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Kaori Kinjo
''Blood+'' (stylized as ''BLOOD+''; pronounced "Blood Plus") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series was broadcast on MBS TV, MBS and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TBS from October 2005 to September 2006. ''Blood+'' is licensed for international distribution in several regions through Sony Pictures' international arm, Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI). ''Blood+'' was inspired by the 2000 anime film ''Blood: The Last Vampire''; however, there are only a few allusions and basic elements from the film. Fujisaku has been involved with both works, including acting as the director for ''Blood+'' and writing the novelization of ''Blood: The Last Vampire''. Plot The series is initially set in September 2005 in Okinawa City (Koza) on Okinawa Island near the US Kadena Air Base. Under the care of her adoptive family, the protagonist Saya Otonashi had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saya Otonashi
The ''Blood+'' anime, light novel, and manga series features an extensive cast of characters designed by Chizu Hashii and co-created by Production I.G and Aniplex. The series is set within fictionalized versions of various real-life cities, including Okinawa, Japan; Hanoi, Vietnam; Yekaterinburg, Russia; Paris, France; London, England; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and New York City. The main character of the series is Saya Otonashi, introduced as an ordinary teenage girl, adopted into the family of Kai and Riku Miyagusuku years before the story of the series picks up. She cannot remember her past and her life is dramatically changed when she learns that she is a chiropteran—a vampire-like creature—who was born in 1833. She survives by drinking the blood of others or receiving it through blood transfusion, and is the only one who can destroy other chiropterans and her twin sister Diva. Saya and Diva are the "queens", descendants of a line of supremely powerful chiropteran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |