![]() The animation was very good as well, Oshii really knows how to use his animation to relate to people. They paced it so well that it didn't seem like it needed anything more. It fits nicely into the package it comes in. The film didn't really need any extra story to it. At first i wondered why the film was so short but the more i thought about it the more it made sense. Mamarou Oshii and his team did a wonderful job at simplifying a potentially aspiring story into great characters and great animation. Even though it is short, it didn't really need anything else. Well I hope its not, since I'm praying for a longer sequel to be made soon. Its just at the end, you leave yourself feeling as this has been nothing more than a well made tech demo. The direction, the animation are all top notch high grade stuff. ![]() This film just leaves you wanting more story period. Unlike that film though, which left the intrigued viewer wanting more from the story. Looking back at what I liked about this film, I think I would have to rank this as another digitally animated film from this year, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Or for that matter why Saiya acts the way she does at the end of the film. You never really understand the point of the vampires beyond the fact that they're the villians and they bite peoples necks to kill them. No resolution to little plot details, like the origins of Saiya, or how she came to work for the orginization that she works for. What follows is then is one long sequence that makes up the rest of the film as Saiya and her boss battle the three vampires while trying to save the life of the nurse. She then sets off to exterminate them while trying to save a school nurse who seems to be the target of the vampires attention. At the start of the film shes sent off by her boss and his cronie to American Air Force base where there seems to be an infiltration from three confirmed vampires. The story of what I was able to peace together, involves Saiya some sort of immortal vampire hunter who might just be a vampire herself, even though thats left to the audiences imagination since the bulk of the story involves suspense with well done action sequences. All 48 fricking minutes of its short, well made, coolness. What can I say, but I really loved this anime film. All in all, worth looking at if only to see what the future of animation might look like. This makes you sit back, blinking at all the dazzling visual beauty that went into this well-crafted film, and wonder, 'what next?' Hopefully, there will be further adventures of Saya and the dingy, grimy world she lives in, each as well-designed as this one was, though with much more payoff. At just over forty minutes filmed length, the story of a strange girl called Saya that seems to be some sort of vampire slayer barely gets the ball rolling on the enigmas behind this girl, the organization she works for, and the beasts she vows to slay before fading into the end credits. The problem with this particular film, though, is that it is far, far too short. Using a mixture of animation cells and computer-generated backgrounds, this is an effortlessly stylized visual breakthrough that hopefully will launch future endeavors in the style. When you sit down to view Blood: the Last Vampire, the style and setting of this gothic noir anime grabs you instantly. It has a lot of really good things going for it, and I'll definitely show it off to friends. All in all, "Blood: The Last Vampire" is worth a watch. ![]() It was an unusual combination of "CG realism" and animation. The CG in the film leads to some very cool effects, but as strange as this sounds, some of its realism (especially with the plane scenes) offsets the animated look. The music was very dark and atmospheric, and I thought the voice acting for Saya was good. This is an enjoyable film to watch for its pacing, visuals and sound. But enough harping about the short film aspect. In the age of 2-3 hour epics, the abruptness caught me off guard. I guess that's why after the last battle, I was expecting more, and when it started rolling credits a few minutes after "officially" revealing Saya's history, I was expecting this new (but obvious) information to start adding into the story and her character. It has an impressive beginning, a moderately slow-paced lead up, but once the action starts, it becomes very, very cool. The first three minutes drew me into the whole story very quickly. That said, "Blood: The Last Vampire" is very much like a roller coaster: Very fast, a lot of fun, but over before you know it. The other 35 minutes has been reserved for the "Making Of" and the trailer (Actually, the "Making Of" was only 20 minutes. Instead, I ended up with a 45 minute film. When I picked up the DVD, it said on the back 80 minutes, so that's what I expected.
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