My personal opinion is, Blood-C felt way to much like an amature fanfic. The specific kind I am thinking of, is where the fanfic writer takes the original material and decides to create an amazing AU (alternate universe). However, when you start reading this fanfic, you can't recognize the characters or world at all, because it is in truth not fanfiction, but original work disguised as fanfiction.
This type of fanfic is actually frowned upon in the fanfiction community. This is even true when the writing is considered good, because the readers are seriously left wondering why original work wasn't created in the first place. Of course, there are some people who gush praise over the work because it comes across as original and refreshing, but they forget that the work is supposed to be derivative, not stand alone.
This is exactly what has happened with this Anime. I honestly feel that CLAMP should have simply created their own vampire novel, rather then placing Saya's name on some random character. That, and the fact that the military is involved is the only thing that really stays the same. But that honestly isn't the only problem I have with the plot of the Anime.
One of the things that has bothered me about CLAMPS work, is the fact that much of there work has some sort of tie in with something else they have done. Blood-C is not spared from this, as the character Kimihiro from xxxHolic makes an appearance. Thankfully, the crossover actually works and proves to be important to the storyline.
However, because I am not sure if I want CLAMP touching other Anime again, unless they are upfront that they are doing a crossover. Which is another element that makes Blood-C feel like a badly written fanfic, truth be told. Some fanfic crossovers manage to only do one fandom justice and it feels like it was xxxHolic here... and that wasn't supposed to be the fandom they were focusing on.
Speaking of xxxHolic, Blood-C is also done in the same style. I remember some people wondering about this when the series first started. There was a few variations, almost like CLAMP tried to meld the two styles, but it honestly didn't work that well. Some shots felt wrong in the animation, like in the beginning few episodes, Saya seemed way to long in limb.
On top of this, there was censorship of the blood and gore scenes. I might have been fine with this, if it hadn't been for the fact that flashes of light to cut down on the violence is hands down considered poor technique when you are choosing to cut back. There are other ways to do this, ways that would come across better.
Other artistic aspect lay in the music. To be honest, I liked the opening theme very much, but the truth is, it didn't match up with the rest of the series. For example, we had Saya's horrible singing to contend with. Well, it wasn't that bad, but the soundtrack to the actual Anime didn't seem to match up with the quality of the opening, which did not help in this series being a major let down.
Also was a major let down were the actual characters. There was no major character development until the last two episodes. The characters were one dimensional and not really ones that you could become attached too. Some people will argue that the turn of the events in the last two episodes should explain all of this, but I honestly think that they could have cut a lot of filler and had a much longer storyline.
To be honest, I did enjoy watching the Anime. This is another one though, that I didn't enjoy it for the reasons the creators wanted me too, unless they really were trying to make the worst remake ever in Anime History. I kept shaking my head, wondering how CLAMP could have been serious at this, or how this wasn't a true remake. Reminds me of the Mario Brothers live action movie kind of, now that I think of it.
Anyways, I am highly disappointed.
