Black Blood Brothers
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(From Left to Right) Back: Cassandra and Alice; Front: Kotaro, Jiro, and Mimiko
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ブラック·ブラッド·ブラザーズ (Burakku Buraddo Burazāzu) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural fiction |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kōhei Azano |
| Illustrated by | Yuuya Kusaka |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | July 16, 2004 – May 20, 2006 |
| Volumes | 11 + 6 (short stories) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroaki Yoshikawa |
| Studio | Group TAC, Studio Live |
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| Original network | Kids Station, Tokyo MX TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | September 8, 2006 – November 24, 2006 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Manga | |
| Black Blood Brother Ver. C | |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | February 1, 2007 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Black Blood Brothers (Japanese: ブラック·ブラッド·ブラザーズ Hepburn: Burakku Buraddo Burazāzu?), also known as BBB (ブ·ブ·ブ BuBuBu?), is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa. It was licensed for North American release by Funimation Entertainment, with the first DVD being released in February 2008.
During a war called the Hong Kong Crusade, an Old Blood, Jiro Mochizuki, a.k.a. the Silver Blade (Gintō), fought and defeated the Kowloon king and most of the Kowloon Children. Ten years later, Jiro heads to Hong Kong with his little brother, Kotaro Mochizuki, in hopes of reaching The Special Zone, a thriving secret city where Vampires live. They soon realize that a plan to infiltrate the Special Zone is being hatched by the Kowloon Children survivors. As they travel to The Special Zone, Jiro encounters enemies from the past and new threats that may endanger the safety of the Special Zone. The abduction of Kotaro, by one of the Kowloon Children, thrusts him even further into the battle. Along the way, he meets a girl named Mimiko.
Within the story, during the 1850s, a vampire who would later be known as the Kowloon King emerged in Hong Kong and began spreading his lineage to others. The Kowloon Children, as his bloodline came to be known, differed from other bloodlines in that all humans (Or vampires) bitten by a Kowloon Child would become Kowloon Children themselves, even without a direct infusion of that bloodline's blood. The ensuing chaos made the existence of vampires, which until then had been living in secret, known to the entire world. The conflict culminated in the Holy War, a battle in which humans and vampires worked together to exterminate the Kowloon Children. After the crusade, the Special Zone - a city for vampires to live - was established on the sea outside Japan. After the war, it was announced that all vampires had been killed, and most humans were kept ignorant of the existence of the Special Zone. Jiro Mochizuki, who became known as the Silver Blade, is a hero of the Crusade who defeated the Kowloon King, although he lost his lover and was betrayed by a close friend in the process..
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