Blood: The Last Vampire
| Blood: The Last Vampire | |
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| Created by | Production I.G |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Kitakubo |
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| Written by | Kenji Kamiyama |
| Starring | Youki Kudoh |
| Cinematography | Miki Sakuma |
| Edited by | Hiroshi Okuda |
| Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
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| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Blood the Last Vampire 2002 | |
| Written by | Benkyo Tamaoki |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Ace Next |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | April 2001 |
| Light novel | |
| Night of the Beasts | |
| Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Published by | Kadokawa |
| English publisher | |
| 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 |
| Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Genre | Horror, Adventure |
| Platform | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
| Released | December 21, 2000 January 26, 2006 (PSP) |
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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 alongside their IG Plus division. 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.