Beschreibung 1:
Im Herbst 1966 ist die Stimmung auf der US-Air Force Base in Japan auf das Höchste angespannt; der Vietnamkrieg steht kurz bevor. Nach einer mysteriösen Selbstmordserie in der angrenzenden japanischen Stadt ist eine andere Bedrohung in das Militärgelände eingedrungen: Vampire. Ein verdecktes Team von Regierungsagenten, die für die Eliminierung von Vampiren zuständig sind, schickt eine geheimnisvolle junge Frau namens Saya auf die Base. Sie soll, als Schulmädchen verkleidet, die Ursache der Dämonenplage herausfinden, die Bestien vernichten und ihre Schreckensherrschaft beenden, bevor es zu spät ist. Sie ist das letzte überlebende Original.
Beschreibung 2:
On an American military base in Japan, a new kind of vampire emerges: Teropterids. They are monstrous shape-shifting creatures that can only be killed with special swords. A mysterious girl named Saya is the last "original," the only person capable of dealing with the menace of these monsters. Posing as a student at the base's school, Saya races to hunt down the beasts before they turn an ordinary Halloween bash into a bloody massacre. Production IG, known for their pioneering digital effects, describes BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE as a full digital animation movie, which means that even though many sequences were animated using pencil and paper, the artwork was digitally scanned. Inking and coloring were completed by computer, as were several other special effects. Hiroyuki Kitakubo was chosen to direct the project because of his digital experience (he oversaw the movie sequences in the GHOST IN THE SHELL game for the Sony PlayStation.) The film is also notable for the participation of screenwriter Mamoru Oshii, who helmed GHOST IN THE SHELL and has written a novel that takes place in BLOOD's universe. Despite its resemblance to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, BLOOD succeeds in creating its own gloomy, chiaroscuro world.