Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire
Japanese poster for Blood: The Last Vampire
GenreAction, horror[1]
Anime film
Directed byHiroyuki Kitakubo
Produced byRyuji Mitsumoto
Yukio Nagasaki
Written byKenji Kamiyama
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioProduction I.G
Licensed by
Released
  • July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27) (Worldwide)
  • November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) (Japan)
Runtime45 minutes
Manga
Blood the Last Vampire 2002
Written byBenkyo Tamaoki
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Ace Next
DemographicShōnen
PublishedApril 2001
Light novel
Night of the Beasts
Written byMamoru Oshii
Published byKadokawa
English publisher
PublishedNovember 2000
Light novel
The Blood Which Invites the Darkness
Written byJunichi Fujisaku
Published byKadokawa
PublishedJanuary 2001
Light novel
A Tragic Dream in Shanghai
Written byJunichi Fujisaku
Published byKadokawa
PublishedDecember 2005
Video game
DeveloperSony Computer Entertainment Japan[2]
PublisherSony Computer Entertainment
GenreHorror, Adventure
PlatformPlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
ReleasedDecember 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.

  1. ^ Bustard, Jason. "Blood: The Last Vampire". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "JAPANスタジオ作品一覧 2000年~1999年" [List of Japan Studio works 2000–1999] (in Japanese). Sony Interactive Entertainment. 2021. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.