Story:
It's a story that does indeed focus on a vampire, however the story makes it so that it doesn't revolve around the vampireness, because it really focuses on Jirou, the main character, going up against the Kowloon Children. The background story is revealed in small tidbits at the beginning of each episode, and is rather enigmatic at the start, however unveils as you progress over the episodes and is completely revealed on the final episode. The story itself really is kinda crappy, however the fact that they managed to fully pack the story and it's background story into just 12 episodes is somewhat notable I
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Alternative Titles
Japanese: ブラック・ブラッド・ブラザーズ
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Sep 8, 2006 to Nov 24, 2006
Premiered:
Fall 2006
Broadcast:
Fridays at 23:30 (JST)
Licensors:
Funimation
Source:
Light novel
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Your Feelings Categories Dec 20, 2010
This anime is as mediocre as it looks, the plot summary I read on Wikipedia was more interesting than the actual series.
Story: 5/10 The story was okay. It's not as interesting as the description of the series would make it to be. It had alot of history mentioned in the plot but who cares when it was basically about a vampire who is an old war hero moving his brother to a new place so he could experience friendship. They could have put the history in the scenes if it was really all that important, therefore the 12 episodes would have been worth it. This could ... Dec 23, 2009
Well to begin with, this is just another vampire based anime, although not the best it does well with catchy music and a good story line. however with the story line it is simple to guess what will happen next which was dissapointing and the characters were not all that imaginative but they all portrayed their roles quite well. it has a fair share of humorous scenes and a few good short battle scenes, even the commentary was enjoyable if you listen to it on DVD. Overall if you like vampire animes and have run out of ideas of which ones to watch consider this
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Oct 7, 2012
I don’t know if you notice lately or before but there was been a numerous amount of anime with vampires in the main element. Much like movies in the past, present and the future, the vampire boom has been around anime ever since the ‘80s (as far as I know) and there were many hits such as Hellsing, Blood: The Last Vampire, Karin, Vampire Hunter D and many others to be named. But I wonder what can be different about this series or different from any vampire media……well, let’s hope it won’t be like that other vampire franchise but let’s focus on this now.
During ... Jan 10, 2013
Personaly i expected WAY more of this anime, story is quite ok but got rushed, en i wanted to see more background history and further development of some char. I could follow the storyline easy, at some points it was distracting from the real line, some fights were good but toned down to much, like many anime after 2001 i had a bit trouble with this one, an had hoped for more epis. somewhat dissapointing that it was only 12 episodes
Apr 19, 2013
Solidly entertaining but ultimately quite average.
PLOT: There’s a decent enough storyline but sometimes I was left feeling that I wasn’t getting the full picture. There is an awful lot going on – a myriad of side stories and back stories that are just not given enough time, it seems there would have easily been enough material to cover 26 episodes rather than the 12 on offer. As such we’re left with a short show with a lot of characters and not enough time is allowed for character development. The end result is a lot of generic-ness. Its a pity because there some really interesting characters ... Jun 6, 2010
This is one of those shows which just had potential for more.
Unfortunately, it failed in almost everything it tried to do. What a wasted opportunity. STORY[6]: -> So generic it hurts. Story follows ex-vampire killer(vampire himself), a hero of a war which is shown in first episode and his attempts to protect his little brother, all that while dealing with various bits from his past. While it had a lot of potential because it was presented somewhat in a new way, it failed miserably due to the fact many things are just not explained. I dunno if there's manga which is supposed to be read before/after watching the ... Sep 16, 2010
It would be ill adviced if I did not warn you ahead that the sound area is going to get pretty ugly, but you've been warned.
I didn't really want to try Black Blood Brothers after the horrid rech of a series Twilight had come out and was ruining the name of vampires, so I was a little untrusting of this series. But after seeing an amv for Within Temptation on this series I decided why not when I find the time. I found that time yesterday. The plot was descent enough, had some flaws, but it was descent. It sort of reminded me a little ... May 18, 2009
BBB was released in the 3 DVD format. Nice in that three rents and you're done and generally the 3 DVD format lends itself to a formula. Now give or take but disc 1 is intros and set-up, disc 2 is the build of the story, and disc 3 is the conclusion.
I watched the first disc and was hooked. Full out "gimmie" mode hanging on release dates keeping all hope for them at the top of the netflix queue. Disc 2 though sent out the warning flags. What's going on? Why are we still introducing characters? ... Dec 12, 2020
All my scores/reviews are subjective/personal af so feel free to agree/disagree! Your opinions are valid!
NON-SPOILER SECTION Plot (+1): The world-building was cool. Everything seemed to flow and there was not really any filler. Characters (+1): The characters were well established, however, pretty generic. Tone (+1): Action shounen with comedic moments in there. It built up tension when it needed to be there. ... Nov 12, 2012
I really did like the show, though I found it a bit hard to pick out what was happening now and happening back during the attack on Hong Kong because of some of the flash backs. Kotaro is a really cute and funny character, always getting into trouble and is a good contrast to his very old sounding brother, Jiro. It’s nice that they had kept a version of the real vampire myths. They kept the *cough* feelings that happen when a vampire bites another, and some of the stuff about their weaknesses and such. The play between a couple of people is rather fun
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Jan 13, 2012
To be honest, I did enjoy this anime, then again, I'm also easy to please. But this was by no means a stellar anime.
The story was average. Simple Vampire story. The main character is looking for some kind of redemption through taking care of his little brother and, along the way, his past comes back to haunt him. Pretty simple stuff. There was some originality here and there, but over all, been there, done that. Some of the character's were interesting. I personally liked Zelman Clock. I really would have liked to learn more about the three territory heads, but the story never goes into them ... |



