6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Saya is part human, part monster, and has one thing on her mind: revenge. Visions of twisted experiments and creatures slaughtering everyone she loved fuel her thirst for vengeance. With blade in hand and rage boiling in her veins, she tracks her tormentor to Tokyo, where flesh-hungry beasts have begun to feed. There, she joins a group of young hackers hunting for the same man. As Saya slices her way through lies, traps, flesh, and bone, how much blood will she shed to cut down the mastermind behind her madness?
Starring: Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Atsushi Abe, Masumi Asano, Keiji FujiwaraAnime | 100% |
Foreign | 96% |
Action | 25% |
Fantasy | 25% |
Horror | 1% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
It’s at least a little surprising how viscerally negative even longtime fans of Blood-C have been with regard to Blood-C: The Last Dark, a feature film which acts as a sort of sequel to that series. On one level, it’s understandable, for this sequel seems to jettison one of the more startling aspects of the original series, a kind of “meta” approach that resulted in one major and rather startling reveal as the story unfolded. On another level, though, it’s at least a little confounding, for Blood-C: The Last Dark continues what was arguably one of the series’ strongest elements, its lush visual aesthetic.
Blood-C: The Last Dark is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This is an often gorgeous looking anime feature film, once again dealing in a lot of dark blacks and crimson reds, giving the film a slightly desaturated look some of the time. Line detail is very crisp and there's a bit more attention paid to character design here than in the series. The banding issues which were quite prevalent in the series are nowhere to be seen here and this is overall a really nice looking presentation.
Blood-C: The Last Dark features Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mixes in English and Japanese. The Japanese mix sounded just slightly less aggressive to my ears, at least with regard to voice work if not to actual effects (which may be due simply to the different styles and approaches of the voice actors). There's some great surround activity here, often with quite fulsome LFE, in the film's gruesome action sequences. Dialogue is cleanly presented in both languages. This release offer hardcoded (non removable) English subtitles that are only available on the Japanese language track.
After having heard some fans' complaints about this film, I was actually expecting an out and out disaster, and if there's good news here, it's that Blood-C: The Last Dark actually has some great action elements and it is a really beautifully animated feature. The bad news is that it's resolutely predictable about every step of the way, and it really does little to either reinforce or develop the series' mythology. Those who liked this film will be pleased to know this high definition presentation is fantastic looking and sounding.
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