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Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Region [unknown] |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: STARZ/SPHE |
| Release Date: 11/24/2009 |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | UPC: 00013138312488 | | Number of Discs: 0 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Mamoru Oshii - Source Writer | | Youki Kudoh - Voice | | Yusuke Takeda - Art Director | | Miki Sakuma - Director of Photography | | Hiroyuki Kitakubo - Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A movie that seems destined for cult status....[It] presents some of the most visually detailed characters ever seen in an animated film not aspiring to photo-realism..." 08/17/2001 p.E20Hollywood Reporter
"...The film is certainly a visual treat..." 08/21/2001 p.26 Box Office
"...An extraordinary achievement in the genre, meticulously conceived and executed..." 10/01/2001 p.62-3 Entertainment Weekly
"...Feeling like a distant cousin of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, BLOOD makes you wish it were longer..." 09/14/2001 p.72 |
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