Blood - The Last Vampire Details

Blood - The Last Vampire

On an American military base in Japan, a new kind of vampire emerges: Teropterids. They are monstrous shape-shifting creatures that can only be killed with special swords. A mysterious girl named Saya is the last "original," the only person capable of dealing with the menace of these monsters. Posing as a student at the base's school, Saya races to hunt down the beasts before they turn an ordinary Halloween bash into a bloody massacre. Production IG, known for their pioneering digital effects, describes BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE as a full digital animation movie, which means that even though many sequences were animated using pencil and paper, the artwork was digitally scanned. Inking and coloring were completed by computer, as were several other special effects. Hiroyuki Kitakubo was chosen to direct the project because of his digital experience (he oversaw the movie sequences in the GHOST IN THE SHELL game for the Sony PlayStation.) The film is also notable for the participation of screenwriter Mamoru Oshii, who helmed GHOST IN THE SHELL and has written a novel that takes place in BLOOD's universe. Despite its resemblance to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, BLOOD succeeds in creating its own gloomy, chiaroscuro world.

Starring	Youki Kudoh
Director	Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Studio	MANGA ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 48 mins Blu-ray: 48 mins
Certificate
Genres	Animated, Anime, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	Japanese
Dubbed	English
Subtitles	Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Released	DVD: 25 May 2009 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 2000
Format	DVD