Blood-C (CLAMP x Production IG)
 

http://i.imgur.com/2tAqH.jpg

Blood-C (Original Animation)
July 2011
Story/Original Character Designs: CLAMP
Production: Production IG

A serialized manga based on Blood-C will also start running in the July issue of Shounen Ace, drawn by Ranmaru Kotone.

Well hello there CLAMP. I hope its gonna be as twisty and brainhurt as TRC. It looks like this might be a winner for the Summer season.

Am I going to see a CLAMP action series I haven't seen in a while?

The mere thought of this CLAMP x IG collab possibly being as good as the Tsubasa OADs is making my mouth water.

I can see this being a recipe for disaster, or at least a disaster that I can't keep my eyes and ears off.

Blood+ was filled with quite a bit of too much character melodrama near the 3rd half of the series already, wringing out as much of tragic from the series before the finale which... well, I thought it was decent, all things considered.

Throw in CLAMP writing? ( Especially their writing in recent years which fall into the overly emotional range )

Man, I don't know if my body will be ready.

>Story : Clamp
My brain can't keep up with them.

My body is ready, I'm just not sure if my mind is. :)

Will it be directly related to the previous "Blood" works or is it a complete reboot?

I'm a total noob when it comes to Clamp so I can't comment much on their writing. I'll just say the character design doesn't look too bad. Did they stop with the noodles?

I don't think anyone knows yet. But it could well be just another Saya story, without specifically being a reboot or related to any other previous work. CLAMP didn't stop with the noodles, but it's usually most apparent on their male characters. :P

The yaoi, the lolicon, the aaaaaaaaaaaaaaangst!

I'm all for another Saya story, especially with CLAMP at the controls.

I want this series to be more related to the movie instead of the TV anime. It's not that I didn't like the TV version but it's just that things got to fantastical with the anime. Blood turning you into crystals? I liked it better when it was just pure hardcore bleeding you to death and cutting off limbs in the movie. I expect a lot of gore in this one, don't disappoint me Clamp.

How is that possible. Its CLAMP!!!


P.S.: lol at Kamui/Lelouch genderswap :heh:.

I guess one could expect this to be a spin-off from Blood+, which the fact that there's no Haji in the first promo piece. Then again he could be added at a later date, though it would be silly to just leave him out now if he is apart of the new project.

The whole fighting with an instrument case never rubbed me the right way. Hopefully its just Saya with a badass katana.

I find this a little odd. I haven't paid too much attention to CLAMP since the Cardcaptor Sakura days, but their fantasy style writing just doesn't sound like it'd fit with a franchise that's supposed to be dark and more realistic. And when I say realistic, I mean in the sense that Blood doesn't usually involve the typical magic you see in something like Magic Knight Rayearth and that.

But maybe I.G has lost their self-confidence in writing a story themselves after the failure of Blood+. After all, Blood+ failed mainly because the characters just weren't likeable enough (probably as a result of trying to portray them too realistically) and the story they came up for it wasn't deep enough to cover 50 episodes. And of course, let's not forget how poorly I.G executed the story.

For instance, in Blood+:


On the other hand, perhaps it's I.G's goal to have a mainstream franchise at their disposal, like Sunrise has Gundam. Blood is already a franchise, but from what I've heard, the main core of it (manga, video games for The Last Vampire) is for adults. If I.G is teaming up with CLAMP for this, I can't imagine Blood-C being on the same mature, adult-themed level that I've heard The Last Vampire manga is. I have to think that this is another attempt to popularize it, like what Blood+ tried (and failed) to do. I guess I'll see if I'm correct when there's more info on this.

Chances are I'll check this out when it premieres. If I'm not lazy enough to watch the episodes, that is. :p

Who's saying this new BLOOD series has to be dark and more realistic? That's basically what the fans want to see based on the past works, though it can be anything it wants to be.

I guess I should've said "supposedly" instead of "supposed to." Yes, it can be whatever it wants. I was just commenting based on what the Blood franchise has produced and what CLAMP has done. Blood+ is hardly dark and realistic when compared to other works, but it's still more down to earth than the fantasy-driven stories that CLAMP usually does (at the very least, it's very different from the stuff that they normally write). And considering that there's already been at least one spinoff, you get a general feel of what the franchise is.

But yes, I suppose this new one could be something lighter and more shounen-like as opposed to Last Vampire and even Plus. After all, Gundam had all those Universal Century shows, and then G Gundam came out. I'm sure the faithful were first appalled (and maybe they still are). :heh:

It would certainly be a little shock if I.G chose to do something like that. For myself, what I like isn't normally limited to genres or demographics even, so I could care less if this turns out to be something more like The Last Vampire or if it's DBZ-like. If I like what I see, I'll continue watching. If not, it's on my ignore list.

CLAMP.....*looking at previous title*

1.Lolicon........check (Cardcaptor Sakura)
2.Yaoi............check (Tokyo Babylon)
3.Shotacon....check (CLAMP school detective)
4.Tragedy......check (X 1999)
5.Mindfuck....check (Tsubatsa Reservoir Chronicle)
6.Adventure..check (Magic Knight Rayearth)
7.Machine......check (Chobits)
8.Sentai.......check (Duklyon)
9.Myth.........check (XXXholic)

let see...the last one is Horror...altough for Straight people no 2 is a horror already:heh:
Yep! added to watch list:D

i miss the long limbs. wooo

i hope its not as mediocre as Blood+ although the music of Blood+ are all favorites of mine,
its always good to see CLAMP character designs

What's stopping this from being a sequel with Diva's daughter(s)? :p

Mark Mancina's works on Blood+, though repetitive on some tunes, are one of the greater things in Blood+. :3

Though, I'm not hopeful that Mark Mancina will return to be the composer of the Blood-C.Please do please do please do please do please do please do.

It's Aniplex to distribute Blood-C ?

I'd absolutely love the return of Mark Mancina, though at the same time i'd be fine with someone else working on the score.

http://www.blood-c.jp/

The site is up. Not much info.

More Blood is all ways a good thing and it going to be from Clamp its going to be a must watch for me

Blood+ was a bit of a mixed bag for me.

Nevertheless, I am still quite interested in watching this.

Aniplex has been involved in all of the previous Blood animated incarnations, including The Last Vampire movie (as SPE Visual Works) and the Blood+ TV Series. And Sony seems to have taken over the anime market; they have their fingerprints on a ton of anime these days. So the chances are very high, if not certain, that they will be in on this one too.

It would be neat to see Mark Mancina return to do anime, but I get the feeling that Aniplex got him and Hans Zimmer because of how popular Blood+'s timeslot was back then. With the craze that Gundam SEED and Fullmetal Alchemist created, I'm sure Aniplex felt like they could take spend a little more money and get some top notch composers for Blood+.

Speaking of Aniplex, it'd be interesting to know what exactly the difference is between Sony Music Entertainment and Aniplex as far as credits go. For instance, on Noitamina, Tatami Galaxy has Sony Music Entertainment listed as part of the Production Committee, but Shiki has Aniplex on its credits instead. What's the difference? DVD distribution rights? Or is there more to it?

So it's actually confirmed this is related to the Blood series?

Also havn't I.G and Clamp kinda collaborated before on xxxHolic anyway? It was more of an adapter and original creator type thing but still :heh:

No, I'm talking that Aniplex has owned Blood C on its official website.

Well it hasn't been confirmed that it's apart of the Blood franchise, though connect A) the name B) the character who looks like Saya and C) It's Production IG.

So it's pretty safe to say that this is going to be apart of the Blood franchise.

Production IG animated the xxHolic adaptation.

The character depicted is Saya. It says so in the blurb. Not that it really means much when we're talking about the Blood franchise... lol.

I'm aware of all the obvious signs but i still think it's a little premature to say it with utmost confidence yet and doing so would be rumour mongering at best at the moment.

Are you just ignoring all the obvious signs for the fun of it? :p

I mean look at it this way.

-New project is titled Blood-C
-Both the female lead look the same
-They're both named Saya
-Both by Production IG

Now do you really think it won't have anything to do with the Blood franchise? :heh: Sure it hasn't been announced, though when you have such obvious connections, it's silly to say they won't be.

I'm not ignoring anything nor am i saying it's not gonna be blood related... -_-

I know there's probably a good chance of it being so because a lot things sure as are hell pointing in that general direction (I'm well aware of the all the signs i assure you, you don't need to point it out to me again lol :heh:). All I'm saying is that it's not 100% yet and until it is we shouldn't be treating it as such. Well atleast i won't be anyway.

What exactly do you mean? The scan from Shounen Ace makes it very clear that this is a new Blood franchise project. There is no indication of whether it's related directly (in terms of story continuity) to Blood+ and Blood the Last Vampire (the anime movie), but it's definitely a CLAMP take on the franchise.

It is a new project in the Blood franchise featuring the vampire hunter Saya. It is produced by Production IG, and CLAMP is handling the story and the original character designs. Aside from the original animation project launching in July this year. Shounen Ace will also be serializing a manga version of this same story, drawn by Kotone Ranmaru.

None of these facts are rumors, they are what has been officially announced. There have been other Blood spinoffs and side stories which also stood alone and had nothing to do with the original movie. There is even a live action movie. These are all part of the Blood franchise, and so is this upcoming project.

Then say so when i asked earlier and all this mess could've been avoided entirely. Why tell me it's not officially confrimed yet when it was all along? :eyespin:

Oh, I see the confusion. That was actually what I meant, sorry. What I was saying is that when we're talking about the Blood franchise, just because the main character is always Saya, doesn't mean the stories are connected or will have references to previous stories. Most of the franchise is made up of stand alone stories, so each one always features Saya, but they are usually in their own style depending on what the writer and designers want that particular entry to be.

Sorry for the confusion. :(

lol it's cool. Everything got sorted out in the end, so it's all good.

I'm not really digging Clamp Saya (if it is Saya) too much at the moment though but i think a lot of it is because I've just grown accustomed to the existing Saya design. If the Clamp designs go well with nature and style of Blood-C then i could end up liking it.

There's a lot of people that usual have problems with CLAMP designs, so i guess that's to be expected. I'm interested in seeing what kind of story they'll come up, and if they'll reuse any past themes from the Blood franchise.