Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Hiroyuki Kitakubo

Writers:

Kenji Kamiyama (screenplay) and
Katsuya Terada (writer)

Release Date:

17 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Horror | Action

Plot:

Japan, 1966. Saya is part of a secret team destroying daemons. She is sent undercover as a student at the Yokota Air Base in Fussa-shi...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Japan | Halloween | Nurse | Schoolgirl

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Youki Kudoh	...	Saya (voice)
Saemi Nakamura	...	Nurse Makiho Caroline Amano (voice)
Joe Romersa	...	David (voice)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Sharon (voice)
Stuart Robinson	...	Louis (voice)
Akira Koteyama	...	Mama (voice)
Tom Fahn	...	Teacher (voice)
Fitz Houston	...	S.P. #1 (voice)
Steve Blum	...	S.P. #2 (voice) (as Steven Blum)
Paul Carr	...	School headmaster (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Mallow	...	(voice)

Runtime:

48 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 (cable rating) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Spain:13

Company:

Aniplex

Trivia:

There is no separate English and Japanese sound tracks. Eight of the eleven main characters are voiced by English-speaking actors, the other three actors switch between Japanese and English depending on who they are talking to.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.6)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Let's Dance

A good show that leaves the audience wanting more.

What can I say, but I really loved this anime film. All 48 fricking minutes of its short, well made, coolness. The story of what I was able to peace together, involves Saiya some sort of immortal vampire hunter who might just be a vampire herself, even though thats left to the audiences imagination since the bulk of the story involves suspense with well done action sequences. At the start of the film shes sent off by her boss and his cronie to American Air Force base where there seems to be an infiltration from three confirmed vampires. She then sets off to exterminate them while trying to save a school nurse who seems to be the target of the vampires attention. What follows is then is one long sequence that makes up the rest of the film as Saiya and her boss battle the three vampires while trying to save the life of the nurse. Then its over. Just like that. No resolution to little plot details, like the origins of Saiya, or how she came to work for the orginization that she works for. You never really understand the point of the vampires beyond the fact that they're the villians and they bite peoples necks to kill them. Or for that matter why Saiya acts the way she does at the end of the film. Looking back at what I liked about this film, I think I would have to rank this as another digitally animated film from this year, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Unlike that film though, which left the intrigued viewer wanting more from the story. This film just leaves you wanting more story period. The direction, the animation are all top notch high grade stuff. Its just at the end, you leave yourself feeling as this has been nothing more than a well made tech demo. Well I hope its not, since I'm praying for a longer sequel to be made soon.