejetが贈る「父と子で綴る、新しい血の物語−サーガ−」PV初公開, 22 February 2020, retrieved 2021-11-30
  4. ^ Rejet株式会社. "CARNELIAN BLOOD". CARNELIAN BLOOD (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-30.