Just finished: Blood Lad

You could say that this was somewhat influenced by either Underworld or Twilight because we have a Vampire as a main character and his nearest rival is a Werewolf gang leader.  The Vampire race seems to be the most powerful  in this Blood Lad universe.

My favorite thing aside from the various Gamer and Anime references is probably the power that Bell controls. She can create and view portals that allow her to travel or send things long distances.  Speaking of Anime references, in one episode there was a moment where Staz tries to launch a Kamehameha (from DBZ) Probably one of the few times I've seen one Fighting Anime show aware of another fighting Anime show! Staz being an Anime fan he praises Son Goku. Haha. Good to hear that May'n is still performing OP theme songs for Anime.



My first posts about this show was my wariness towards the short and uncommon 10-episode count. Sadly my concern was rightly so. Only the protagonist Staz (and his family) gets any real character development followed by  Wolf and then Bell. By the time we find out anything notable about Fuyumi the show is just about over.  Did something happen to the production or was this the original intention? I wonder.


All in all it just seems like a tease for you to go and read the  Manga.

I went ahead and looked it up and Yen Press is currently publishing the Manga for English readers. Supposedly each volume contains two volumes worth from the Japanese release. They have 5 volumes listed as of this post.  I'm still on the fence about reading the Manga as it is still ongoing in Japan.

  This anime was directed by Shigeyuki Miwa