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Blood-C
''Blood-C'' (stylized as ''BLOOD-C'') is a 2011 Japanese anime television series co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. It is the second anime series in the ''Blood'' franchise following the 2005–2006 series ''Blood+''. The original 12-episode series aired during 2011, with a sequel film, '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'' releasing in Japanese theaters the following year. The anime was subsequently adapted into two manga, a 2011 novelization, a 2015 stage play, and three live-action films. ''Blood-C'' focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal teenage high school girl who serves as a shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood-C Another Story
''Blood-C'' (stylized as ''BLOOD-C'') is a 2011 Japanese anime television series co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. It is the second anime series in the ''Blood'' franchise following the 2005–2006 series ''Blood+''. The original 12-episode series aired during 2011, with a sequel film, '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'' releasing in Japanese theaters the following year. The anime was subsequently adapted into two manga, a 2011 novelization, a 2015 stage play, and three live-action films. ''Blood-C'' focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal teenage high school girl who serves as a shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saya Kisaragi
is the main protagonist of the ''Blood-C'' anime television series co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. Saya Kisaragi is first portrayed by her false life as an innocent and clumsy girl who acts as a shrine maiden at her father's shrine, going out at night to hunt Elder Bairns as part of sworn duty. In reality, she is an Elder Bairn who was raised by humans, and her personality is very stone cold and stoic. Besides the anime series and the 2012 sequel anime film, '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'', Saya Kisaragi made appearances in multiple related adaptations within the ''Blood-C'' universe. Saya Kisaragi was designed by manga artist group CLAMP, who changed Saya's character overall from previous incarnations of the ''Blood'' franchise, with her last name being "Kisaragi" and not " Otonashi", and an appearance of a . Director Tsutomu Mizushima, CLAMP's leader and series' lead writer Nanase Ohkawa handled her character with series supervisor Junichi Fuj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood-Club Dolls 2
''Blood-Club Dolls 2'' is a 2020 Japanese action horror film based on the 2011 anime television series ''Blood-C'' co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. The film is a second part of the two-part film, following '' Blood-Club Dolls 1'' in 2018. The film is directed and written by Shutaro Oku, with Junichi Fujisaku as a co-writer, distributed by NEGA and MOVIC, and stars Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Ryō Kitazano, Kanon Miyahara, Keisuke Minami, and Maon Kurosaki. The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 11, 2020. ''Blood-Club Dolls 2'' picks up where ''Blood-Club Dolls 1'' left off, and is also set before the events of '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'' anime film (2012), as Saya Kisaragi is continuing her pursuit to find Fumito Nanahara; in the universe ''Blood-C'', humanity are secretly preyed upon a race called the Elder Bairns, whose feeding is kept under control by an ancient agreement called Shrovetide. The film focuses on Sōen (who was introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junichi Fujisaku
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist that mostly known for his work on the ''Blood'' franchise and '' Ghost in the Shell: Arise'' series, produced by Production I.G. Career Junichi Fujisaku started working at Production I.G in the late 1990s. He acted as a planning assistant when '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' anime film was in development. The film was released in 2000, and that same year, he chief directed, written and edited the video game adaptation of ''The Last Vampire''. A year later, Fujisaku wrote two novelizations based on the anime film. In 2005, Fujisaku directed and wrote the spin-off anime of ''Blood: The Last Vampire'', titled ''Blood+''. He created the series to expland the ''Blood'' universe that wasn't explored in ''The Last Vampire'' film. The anime ran for fifty episodes, and became its own franchise with two light novel adaptations, three manga adaptations, and two video games. That same year, Fujisaku co-wrote the screenplay for both '' xxxHolic: A Midsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamp (manga Artists)
Clamp (stylized as CLAMP) is an all-female Japanese Mangaka, manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkawa (born in Osaka), and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi (all born in Kyoto). Clamp was first formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member group creating ''dōjinshi'' (self-published Fan labor, fan works), and began creating original manga in 1987. By the time the group made its mainstream publishing debut with ''RG Veda'' in 1989, it was reduced to seven members; three more members left in 1993, leaving the four current members of the group. Notable works by Clamp include ''X (manga), X'' (1992), ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1993), ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1996) and its sequel ''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'' (2016), ''Chobits'' (2000), and ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' (both 2003). Various series by the group cross-reference each other, and characters reappear in multiple works by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Satō
is a Japanese composer who has provided the music for several popular anime series including the first five ''Pretty Cure'' series, '' X'', ''Eureka Seven'', ''Sword of the Stranger'', and ''Blood-C''. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in 1993. At the 29th Japan Academy Prize in 2006, he won the Best Music prize for his work on the film '' Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (Always Sunset on Third Street)''. He also composed music for anime films such as ''Pretty Cure All Stars DX'' trilogy, ''Stand By Me Doraemon''. In live-action dramas, he provided music and soundtracks for TV dramas ''Good Luck!!'' '' Water Boys'', '' H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi'' and ''Ryōmaden''. He provided the music for the ''Space Battleship Yamato'' film, as well as the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' and ''Parasyte'' live-action film series. For the 38th Japan Academy Prize in 2015, he was nominated in the Best Score category for his work in ''The Eternal Zero''. While he did not win the award, ''The Eternal Zero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanase Ohkawa
is a member of the all-female manga-creating team CLAMP. She is the director of the team and is primarily responsible for writing the stories and scripts for CLAMP's various works. As part of CLAMP's 15th Anniversary, each of the four members changed their names reportedly because they wanted to try out the new monikers. Ohkawa changed her name to in 2004. Ohkawa still used her previous name for some of the scripts she wrote for animated series. Ohkawa announced in her blog that from March 1, 2008, she should be addressed as Nanase Ohkawa again. Works Manga *Ohkawa has written all of the CLAMP manga series since 1980s.Anime *Ohkawa has also contributed majority ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Dark
''The Last Dark'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the final book of '' The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'', ending the story that Donaldson began in 1977 with ''Lord Foul's Bane''. It was published on October 15, 2013. In April 2013 a preview of chapter three was made available at the author's official website. Plot Part one On the promontory where Foul's Creche once stood, Thomas Covenant, Clyme, and Branl are met by Covenant's old ''Haruchai'' companion Brinn, who became the Guardian of the One Tree during his quest for a second Staff of Law. The aged Brinn renounces the Humbled's actions, likening their Mastery of the Land to "simony" and stating his shame. The Humbled, who hold ' Brinn in great respect, are affected by his judgments, but do not relent. They are further troubled by him when Brinn then chooses to ignore them; with the Worm of the World's End roused, Brinn has arrived to give Covenant counsel and healing. He informs Covenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsutomu Mizushima
is a Japanese animation and sound director. Career Mizushima was born in Chitose, Hokkaido and raised in Hata, Nagano (now Matsumoto, Nagano). He produced independent films in high school and when he graduated from Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto Misuzugaoka High School, he wanted to be a music teacher but gave up on higher education due to being out of work, so he got a job at Shin-Ei Animation in 1986. His initial aspirations later led him to write lyrics and music. His first animation works were ''Doraemon'' and ''Keshiki Cutter'' where he served as a production assistant. After working on ''Mami the Psychic'' and ''Chimpui'', he was in charge of episode direction for the first time in 1991 with episode 120 of ''Oishinbo''. Because of his selfishness in ''Oishinbo'' (according to him), he fell into company-internal unemployment. After being demoted to production assistance, he was in charge of '' Dorami-chan: Hello, Dynosis Kids!!'' before being hired by then-director Mitsuru Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines that exclusively target the demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at the turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of manga is primarily on action, adventure, and the fighting of monsters or other forces of evil. Though action narratives dominate the category, there is de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Vampire
''The Last Vampire'' series consists of books written by Christopher Pike and chronicles the life of the 5,000-year-old "last vampire", The titles were originally released under "The Last Vampire" series name, but when recently published was changed simply to "Thirst". Several previously released books were compiled together to make up earlier volumes of the "Thirst" series. The last book written in 2013 was called "Thirst no. 5: The Sacred Veil", although Christopher Pike has confirmed on his Facebook page that there will be a sixth book. ''The Last Vampire'' (1994) As the story begins, Alisa arrives at the office of a man named Michael who had invited her. He identifies himself as a private investigator. She tries to find out about a guy named Slim, but her best shot is Michael's computer. Alisa then enters high school as a student named Lara Adams and befriends Ray. She also befriends another young man named Seymour Dorsten. She uses Ray to get information from his father's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood+
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the circulatory system is also known as ''peripheral blood'', and the blood cells it carries, ''peripheral blood cells''. Blood is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume), and contains proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation), and blood cells themselves. Albumin is the main protein in plasma, and it functions to regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood. The blood cells are mainly red blood cells (also called RBCs or erythrocytes), white blood cells (also called WBCs or leukocytes) and platelets (also called thrombocytes). The most abundant cells in vertebrate blood a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
