Adult Swim Draws Blood +

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
By: Ryan Ball

Cartoon Network’s [adult swim] has acquired a taste for Blood +, the new animé series based on the popular feature film Blood: The Last Vampire. Produced by Aniplex Inc., in association with Sony Pictures Television, the half-hour action- and suspense-filled drama from exec producers Hideo Katsumata and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa features music from Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer and is set to premiere on Saturday, March 10, at 12:30 a.m. (ET/PT).

Though high school senior Saya Otonashi has trouble remembering anything that happened prior to one year ago, she leads a happy life with her adoptive family. That all changes when she and her brother are attacked by a blood-sucking vampire called a “chiropteran,” and Saya soon discovers that she is the only one who can defeat an evil that has plagued Japan for centuries.

Blood Plus is directed by Junichi Fujisaku (Ghost in the Shell) and produced by animation studio Production I.G (Blood the Last Vampire, Ghost in the Shell). Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) picked up the television and home video rights for Asia (outside of Japan), Latin America, North America, Australia and New Zealand shortly after the show’s successful Japanese premiere in October of 2005.

Reader Comments

• kirara12193 : N/A : N/A

  Monday, March 12, 2007

  I recomend this to watch for kids over the age of fourteen

• anya_1428 :

  Monday, March 12, 2007

  I loved the first ep. I\'m excited for this weekend.

• Lambchops :

  Saturday, March 17, 2007

  I wouldn\'t say 14, judging by the first episode i\'d say 13. All there was, was a lot of gore and just one kiss. No swearing or anything beyond that. I thought it was really good and i can\'t wait to see the next one!

• melmo :

  Tuesday, July 31, 2007

  i would agree with kirara12193

• whitney :

  Sunday, October 28, 2007

  there needs to be all of the episodes in english on dvd to buy i cant find it anywhere but this show is like my soap opera