Strike the Blood
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| Original title | ス ト ラ イ ク ・ ザ ・ ブ ラ ッ ド | ||||||
| transcription | Sutoraiku za Buraddo | ||||||
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| genre | Mystery , action, harem | ||||||
| Light novel | |||||||
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Gakuto Mikumo | ||||||
| illustrator | Manyako | ||||||
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works | ||||||
| First publication | May 10, 2011 - ... | ||||||
| expenditure | 17th | ||||||
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Japan
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| author | Gakuto Mikumo | ||||||
| Illustrator | Tate | ||||||
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works | ||||||
| magazine | Dengeki Daioh | ||||||
| First publication | June 27, 2012 - 2017 | ||||||
| expenditure | 10 | ||||||
| Anime television series | |||||||
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | ||||||
| year | 2013 | ||||||
| Studio | Silver Link , Connect | ||||||
| length | 24 minutes | ||||||
| Episodes | 24 in 1 season | ||||||
| Director | Takao Sano | ||||||
| music | Assumed sounds | ||||||
| First broadcast | October 4th, 2013 on Tokyo MX , AT-X | ||||||
| Original video animation | |||||||
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Strike the Blood ( Japanese ス ト ラ イ ク ・ ザ ・ ブ ラ ッ ド , Sutoraiku za Buraddo ) is a light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako that has been published in Japan since 2012. It has been adapted as a manga and several times as an anime and can be classified into the genres of mystery , action and harem .
content
According to rumors, the “fourth true progenitor” is said to have appeared in Tokyo: an overpowering vampire who could upset the world of vampires ruled by the three true progenitors. To fight it, the government has formed a group of magicians. The young student Yukina Himeragi ( 姫 柊 雪菜 ) is finally sent to Itogami, an island off Tokyo where the monsters live. There she then goes to high school and meets the young vampire Kojō Akatsuki ( 暁 古城 ), who is said to be the "fourth true progenitor". But the 16-year-old is unsure of his strength and has to fight especially with the attractive young women around him, whose charms also arouse his vampiric instincts. He then satisfies the desire for blood by drinking his own. Himeragi is amazed by her supposed opponent and soon becomes friends with him and other classmates.
Book publications
The light novel has been published by ASCII Media Works since May 2011 . 17 volumes have appeared so far. With around 55,000 copies of the 16th volume sold, the series is one of the most successful in Japan. An English translation is published by Yen Press and a Chinese translation is published by Kadokawa Taiwan .
From June 2012 to 2017, a manga adaptation of the light novel, written by Gakuto Mikumo and drawn by Tate , was published in Dengeki Daioh magazine by the same publisher . The chapters also appeared in ten anthologies. Planet Manga published the series in German from 2012 to 2018. An English translation is published by Yen Press, a French translation by Kana and a Chinese translation by Kadokawa Taiwan.
Since October 2016, Dengeki Bunko Magazine has also published another manga adaptation in Yonkoma form. The series is drawn with the title Strike the Blood Kochira Saikai Gakuen Chūtō-bu by Ryuryū Akari .
Anime adaptations
Directed by Takao Sano , the studios Silver Link and Connect created an anime adaptation of Strike the Blood for television. The main writer was Hiroyuki Yoshino , who also wrote the scripts with Jukki Hanada, Masahiro Yokotani and Shogo Yasukawa. The character design comes from Keiichi Sano and the artistic direction was Michie Watanabe .
The series was first broadcast from October 4, 2013 to March 28, 2014 on Tokyo MX and AT-X . Nippon BS , Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting and MBS showed the anime a few days apart. An English subtitled version was broadcast by Animax Asia and published online by Crunchyroll . Anime Digital Network also published a version with French subtitles online .
Two original video animations were later released for the series : Strike the Blood: Valkyria no Ōkoku-hen came out in 2015 and Strike the Blood II followed in 2016.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
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| Yukina Himeragi | Risa Taneda |
| Kojō Akatsuki | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| Sayaka Kirasaka | Ikumi Hayama |
| Asagi Aiba | Asami Seto |
| Natsuki Minamiya | Hisako Kanemoto |
| Motoki Yaze | Ryōta Osaka |
| Nagisa Akatsuki | Rina Hidaka |
music
The music in the series comes from Assumed Sounds. The two opening songs are Strike the Blood by Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets and Fight 4 Real by Altima. The titles Strike my soul by Yuka Iguchi and Signal by Kanon Wakeshima were used for the two credits.
Web links
- Franchise Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2017 (First Half). Anime News Network, June 1, 2017, accessed June 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Strike the Blood Gets New 4-Panel Junior High School Spinoff Manga. Anime News Network, October 10, 2016, accessed June 5, 2017 .