Blood Opens In Theaters
Jul 11, 2009    posted by: Jason Wong

With the advent of films and television shows like Twilight and True Blood, it seems that Hollywood is going wild for the Bram Stroker archetype.  This of course is not a worldwide phenomenon, but it seems that production houses are already pre-planning for an all out Fall season of vampire related media.  Japan's notable anime, Hiroyuki Kitakubo's "Blood: The Last Vampire" in 2009 was made into a live-action film directed by Chris Nahona.  Now, I'm skeptical on anything animated-turned-live-action, the recent release of Dragonball titled, "Dragonball Evolution" is justification enough.  "Blood: The Last Vampire" (the anime) was pretty entertaining in itself, but this recent adaptation doesn't look like it is going to fair very well in the American market.  Regardless of whether or not the Nahona's "Blood: The Last Vampire" is a success or a failure, I don't think we will be seeing the last of the anime live-action remakes and certainly not vampire related films.