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Blade (TV)

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Alternative title:
Blade - Wieczny łowca (Polish)
Blade Anime (Spanish)
Блэйд (Russian)
ブレイド (Japanese)
Genres: action, supernatural
Themes: vampires
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Erik Brooks was half-man, half-vampire after his mother Carol was attacked by a vampire named Deacon Frost. He sought assistance from Noah Van Helsing and over time, vampires worldwide fear him as the "Daywalker" or "Blade". He investigates a vampire organization in Asia called "Existence" starting from Japan all the way to Southeast Asia.
User Ratings: 104 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Good: 27 votes (dub:14, sub:11, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:5, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:2)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (others:1
1 French subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 257 users, rank: #3309 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.846 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.8799, rank: #7623 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 5.774 (Decent−), rank: #7768 (of 9642) (seen all: 5.90 / seen some: 2.67 / won't finish: 5.04)
Bayesian estimate: 5.976 (Decent), rank: #6431 (of 7243)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2011-07-01
2014-02-01 (Portugal - SIC K)
2018-05-20 (Colombia)
Opening Theme:
"Slashing Through the Night" by ???
Ending Theme:
"Between Darkness and Sanity" by ???
News: Show:
C2E2 - Day 2 (Mar 22, 2011)
Madhouse Industry Panel (Jul 30, 2010)
Marvel Animation (Jul 24, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Blade (DVD 1) 2013-02-26 (from $8.95)
    Blade (DVD 2) 2013-02-26 (from $7.99)
    Blade - Complete Series (DVD 1-2) 2012-07-31 (from $10.72)
    Marvel Animated Series Collection - Blade / Iron Man / Wolverine / X-Men (DVD) 2015-12-23

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Series Composition: Kenta Fukasaku
Screenplay:
Dai Fujita (eps 5-11)
Kenta Fukasaku (eps 1-4, 12)
Storyboard:
Chie Yamashiro (ED)
Ippei Kumo (ep 6)
Masahiro Emoto (ep 12)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 4)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (OP; ep 1)
Q-Saku Fukano (eps 1, 7)
Shigeyuki Miya (eps 8, 10)
Tetsuro Araki (ep 5)
Toshihiko Masuda (eps 9, 11)
Toshio Hirata (ep 3)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ep 2)
Story: Warren Ellis
Episode Director:
Chie Yamashiro (eps 1, 5, 11)
Hironobu Aoyagi (eps 3, 9)
migmi (eps 2, 7, 12)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 12)
Takahiro Okao (ep 6)
Tomoya Tanaka (eps 4, 10)
Yuuta Takamura (ep 8)
Unit Director:
Chie Yamashiro (ED)
migmi (OP)
Original creator:
Gene Colan
Marv Wolfman
Character Design: Cindy H. Yamauchi
Art Director: Katsushi Aoki
Chief Animation Director: Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 1-12)
Animation Director:
Chiharu Satō (ep 5)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (OP)
Daisuke Yoshida (eps 3, 11-12)
Ippei Masui (ep 6)
Keizō Shimizu (ep 6)
Ken Obata (ep 8)
Minami Yoshida (eps 2, 9)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ED; ep 12)
Takashi Muratani (eps 1, 7, 12)
Tomohiro Koyama (eps 4, 10)
3D Director: Tsukasa Saitō
Sound Director: Toshihiko Nakajima
Director of Photography: Yūki Kawashita
Additional Production Design: Laetitia Gōkura (eps 1-12)
Art Setting: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Assistant Animation Director:
Daisuke Yoshida (eps 7, 12)
Minami Yoshida (ep 12)
Sawako Miyamoto (eps 9, 12)
Assistant Director: Chie Yamashiro
Assistant Unit Director: Hiroyasu Aoki (OP)
Co-executive producer:
Joe Quesada
Stan Lee
Color Check: Kazumi Hasegawa (ep 8)
Color design: Yoshinori Horikawa
Color setting: Kazumi Hasegawa (ep 8)
Direction Cooperation: Rintarō
Key Animation:
Akio Takami (ep 5)
Atsushi Shibata (Anime R; ep 8)
Beom Seok Hong (ep 2)
Daisuke Yoshida (eps 3, 11)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 11)
Futoshi Higashide (ep 1)
Hisashi Abe
Jiro Kanai (ep 5)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 1)
Kenji Kodama (ep 2)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 1, 7)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 12)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 8)
Osamu Nabeshima (ep 5)
Satoru Utsunomiya (eps 7, 9, 12)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 6)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 8)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 1)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ED; eps 1, 3, 7, 11)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 6)
Takaaki Wada (eps 1, 5, 12)
Takashi Kumazen (ep 8)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 2, 12)
Takuo Noda (eps 9, 11-12)
Tōru Yoshida (eps 2, 6, 9)
Toshihiko Masuda (eps 1, 12)
Yasuhiro Aoki (ep 9)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 5)
Yutaka Minowa (ep 12)
Monster Design: Shigeyuki Miya
Online Editor: Migaku Takagi (Sony PCL; ep 3)
Planning: Masao Maruyama
Prop Design: Yutaka Minowa
Script Cooperation: Kenta Fukasaku (eps 5-11)
Akio Ōtsuka as Blade

Hiroki Tōchi as Lucius Isaac
Maaya Sakamoto as Makoto
Masato Hagiwara as Kikyo Mikage (eps 8-9, 12)
Osamu Saka as Noah Van Helsing
Tsutomu Isobe as Deacon Frost

Atsuko Tanaka as Tara Brooks
Ayahi Takagaki as Danas (ep 5)
Biichi Satō as Cimarron (ep 5)
Bon Ishihara as Old Noble (ep 8)
Chieko Kagose as Woman (ep 12)
Daisuke Harada as
Collaborator (ep 4)
Gang (ep 7)
Sailor (ep 3)
Vampire (eps 5, 12)
Eiji Maruyama as Old Noble (eps 8, 11)
Eimi Okada as Prostitute (ep 4)
Gō Inoue as Guard (ep 1)
Hikaru Hanada as Young Noble (ep 8)
Hiroko Ushida as
Daughter (ep 3)
Woman (ep 10)
Hiromi Igarashi as Alice (ep 8)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Baron Howard (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Radu (ep 1)
Hisao Egawa as Saragi
Hisashi Izumi as Police Officer (ep 10)
Jin Horikawa as Hamasaki (ep 2)
Jirō Saitō as Son (ep 10)
Junko Minagawa as Eric Brooks (young; ep 4)
Ken Uo as Hagibis (ep 5)
Kenji Fukuda as Edgar Frost (ep 10)
Kenji Nomura as Young Noble (ep 8)
Kenji Utsumi as Tanba Yagyu (ep 9)
Kenta Chabana as
Gang (ep 7)
Man (ep 10)
Vampire (ep 12)
Makoto Yasumura as Police Officer (ep 10)
Masahiko Tanaka as Sakomizu
Masanori Iwasaki as
Collaborator (ep 4)
Gang (ep 7)
Investigator (ep 2)
Lookout (ep 5)
Man (ep 10)
Sailor (ep 3)
Vampire (ep 12)
Masayuki Omoro as Chief Gondo (ep 2)
Michiko Neya as Lupit (ep 5)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Dario (ep 11)
Nanaho Katsuragi as Matthes
Ooki Sugiyama as Yakuza (ep 2)
Rikiya Koyama as Logan/Wolverine (ep 7)
Rumi Kasahara as Vampire Woman (ep 1)
Satomi Moriya as Prostitute (ep 4)
Sayaka Ōhara as Carol (ep 4)
Seiko Yoshida as
Mandurgo (ep 3)
Policewoman (ep 2)
Prostitute (ep 4)
Yati (ep 6)
Seizo Katou as Council Chairman (eps 8, 11)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Captain MacRae
Shunsuke Sakuya as Stan (ep 8)
Taira Kikumoto as Collaborator (ep 6)
Takamasa Mogi as
Gang (ep 7)
Worker (ep 6)
Takeharu Ōnishi as Young Noble (ep 8)
Takuma Suzuki as Guard (ep 1)
Takuya Kirimoto as Jalāl (ep 7)
Tetsu Inada as Rom (ep 10)
Tetsu Shiratori as Tanaka (eps 1-2)
Tetsuo Gotō as Old Noble
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Gang (ep 7)
Tōru Nara as Drunk (ep 1)
Tōru Ohkawa as Hayate (ep 1)
Yu Shimamura as Stan's Wife (ep 8)
Yūji Ueda as Agus (ep 6)
Yūki Hayashi as Pilot (ep 11)
Yutaka Nakano as Sergei (ep 7)
Japanese companies
3D Works: MADBOX
Animation Production: Madhouse
Backgrounds: Studio Jack (eps 7, 9, 11)
Broadcaster: Animax
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 8)
APPP (ep 8)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 5, 9)
Studio Mu (ep 12)
Wish (ep 10)
Original Creator: Marvel Comics
Production Cooperation:
APPP (ep 8)
Dangun Pictures (eps 4, 10)
Magic Bus (ep 6)
English staff
English cast
Additional Video Editing: Sean Kelley
ADR Recording:
Eric Lewis
Michael Clark
Casting: Jamie Simone
Creative Consultant: Chris Fondacaro
Post-Production Coordinator:
Geneva Ip
James Lafferty
Post-Production Supervision: Denny Densmore
Re-Recording Mixing: Ernie Sheesley
Reversion Producer:
Jamie Simone
Rita Majkut
Script Adaptation:
Ardwight Chamberlain (eps 1-3, 5-12)
Liam O'Brien (ep 4)
Voice Direction:
Jamie Simone
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (eps 4-12)
Harold Perrineau as Blade

Christopher Smith as Lucius Isaac
JB Blanc as Deacon Frost
Kim Mai Guest as Makoto
Steven Jay Blum as Kikyo Mikage
Troy Baker as Noah Van Helsing

Bryce Papenbrook as Edgar Frost (ep 10)
Doug Stone as Hayate (ep 1)
Gina Bowes as Lupit (ep 5)
Grant George as
Ladu (ep 1)
Young High Council Member (ep 8)
Jamieson K. Price as
Baron Howard (ep 3)
English Policeman (ep 4)
Old High Council Member (ep 8)
Sailor (ep 3)
Janice Kawaye as
Alice (ep 8)
Danas (ep 5)
Yati (ep 6)
Joe Ochman as Police Chief (ep 2)
John Bentley as Hagibus (ep 5)
Johnny Yong Bosch as Djalal (ep 7)
Kat Purgal as Matthes
Keith Silverstein as
Cimarron (ep 5)
English Policeman (ep 4)
Kim Mai Guest as Stan's Wife (ep 8)
Kirk Thornton as Sakomizu (ep 2)
Kyle Hebert as
Saragi (ep 6)
Sergei (ep 7)
Laura Bailey as Police Woman (ep 2)
Liam O'Brien as
Police Lieutenant (ep 2)
Sailor (ep 3)
Michael Sinterniklaas as
Tanaka (eps 1-2)
Vampire Guard (ep 1)
Milo Ventimiglia as Logan/Wolverine (ep 7)
Nayo Wallace as Tara Brooks
Neil Kaplan as High Council Chairman (eps 8, 11)
Noah Bentley as Eric Brooks (Young Ep. 4)
Patrick Seitz as Stan Davis (ep 8)
Richard Cansino as Agus (ep 6)
Sam Regal as Ikeda (ep 2)
Steve Kramer as
Master Tanba (ep 9)
Old High Council Member (ep 8)
Tanba Yagyu (ep 9)
Steven Jay Blum as
Captain MacRae
Old High Council Member (ep 8)
Susan Dalian as Carol (ep 4)
Troy Baker as Drunk Man (ep 1)

English companies
ADR Production: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Internet Streaming:
Crackle (Expired)
CTV (Canada)
Production: Marvel Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Pablo Falduto
Mario De Candia as Blade

Alejandro Graue as Lucius Isaac
Álvaro Pandelo as Kikyo Mikage
Ariel Abadi as Deacon Frost
Daniel de Álzaga as Noah Van Helsing
Vanina García as Makoto

Adrián Wowczuk as Makoto's father
Álvaro Pandelo as Captain MacRae
Gustavo Ciardullo as
Agus
Gondo
Hagibis
Sergei
Gustavo Dardés as Hamasaki
Hernan Bravo as Edgar Frost
Javier Gómez as Saragi
Javier Naldjián as
Cimarron
Djalal
Tanaka
Jorge Riveros as
Bat (ep 6)
Blade (young)
Hayate
Sakomizu
Mara Brenner as
Danas
Matthes
Martín Gopar as Stan
Natalia Bernodat as
Lupit
Tara Brooks
René Sagastume as Tanba Yagyu
Santiago Florentín as
Ikeda
Ladu
Logan/Wolverine
Sir Howard
Yamila Garreta as
Carol
Yati
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Palmera Record
Broadcaster:
Citytv (Colombia)
MTV LA (Latin America)
Distributor: Sony Pictures Television (Latin America)
Internet Streaming:
Citytv (Colombia)
Claro Video (Latin America)
Pluto TV (Latin America)
Tubi TV (Latin America)
Licensed by: Sony Pictures
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Dirk Bublies
Script: Dirk Bublies
Matti Klemm as Blade

Ann Vielhaben as Makoto
Arne Stephan as Lucius Isaac
Frank Muth as Deacon Frost
Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as Noah van Helsing
Nico Sablik as Kikyou Mikage (eps 8-9)

Angelina Geisler as
Danas (ep 05)
Polizistin (ep 02)
Anne Helm as Matthes
Claudia Galdy as Tara Brooks (eps 01, 04)
Dirk Stollberg as Edgar Frost (ep 10)
Eberhard Haar as Agus (ep 06)
Edwin Gellner as Jäger #1
Erich Räuker as Sakomizu (ep 02)
Frank Röth as Hayate (ep 01)
Gerald Paradies as Captain McRay
Jan Makino as Ikeda (ep 02)
Johannes Berenz as Stan Davis (ep 08)
Katrin Zimmermann as Carol (ep 04)
Lutz Schnell as Chef Gondo
Michael Deffert as Ladu (ep 01)
Nicole Hannak as Lupit (ep 05)
Oliver Siebeck as Logan / Wolverine (ep 07)
Rainer Fritzsche as Tanaka
Sven Gerhardt as Ermittler (ep 02)
Uli Krohm as Tanba Yagyu (ep 09)
Uwe Jellinek as
Saragi (ep 06)
Vorsitzender (ep 08)
German companies
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: FAN TV (2019)
Dubbing: SV-Double (2019)
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Noel Magat as Blade

Arnold Abad as Deacon Frost
Jenny Bituin as Makoto
Jojo Galvez as Lucius Isaac

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: AXN Spin Poland
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Pluto TV Anime
Internet Streaming: Pluto TV
Portuguese cast
(none)

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