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{{Short description|2005 Japanese anime series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name         = Blood+
| image        = Blood+ dvd.png
| caption      = First DVD volume of ''Blood+'' as released by Aniplex, featuring [[Saya Otonashi]] and [[Haji (Blood+)|Haji]]
| genre        = {{ubl|[[Dark fantasy|Horror fantasy]]<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Santos|first1=Carlo|title=Oh My Rain Goddess! – RIGHT TURN ONLY!!|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2009-07-21|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 28, 2018|date=July 22, 2009|archive-date=July 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723093203/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2009-07-21|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Thriller (genre)|Suspense]]<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ellingwood|first1=Holly|title=BLOOD+ PART ONE (ADVANCE REVIEW)|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2008/02/17/blood-part-one-advance-review/|website=activeAnime|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423022758/http://activeanime.com/html/2008/02/17/blood-part-one-advance-review/|archive-date=April 23, 2012|date=February 17, 2008|quote=''Blood+ Part One'' contains 25 explosive episodes jam-packed with mind-shattering action, horror and suspense!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blood+ to Air on Adult Swim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-02-27/blood+to-air-on-adult-swim|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 27, 2018|date=February 27, 2007}}</ref>|[[Vampire literature|Vampire]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Aoki|first1=Deb|title=Blood+ Volume 1|url=http://manga.about.com/od/darkhorse/gr/BloodPlus1.htm|website=[[About.com]]|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920055047/http://manga.about.com/od/darkhorse/gr/BloodPlus1.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref>}}<!-- Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres per MOS:A&M. -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = tv series
| director     = [[Junichi Fujisaku]]
| producer     = {{ubl|Hirofumi Moritomi|Hiroo Maruyam|Tomonori Ochikoshi|[[Katsuji Morishita]]}}
| writer       = Junichi Fujisaku
| music        = [[Mark Mancina]]
| studio       = [[Production I.G]]
| licensee     = [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony Pictures Television International]]
| network      = [[Japan News Network|JNN]] ([[MBS TV|MBS]], [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]])
| network_en   = {{English anime network
| AUS = [[Adult Swim (Australian TV programming block)|Adult Swim]], [[SF (Australian TV channel)|Sci Fi Channel]]
| PH  = [[Studio 23]], [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5]]
| SEA = [[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax]]
| US  = [[Adult Swim]] 
}}
| first        = October 8, 2005
| last         = September 23, 2006
| episodes     = 50
| episode_list = List of Blood+ episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| author       = Asuka Katsura
| publisher    = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| NA  = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
}}
| demographic  = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine     = [[Monthly Shōnen Ace]]
| first        = December 26, 2005
| last         = April 26, 2007
| volumes      = 5
| volume_list  = List of Blood+ chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Blood+ Adagio
| author       = Kumiko Suekane
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| AUS = Madman Entertainment
| NA  = Dark Horse Comics
}}
| demographic  = ''Shōnen''
| magazine     = Beans Ace Magazine
| first        = April 26, 2006
| last         = December 26, 2006
| volumes      = 2
| volume_list  = List of Blood+ chapters#Blood+: Adagio
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Blood+ Kowloon Nights
| author       = Hirotaka Kisaragi
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Dark Horse Comics
}}
| demographic  = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine     = Ciel
| published    = April 26, 2006
| volumes      = 1
| volume_list  = List of Blood+ chapters#Blood+: Kowloon Nights
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = light novel
| author       = Ryo Ikehata
| illustrator  = Chizu Hashii
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Dark Horse Comics
}}
| demographic  = Male
| imprint      = Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
| first        = May 1, 2006
| last         = May 1, 2007
| volumes      = 4
| volume_list  = List of Blood+ light novels
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = light novel
| title        = Blood+ Russian Rose
| author       = Chougatsu Karino
| illustrator  = Takagi Ryou
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Dark Horse Comics
}}
| demographic  = Female
| imprint      = Kadokawa Beans Bunko
| first        = May 1, 2006
| last         = September 1, 2006
| volumes      = 2
| volume_list  = List of Blood+ light novels
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title        = Blood+: Sōyoku no Battle Rondo
| developer    = 
| publisher    = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| genre        = [[Adventure game]]
| platforms    = [[PlayStation 2]]
| released     = July 27, 2006
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title        = Blood+: One Night Kiss
| developer    = [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]
| publisher    = [[Namco Bandai Games]]
| director     = [[Goichi Suda]]
| music        = {{ubl|[[Masafumi Takada]]|Jun Fukuda}}
| genre        = [[Action game|Action]], [[Shooter game|shooter]]
| platforms    = [[PlayStation 2]]
| released     = {{Vgrelease|JP|August 30, 2006}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title        = Blood+: Final Piece
| developer    = 
| publisher    = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| genre        = Adventure [[Role playing game|RPG]]
| platforms    = [[PlayStation Portable]]
| released     = September 7, 2006
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = light novel
| title        = Blood#
| author       = Junichi Fujisaku
| illustrator  = Chizu Hashii
| publisher    = [[Mag Garden]]
| publisher_en = 
| published    = February 28, 2017
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Related
| content      = 
* ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'' (2000 anime film)''
* [[Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 film)|''Blood: The Last Vampire'']] (2009 live-action film)
* ''[[Blood-C]]'' (2011 anime series)
}}
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'''''Blood+''''' (stylized as '''''BLOOD+''''' and pronounced "Blood Plus") is a Japanese [[anime]] television series produced by [[Production I.G]] and [[Aniplex]] and directed and written by [[Junichi Fujisaku]]. The series was broadcast on [[MBS TV|MBS]] and [[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]] from October 2005 to September 2006.  ''Blood+'' is licensed for international distribution in several regions through [[Sony Pictures]]' international arm, [[Sony Pictures Television| Sony Pictures Television International]].

''Blood+'' was inspired by the 2000 anime film ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]''; however, there are only a few allusions and basic elements from the film. Fujisaku has been involved with both works, including acting as the director and writer for ''Blood+'' and writing the [[novelization]] of ''Blood: The Last Vampire''.

== Plot ==
{{Main|List of Blood+ characters{{!}}List of ''Blood+'' characters}}
The series is initially set in September 2005 in [[Okinawa City]] (Koza) on [[Okinawa Island]] near the US [[Kadena Air Base]]. Under the care of her adoptive family, the protagonist Saya Otonashi had been living the life of an [[anemic]] [[amnesia]]c, but otherwise ordinary schoolgirl. However, her happy life is shattered when she is attacked by a Chiropteran, a hematophagous bat-like creature that lives by feeding on human blood. Saya learns that she is the only one who can defeat them, as her blood causes their bodies to crystallize and shatter. Armed with her special [[katana]], Saya embarks on a journey with her family, friends, allies, and her [[Knight|chevalier]] Haji, to rid the world of the Chiropteran threat and recover her identity. The course of the journey reveals the background history of the Chiropterans and Saya's mysterious past, which extends into the mid-19th century. Over the course of the series, Saya travels across the world from [[Japan]] to [[Vietnam]], [[Russia]], [[France]], the [[United Kingdom]], and finally the [[United States]].

== Production ==
Produced by [[Production I.G]] and [[Aniplex]], and directed and written by [[Junichi Fujisaku]], ''Blood+'' was inspired by the 2000 anime film ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]''; however, there are only a few allusions and basic elements from the film.<ref name="IGRecognition">{{Cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s09_/index.html|title=Blood+ Opening Film Ver. 3 in competition at the 11th HAFF|publisher=Production I.G|date=October 20, 2006|access-date=December 16, 2007|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191557/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s09_/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujisaku has been involved with both works, including acting as the director for ''Blood+'' and writing the novelization of ''Blood: The Last Vampire''.<ref name="IGRecognition2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s03_/index.html|title=Blood+ Staff and Cast|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=December 16, 2007|archive-date=May 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502064221/http://productionig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s03_/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Media ==
=== Anime ===
{{See also|List of Blood+ episodes{{!}}List of ''Blood+'' episodes}}
The ''Blood+'' anime series premiered in Japan on October 8, 2005, on [[MBS TV|MBS]] and [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]], replacing ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', with a new episode airing weekly for a full year until the final episode aired on September 23, 2006,<ref name="ANNUnvieled">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-11/production-i.g-unveils-blood+|title=Production I.G Unveils Blood+|publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 11, 2005|access-date=December 16, 2007|archive-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729211946/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-11/production-i.g-unveils-blood+|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANNRatings">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-05/japans-tbs-confirms-animes-move-from-saturday-6-p.m|title=Japan's TBS Confirms Anime's Move from Saturday, 6 p.m.|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 5, 2008|access-date=February 5, 2008|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702050804/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-05/japans-tbs-confirms-animes-move-from-saturday-6-p.m|url-status=live}}</ref> totaling 50 episodes. The series is directed by [[Junichi Fujisaku]] and features original character designs by Chizu Hashii. Each season has separate opening and ending themes from a variety of artists, with the final episode using the season one ending theme. The series simultaneously aired on [[Animax]], Sony's Japanese anime [[satellite television|satellite]] channel, with its [[Animax (Asian TV channel)|networks]] in Southeast Asia and South Asia also later airing the series.

Through Sony's international division, ''Blood+'' was licensed for distribution in multiple regions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8241|title=Blood+ Licensed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 23, 2006|access-date=June 8, 2007}}</ref> The English [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dub]] of the series aired in the United States on [[Adult Swim]],<ref name="About manga review">{{Cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/b/2008/04/09/manga-review-blood-adds-heart-humor-to-blood-and-gore.htm|title=Manga Review: Blood+ Adds Heart to Vampire Slaying|first=Deb|last=Aoki|publisher=[[About.com]]|date=April 9, 2008|access-date=November 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513235053/http://manga.about.com/b/2008/04/09/manga-review-blood-adds-heart-humor-to-blood-and-gore.htm|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/9570.html|title='Blood+' Anime Series on Cartoon Network|publisher=ICv2|date=November 3, 2006|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Set 2 Review" /> premiering March 11, 2007, and running until March 23, 2008.<ref name="ANN Click">{{Cite web|last=Hanson|first=Brian|date=February 9, 2008|access-date=February 9, 2008|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2008-02-09|title=The Click: February 9th – 15th|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref> The English dub also aired in Australia on the [[SF (Australian TV channel)|Sci Fi Channel]] and in the Philippines on [[Studio 23]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-02/madman-gets-anime-on-scifi-channel|title=Animax block to start on SciFi Channel|publisher=Anime News Network Australia|date=November 2, 2008|access-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/3564/Memorable-Charice-performances-to-be-reaired-on-Studio-23|title=Memorable Charice performances to be re aired on Studio 23|access-date=March 28, 2009|date=March 16, 2009|publisher=Pep.ph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320015958/http://www.pep.ph/guide/3564/Memorable-Charice-performances-to-be-reaired-on-Studio-23|archive-date=March 20, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The first [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region 1]] DVDs were released in North America on March 4, 2008, with a simultaneous release of a single five-episode volume and a twenty-five episode box set, ''Blood+ Part One''.<ref name="AODDecNews">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/tentative-upcoming-releases_article_72064.html|title=Tentative Upcoming Releases|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|date=December 22, 2007|publisher=Mania.com|access-date=May 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008071959/http://www.mania.com/tentative-upcoming-releases_article_72064.html|archive-date=October 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sony continued released individual volumes on a regular basis. Despite that Sony Pictures Television International since 2014 has not completed releasing volume 5 of the first half of the series. Leaving the first half separate releases incomplete. The second half was released in a second box set, ''Blood+ Part Two'', on October 20, 2009.<ref name="Set 2 Review">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=2221|title='Blood+' Anime Series Set #2 Finally on Sale|first=Aaron H.|last=Bynum|date=October 14, 2009|publisher=Animation Insider|access-date=November 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062004/http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=2221|archive-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> In June 2020 the entire series was added for free streaming in the United States on [[Tubi]] before being removed two years later in June 2022.

==== Soundtracks ====
Except for the opening and ending themes, the entire musical score for ''Blood+'' was the work of noted film score producer [[Hans Zimmer]] and noted composer [[Mark Mancina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-28/hans-zimmer-and-mark-mancina-do-blood+music|title=Hans Zimmer And Mark Mancina Do Blood+ Music|publisher=Anime News Network|date=August 28, 2005|access-date=December 18, 2007|archive-date=January 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112101936/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-28/hans-zimmer-and-mark-mancina-do-blood+music|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Blood+'' was the first anime project Mancina worked on, and afterward he stated that working on the project turned him into an anime fan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.markmancina.com/projects/blood/|title=The Music of Mark Mancina: Blood+ (2005)|access-date=February 7, 2008|publisher=Pitchpipe Productions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410071812/http://www.markmancina.com/projects/blood/|archive-date=April 10, 2008}}</ref> All of the opening and ending themes were created at Sony Music for the project, after the production team, headed by Yutaka Omatsu, presenting the project concept and ''Blood+'' worldview. The opening and ending themes are performed by a variety of artists, including [[Hitomi Takahashi (singer)|Hitomi Takahashi]], [[Chitose Hajime]], [[Hyde (singer)|Hyde]], [[Mika Nakashima]], [[Angela Aki]], [[Uverworld]], [[Jinn (band)|Jinn]], and [[K (singer)|K]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Blood+ Complete Best|journal=[[Newtype USA]]|date=January 2007|volume=6|issue=1|page=120|issn=1541-4817}}</ref> In an interview with Production I.G staff, Omatsu noted that he felt Sony did an excellent job of providing music fitting for each season, as did the team of Zimmer and Mancina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.production-ig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s08_/000223.html#d|title=Interview: Yutaka Omatsu, Part 04|date=October 2005|access-date=February 7, 2008|publisher=Production I.G|work=Top Page|archive-date=January 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114195348/http://www.production-ig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/s08_/000223.html#d|url-status=live}}</ref>

Four CD soundtracks, all produced by Hans Zimmer, have been released in Japan by [[Sony Music Japan]] through their [[Aniplex]] label. {{Nihongo|''Hagi Plays J.S. Bach''|ハジ プレイズ J.S BACH}} was released on February 2, 2006. It contains six tracks: selections from [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[Cello Suites (Bach)|Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor (BWV 1011)]]'' performed by {{Nihongo|Nobuo Furukawa|古川展生|Furukawa Nobuo}}, who is the cellist behind Hagi's playing in the series. The seventh, and final track, is a bonus remix of the music performed by {{Nihongo|Yoshihiro Hanno|半野喜弘|Hanno Yoshihiro}}. The soundtrack included a DVD with a special episode telling some of Hagi's backstory and a music video with Furukawa playing the first track, {{Nihongo|"[[Prelude (music)|Prelude]]"|プレリュード}}.<ref name="BloodSite CDs">{{Cite web|url=http://www.blood.tv/dvdcd/index.html|publisher=[[Production I.G]] and [[Aniplex]]|title=Blood+ CD&DVD Information|access-date=February 7, 2008|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517005106/http://www.blood.tv/dvdcd/index.html|archive-date=May 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The first full soundtrack, ''Blood+ Original Soundtrack 1'', was released on April 26, 2006. It contains fourteen instrumental tracks of background music used during the series and one vocal song "Diva", sung by Elin Carlson, which is the song the character Diva sang in several episodes of the series.<ref name="BloodSite CDs" /> On September 27, 2006, ''Blood+ Original Soundtrack 2'' was released with an additional eighteen tracks of instrumental themes from the series.<ref name="BloodSite CDs" /> ''Blood+ Complete Best'', released October 25, 2006, is a limited edition compilation set containing a CD, a DVD, and an eighty-page booklet that includes a full episode guide and some final notes from the series production staff.  The CD includes the full versions of all eight series' opening and ending theme songs, as well as last two instrumental tracks from the first soundtrack. The DVD contains music videos for each of the theme songs from the CD.<ref name="BloodSite CDs" />

=== Manga ===
{{Main|List of Blood+ chapters{{!}}List of ''Blood+'' chapters}}
To lead up to the ''Blood+'' anime series, three ''Blood+'' manga series were released and published in three different manga magazines. The ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes of all three series were published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]].<ref name="ANN_MangaAnnounce">{{Cite news|title=Three New Blood Manga|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-06-14/three-new-blood-manga|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 14, 2005|access-date=December 16, 2007}}</ref> ''Blood+'', by [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E6%98%8E%E6%97%A5%E9%A6%99 Asuka Katsura], is a five-volume series that first premiered in ''[[Shōnen Ace|Monthly Shōnen Ace]]'' in July 2005. It covers the same story events as the anime series. ''Blood+: Adagio'' was written by Kumiko Suekane. It is a two-volume series that premiered in the September 2005 issue of ''Beans Ace Magazine'' and follows Saya and Hagi's experiences during the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]]. The third series, ''Blood+: Kowloon Nights'', released in Japan as {{Nihongo|''Blood+ Yakōjōshi''|BLOOD+ 夜行城市|Blood+ Nocturnal Castle City}}, is a single tankōbon series by Hirotaka Kisaragi. It premiered in the September issue of ''Asuka Ciel''.<ref name="ANN_MangaAnnounce" /><ref name="DHC_License" /> Set in Shanghai, it follows Hagi as he searches for Saya and the complications he must deal with. Unlike the other ''Blood+'' manga adaptations, which are both ''[[shōnen]]'' works, ''Blood+: Kowloon Nights'' is a ''[[shōjo]]'' manga, particularly of the ''[[shōnen-ai]]'' (or Boy's Love) genre. All three manga adaptations have been licensed for release in English in North America by [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref name="DHC_License">{{Cite news|title=Dark Horse Nabs 'Gantz' Manga, 'Blood+,' 'The Color of Rage,' & More|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10864.html|publisher=ICv2 News|date=July 5, 2007|access-date=December 16, 2007}}</ref>

=== Light novels ===
{{Main|List of Blood+ light novels{{!}}List of ''Blood+'' light novels}}
There are two Japanese [[light novel]] adaptations of the ''Blood+'' series. ''Blood+'', written by Ryō Ikehata with illustrations by Chizu Hashii, is the four volume official novel adaptation of the anime series, expanding upon the events of the fifty-episode anime series and giving greater background on the battle against chiropterans.<ref name="DHC_BloodNovel1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=15-113|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|title=Blood + Volume 1: First Kiss (Novel)|access-date=April 4, 2008|archive-date=June 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605131248/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=15-113|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BloodSite Games" /> The first volume was released in Japan on May 1, 2006, by [[Kadokawa Shoten]] under their male oriented [[Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko]] label.  The remaining volumes released every four months until the final volume was released on May 1, 2007.<ref name="BloodSite Games" />

The second adaptation titled {{Nihongo|''Blood+ Russian Rose''|BLOOD+ ロシアン・ローズ}}, is a two-volume series written by Karino Minazuki and illustrated by Ryō Takagi. It was released at the same time as ''Blood+'', with the first volume was released on May 1, 2006, and the second on September 1, 2006. The series, published under Kadokawa's female oriented label Beans Bunko, details Saya and Hagi's lives at the start of the 20th century and the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]].<ref name="BloodSite Games" />

Both novel series have been licensed for release in English in North America by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. Dark Horse released the first translated ''Blood+'' novel on March 19, 2008.<ref name="DHC_License" />

In 2017, Fujisaku wrote a third novelization of ''Blood+'', titled ''Blood#'', which takes place after the series finale, focusing on Diva's grown children, Hibiki and Kanade.<ref name="Blood Hash">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-2054230|title=BLOOD#|website=CD Japan|access-date=February 28, 2017}}</ref>

=== Video games ===
Two [[Sony]] [[PlayStation 2]] video games have been created that are based on the ''Blood+'' series. Both games are currently only available in Japan and have not been licensed for release in any other countries.

''Blood+: One Night Kiss'', from [[Namco Bandai Games]] and [[Grasshopper Manufacture]], is an [[action-adventure game]] that was originally released on August 30, 2006.<ref name="BloodSite Games" /> Set in the fictional town of Shikishi, players spend most of the game playing as Saya, occasionally switching to Aoyama, an original character created for the game.<ref name="IGNNews">{{Cite news|author=IGN Staff|title=Killer 7 Producer Brings Blood to PS2|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/703/703325p1.html|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=April 26, 2006|access-date=December 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418102135/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/703/703325p1.html|archive-date=April 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Goichi Suda]] was the game's director and writer in consultation with Fujisaka, while [[Masafumi Takada]] was composer.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:サウンドプレステージ合同会社|url=http://soundprestige.jp/works.html|website=soundprestige.jp|language=ja|access-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324213116/http://soundprestige.jp/works.html|archive-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SudaFujisaka">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aniplex.co.jp/blood-plus/special/guide_index.html|script-title=ja:BLOOD+講座 第9回 藤咲淳一(『BLOOD+』監督)×須田剛一氏(『BLOOD＋ One Night Kiss』ディレクター)対談|language=ja|website=[[Aniplex]]|date=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016110918/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/blood-plus/special/guide_index.html|archive-date=October 16, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Production was completed on a tight five month schedule so it would release within the anime's broadcast.<ref name="SudaArt">{{Cite book|chapter=Blood+: One Night Kiss|title=The Art of Grasshopper Manufacture|publisher=PIE Books|isbn=978-4757530812|language=ja|date=July 5, 2015}}</ref> The cel-shaded graphics based on those of Suda's earlier title ''[[Killer7]]'' using a custom-built engine for the [[PlayStation 2]], while the purely urban setting was settled on by Suda as a return to the setting of his earlier game ''[[Moonlight Syndrome]]''.<ref name="SudaFujisaka"/><ref name="FamInterview">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2006/05/08/104,1147065800,52693,0,0.html|script-title=ja:『BLOOD+ ONE NIGHT KISS（ブラッドプラス ワン ナイト キス）』について、須田剛一氏が語る！|language=ja|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|date=May 8, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527064151/https://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2006/05/08/104,1147065800,52693,0,0.html|archive-date=May 27, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> Suda and the studio were asked to hold back on their established tone, with Suda's initial plan for the game's Saya to be a Chiroptera clone killed at the game's end being vetoed.<ref name="SudaArt"/><ref name="FamInterview"/>

{{Nihongo|''Blood+: Sōyoku no Battle Rondo''|BLOOD+ 〜双翼のバトル輪舞曲(ロンド)〜}} from Sony Entertainment is an [[adventure game]] released on July 27, 2006.<ref name="BloodSite Games" /> Set during the year between episodes 32 and 33, after Riku's death, the game alternates between an "Active Demo" section where the player can make decisions that change the story line, and full action sequences where the player, as Saya, fights with her sword to collect chiropteran crystals.<ref name="IGNNews2">{{Cite news|author=Anoop Gantayat|title=PS2 Gets More Blood|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/703/703710p1.html|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=April 28, 2006|access-date=December 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604134122/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/703/703710p1.html|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In addition to the two PS2 games, Sony Entertainment released the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] game {{Nihongo|''Blood+: Final Piece''|BLOOD+ 〜ファイナルピース〜}} on September 7, 2006. It is an [[Adventure game|adventure]] [[role-playing video game]] that uses animated sequences from the series as well as new footage created specifically for the game.<ref name="BloodSite Games">{{Cite web|url=http://www.blood.tv/comic/index.html|publisher=[[Production I.G]] and [[Aniplex]]|title=Blood+ Game, Comics, & Novel Information|access-date=February 7, 2008|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712112220/http://www.blood.tv/comic/index.html|archive-date=July 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game is set during the first season of the series, and features an original story in which Saya, joined by three friends from school, investigates the mystery of her father's disappearance.

A Java game, covering most of the anime's plot is also available.

=== Fan book ===
In September 2006, ''[[Newtype]]'' released ''Blood+ Encyclopedia'', a special issue fan book that includes interviews with the staff and cast, an episode guide, and information on the related media – the manga, novels and video games.<ref name="BloodSite Games" />

== Reception ==
When ''Blood+'' first aired in Japan, it was shown in TBS and MBS's 6&nbsp;pm. Sunday [[timeslot]], which has been used to air anime since 1993. After ''Blood+'' began airing, the ratings for that time slot began dropping. The drop in viewership became more pronounced after [[NHK Educational TV]]'s baseball anime ''[[Major (manga)|Major]]'' premiered on a competing time slot.<ref name="ANN TBS">{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2008|access-date=February 9, 2008|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-05/japans-tbs-confirms-animes-move-from-saturday-6-p.m|title=Japan's TBS Confirms Anime's Move from Saturday, 6 p.m.|publisher=Anime News Network|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702050804/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-05/japans-tbs-confirms-animes-move-from-saturday-6-p.m|url-status=live}}</ref>

Carl Kimlinger of ''[[Anime News Network]]'' gave the series an overall score of B stating, "The plot is propulsive, never lingering for long in one place, yet never rushing to leave. Slickly executed, compulsively watchable and highly entertaining".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blood+/part-1|title=Blood+ Part 1 DVD Review|date=February 21, 2005|access-date=November 1, 2011|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205205611/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blood%2B/part-1|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2005, ''Blood+'' was one of several anime series selected as being a "recommended as an excellent work" at the 9th annual [[Japanese Media Arts Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-12-22/9th-japanese-media-arts-festival-winners|title=9th Japanese Media Arts Festival Winners|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 22, 2005|access-date=February 7, 2008|archive-date=October 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020195404/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-12-22/9th-japanese-media-arts-festival-winners|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was ranked number 41 on [[TV Asahi]]'s list of top 100 favorite anime series for 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan%27s-favorite-tv-anime|title=Japan's Favorite TV Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 13, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2008|archive-date=December 14, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214144804/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan%27s-favorite-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Vampire film]]
* [[List of vampire television series]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20081231180053/http://www.blood.tv/}} {{In lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://mbs.jp/blood/|Official MBS ''Blood+'' website}} {{In lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://www.production-ig.com/contents/works_sp/20_/index.html|Official Production I.G ''Blood+'' website}}
* {{Anime News Network|anime|5088}}

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