Name: Black Blood Brothers
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Year: 2006
Rating: Average
Jirou Mochizuki is an Old Blood Vampire. Also known as the Silver Blade, he is a war veteran, a famed vampire who fought against the Kowloon Children during the Hong Kong Crusade. The Kowloon Children are a race whose existence threatens the survival of humans and vampires. Although the humans and vampires has learned to fight against this common enemy and live in peace together there is clearly still evidence of fear and discrimination towards the vampires. Several years after the end of the war Jirou heads to Japan with his younger brother Kotarou. In Japan there is a place called the Special Zone, a secret place where vampires are allowed to live. However their journey and confrontation with the Kowloon Children hasn’t ended, nor as the dark past of Jirou disappeared.
Black Blood Brothers follows the journey of a vampire, similar to other serials like Blood+ and Hellsing the protagonist is one with great power. However I found that the series is no where near as enjoyable as the two previously mentioned. Though a background story is revealed the amount of time spent of establishing the history of our protagonist is no where in as much detail as some other animes. Though you are given a decent amount of action the series lacks structure and development. When it comes to a series that follows the journey of a character I find that in order for adequate character and plot development the length of the series needs to be long enough. Though its not the best example of a vampire themed series it may still be worth a shot for some fans.
