Now, as much as I'd like to just blurt out profanities in an effort to convince you how badly this movie [was bad], I understand that will just make this look like a less serious review than it actually is. So I shall refrain. OK, first off they seem so proud of themselves for using so much computer 3D graphics - too bad it all came out looking cheesy at best. In one scene that was supposed to show a school dance, all of the students looked like freaking puppets. Also, the (nearly nonexistant) plot was the most worthless peice of recycled crap that I've ever subjected my brain to. At about 35 minutes into the movie I was thinking "the graphics are a little funky, but if they keep developing the characters and the plot, this could be an OK movie." Ten minutes later the credits appeared. Please, do not buy/rent/steal this movie. Ever.


Pittifully incomplete   November 28, 2001
 19 out of 21 found this review helpful

This has got to be one of the biggest insult to anime since Pokemon. This 'movie' (it could hardly be considered a movie - it's only 45 minutes long - MUCH too short) has a shoestring of a plot, NO character development and is so DULL that it seems like 45 HOURS! It SAYS 85 minutes or however long it is on the box, but half of it is in the "Making of" feature. The 'real' movie is FAR too short! The creators tried too much to win the audience with good animation. Too bad it will look outdated within a few months at the rate technology is improving... Not to mention that the DVD is seriously overpriced for its content. I wish I could give this ZERO stars!


Absolute snorefest, and WAY too short for the price   April 29, 2002
 19 out of 32 found this review helpful

"Blood - The Last Vampire" may be very beautiful, ground-breaking animation, but that's about the only good thing it's got going for it. It's a short film - 45 minutes long - and, although the setting (1966, an airbase for staging attacks on Vietnam) is unique, the story isn't. The new girl at school shows up, looks cute in her skirt, and starts attacking vampires. Actually, she is a vampire. Of course, the adults in the film are all idiots, and only this dark, brooding teenager can save the world. Or something like that.

Anyway, that's the juvenile level of plot "Blood" dishes out, which is really just an excuse to have a big fight in a burning building so the animators can show off their nifty computer-generated effects. The problem is, most of the time those effects look very computer-generated, so they are more distracting than they are nifty. If you want to see what subtle rendering can add to a story, check out "Metropolis." Here, it just looks forced (although very, very good). Because the movie lacks anything else - character development, real plot, or any sense of verisimilitude - it's a wasted effort.

The DVD is appropriately well-done, with the old anamorphic widescreen transfer with great picture quality and color. The soundtrack is a fairly flat Dolby Digital, and even during the fight scenes it feels like it's just coming out of your center channel. There's a making-of that's half the length of the film itself, and it's all available at full price for your viewing pleasure!

Blah. Want vampires? Get Vampire Hunter D or its superior sequel Bloodlust. Want great computer animation? Get Metropolis. Want real plot? Get Princess Mononoke. Want characters you care about? Get Grave of the Fireflies. But leave Blood on the shelf - trust me, there's nothing here you want.

It got that extra star for the beautiful, if misplaced, computer animation.


It's the biggest lie you can watch   April 23, 2002
 16 out of 21 found this review helpful

The reason why this movie got to be quite popular in the U.S. is mainly because of its extreme marketing and promotion. This movie won some kind of award in animation for its new 3d animation technique and that seemed to be their "argument to be the best next movie to come out", the so called awesome technique is some kind of use of 3d+anime graphics on backgrounds, a technique i've seen already in some videogames.
The characters are 3d drawn in a realistic style which gives them a different appeal but reduces the personality and action movements characteristic of anime.
The main character, a vampire hunter is some kind of serious, agresive and annoying girl which is not the kind of hero you'd like to watch.
truely the action scenes and the plot is nothing more than crap, in fact it doesn't explain a...about what is going on with the movie, is like one of those x-files chapters that you find a little interesting but nothing special. it's only 48 minutes long, i guess this movie was some kind of experiment they decided to sell.

If you want to see a real vampire hunter anime movie, go get vampire hunter d:bloodlust, it also has some new 3d effects that are amazing and the characters are perfectly styled,and its full of action, that movie is truly a new clasic, just like the first vampire hunter d movie.