Blood+

Perfect score. I really enjoyed this anime despite not being directly related to Blood the Last Vampire. I enjoyed it anyway. This anime starts off slow, getting to know the main characters a little. and then gradually builds them up. The character development in this series is suburb. You grow up with these characters and feel their hardships in the stuff they face. Not only that but you get to see some great vampire fights. Even if you havent seen Blood the Last Vampire, you will still enjoy this. It is filled with twists and tragedies that will have you crying yourself. I would definitely recommends this to anyone who enjoys a great story and great characters.

when i would come home from school on the weekdays i would look forward to the weekends because good anime are always on back in those good old days on toonami and adult swim. blood + was on adult swim so i had to stay up till midnight for this show to come on and it was very well worth the wait for each episode for english dub it was pretty good, and this was an amazing horror anime that i have ever seen that has a good story, its very romantic and lots of action and adventure. story 10 this anime is about a high school girl who finds out she wasnt what she thought she was. she finds out she is a chiropteran they are vampire and that she is one of them. she disides to kill all chiropterans because they like to kill inocent poeple. then she starts to regain memories of her past little by little and she wanted to find out more about her own past. this anime also has its romantic and sad moments and sometimes it can get very sad so keep a tissue in hand because i cryed quite a few times my self. art 10 the art work was very good loved the animation style in the early 2000. i think saya looks badass when she had the long short hair look. character 10 the characters are very likable maybe except for riku he kinda got anoying in the end. he got to clingy to saya and i didnt like that. everyone else are very likeable and they develop very nicely all the way to the last episdoe and more background on saya was very interesing it always kept me intereted and kept me wanting more. and i enjoyed itvery much all the way to the end i was hooked right away in the first few episode i always wanted to know what happens next every saturday midnight on adult swim. overall 10 this is one of the best horror, romantic anime with a good story and plot that i have ever seen 10/10. thanks for reading this short review.

It's been a few years now, and I still think of Blood+ almost daily. All I can say is, if you haven't watched this anime, you haven't lived. To be fully honest... I don't even know what to say. I guess I'll just tell my story... A few years back, before I even heard of the word "anime" my family was hosting a Christmas party. At my Christmas party, me and my cousin were in my room, being the socially-awkward people we are, instead of socializing with my other family members. He mentioned how he is obsessed with this "anime" called "Air Gear" or something along those lines. He introduced me to the first episode, but other than the ecchi aspect to it, I wasn't a fan. So naturally I moved on to the next show. This time it was my turn to choose. I decided that I did like the art aspect to "Air Gear" and I was looking for another show in the "anime" category. That's when I stumbled upon Blood+. After the first episode I was hooked, and so was my cousin. We watched a few episodes together that night, and he made me promise I wouldn't go ahead. I promised, but admittedly I wasn't very faithful to my promise, as I immediately continued watching as soon as he shut my door and left my house. The character development in this anime is fantastic, it's truly a work of art. I regret however, watching it dubbed. Since I was new to the whole "anime" thing, I decided against watching it subbed, and boy do I regret that. In the future, I do plan on re-watching Blood+ in subbed, but not right now. Blood+ was absolutely outstanding. The most underrated anime to date (in my opinion of course). I recommend it to everyone, even to those who haven't seen anime or those who dislike anime. If you're reading this, and you haven't watched Blood+ yet, I ask you to trust me, and watch this masterpiece as I can guarantee you will not regret it. If you don't, that's okay too, but just know that you are missing out on a mental roller coaster that will, without a doubt leave you breathless.

One Word: Disappointing Short Review: When I read the story line and character bios for this anime I had high expectations for Blood+ but sadly they weren't met. The art and sound were the only two things that I thought were pretty good but everything else was lacking. The love triangle between Saya, Haji and Kai was plain annoying with these two guys chasing after a girl who constantly second guesses herself. The story felt like it dragged on and could have definitely been told better in 20-26 episodes. Lastly the action scenes were painful to watch because usually a character gets stronger after facing multiple obstacles and trials which enables them to be strong enough to face their final problem. In this show, however, our main character starts off at her peak and gets weaker throughout the entire show winning her battles through pure luck. This is definitely not worth the 50 episode commitment.

Let's start with a summary of what happens in the first 1 1/2 episodes: The story begins with a scene of a massacre: A girl with red eyes and a sword slices and dices through dozens of humans and werewolf-looking monsters. Even though she is repeatedly shot by a bunch of soldiers, she just keeps murdering innocent people. The scene ends with the girl standing in front of an almost army-looking mass of those werewolf things. After the scene ends and the (very badass) opening finishes playing (you should skip it though, if you really don't want ANY spoilers), the story continues in an apparently normal Japanese high school with two apparently ordinary high school girls: Otonashi Saya and her friend Kaori. Throughout the first episode, we learn that Saya can't remember anything that happened more than one year ago and she lives with her father, George and her brothers Kai and Riku. We also learn that they are not blood-related, but they were all orphans and George decided to take care of them. Kai takes Saya to the clinic from school, for a blood transfusion. Why? We find that out much, much later. After the treatment, Saya goes home and comes across a guy who plays his cello in the street. As she listens to the music and closes her eyes, something that looks like a dream scene appears: We see through the eyes of a girl in an almost medieval dress run through a corridor in what looks like a castle. After she runs up a staircase, she runs towards a locked door. She takes out the key and unlocks it, at which point Saya calls out "Don't!" and reaches out with her hand, as if to stop the door from being opened. Back in reality, she trips after doing so and falls right into a bush in front of several people. Saya then stands up again and quickly leaves with her face bright red, after we briefly see the face of the guy who played the cello. Afterwards, Saya returns home to her apparently happy family life. However, it turns out that Saya left her trainers at school. Blast it! So she returns to school when it is already dark outside. The scene switches to their house where Kaori brings Saya's trainers. So they aren't at school anymore. Seeing how Saya doesn't have a cellphone, George calls Kai to get Saya from school. Now, this is where it starts to get interesting. Saya searches for her trainers all over school and under a tree, she meets the cello player again. After he says "We finally meet" and both Saya and the audience are left to wonder what he means by that, he pulls out - guess what - a dagger! Saya does what anyone would do: run away in fear. She literally bumps into a teacher - why the heck is a teacher still at school that late at night - and asks him to search the area for that cello player. When they find nobody under the tree, a large hand from above grabs the teacher's head and pulls him right into the maze of leaves and branches. As Saya, frightened, calls for the teacher we hear chewing noises and finally the teacher's dead body is dropped, Saya does what anyone would do: just stand there, shocked. But there's no time for being shocked, as one of the monsters from the beginning suddenly shows up. Apparently, it was that monster who killed the teacher. Again, Saya does what anyone would do: run away, screaming for help. She passes through a door and locks it, hoping that it will stall the monster. But it doesn't. The monster easily breaks the glass and the door, leaving Saya injured on the ground. But she stands up anyway and tries to run, but bumps - not literally this time - into the cello player. He throws the knife from before, apparently aimed right at Saya's head, but it passes right by her and hits the monster. A few more knives hit the monster at various points, like the eye. The guy then picks up Saya and jumps right up the whole staircase (quite a jump, I gotta say) and takes her into an empty room, where he explains to Saya what the monster from before was: a Chiropteran, basically a vampire, but it looks like a werewolf. He takes out a cool-looking katana from his cello case and removes the bandage from his right hand... Now that's a sight. His right hand looks pretty much exactly like it was taken from that Chiropteran. He then cuts his palm with the katana and looks like he wants Saya to drink the blood. However, they are interrupted by the Chiropteran breaking in, who removes the knife from his eye and it heals super fast - in about 2 seconds, he has it regenerated. The cello player then drinks the blood himself and seems to kiss Saya. However, it was his true intention to get her to drink the blood. After she does, Kai comes in and discovers her, the cello player and the Chiropteran. After he sees the latter, he does what any person would do: stand there in shock. Now this is where it gets very cool. After drinking the cello player's blood, Saya seems to remember things - apparently, she was the girl in the very beginning, who murdered all those innocent people! The cut on her face heals in an instant as her eyes turn red. With that, she enters an almost trance-like state, calling out "Sword!", extending her hand towards the cello player. He obediently hands it over and Saya draws it in a very cool-looking manner. She then cuts her hand in a very cool-looking manner and slashes right through the Chiropteran in a very cool-looking manner. Now, let's stop it here and go watch it yourself if you wanna know more As for the plot development: I personally found Blood+'s plot very good, we gradually learn about Saya and her past, as well as about the enemy, the Chiropteran. We get tiny bits fed to us one after another, leaving us hungry for more. Not once was there a point where I was like "Awww, it's boring, when is it gonna get interesting?" I also liked the academy in Vietnam very much, where Saya has to hide her identity and abilities from all the other girls there, as well as Kai's girlfriend (okay, she loves him, but he doesn't love her back, but I'm still gonna stick with "girlfriend") and a reporter going after Saya and her group. There are lots of secrets that are gradually revelaed, such as the cello player's true identity and his connection to Saya. Also, I found all characters perfectly fitting. The only annoying thing was Riku, after he became - no that would be a spoiler. I'll only tell you that he gets annoying after ~ episode 25. As for the other characters, they all have their unique quirks and I liked all of the good guys all the way through - and despised all of the bad guys (which is a good thing), especially about halfway through the series, where you get to know their motives and background. As for the action: Blood+ doesn't have too much action, however, there are a few fight scenes. Most of them are pretty awesome and easily surpass standards I would expect, even though Saya and her friends often get saved by pure dumb luck - or by Solomon . In my opinion, at least. I especially like the fight at the end of episode 28, where Saya and Haji (the cello player) fend off about 8 enemies in a very badass manner. And the final fight with Diva is of course pure epicness, even though most of that epicness is in the dialogue. Other stuff: I really liked Saya's flashback scenes, especially the "mirror scene" in episode 2, even though it isn't really a flashback. But it's pretty much guaranteed to freak you out. Whoever made this series really knows how to pique the audience's curiosity over Saya's past. Conclusion: Overall, I find that Blood+ is an awesome anime, with 1 being the worst rating and 10 the best, I'd give Blood+ definitely a 9 or 9,5. The reason it doesn't get a 10 is because there are some characters who should've been granted a comeback, such as Saya's friend Min from the academy in Vietnam. To conclude this review, let me say that if you are interested in supernatural stuff such as Bleach, you should definitely watch Blood+. The plot is better than Bleach in my opinion, and it's a lot more serious,…

I really love this anime. It had a great story line. I enjoyed that there was no fillers to get in the way of the main conflict. And i also liked how they ended in a postion where they could pick up the show for another season or just leave it. This is an amazing anime with lots of emtions and if u dont believe me watch it yourself.

Sigh. This is another anime that has been sitting on my "I need to finish watching it some day" list for years. How should I put it. Have you ever seen series where you could see an amazing potential, then just had to watch the show to fail to reach the full potential, despite trying very very hard? Well... this is this kind of show. I've rated it 6/10, and 6/10 Story, 6/10 Art, 6/10 Sound, 5/10 Character, 5/10 Enjoyment, 6/10 Total. This is probably the closest there will be ever be to properly realizing full potential of Saya's story from Blood the Last Vampire. Unfortunately, it is not good enough to be considered a masterpiece, it fails to reach its full potential. Watching this anime is very, very, frustrating. In essence, it starts with interesting premise, produces decent first season, then things start deteriorating, and devolve into some sort of melodrama with characters occasionally spending time stating "moral statements", almost in shounen-like fashion. Fairly convincing fights from the first episodes are then displaced with almost comical abilities that on the level of superpowers. For example, very early you'll get characters that can move very far away at blink of eye without triggering a shockwave somehow. Compared to the first episodes that looked like they were trying to be realistic - to the extent it is possible wit ht he premise - this is very odd. So, what we have is an oddity. Nice core idea. Nice art. Good music. Characters are mediocre, however, a lot of them with wooden acting. There's a large variety of locales over the course of the show, which doesn't happen often. However, it lacks some sort of "punch" that would make it great, and sluggishly and slwoly drags out for 50 episodes, reaching.... not very interesting conclusion. Sigh. I'm not sure how this could possibly have been done better, but it definitely doesn't reach the potential, and this is frustrating. Detailed breakdown is below: Story: 6/10: The reason why it is 6/10 is largely because of scope, and because of occasional nice moments it has. The story has a problem, because it starts with interesting premise, but then slows down to crawl, and throws many pointlessly melodramatic moments that were supposed to trigger some sort of response, but usually don't. As I also mentioned, there's inconsistent level of "powers" throughout the anime. At the beginning we get more or less realistic depiction of the world, but later there are peopel with magical abilities. Closer to the end, or to be more specific, past the first season, the story largely looks like collection of backdrops, and resembles some sort of not very convincing theatrical play. But still... it is ambitious you can give it that. And closer to the end it has one nice moment that adds some redeeming values to it that shifts it from 5/10 to 6/10... Still... I can't think of how it could've done better and more believable. Something is definitely amiss with it. Art: 6/10: It is surprisingly detailed for a TV show. Clean detailed style, characters are realistic. Nobody is ever going into chibi mode here, characters are adult proportioned. Basically, they pretty much wanted to make it look realistic as possible, when it comes to visuals.Character designs are fairly good as well.... I mean monsters aren't interesting, but visuals of characters themselves are unique enough and interesting enough. Sound: 6/10: Soundtrack is nice, but the same tracks are played many times over course of 50 episodes. At some point they nice music starts leaving next to no impact. Characters: 5/10: Character interaction is not good, and same goes for character portrayal There's a lot of instances of somebody pointlessly talking baoaut something. Some cliched interactions. Melodrama. Many attempts to overdramatize something. Basically... I think there was maybe one moment total where I felt sympathetic towards someone. Enjoyment: 5/10: It is simply too long and drag out for too long. By the 30th episode the show loses all of its initial momentum and moves slowly towards the ending, while events that happen in it become less and less and less plausible. The world fail to react to catastrophes. The powers of characters become more and more magical. People act oddly. This... gets annoying. Overall: 6/10: I'll rate it 6/10 for trying but... the thing is I cna't recommend this anime. As i said, this is probably one of the best attempts to retell saya's story (and it is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the abomination called BloodC), but the anime doesn't achieve its full potential and this is frustrating. Maybe if you have a ton of time and absolutely nothing else to watch you could give this one a try, but after finishing the anime myself, I could only think that idea behind Saya could use a much better story.

Overview: At this point, twists on the traditional legends of vampires have pretty much become the norm in just about any type of media. However, anime is particularly infamous for it. Generally, they put a twist on the legend using their own folklore and making them mutants or demons rather than the undead, with sucking blood being practically the only resemblance to the original legend they've got. "Blood+" is one such anime, and while it's not without many flaws, it's still a nice and welcome twist on an outdated tale. Story (8/10): It's very hard to delve into the story without presenting some spoilers but I'm going to try anyway. Basically, it follows Saya Otonashi, a seemingly normal girl who lives peacefully with her adoptive family and has no memory of who she is or where she came from. One night, she crosses paths with a mysterious man named Hagi, who appears to know her very well and obeys her every command. Furthermore, an agent named David who appears to be well acquainted with Saya's adoptive father appears and says that he needs Saya for something. One thing leads to another, and it's not long before Saya and her family are caught up in a battle against creatures called Chiropterans, and Saya slowly begins to remember her mysterious past and reason for her existence, assisted by the anti-Chiropteran military organization Red Shield. The story is pretty slow to start, as it's only until episode 6 that something significant happens, and it's only until episode 8 or 9 that we finally get a good idea about exactly what Saya and Red Shield are up against. This certainly isn't helped by the fact that Hagi, David and the others refuse to tell Saya anything about her past, as they believe that it's best for her to remember on her own. Not to mention that when she regains her memories, they regret not telling her as it would have saved a lot of trouble. In any case, I can thankfully say that the second half is vastly superior to the first, as it is far more fast-paced and is overall just much more interesting and exciting. The fight takes the group to all sorts of locations, from a hotel to a snowy landscape to a theatre, and Saya slowly grows from a scared girl who can barely fight to save her life to a highly competent warrior who can kick blood-sucking monster ass, albeit with a lot of help from Hagi. The story of Saya's past is also very interesting, as it ties brilliantly with the villains and is crucial for her character development. The origin of Chiropterans is great as well, and things aren't as black and white as they seem at first. The story ultimately proves to be very interesting and unique in spite of the slow start and manages to keep you interested throughout its 50 episodes, all the way up to a well-thought out conclusion. Art & Animation (8.5/10): The art is very impressive for the show's time, which is from 2005-2006. The characters and monsters are all very well-drawn and the animations are mostly quite smooth, though they can also be rather stiff at times. My favourite effect is when Saya kills a Chriopteran by stabbing it with her sword, which causes the beast to crack up and crumble into pieces. It's a very well-done effect that's used really well throughout the series. Sound & Dialogue (7/10): This is, unfortunately, the low point of the series. The soundtrack is generally made up of generic tunes that fail to stand out and are quickly forgettable. There are 4 openings and 4 ending themes but none of them are memorable and I skipped them every time. Thankfully, there are two exceptions to this- "Saya's Victory" and "Diva". The voice acting isn't the best either; Kari Wahlgren and Crispin Freeman both deliver strong performances as the lead pair but apart from them, the voice acting is mostly average and can actually be pretty poor in places, with some voices not sounding right at all. The sound never gets unbearable, especially since the dialogue is mostly good, but I have definitely heard much better. Characters (7.5/10): Let's start with Saya. As I mentioned before, she starts off as a scared girl who can barely fight to save her life but as she regains her memories she gets stronger and stronger. Well, I should say more skilled, since physically she isn't much stronger than a human, and so relies on martial arts and swordplay, which thankfully allows her to easily hold her own against more powerful opponents. Unfortunately, with her extra power comes serious consequences, since her past was definitely not sunshine and daisies. About three-quarters through the series, you really get the impression that the entire world is out to break her, as she suffers one tragedy after another, making you hope that the poor girl will finally catch a break when everything's over. She does have an annoying habit of pointing out the obvious, but overall she is a great protagonist and the best character the series has to offer. Coming a close second is Saya's bodyguard, Hagi. He starts off as a typical, stoic quiet character, rarely talking and when he does he only says a few sentences. He also follows Saya's every command regardless of what it is, almost to the point of being a pushover. His character development revolves around him outgrowing this and considering what he wants, and it begins to show in later episodes as he starts to voice his opinion more and more. He's also just as (or at first more) capable a fighter as Saya, even when he's holding back, though he still ends up getting injured by almost every enemy he fights. Next up is the other two main protagonists- Red Shield special agent David and Saya's adopted older brother Kai. As I mentioned before, their voice acting isn't anything special but they're at least well-written- David is the hardened war veteran with a heart of gold while Kai is the hot-headed teenager with a heart of gold. David doesn't have any powers like Saya and Hagi, but he makes up for that with his sheer force of will, as he doesn't let anything keep him down for long- he's even described in-series as being indestructible. Kai, on the other hand, starts off as rather annoying and immature, as well as pretty selfish, but thankfully he becomes more responsible and likable as the series progresses. But while the main cast is very good, the supporting cast is less so, and there are definitely quite a few I think the show could have done without and others that were just underused. I can say the villains are interesting, however. Enjoyment (7.5/10): As I mentioned before, the series takes several episodes to get going, so you definitely need some patience if you want to watch it to the end. This is also a very dark series, and while the show gets more exciting in later episodes, it also gets a lot more depressing. There's also a sense of danger and quite a few characters don't make it to the end. If you can't handle all that, then I would definitely advise staying away. Overall: "Blood+" certainly isn't the best anime I've ever seen, but it's still a unique and interesting twist on the old legend of vampires. In spite of the slow start, forgettable soundtrack and variable voice acting, "Blood+" is a very good series to watch, with an intriguing story, great action and good character development. Score: 8+8.5+7+7.5+7.5=38.5/50=7.7/10

Blood+ takes vampire folklore and twists it into something unique and well suited to the series. Although, it may seem as if it would be a boring plot where a girl travels around hunting down vicious monsters this series is very far from being boring. From the first episode it stays true to the plot and remains consistent until the very end. The atmosphere of Blood+ is rather intense. It takes a cheery high school girl and thrusts her into a dark world filled with violence, blood, and death. Being as it is a 50 episode series I had expected for the series to, occasionally, break from it's serious atmosphere or to become episodic. The series is consistent with both the story and atmosphere and never breaks. You witness the growth of both the storyline and characters to the point where the story is much more in depth than a high school girl with a katana killing off creatures. Watching anime I often expect for a random shot of chibi characters being silly and arguing about pointless things as to entertain or relieve the viewer from the seriousness of the series but Blood+ never makes an attempt at comic relief. Although, instead, they offer you a little bit of hope for the characters and their situation, as if things are looking up, only for it to be snatched away from you. It will literally drive you to tears. The plot will not disappoint you. It unfolds at a steady pace, and will offer you enough of a story and the characters that, at the end of it, you won't think, "I want more than this", you will just be completely satisfied with how everything panned out. Blood+ is rich with a beginning, middle, and end. The characters of Blood+ are extremely well developed. As you watch the series it's as if you are watching them grow before your eyes. What I love about this series the most is how in depth and real the characters of Blood+ are. Despite having inhuman capabilities even the main character is of human nature in personality. In fact, you may even find yourself feeling sorry for the most sadistic villain of the series. Characters that are young and lack knowledge and understanding from the beginning mature as the series progresses. The situations they extract their experiences from make them grow stronger in character. Even if they know they are weak against the enemy they continue fighting as to support the one character who is able to end the misery brought on by chiropterans. Even adult characters that seem to have an understanding that the youth lacked are thrown into situations that cause them to experience something as a means of development in their character. A lot of the characters are often faced by the confusion of their own emotions and, as such, change drastically from their revelations. Overall, the series was very enjoyable. It remained consistent to the plot and atmosphere with an excellent beginning, middle, and end. All the questions you could have had about the series are answered and you are not left in confusion at the end. The characters are strong, likeable, and well developed. After the very last episode of the series you could possibly be taken aback by how good the series actually was. I would most definitely suggest you give Blood+ a try.

The description of this show does not do it justice. I actually just finished watching the last episode this morning at 4:00am, after spending two days straight watching the whole series. I am not going to lie I knew about the series since it came out in 06 but I just never gave it the time of day because I thought it would be just a stupid vampire plot that was either endless or shallow. I was completely wrong, a friend who had watched it convinced me too, I admit the first 3 or 4 episodes seem painfully slow and way too soft for what a dark anime should be. It got interesting very quickly, and soon I could not stop watching, hence the reason I turned off my phone and locked my self up for the last couple days. The story as described is about a girl named saya fighting vampire like beings, but this is only a main theme to the plot. The real story is how Saya deals with being different and coming to except herself as she is and how she interacts with humans. The story is dark and like my other fav, code geass (also a bandai film), they are not afraid to kill main and lovable characters in order to progress the story line (I am trying not to spoil but I want to give you a good ideal of how dark this anime is). This anime is really about one girls hardships, feelings, and suffering. It will blow your mind and make you think in a different manner.

Main When I watched the first couple episodes of Blood+, The first thing that came to mind was “What in the [beeeeeeeep] did they do to my show?” Anyone who has seen the original Blood knows what time it is....Blood was pretty hardcore, no bones about it! So my initial reaction to seeing this new Blood+ [and Saya] amongst all this peaceful scenery and at a regular school leading this idyllic home life complete with parent and siblings was a complete and utter shock to the system indeed. But then as this amazing story unfolds, I realized that this show way better than it seemed at first. Even if the art style is kind of shoujo, do NOT let that mislead you or dissuade your from watching this series! Art-Style Blood +, has VERY good animation...I'd even say it was excellent! There is extensive CG work used on this tries—rather tastefully I might add—for general vehicular movement such as cars, boats, helicopters etc. CG is also used for a lot of the architectural shots and camera pans like when character is running down or thru hallways of a building. A lot of the special FX used for the action scenes were CG, most notably would have to be FX used for when the SCHIFF members fought. I don't know what more could be required from this show! There are a lot of exotic scenes as the character travel across Europe and Asia. There is a lot of attention to the artistic details in making each locale look authentic. This show is a fantasy show but there are some very powerful imagery being used....with countless scenes that burn their way into your mind! Personally, I loved the battle on the train in Russia and that image of the lady jumping off the train at half speed.....is was very cool in that Matrix/Trinity kind of way. There were also some pretty unforgettable battle scenes! Sound I actually only liked the 3rd OP and ED songs and the art sequences that go with them. So for me this gets the lowest score. The Japanese voice cast did a great job, tho! I really appreciated their work. Story The biggest attribute and main seller for this series is it's story! Blood+ has a very solid and compelling storyline....in fact it is so compelling that once the ball gets rolling it's pretty hard to stop...there have been many a night that I had to forgo sleep because I stayed up watching this series and then still having to go to work the next day. But it's like a good book you can't put down! The original Blood movie, though excellent in it own right, was very incomplete and left a lot of questions unanswered. The Blood + series did a great job filling in the holes and offered an intriguing story. At first I thought giving Saya a family and a “regular” life was a mistake but now I understand how vital it was to start the series the way it did...which made the show all the more riveting as Saya and her family evolve. I'm not going to spoil anything for anyone, but I feel I must say that if you don't like characters dying off...then you need to factor this into your decision-making whether to watch this or not. Because if you're like me then you'll be sad [also if you do not like gore....there's lots!] In the anime world it's really not so surprising to see main characters die, but somehow I was still shocked......even when trivial side characters died, I was shocked and saddened. That's proof that this is as good show and how excellent the story was being told—If you can feel something for the death of a SUPPORTING character [forget about the main characters], then you have a good story on your hands! Character When I think about the characters of this series, I also wind up thinking about the characters from FullMetal Alchemist. There's no real explanation why I've linked these two sets of characters except in my minds eye, I do see a lot of similarities. For starters, this isn't just a cut and dry case of Good Guys v. Bad Guys. Sure, you may start out with one team versus another team but then you see all these smaller factions and third party forces popping out of the woodwork.....and before you know it the Good Guys may not necessarily be that good and the same goes for the bad guys. Another reason why I may have linked the Blood + characters to the FMA characters might be because of the “super-powers” element. In FMA the “bad guys” all went under the umbrella term Homunculus but each of them had their unique powers tied to their personality; with Blood+ the bad guys are called Vampires [or Chiropetra—something or other] but they each had their own unique personalities and their own brand of super powers. One final note about these characters, is that I see a certain level of sadness with all the characters, good or bad, they seem sad even when they're smiling....I don't really know why, but is was the same with the FMA characters too. Worth it or NOT? Hells yeah this is worth getting!

Blood+ is an anime about vampires and one special vampire hunting them down. I can’t say I haven’t seen that before. I have seen worse vampire anime and definitely worse vampire stories in general. However, at the same time, there are better vampire anime out there as well like Vampire Hunter D or Hellsing. Hell, why stop at anime. Watch stuff like the Blade movies. This series seems very much like Blade in a lot of ways. You have a main character, Saya (in this case a woman), who is a powerful and special vampire (supposedly) who wields a cool-looking sword and slays other vampires. I can tell you that Blade could kick Saya’s ass any day of the week. I would much rather watch Blade and Blade 2 than this anime. I would watch this over Blade Trinity but that’s not saying much. There will be some SPOILERS from here on so be warned. Let’s get the good points out of the way. Firstly, the art and animation is good for the most part. For an anime that came out in 2005 the visuals are good. The animation during the fights was usually fluid and some of the action seasons are decent mainly ones involving the Shiva lies. The music is also good. All the openings are great and will get you hyped until you realize what you’re watching. The ending songs are okay and the score does its job. One of the main issues I have with this anime is the characters. I find most if not all of them boring, uninteresting, or just whiny. If you like the characters that’s fine, but I was not invested in any of them. At first I was invested in Saya’s character but as the series progressed I became less and less interested. Many people think Saya is a great character and a very strong female lead, but I did not see that really. Saya would not be in my top 10, 20, or even top 30 lists of best female characters in anime. She’s not badass. Her fights are honestly pretty dull. Plus, she almost always has to get saved by her Shiva lie Haji, her brother Kai, Solomon, or somebody else. Haji does most of the work in fights and Saya then has the finishing blow. She is also whiny and indecisive. I could forgive it at the beginning because she is still adjusting to everything. However, as the series went on her indecisiveness grated on me. Diva is even worse. She is built up as the main villain and a massive threat, but she wasn’t really. She wasn’t that great of a fighter and her personality and motivation was really weird. At first she wanted to kill Saya, then she wanted Riku but then kills him,, then it seems like she wanted to sing, then at the end I guess what she wanted was a family. It is really confusing. Did the writers want us to feel sympathy toward her at the end? She tried to kill Saya multiple times, she killed Saya’s real father, killed Riku, and took on Riku’s appearance as a final insult. She gets no sympathy from me. If she did really want a family then that’s a rather weak motivation for the main villain. Diva’s Shiva lies were more of the main villains than she was and they seemed stronger too. They are the ones with the grand scheme to take over the world and replace humans with Chiropterans, not Diva. Even though Saya and Diva are supposed to be the head vampires their servants seem stronger than they are judging by what I’ve seen each of them do compared to Saya and Diva. I know Saya and Diva’s blood is deadly to them, but from an ability and combat efficiency standpoint they seem better. The Shiva lies get all the good fights. I am never hyped to see Saya and Diva fight. I always wait for Haji or the other Shiva lie to come fight or fight each other. The final fight between Saya and Diva is pathetic. While that was happening you had Haji fighting Diva’s head Shiva lie and that was a much better fight. Also, it is so boring. This anime is fifty episodes in length and it could have easily been half that if not even less. It really shows in the pacing, which is slow and tiring. There are some episodes where barely anything happens. The story isn’t big or complicated enough to warrant being as long as it is. The plot is pretty straightforward and there are really no twists or turns. Diva’s Shiva lies want to replace humanity with Chiropterans as top of the food chain and Saya and her group has to stop them. You could’ve easily resolved that in a 25 episode series or even a 12 or 13 episode series. Plus, there’s the whole love triangle between Saya, Haji, and Solomon (Diva’s Shiva lie) which falls into Twilight territory. Okay, it’s not that bad but it does give off that Twilight vibe to me, which isn’t a good thing. People give this anime’s successor, Blood-C, a lot of shit. That series, while not perfect, is better than this. Blood-C is much shorter so the pacing is better, the action is better I think, the lead heroine does more, and there is no Twilight-esk love story in there. Overall, Blood+ soap opera making as a vampire anime. The action scenes involving the Shiva lie are decent but the rest is just dull. It’s too long and the pacing is super slow. The main character, Saya, is boring, indecisive, and not that strong overall. The other characters aren’t any better. The villains are weak especially Diva. Her motivation is all over the map, she didn’t come off as this badass ultimate villain, and she doesn’t really do much. Her servants seem more like the main villains. They have more screen time than she does. They are the one that have the grand scheme in mind while diva just seems to be just going along with it. The only characters that are somewhat worth anything are Haji and Solomon. As I said previously there is much better vampire fiction out there. It is definitely not the worst but I’d skip it.

I'm glad I have finally finished this anime. This anime was really just meh, it had it moments but for me, it could of have been better. Story: For a story, it can be described in one word, OK. The story at the beginning, is fantastic, but for it being 50 episodes, I should expect what I would call filler. The last episodes really made up for it. The story I give a 6. Art: For a 2005 anime, it did it job. The art is what it is, the art I give a 6. Sound: For intros, and endings, they were a lot that they went through, and I'm not going through all of them. As for watching the dub/sub, I watched the dub. I honestly did not care for the dub, it had some great actors, like Steve Blum, but that it. The sound I give a 4. Characters: As for characters, they were good. You do have to have, a great villain to build up to, and it was what it was. The characters I give a 7. Enjoyment, and Overall: For enjoyment I give it a 6, I honesty was into this but was like need to get through it. Overall score is a 5, I honesty will never go back to this.

Right in middle of the show i was wondering what if, blood + with original mystical aura of story comes in hollywood version. In cinema I'm watching blood + with its originality, this thought was refreshing. It's one of those shows which uses theme not very rare , but kind if usual one. But when you watch the series the strong theme which covers its whole range of episodes with originality you really feel its one of a unique anime. Blood + no doubt covers it's whole 50 episodes with its unique theme , art and storytelling. The characters were bit unusual when the anime starts' but With 6 or 7 episodes those special art and design becomes the necessity for unique storytelling of blood+. No doubt , this show will be an entertainment for anyone who watches it. The genre ranges from romance, suspense, a little comedy , detailed history , peace and war. One can enjoy the seinen theme in its fullest in this story. The track specially second are tracks were really good.

At first this anime seems like it might be just another long drawn out story about some high school girl who learns how to fight monsters but that is only the beginning. Throughout the anime different background stories begin to unravel in a way that just pulls you in. I absolutely love the way the characters interact with one another and how emotions are portrayed. I personally have a short attention span for animes which have more than maybe 20 or 25 episodes but at the time that I watched this I was so drawn in by everything within it that I didn't even realize how long it was. I spent at the very least a week enthralled by this anime and spent as much time as I possibly could watching it. I feel like this is an amazing anime. =^x^=

This anime is one of the best I have ever watched. At the begining I didn't expect much, but was surprized by an amazing story that is one of a kind. There are some twist in the plot that didn't even think of possible. What's more I'm not embarressed to say that at some parts I had tears in my eyes. The end was not leaving much hope for a next season. But tte truth is that the end was simply perfect for me and even though I'm curious about what happens next this anime is not one that needs a next season, because I like the open end. Blood+'s end gives me a chose and think about the possibilities of Saya's future

Blood+ is an Anime that comes around very rarely. With an amazing story, sound, characters (except for one), and overall enjoyment, Blood+ is one of my personal favorites. Set in an alternate world to the movie Blood: The Last Vampire, The story revolves around a young girl named Saya who is apparently the only girl who can stop the vampire like monsters known as Chiroptera. I will Divide this Review into each of the 5 Sections. Story: The Writing in this Anime is phenomenal. The work, although based off the original movie, Is incredibly Original and is Very different from the original work. The Chiroptera are not like ordinary Vampires, which made me very happy. They seem more like savage monsters who don't think and just eat. There are however, different types of Chiroptera. I won't get into it because of spoilers, but the concept of the Chiroptera is very interesting and is pulled off successfully. Art: The art was one of the two issues I had with the anime. The scenery is beautiful but the characters lack originality. Saya, who is the main character, has a weird looking mouth that distracts you from the Amazing writing. I had to watch the beginning over again because I couldn't stop staring at her mouth. This doesn't take away the greatness of the show, but instead distracts you from it. It is a problem, but I won't take this into my Overall score. Sound: I personally love the soundtrack of Blood+. Diva's song is great and fits in perfectly with the mood of the show. Even the other pieces of music were well placed into the events of the show. The sounds of the Chiroptera sounded original and I didn't notice anything Bad about it. Other sound effects like the swords or guns seemed normal and fit in perfectly with the show. The sound effects were nothing special, But didn't take away anything from the story itself. Character: This section holds the biggest problem in my opinion. Almost all the characters were well developed. The only thing I had a problem with is Kai. I found Kai to be the most annoying character I've ever seen. Kai is basically Saya's "brother" even though they are not blood related. Kai is like the male version of Kagome from Inuyasha. He constantly thinks about Saya and is kind of an asshole to everyone else. Riku is another sibling of Saya's and is actually very likeable. Riku has the right balance of love for Saya and Love for everyone else. Haji is probably one of my favorite characters in this anime, next to David and Solomon. I even Love the villains of the show. The ONLY person I hate is Kai. This character brought my overall score to a 9. That's pretty bad.

So the basic storyline of this anime is about a girl can't remember anything of her past. The only thing she knows is that the family she lives with aren't her real family. Eventually as the story goes on, she meets various characters and soon to discover about her past and more importantly, about herself. I'm pretty bad with a brief description of this series because there's just too much to write about. But that's the basic storyline. Story: The overall story is very precise and uses great amount of details. I would give it a 9/10 because the story wasn't too original for me. Art: This series is one of my favorite kind of art style. I would say, the animation was pretty good and they did a great job at the details and some of the scenerios were amazing. Sound: The first thing I did after finishing this series, was to find the Original Soundtrack. During my time watching it, I focused so much on the music, because it was so beautiful and fit well with each scenes. And I would really recommend the OST. The OP/ED were great and the animation for it was pretty awesome too espcially the 2nd OP. I like the way how the OPs were pretty fast beat and pumped me up for the next episode while the ED were more soft, and slow. Character: Wow, I would give it a 20/10 if I could for character development. Aside from the fact that it IS a long series (50 episodes is pretty long for me lol), the character development was purely amazing. I fell in love with all the character, and not just the main characters. I think for me, since I'm into romance and what not, they did a good job fitting romance in it as well. Basicaly, the character development gotta be the main point of this series. I felt the emotion most of the character's were feeling because they all had different feelings. ahhh its great not to mention Haji and Solomon xD Overall, it is a good series to watch, and for those who don't enjoy long series like I do, it's pretty worth watching. My first expectation from the first episode is totally different from after watching it. Ill also have to point out that, this series got everything from full packed action to romance and humor to suspense. So try it, you won't be disappointed.

Saya thinks she's a pretty normal human being. She is athletic, and has a best friend. Something different is that she was adopted, and she has no memory of her past. One day she meets Haji, a very attractive cello player. He claims to know her. As they start to get to know each other, Saya starts to regain some of her memories. She learns that she is not anything near human, but a chiraptoran queen, and that her main goal is to kill her sister, Diva. As she does this, more and more tragedy happens, and she nears giving up. Does she succeed? WATCH AND FIND OUT

I really want to love this anime and at the same time I really do love this anime... Honestly has one of the best character development I've ever seen for EVERY character (supporting and main) you really do care for every character and feel the weight of all of their fates. The biggest downfall of this series in my opinion is really just one thing... the main characters are always crying, the self pity, the fallacies, the "I will do this, I have to do this" then when the time comes "I CAN'T DO IT" seriously happens from episode 1 all the way to episode 50... The supportive characters and villains who are all seen and all have impact through the entire series are actually 100% more grounded to reality and know what they want and exactly how to do it. In my opinion they really keep the show together and keep you invested (villains alike) Long story short... 2 Main characters are the most annoying and don't have much character maturity or change (series has a 2-3 year plot time) but every single supportive character you are introduced to all have their own personal agendas and will have you rooting for every one of them.