At a time when "vampires" have become the protagonists of various love dramas, popular culture and even a part of cute culture, there are still many works that adhere to the more traditional "hardcore" vampire style.
Some of them are gorgeous or bloody battles, or refreshing, or touching; some are gloomy, depressed, and heavy, giving people thoughts about life and death.
Today we will take a look at some hardcore vampire animations
1 HELLSING
Adapted from the famous manga by Kota Hirano, the anime aired in 2001. It is a classic work that combines the aesthetics of violence with elements such as vampires, action, and secret services. The title of the work is taken from a character in the famous novel Dracula the Vampire by an Irish author, but the original "Helsing" was changed to "Hell" in hell.
The story takes place at the end of the 20th century, featuring Accardo, Silas Victoria, and Intergura of the Royal Anglican Order (Royal Anglican Order, commonly known as the Heslling Institution) of the British Empire, depicting a fierce battle between vampires and vampire hunters.
There are two versions of this work, the TV version and the OVA version, the TV version has a mixed reputation, because of the original a lot of content and many viewers said that they lost the most essential content of the story, and the later OVA version was basically based on the story development of the manga, and the response was better among the fans. Those who are interested in this work may wish to look at and compare both.
2 Blood: The Last VAMPIRE
An animated film released in 2000 and directed by Kitakubo. The origin of the "Blood Wars" series, which was produced using the most advanced "HD24P" at that time and was praised by famous directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Cameron, it was released as a newcomer film in 2009. There are also games, novels and other derivatives.
The story takes place in 1966 at the U.S. Air Force Yokoyama Base in Japan, where a variety of strange suicides occurred in a series of strange suicides, a mysterious organization investigated that this was the work of a vampire, and the vampire disguised as a human and hid in the base, so the organization ordered a young girl "Little Night" to enter the American school in the base. Night picks up a long knife and engages in a bloody fight with a vampire who is hiding on a high school campus.
2 BLOOD+
The second installment in the BLOOD Blood Series began airing in October 2005.
Because it is a series of works, all parts of the worldview have some inheritance relationship with the previous work, and the protagonist is also called "Little Night", but the name can only be regarded as a stem, and has nothing to do with it.
The story takes place in Okinawa, Japan in 2005, the protagonist is a high school student Otoshi Noko, she was adopted by the retired soldier Miyagi George, living a peaceful and peaceful life, there is one thing that makes Konoya a little concerned... She had lost memories of more than a year ago.
But one day, the mysterious creature "Wing hand" appeared in the quiet life of the night, they are human blood for food, immortal and terrible monsters. A mysterious organization called the Red Shield has been secretly confronting it. Xiao Ye received a Japanese sword from a cello youth and began to face her mission... Down with the blood-sucking monsters!
3 《BLOOD-C》
The third installment in the BLOOD Blood Series, co-produced by CLAMP and Production I.G. The protagonist, also named "Little Night", also has to pick up a long knife to fight the vampire, but this time it is a whole new story.
The "vampires" in the work are called "antiquities", and they have far more power than humans and feed on humans. The protagonist, Changing Night, is usually an ordinary high school sophomore, but she also has a secret mission to accept the orders of her "father" and hunt "antiquities" using the Mikan sword inherited from the Ukishima Shrine.
CLMAP's aesthetic charm combined with the darkness of the BLOOD Blood Series, the unique narrative style and high level of action scenes make this game worth watching!
4 Vampire Hunter D
An animated film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's fantasy novel series of the same name, Demon Kill. The person is set up as Amano Kiyoshi, melancholy, beautiful and romantic. Full of dreamy atmosphere.
The story takes place in the distant future, when human civilization is destroyed by war, the vampire forces that once ruled mankind decline, and the vampire hunters rise, among which the hybrids of humans and vampires are the best hunters.
The protagonist, Vampire Hunter D, who is dark, melancholy and dashing, is hired by a lord to rescue his daughter from the vampire nobleman Marel, but on the way, he argues with another group of hunters over the bonus, only to learn that the daughter is not kidnapped, but in love with a vampire, so he prepares to elope to the ideal country of no human and vampire nobles to live a peaceful life. Then D is targeted by the vampire nobles, and the fight and conspiracy begin...
The original is dark and heavy, and the animated version has become a love song, and the characters are more plump and real.
5"Blood-Sucking Princess Miyu"
A series of anime and manga works, the TV version was launched in 1998.
The protagonist Miyuki is an original oriental vampire setting, she is not an evil monster, but a demon world that is ordered to guard and exorcise the vampire ji. In the work, the monsters that Miyuki wants to expel are called "gods and demons", which are born from the dark world, lurk in the weakness of people's hearts, and lead humans to death.
The feelings of the work are delicate, the atmosphere is sad and moving, MeiXi has saved many people entangled with gods and demons, and has also sent many people who cannot be saved into the underworld in a last resort, for which she also feels helpless and sad, and at the same time receives a lot of criticism. Fortunately, she also has a cute little pet and an ambiguous Relationship Rafa to accompany her.
6 Black Blood Brothers
Based on the light novel of the same name by Kohei, the anime version aired since September 2006. In this story, humans and vampires are not completely opposed, the vampire camp is divided into two camps that live in harmony with each other and make enemies of humans, the protagonist "Black Blood Brothers" is a pair of vampires, and the focus of the story is the bond between "humans" and "vampires", two races with completely wrong values. There is a great deal of space devoted to vampires with far more physical abilities than humans, using swordplay and magic to fight with their abilities.
The background of the story originates in Hong Kong in 1997, the real year of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, in this overhead background due to the "Kowloon Bloodline" riot incident and almost destroyed, the vampire at this time on the surface stage, humans and vampires in order to deal with the common enemy "Kowloon Bloodline" and form the same front.
The story of this game takes place in the secret city where vampires and humans coexist, the "special zone" in Japan, and tells the story of the vampires living in the special zone and the vampires who are enemies of humans.
7 Blade Blade Warrior
The fourth marvel animated project (preceded by Iron Man, WOLVERINE, and X-MEN), aired in July 2011.
The vampire hunter BLADE, with superhuman powers, arrives in Japan after vampires and discovers a mysterious vampire organization that fights to stop the vampire legions that are trying to conquer the world.
8 Blood of the Devil
Adapted from the light novel of the same name by light novelist Naohide Yoshida, the anime aired in 2005.
The story takes place in the distant future, when human societies are destroyed by war, human settlements retreat to Europe, and culture and living standards return to medieval levels. In this case, there is even a human enemy - vampires!
Humans barely triumphed under the leadership of the Papal Chamber, but the vampires were not gone, but intended to create a true human empire.
The illustrator of the original novel, Thores Shibamoto, had an extremely ornate and refined style that was considered absolutely impossible to animate, but GONZO managed to make it, with the slogan "An animation miracle that breaks the common sense of animation"... The specific effect is for the audience to judge.
9 Vampire Knight
Adapted from a manga by Kirito Hino and played in 2008.
The story takes place in the "Black Main Academy", which has a general department (day department) and a night department, and the students in the night department are all vampires, and the students in the ordinary department are unaware. The black lord Youji, who has no memories of before the age of five, longs for the benefactor, the head of the Night Department, Jiu Lanshu, and the other vampire classmates swear to be peaceful with humans and live by blood tranquilizers, but things are not so simple...
10 Ghoul
The anime aired on July 8, 2010 and is based on on Ono's original novel and manga based on Ryu Fujisaki.
The story takes place in a closed mountain village, where the villagers die mysteriously one by one, and then resurrect one by one...
The sense of reality and the dark and oppressive atmosphere, the life-and-death entanglement of vampires and humans, and the unique character of Fujisaki Ryu are the highlights of this film.
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