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BLOOD-C

BLOOD-C

20117.91 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.

Created by Nanase Okawa
Written by Nanase Okawa
Produced by Hiroo Maruyama, Motohisa Kato, Shin Furukawa
NetworksCBC

Top Cast

Nana Mizuki

Nana Mizuki

Saya Kisaragi (voice)

Kenji Nojima

Kenji Nojima

Fumito Nanahara (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Tadayoshi Kisaragi (voice)

Masumi Asano

Masumi Asano

Yūka Amino (voice)

Misato Fukuen

Misato Fukuen

Nene Motoe / Nono Motoe (voice)

Atsushi Abe

Atsushi Abe

Itsuki Tomofusa (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Shinichirō Tokizane (voice)

Miho Miyagawa

Miho Miyagawa

Kanako Tsutsutori (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Dog (voice)

Themes & Keywords

small townsupernaturalhigh schoolanimedemon slayerhorror

About BLOOD-C

BLOOD-C is a action & adventure, animation, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of small town, supernatural, high school, anime, demon slayer, horror. Created by Nanase Okawa, it stars Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Keiji Fujiwara. Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.

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