Strike the Blood

Strike the Blood
First light novel volume cover featuring Yukina Himeragi
ストライク・ザ・ブラッド (Sutoraiku za Buraddo)
Genre	Action[1][2] Science fantasy[2] Vampire[1]
Light novel
Written by	Gakuto Mikumo
Illustrated by	Manyako
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	May 10, 2011 – August 7, 2020
Volumes	22 + 4 sidestories
Further information Manga Written by Gakuto Mikumo Illustrated by Tate Published by ASCII Media Works English publisher NA: Yen Press Magazine Dengeki Daioh Demographic Shōnen Original run June 27, 2012 – December 26, 2016 Volumes 10 Anime television series Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Takao Sano[a] Produced by Satoshi Fujita Jun Fukuda Kozue Kaneniwa Jirou Nakagawa Nobuhiro Nakayama Fuminori Yamazaki Hiroyuki Yuzawa Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Silver Link Connect Licensed by NA: Discotek Media (physical) Crunchyroll (streaming) Original network AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, CBC, BS11 English network SA: Animax SEA: Animax Asia Original run October 4, 2013 – March 28, 2014 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Original video animation Strike the Blood: Kingdom of the Valkyria Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Takao Sano[a] Produced by Satoshi Fukao Jun Fukuda Kozue Kaneniwa Nobuhiro Nakayama Hiroyuki Yuzawa Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Silver Link Connect Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll (streaming) Released November 25, 2015 – December 23, 2015 Runtime 23 minutes Episodes 2 (List of episodes) Original video animation Strike the Blood II Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Takao Sano[a] Produced by Jun Fukuda Kozue Kaneniwa Nobuhiro Nakayama Hiroyuki Yuzawa Fuminori Yamazaki Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Silver Link Connect Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll (streaming) Released November 23, 2016 – May 24, 2017 Runtime 30 minutes Episodes 8 (List of episodes) Original video animation Strike the Blood III Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Produced by Kozue Kaneniwa Fuminori Yamazaki Hiroyuki Yuzawa Kouhei Kawase Souji Miyagi Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Connect Released December 19, 2018 – September 25, 2019 Runtime 26 minutes Episodes 10 (List of episodes) Original video animation Strike the Blood: Kieta Seisō-hen Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Produced by Kozue Kaneniwa Fuminori Yamazaki Hiroyuki Yuzawa Kouhei Kawase Souji Miyagi Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Connect Released January 29, 2020 Runtime 30 minutes Original video animation Strike the Blood IV Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Produced by Kozue Kaneniwa Fuminori Yamazaki Hiroyuki Yuzawa Kouhei Kawase Souji Miyagi Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Connect Released April 8, 2020 – June 30, 2021 Runtime 25 minutes Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Original video animation Strike the Blood Final Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino Music by Assumed Sounds Studio Connect Released March 30, 2022 – July 29, 2022 Episodes 4 (List of episodes)

Strike the Blood (Japanese: ストライク・ザ・ブラッド, Hepburn: Sutoraiku za Buraddo) is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako, with 22 main volumes published between May 2011 and August 2020. A manga adaptation began serialization in June 2012 in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Daioh. A 24-episode anime television adaptation by Silver Link and Connect aired between October 2013 and March 2014. An original video animation series titled Strike the Blood II was released in four volumes between November 2016 and May 2017. A third series titled Strike the Blood III was released from December 2018 to September 2019. A fourth series titled Strike the Blood IV was released from April 2020 to June 2021. A fifth and final season titled Strike the Blood Final was released between March 2022 and July 2022.

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