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BLOOD-C

2011 · 1 season

A deceptively gentle small-town routine that slowly curdles into blood-soaked paranoia and a cruel, disorienting reveal.

Created by
Atsushi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Kyougoku
Genres
Action & adventure, Animation, Mystery
Starring
Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Keiji Fujiwara
Overview
Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Atsushi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Kyougoku
Genres
Action & adventure, Animation, Mystery
Starring
Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Keiji Fujiwara
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • violence
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror8
Humour2
Realism3
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Written by
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Cinematography
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