Blood: The Last Vampire is a 2000 anime film produced by Production I.G and SPE Visual Works and directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. The film premiered in theaters in Japan on November 18, 2000. A single-volume manga sequel, titled Blood: The Last Vampire 2000 and written by Benkyo Tamaoki, was published in Japan in 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English by Viz Media in November 2002 under the title Blood: The Last Vampire 2002. Three Japanese light novel adaptations have also been released for the series, along with a video game. It also spawned a fifty-episode anime series set in an alternate universe titled Blood+ as well as a second anime series, Blood-C. A live-action adaptation of the film with the same title was released in Japan in May 2009.
PLOT:
The story is set in 1966. Its main protagonist is a girl named Saya, who hunts bat-like creatures called chiropterans. Saya is introduced on a subway train, where she assassinates a man in a suit. Her American contacts or handlers arrive. One of them, David, begins to brief Saya on another mission, while the other, Louis, discovers that the man Saya has just killed was probably not a chiropteran.
VIDEO GAME:
Blood the Last Vampire is a Japanese interactive Anime game. There are 2 volumes in the series. First Volume, and Last Volume.
In 2000, Production I.G and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan co-produced a two-volume Blood: The Last Vampire video game. The game features a musical score by Yuki Kajiura with Youki Kudoh reprising her role as the voice of Saya, and over two hours of theater quality animation. It is a graphical adventure that brings Saya and her hunt for Chiropterans to Tokyo in 2000. There she meets a seventeen year old boy who begins wondering about Saya and the history of "Blood".
Both volumes of the game were released to the PlayStation 2 in Japan on December 21, 2000. Animerica's Dr. Brown called the game "boring", but did compliment it for having "beautifully animated sequences""
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
AL of action modern horror depicting the battle of the vampire "Tsubasate" to wriggle into the darkness of the city. Reality world as reality and virtual border becomes not know. I drag all five senses to deep fear. A more realistic drama that could break the spirit balance of players, let's also experience Kimi.
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Vampires & Anime themes.
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