Black Blood Brothers
Black Blood Brothers | |
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Original title | ブ ラ ッ ク ・ ブ ラ ッ ド ・ ブ ラ ザ ー ズ |
Light novel | |
country | Japan |
author | Kohei Azano |
illustrator | Yūya Kusaka |
publishing company | Fujimi Shobo |
First publication | July 2004 - May 2006 |
expenditure | 11 |
Anime television series | |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
year | 2006 |
Studio | Studio Live , Group TAC |
length | 25 minutes |
Episodes | 12 |
Director | Hiroaki Yoshikawa |
music | Toshihiko Sahashi |
First broadcast | September 8, 2006 - October 24, 2006 on Tokyo MX |
Black Blood Brothers ( Japanese ブ ラ ッ ク ・ ブ ラ ッ ド ・ ブ ラ ザ ー ズ , burakku buraddo burazāzu ) is a twelve-part light novel series by Kōhei Azano with illustrations by Yūya Kusaka. It was adapted in 2006 as an anime television series with twelve episodes.
action
In 1997 a vampire, later known as the Kowloon King , appears in Hong Kong and begins to infect others, thus turning them into vampires as well. In order to become a vampire themselves, a human normally has to drink a vampire's blood; however, people bitten by Kowloong King immediately become vampires. If these people who have mutated into vampires bite, they also become vampires directly. This creates its own class of society or a "vampire race" known as the Kowloon Children . The Kowloon Children are becoming more numerous and a threat to humanity.
Mankind starts a war in Hong Kong (called Holy War of Hong Kong) with the Kowloon Children and wins it. One of the war heroes was Jirō Mochizuki alias Gintō (translated: silver blade ). Ten years later he goes to Japan with his little brother Kotarō to visit a small underground town where surviving Kowloon Children are said to be hiding. During the trip to this city, Jirō meets opponents from his past.
Anime series
The twelve episodes of the anime series were created in the animation studios Group TAC and Studio Live . Directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa . He also created the scripts and the scenario together with Yū Sugitani .
From September 8th to November 24th, 2006, the anime aired on the Japanese TV station Tokyo MX and an hour later on Kids Station . By May 2007, the entire series was also released on six DVDs in Japan. DVD releases are also planned for North America with Funimation and in Australia and New Zealand with Madman Entertainment. The series was released in Germany in 2008 on three DVDs by OVA-Films.
synchronization
role | Japanese voice ( seiyū ) | German voice |
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Cassandra Jill Warlock | Miyuki Sawashiro | Susanne Dobrusskin |
Kotaro Mochizuki | Grandma Minami | Maximiliane Häcke |
Mimiko Katsuragi | Ryoko Nagata | Corinna Riegner |
Jirō Mochizuki | Takahiro Sakurai | Markus Pfeiffer |
Chao Yafuri | Motoko Kumai | Dennis Saemann |
music
As preload title was Ashita no Kioku of Naozumi Takahashi used. The credits are underlayed with the title Shinkirou by the band LOVEHOLIC .
Web links
- Biglobe Official Website for Anime (Japanese)
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
- Commercials on Funimation.com (English)
- Black Blood Brothers at the Internet Movie Database (English)