Blood: The Last Vampire | |
Genre | Action, horror[1] |
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Anime film | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kitakubo |
Produced by | Ryuji Mitsumoto Yukio Nagasaki |
Written by | Kenji Kamiyama |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Production I.G |
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Released |
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Runtime | 45 minutes |
Manga | |
Blood the Last Vampire 2002 | |
Written by | Benkyo Tamaoki |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Ace Next |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | April 2001 |
Light novel | |
Night of the Beasts | |
Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
Published by | Kadokawa |
English publisher | |
Published | November 2000 |
Light novel | |
The Blood Which Invites the Darkness | |
Written by | Junichi Fujisaku |
Published by | Kadokawa |
Published | January 2001 |
Light novel | |
A Tragic Dream in Shanghai | |
Written by | Junichi Fujisaku |
Published by | Kadokawa |
Published | December 2005 |
Video game | |
Developer | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan[2] |
Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Genre | Horror, Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
Released | December 21, 2000 January 26, 2006 (PSP) |
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Blood: The Last Vampire is a 2000 Japanese animated action horror film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, written by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G. 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, also set in another alternate universe. A live-action adaptation of the film with the same title was released in Japan in May 2009.