Blood + (anime)

Blood + is an anime that I have watched years ago when I was in college. Got the series from a friend of mine that told me it was a great anime. And yes, for me it is a great anime, because I like a lot of blood and gore for an action filled anime series. I even used the "chevalier" for a code name in a clan. hehe





The Plot

Under the care of her adoptive family, Saya Otonashi has been living the life of an anemic and amnesiac, but otherwise ordinary schoolgirl. Saya’s happy life is shattered when she is attacked by a chiropteran, learning that she is the only one who can defeat them.

Armed with her katana, Saya embarks on a journey with her family, allies, and her chevalier, Hagi, to rid the world of chiropteran and rediscover her identity. The course of the journey reveals the background history of the chiropterans and Saya's very deep past, which extends into the mid-19th century.

The series is initially set in present day (September 2005) Okinawa City (Koza), on Okinawa Island, near the US Kadena Air Base. In the course of the series, Saya visits locations across the world, fighting enemy chiropteran and searching for her origins.

Characters

Saya Otonashi (the main character) - is a seemingly ordinary teenage girl adopted and living with amnesia
Diva - twin sister of Saya Otonashi
Hagi - Saya's first, and only living, chevalier
David - Saya's protector from the powerful organization called "Red Shield"
Kai Miyagusuku - Saya's adopted "elder" brother

What are?

Chiropterans - hematophagous bat-like creatures that live by feeding on human blood and generally possess extraordinary speed, strength, and supernatural healing abilities

Artificial chiropterans - most basic form of chiropteran which are created from the straight infusion of Delta 67 into a human host and the human host quickly loses their human intelligence and memories, transforming into a creature resembling a horse-headed gorilla with fangs

Chevaliers - the second highest level of chiropterans in terms of strength and ability and they are created when a human drinks the blood of a queen

Queens (also called the originals) - the first chiropterans in which in any given generation, there are always two Queens, who are female twins born from one of the last Queens, and they are naturally antagonistic with one another

For more information on the anime you can check out these links:
Blood + (anime) wiki
List of all the Characters

You can check out the series in these links:
www.animea.net
realitylapse.com