Blood-C
2011 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Blood-C

Blood-C sits in the top 10% of Japan seriess on this catalog — ranked #448 of 4,579 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

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.

Reception Benchmarks

8.1
TMDB Rating
193
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #448 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (90th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.2 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action & Adventure productions specifically: #179 of 743 (top 24%).

Also On CBC

Other series that aired on CBC.

Other Titles From Production I.G

Action & Adventure + Animation in Japan

706 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action & Adventure and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Blood-C itself).

The 2010–2012 Japan Window

Among 441 Japan seriess we catalog from this window, Blood-C places #38 — near the top of its class.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. Solitary Gourmet
    #2

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  3. Carnival Phantasm
    #3

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. High School D×D
    #5

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  6. Hunter x Hunter
    #6

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  7. Kamisama Kiss
    #7

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  8. Maid Sama!
    #8

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blood-C premiered alongside 138 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 138 other Japan seriess in 2011.

The 2480th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

193
Reviews
86th
Review-volume percentile
74th
Popularity percentile

193 audience reviews — more than 86% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 74th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
July 1, 2011
Last Air Date
September 30, 2011
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4.8 hours

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesProduction I.G
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateJuly 1, 2011
Official Sitewww.blood-c.jp

Questions Answered

Who created Blood-C?

Blood-C was created by Nanase Ohkawa.

When did Blood-C end?

Blood-C finished its run with its final episode airing on September 30, 2011.

Where did Blood-C air?

Blood-C aired on CBC, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.