Two Japanese

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series were commission and created for the ''

Blood+ ''Blood+'' (stylized as ''BLOOD+'' and pronounced "Blood Plus") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed and written by Junichi Fujisaku. The series was broadcast on MBS and TBS fro ...

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series produced by Production I.G and

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. The first, also named ''Blood+'', written by Ryō Ikehata with illustrations by Chizu Hashii, is a four volume series and the official novel adaptation of the anime series. It expands on the events of the anime and gives greater background information on the battle against chiropterans. The first volume was released in Japan on May 1, 2006 by

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under their male-oriented ''Sneaker Bunko'' label. The remaining volumes released every four months until the final volume was released on May 1, 2007. The second adaptation, ''Blood+: Russian Rose'', is a two-volume series written by Karino Minazuki and illustrated by Ryō Takagi. It was released at the same time as ''Blood+'', with the first volume released on May 1, 2006 and the second on September 1, 2006. The series, published under Kadokawa's more female-oriented ''Beans Bunko'' label, details Saya and Hagi's lives at the start of the 20th century and the

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. Both novel series have been licensed for release in English in North America by

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Volume list

''Blood+''

''Blood+: Russian Rose''

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