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Title (English) Blood the last Vampire

Title (Japanese) Blood the last Vampire

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Movie: by Production IG. Date: 2000. Length: 48 mins.
R2 DVD ( SME Visual Works #SVWB 5005 ), English subtitles.

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Review WOW!!! I've just gone through a real multi-"WOW" with lots of exclamation point film experience - "Blood The Last Vampire". This relatively short ( 48 minutes ) animated film, which came out in Japanese theaters last year and on video last week has an incredible visual punch, non-stop tension, lyrically violent action and stereo surround sound that brought the theater into my family room.
"Blood" is not you "usual" anime feature film. First of all, there are two subtitle tracks on the DVD ( SME Visual Works #SVWB 5005 ), Japanese and English. What's unusual with that you ask? Well, the dialog in the film is at least 2/3rds in English, if not 3/4ths. The English dialog is done for the most part by native English speaking actors ( the Screen Actors Guild is in the credits at the end ), but it sounds a little "odd". That is because the English dialog is done very clearly, with relatively slow pacing and definite enunciation. That of course, is because it was for the benefit of the Japanese audience. But this in no way detracts from the overall appeal of the film, because this is not a dialog intensive film - it's the action and visuals that make it so intense.
The film is set in 1966, at a US Air Force base in Japan, where Saya, a very strange girl ( big understatement! ), is investigating some nasty murders, with the help of some MIB's. Well, "investigating" isn't a really good description, because Saya's "methods" are not quite what you expect, but are certainly "direct and final". The movie starts out with intense suspense, leading into immediate violent action, leading into more suspense, followed by even more violent action, and so on. There isn't a wasted second in this film.
The visuals in the film bring a chilling frightfulness which sets the entire mood. The 3DCG is so well done that there are plenty of places where it is hard to figure out if it is really CG or film adapted to look like CG. The character designs are from the "horrific realism" school of animation, a la "Perfect Blue" or "Lain". BTW - the film is in 16:9 ratio, so it looks tremendous on a high definition screen.
Those of you who saw the teasers for the film last year, or over the past couple of months while the video release was being pumped, will have a tiny idea of what to expect, as did I going into "Blood". But this is definitely not one of those films where the "trailer tells all". The ads for the movie didn't even come close to capturing the nearly indescribable experience that the film brings.
In any event, this is enough raving for now. Go get and see "Blood the Last Vampire". There is the "plain" region 2 DVD version like I bought, and a more expensive boxed set that has additional materials.
(Dave Baranyi)
I saw this premiered on British TV, with the Japanese dialogue (subtitled) and the original English dialogue. It's a very unusual and powerful anime, and I have little to add to Dave's review, except that one just wishes the video were longer... The notion of vampire-despatching is scarcely new in anime, and this variation reminds me of the "Vampire Princess Miyu" scenario, but it's much grimmer. There'a a strange scene at the end, where Saya lets her blood drip onto a dying monster. Why?

Credits Dir: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Scr: Kenji Kamiyama
Des: Katsuya Terada
Ani: Shinji Takagi
Music: Yoshihiro Ike

Episodes

Release Jap:DVD, US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2000

Production Production IG

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Blood the last Vampire
Title (Japanese)	Blood the last Vampire
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Movie: by Production IG. Date: 2000. Length: 48 mins. R2 DVD ( SME Visual Works #SVWB 5005 ), English subtitles.
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	WOW!!! I've just gone through a real multi-"WOW" with lots of exclamation point film experience - "Blood The Last Vampire". This relatively short ( 48 minutes ) animated film, which came out in Japanese theaters last year and on video last week has an incredible visual punch, non-stop tension, lyrically violent action and stereo surround sound that brought the theater into my family room. "Blood" is not you "usual" anime feature film. First of all, there are two subtitle tracks on the DVD ( SME Visual Works #SVWB 5005 ), Japanese and English. What's unusual with that you ask? Well, the dialog in the film is at least 2/3rds in English, if not 3/4ths. The English dialog is done for the most part by native English speaking actors ( the Screen Actors Guild is in the credits at the end ), but it sounds a little "odd". That is because the English dialog is done very clearly, with relatively slow pacing and definite enunciation. That of course, is because it was for the benefit of the Japanese audience. But this in no way detracts from the overall appeal of the film, because this is not a dialog intensive film - it's the action and visuals that make it so intense. The film is set in 1966, at a US Air Force base in Japan, where Saya, a very strange girl ( big understatement! ), is investigating some nasty murders, with the help of some MIB's. Well, "investigating" isn't a really good description, because Saya's "methods" are not quite what you expect, but are certainly "direct and final". The movie starts out with intense suspense, leading into immediate violent action, leading into more suspense, followed by even more violent action, and so on. There isn't a wasted second in this film. The visuals in the film bring a chilling frightfulness which sets the entire mood. The 3DCG is so well done that there are plenty of places where it is hard to figure out if it is really CG or film adapted to look like CG. The character designs are from the "horrific realism" school of animation, a la "Perfect Blue" or "Lain". BTW - the film is in 16:9 ratio, so it looks tremendous on a high definition screen. Those of you who saw the teasers for the film last year, or over the past couple of months while the video release was being pumped, will have a tiny idea of what to expect, as did I going into "Blood". But this is definitely not one of those films where the "trailer tells all". The ads for the movie didn't even come close to capturing the nearly indescribable experience that the film brings. In any event, this is enough raving for now. Go get and see "Blood the Last Vampire". There is the "plain" region 2 DVD version like I bought, and a more expensive boxed set that has additional materials. (Dave Baranyi) I saw this premiered on British TV, with the Japanese dialogue (subtitled) and the original English dialogue. It's a very unusual and powerful anime, and I have little to add to Dave's review, except that one just wishes the video were longer... The notion of vampire-despatching is scarcely new in anime, and this variation reminds me of the "Vampire Princess Miyu" scenario, but it's much grimmer. There'a a strange scene at the end, where Saya lets her blood drip onto a dying monster. Why?
Credits	Dir: Hiroyuki Kitakubo Scr: Kenji Kamiyama Des: Katsuya Terada Ani: Shinji Takagi Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Episodes
Release	Jap:DVD, US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2000
Production	Production IG
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.