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Blade
Legendary half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter Blade is tracking Deacon Frost, a very powerful and influential vampire who killed his mother and who heads Existence, a secretive vampire organization that operates in Southeast Asia.
- Cast:
- Akio Otsuka, Maaya Sakamoto, Tsutomu Isobe, Osamu Saka
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan, United States of America
- Network:
- ANIMAX
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Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 5.5His Name Is Blade
2011-07-01 · 23mA nightclub is used by vampires to trap unsuspecting guests and feed on them. Just as the feast is about to start, Blade arrives looking for the ancient vampire who long ago infected his mother - Deacon Frost. However, he gets company.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 5.5A Night for the Living, A Mourning for the Dead
2011-07-08 · 23mSakomizu, a middle-aged police detective in Osaka, is troubled by a recent series of missing Southeast Asian women. After he meets up with Blade, they discover that the chief of police is helping to provide local vampires with human blood.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 5.5Dead on Arrival
2011-07-15 · 23mAboard a cargo ship heading for the Philippines, Blade departs Kobe Harbor hot on Deacon Frost's trail. Makoto, a young human female vampire hunter, is also on the ship. She seeks vengeance and her target is - Blade.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 5.5That Was Then, This Is Now
2011-07-22 · 23mDetermined to rescue his mentor, Van Hesling, from the clutches of a pack of Mandurago vampires, Blade tracks him to a local slum in the Philippines. He also remembers his difficult childhood and the time he met his undead mother.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 5.5The Island of Fire
2011-07-29 · 23mSiquijor Island, the location of an Existence research facility, is home to the Berdugo tribe who have used white magic to keep vampires under control since ancient times. Against the wishes of the Berdugo, Blade and Makoto set out in search for Frost's facility.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 5.5Bad Blood
2011-08-05 · 23mA small village in Sumatra has been taken over by Frost's people. The men are forced to work in his silver mine, while all the women have been turned into vampires. The local medicine man believes he can cure them, but Blade doubts that.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 5.5Claws and Blades
2011-08-12 · 23mBlade and Makoto arrive in the lawless island city of Madripoor, where the weapons factory that Frost's men use to melt silver is located, and are instantly attacked by them. That's when Blade's old friend shows up - Wolverine.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 5.5Old Wounds, Fresh Blood
2011-08-19 · 23mIn the jungles of Vietnam, Blade is attacked by a band of vampire ninjas led by Kikyo Mikage, an amoral master samurai with mutant powers similar to Wolverine's. G.I. Stan Davis, a victim of secret US weapons program, helps Blade.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 5.5The Bond
2011-08-26 · 23mBlade has no choice but to fight the mutant assassin, Kikyo Mikage. While fighting, they remember the time when they were studying sword fighting together under the same master. However, their old master suddenly appears - now a vampire.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 5.5Sins of the Father
2011-09-09 · 23mCaptured Blade is taken to the Existence research lab known as 'The Factory', in Cambodia, to be experimented on by Deacon Frost who divulges his own tragic personal history, twisted motives and awful ambitions. Makoto finds them.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 5.5The Last Sunset
2011-09-16 · 23mWhile in captivity and pushed to his limits, Blade struggles to regain control of himself as his allies attempt a daring rescue. Ironically, this gets Frost closer to his goal and Blade loses a friend. The vampire council is next.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 5.5The Final Glory of Deacon Frost
2011-09-23 · 23mBlade invades Amaurot, the City of Vampires and headquarters of Existence, while cutting his way through anything that stands between him and now evolved Deacon Frost. Frost's monstrosities fight back, but Blade gets surprise help.
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Akio Otsuka
Blade (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Makoto (voice)
Tsutomu Isobe
Deacon Frost (voice)
Osamu Saka
Noah Van Helsing (voice)