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Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 9
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Theatrical Release: Aug 17, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]
Starring: Youki Kudoh
Starring: Youki Kudoh
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Studio: Manga Entertainment
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 28, 2001
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Materials:
- Featurette - 1. "The Making of BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE"
- Trailers
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Production Art
DVD- ROM Features:
- Web Links
Reviews for Blood: The Last Vampire
One of the most visually impressive anime films in recent memory, it's a true shame that Blood: The Last Vampire comes up so short story wise.
Another example of animation that shows just how deep something as seemingly superficial as a cartoon can get.
...in the wake of an astounding battle scene that literally sweeps the breath out of its viewers, the end credits begin to roll, and we're left wondering, 'that's it?'
Blood: The Last Vampire, which clocks in at under 60 minutes, is not only watchable, it's not half bad.
The story ... is the sort of convoluted and often incoherent mess that is typical of the genre no doubt, rabid anime fans are better equipped to decipher its intricacies
Is much more effective at evoking a paranoid mood than at telling a coherent story, and the jerky action sequences are among the film's weaker visual elements.
A wickedly bitter animated pill, you'd better leave the kids with a sitter.
Feels like a pilot episode for the most expensive made-for-cable cartoon ever produced, and if you expect quantity (or closure) for your $8 ticket, you may feel shorted.
With its dour insularity and clingy fidelity to realism, this overhyped slashfest fails to rise above the extravagant pointlessness that plagues inferior anime.
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