Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire
Japanese poster for Blood: The Last Vampire
Genre	Action, horror[1]
Anime film
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Produced by	Ryuji Mitsumoto Yukio Nagasaki
Written by	Kenji Kamiyama
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Studio	Production I.G
Licensed by	NA/UK: Manga Entertainment
Released	July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27) (Worldwide) November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) (Japan)
Runtime	45 minutes
Manga
Blood the Last Vampire 2002
Written by	Benkyo Tamaoki
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Monthly Ace Next
Demographic	Shōnen
Published	April 2001
Light novel
Night of the Beasts
Written by	Mamoru Oshii
Published by	Kadokawa
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Press
Published	November 2000
Light novel
The Blood Which Invites the Darkness
Written by	Junichi Fujisaku
Published by	Kadokawa
Published	January 2001
Light novel
A Tragic Dream in Shanghai
Written by	Junichi Fujisaku
Published by	Kadokawa
Published	December 2005
Video game
Developer	Production I.G Sugar and Rockets (PS2) Sony Computer Entertainment (PSP)
Publisher	Sony Computer Entertainment Japan
Genre	Horror, Adventure
Platform	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Released	December 21, 2000 January 26, 2006 (PSP)
Related
Blood+ (2005–06 anime television series) Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 live-action film adaptation) Blood-C (2011 anime television series)

Blood: The Last Vampire is a 2000 Japanese animated action horror film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, written by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G. The film premiered in theaters in Japan on November 18, 2000.

A single-volume manga sequel, titled Blood: The Last Vampire 2000 and written by Benkyo Tamaoki, was published in Japan in 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English by Viz Media in November 2002 under the title Blood: The Last Vampire 2002. Three Japanese light novel adaptations have also been released for the series, along with a video game. It also spawned a fifty-episode anime series set in an alternate universe titled Blood+ as well as a second anime series, Blood-C, also set in another alternate universe. A live-action adaptation of the film with the same title was released in Japan in May 2009.