While Chris Nahon’s live-action adaptation of Production I.G’s 2000 Anime Blood: The Last Vampire arrived in theaters in many countries just a few days ago (or even hasn’t like in the USA), Kadokawa already announced a home video release for the Japanese market.
Jeon Ji-Hyun’s adventures as the katana-wielding vampire huntress Saya will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 9th. According to CDJapan both releases will include English subtitles, even though the original language is English anyway. What about adding English subtitles to releases of films in other languages, huh Kadokawa?
With the current price of 49US$, the Blu-ray Disc can almost be called ‘cheap’…at least for Japanese standards, especially since CDJapan is currently giving away free 500 Yen coupons. Sadly you can’t always trust the region code information coming from CDJapan, but so far no Kadokawa Blu-ray Disc has been reported as region locked.
[via AV Watch]

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Hey unknown special effects guys, 1999 just called, they want their crappy cg effects back…

Clip 2 @ YouTube
[via Jeon Ji-hyun Livejournal Community]

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Just in time for the theatrical opening on May 29 in Japan, the local Yahoo! branch is streaming the first five minutes and 27 seconds on the Blood: The Last Vampire live-action adaptation starring Jeon Ji-hyun. Thanks to the annoyingly slow Japanese server the video won’t play smooth for me, but I’ll try to post a local steaming solution later today.
Here’s the clip fresh from YouTube, thanks to XYZ for finding the link!

[via ANN]

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To fulfill my weekly quota for Blood: The Last Vampire und Jeon Ji-hyun content, a fresh clip from Japan featuring a few seconds of Saya fighting the Onegin queen.

[via @nipponcinema & Jeon Ji-hyun Livejournal Community]

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What the…?! Were these guys in the original 2000 anime?

150+ new stills from Blood: The Last Vampire are available over at the Jeon Ji-Hyun livejournal community.
[via One of God's Own Prototypes]

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[via ShockTillYouDrop]

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ComingSoon.net has posted a second US Trailer for Chris Nahon’s live-action adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire that shows a bunch of new scenes.

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The Japanese Website for Blood: The Last Vampire (aka Last Blood) has been updated with eight wallpapers (up to 1600x1200px) of lovely Jeon Ji-Hyun that should keep your desktop Vampire-free…

Wallpaper: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8

[via Jeon Ji-hyun livejournal community]

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It’s been a while since Pathé Films acquired the European distribution rights for the Blood: The Last Vampire live-action adaptation and announced to bring the film into French and British theaters in June, while US fans could only watch in envy. But now, by opening the official US website Sony Pictures announced that they will bring Jeon Ji-Hyun as the katana-wielding vampire hunter Saya to US screens as well! There isn’t a release date know yet, but I guess this still counts as good news for you guys.
To celebrate the announcement, Sony has also released their own trailer which differs a bit from the already known UK version.

[via IGN Movies]

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Amazing how far you can stretch the term “maker” when in comes to fill the empty spots on film posters…

[via SciFi Japan]

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