Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu novels about vampire cosmonauts get TV anime

Shogakukan announced that Keisuke Makino's and Karei's Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu (The Moon, Laika, and Nosferatu) light novel series will inspire a TV anime that will premiere later this year.

The story of the original novels is set in a fictional world, 10 years after a long war divided the world into two superpowers: the Union of Zirnitra Republics in the east and the United Kingdom of Arnak in the west. These two superpowers now test their ambitions against each other in a space race. In 1960, the Union's Prime Minister Gergiev announces Project Mechtat (Dream), a prestigious plan to launch manned missions into the final frontier. To this end, the Union establishes the isolated city of Laika 44, where astronaut candidates compete for the planned manned space missions, and scientists develop the technology to make them a reality—all in an environment of secrecy.

At the heart of the story are Lev Leps, a substitute astronaut candidate, and his new companion, the vampire Irina Ruminescu. As part of a bold new Operation Nosferatu, Project Mechtat will use Irina as a test subject for various conditions expected in space and eventually as part of a manned mission, with Lev overseeing Irina's training as a cosmonaut. Both dream of going to space for their own reasons.