Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray]
by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
![Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray]](/images/Blood-The-Last-Vampire-Blu-ray-B002NUULNQ-L.jpg)
List Price:
Our Price: $11.95
You Save: $8.02 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.59 (click here)
Category: Blu-ray
See more Blu-ray details
Buy this Blu-ray movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Blu-ray details
Actor: Youki KudohDirector: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Brand: Fox
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 48 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-11-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: N3124
Studio: Manga Video
Product features:
- BLOOD-THE LAST VAMPIRE BLU-RAY (BLU-RAY DISC)
Blu-ray Reviews of Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: She's the last original
Summary: 3 Stars
Your basic vampire is perfectly suited to anime -- beautiful, seductive, and opulant.
Well, most of them, anyway. Things are a bit different in "Blood: The Last Vampire," an anime movie that bravely throws out most of the vampire preconceptions, as well as plot exposition. It's not a total success storywise, but it's an effectively dark, moody piece of bloody action.
As the movie opens, we see a mysterious young girl, Saya, on a train. When the lights go out, she savagely attacks a man at the other end of the train with a sword.
It turns out the man was a Chiropteran -- a sort of bat-vampire. When her coworkers arrive to clean up the mess, Saya learns that the Chiropterans have infiltrated the general public -- and she has to go undercover at a girls' high school near an American military base. She isn't happy about it, but goes anyway.
Saya begins snooping around for evidence of Chiropterans, and finds it -- a pair are disguised as ordinary high school girls. But when she corners them, a timid nurse accidentally gets involved in the bloodbath that ensues -- and a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the mysterious Saya and her monstrous prey.
"Blood: The Last Vampire" is one of those movies where the plot isn't the overwhelming force. In fact, the actual story isn't much -- it feels like tuning into an episode of a weekly TV show, without much explanation for who Saya is and what is going on. And after the first third, the movie is pretty much entirely devoted to "Saya hacks and slashes her way through the school while the nurse screams a lot."
But the visual presentation is stunning -- every scenes is saturated with shadows and vague, pale light. And while many scenes are quiet and almost motionless, the action scenes explode with kinetic energy, splashes of gore, and occasionally a raging fire. And when Saya jumps into action, the entire world seems to speed up into a blur of violence and splattered blood.
One thing you have to say -- there are no stereotypically pretty, European vampires here. There's only Saya -- a cold-eyed girl who looks like Angelina Jolie's gothy baby sister -- and a lot of grotesque bat creatures, with huge muzzles and big claws. The most "human" person here is probably the timid nurse, but we never really get to know her until the end.
Since the live-action adaptation is about to be released on DVD and blu-ray, the original OAV is coming out on blu-ray, and it's pretty bare-bones release, except for the presentation of the story itself -- reportedly the OAV is presented in two different formats: the original film version, and a new digital version.
"Blood: The Last Vampire" isn't too worried about having a plot, but for splattery action and fast-moving vampire battles, it's a dark diversion.
Description of Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray]
At the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a mysterious young woman to destroy them?she is the last remaining original. Featuring brilliant character designs, top-notch animation and a stunning musical score, ?Blood: The Last Vampire? is a breakthrough in digital filmmaking, taking anime to a whole new level.Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Eden of the East: The King of Eden (Two-Disc Blu-ray/ DVD Combo)Funimation; Release date: 2011-04-26; Blu-ray
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops:
Chaos;Head: The Complete Series (Limited Edition, Blu-ray/ DVD Combo)Funimation; Release date: 2011-11-29; Blu-ray
Best price: $30.99
Price in other shops:
Artist Not Provided - Blood+: Volume TwoSony; Release date: 2008-06-17; DVD
Best price: $3.92
Price in other shops:
Artist Not Provided - Blood +: Volume 3N/A; Release date: 2008-10-21; DVD
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops:
![Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Mardock-Scramble-The-First-Compression-Director-Cut-Blu-ray-B006LLY8O6-X.jpg)
Artist Not Provided - Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]Release date: 2012-03-13; Blu-ray
Best price: $35.99
Price in other shops:
Blood +: Volume OneSony; Release date: 2008-03-04; DVD
Best price: $7.29
Price in other shops:
Artist Not Provided - Blood +: Volume 4Sony; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $7.80
Price in other shops:
![Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Cowboy-Bebop-The-Movie-Blu-ray-B004R0MF0M-X.jpg)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [Blu-ray]IMG; Release date: 2011-06-28; Blu-ray
Best price: $7.20
Price in other shops:
Ghost in the ShellVTI; Release date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $7.48
Price in other shops:
![Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Blood-The-Last-Vampire-Blu-ray-B002KX9COU-X.jpg)
Blood: The Last Vampire [Blu-ray]Son; Release date: 2009-10-20; Blu-ray
Best price: $8.49
Price in other shops: