Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire
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Genre	Action[1] Horror[1]
Created by	Production I.G
Anime film
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Produced by	Ryuji Mitsumoto Yukio Nagasaki
Written by	Kenji Kamiyama
Starring	Youki Kudoh
Cinematography	Miki Sakuma
Edited by	Hiroshi Okuda
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Studio	Production I.G
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Licensed by	NA/UK: Manga Entertainment
Released	November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)
Runtime	48 minutes[2]
Further information Manga Blood the Last Vampire 2002 Written by Benkyo Tamaoki Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Viz Media Magazine Monthly Ace Next Demographic Shōnen Published April 2001 Light novel Night of the Beasts Written by Mamoru Oshii Published by Kadokawa English publisher NA: Dark Horse Press Published November 2000 Light novel The Blood Which Invites the Darkness Written by Junichi Fujisaku Published by Kadokawa Published January 2001 Light novel A Tragic Dream in Shanghai Written by Junichi Fujisaku Published by Kadokawa Published December 2005 Video game Developer Sony Computer Entertainment Japan[3] Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Genre Horror, Adventure Platform PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable Released December 21, 2000 January 26, 2006 (PSP)
Related
Blood+ (2005–06 anime television series) Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 live-action film adaptation) Blood-C (2011 anime television series)
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Blood: The Last Vampire (stylized in all caps) is a 2000 Japanese animated action horror film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Kenji Kamiyama; the film is created by Production I.G, whom also produced the film. Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a girl named Saya (Youki Kudoh), who hunts the hematophagous-bat-like creatures called Chiropterans, is tasked to eliminate the creatures at Yokota Air Base by her handlers.

Blood: The Last Vampire first premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2000, and later in Japan on November 18. Manga Entertainment licensed the film and released it theatrically in the United States in Summer 2001, and later on August 3 through home media release.

Blood: The Last Vampire spawned a sequel manga, three light novels and a video game from 2001 to 2006. It also spawned two anime series: Blood+, which aired from 2005 to 2006, and Blood-C in 2011. A live-action film adaptation with the same title was released in 2009.