threenorns-1
it wasn't bad enough for me to shut off, but it wasn't good enough for me to actually watch it. i had it on the monitor next to me and honestly, i think i actually watched about 5min out of every 2 or 3 episodes, yet was able to follow the story perfectly.what is right: cool concept. kai has a pleasant voice. haji is hot.what is not: where to start!??first off, have they never heard of background music? the music in here is minimal, used strictly in the same way as a laugh track - to let you know that this scene is actually pretty dramatic so you can stop laughing now.the art: two-dimensional and pretty rudimentary, really. artists need to learn how to draw noses - Saya and others were often drawn with noses cut so short they looked like skull-faces.credibility: are there seriously - SERIOUSLY - no people with epicanthic folds in all of japan and Vietnam? why do they all have Japanese names if they're all white, blonde, blue-eyed, etc?the voices: dreadful. i was on the 8th episode before i discovered that the reason the German accent was so awful was because the character was, in fact, french. a million foreign accents tossed into a polyglot salad and not a one of them done right. the Jamaican accent was particularly painful - it takes more than using a Swedish Chef accent and throwing in the word "mon" at the end of every sentence to make a Jamaican accent.the storyline: okay, i'm sorry, but that bit with riku? that was just pervy. lay off the perv, guys - i don't care if you're Japanese, different culture, blah blah, you're marketing over here, now.the blue roses: .... i have no idea what that was all about.haji: halfway through the series, i was actually speaking to him saying "omg, dude! grow a pair!". it got very tedious listening to him pledge his undying love again and again and again with those mopey, soulful gazes that she'd return with eyes brimming with all the love and affection of a dead salmon.saya: whiny, whimpering little sot.i changed my mind - from a 4, i'm making this a 2. not bad enough to be actually awful, but not good enough to watch, definitely not for a second time.
bluwlf_8503
I'm finding that there seem to be quite a few more negative reviews than positive. I don't really see what's so "nearly awful" about this series. Granted, I haven't quite reached the end of the series yet, but I quite like it. It's got great style. The art is beautiful. I found the story rather compelling. On top of it all, the action is nearly addictive without being too over the top. I think it's a wonderful series. I do, however kind of wish that there was a bit more visual continuity between Blood: TLV and the series. Saya didn't look at all like she did in the movie. I also felt that the series could have used a few of the darker touches found in the movie. But all in all I feel that both are stylistically winning. I'm eager to finish the series.
dj-258
Motivated by the great 'Blood: The Last Vampire', I started with pleasant anticipation 'Blood+', only to be disappointed from the beginning.I persevere hoping that the story will go its own way and being more interesting in later episodes.But it was gloomy. 'Blood: The Last Vampire' has no outreaching story, but has a formidable style, some convincing characters and a peculiar art.'Blood+' seems to be made pregnant by stereotypes, and nothing more than this.Boring!I needed a lot of willpower to survive viewing this 'lousy job', just to write this comment.
chop_suey_soad
If anyone can remember the earlier release of Blood: The Last Vampire, this series is the sequel to the events at the beginning of the Vietnam war. Now in the modern age, Saya has lost all memory of her past and is being taken care of by a foster family. Even with the first episode you're bound to be hooked to the amazing visuals! Production I.G. have made the bold decision to ditch the Gothic horror feel and replace it with a mellow, happy, clam mood. This works well; this is common within family programs.The only worrying thing now is the question 'Will this ever make it into a western audience?' - only time will tell!