Japan Synopsis
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Blood: The Last Vampire. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aniplex
Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Blood: The Last Vampire itself).
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
Blood: The Last Vampire holds position #92 of 205 Japan films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Blood: The Last Vampire premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.
The 1309th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
288 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (71th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Blood: The Last Vampire, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- military base · 4
- vampire hunter (slayer) · 3
- jeep · 1
- anime · 711
- murder · 155
- vampire · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,307 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,557 of 2,532 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Aniplex, Production I.G |
| Runtime | 48m |
| Release Date | November 18, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0275230 |
| Official Site | www.bloodthemovie.com |