News Live-Action Blood the Last Vampire's 1st 5 Minutes Posted (Updated)
posted on 2009-05-26 01:54 EDT
The Yahoo! Japan website's Movies section is streaming the first five minutes and 27 seconds from Chris Nahon's live-action film adaptation of the Blood: The Last Vampire anime film. Director Hiroyuki Kitakubo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Roujin Z) and Production I.G animated the original film. In the new film, South Korea's Jeon Ji-hyun (under her English name, Gianna Jun) plays Saya, a sword-wielding girl hunting down supernatural creatures. Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell films, Mobile Police Patlabor) conceived the original anime's story with screenwriter Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East). Chris Chow adapted the story for East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ's live-action version.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired all North American rights to the new film, and Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the film in American theaters this summer. The live-action film will open in Japan on Friday (under the title Last Blood), in the United Kingdom on June 12, and then in France on June 17. It will also open in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and other countries in June.
Manga Entertainment released the original Blood: The Last Vampire anime film in North America, while Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the Blood+ television anime series. Viz Media published the graphic novel sequel to the first movie, and Dark Horse Comics is publishing the different Blood+ manga and text novel.
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Update: Chris Nahon's spelling corrected. Thanks, mOONwOKA.
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