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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: 107 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: 29 votes (dub:14, sub:13, others:2
1 Russian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:18, 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 258 users, rank: #3375 (of 10083)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.869 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.86, rank: #8072 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 5.804 (Decent−), rank: #8183 (of 10235) (seen all: 5.93 / seen some: 2.67 / won't finish: 5.04)
Bayesian estimate: 5.985 (Decent), rank: #6805 (of 7688)
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 ??? 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Blade (DVD 1) 2013-02-26 (from $11.99)
    Blade (DVD 2) 2013-02-26 (from $10.26)
    Blade - Complete Series (DVD 1-2) 2012-07-31 (from $19.99)
    Marvel Animated Series Collection - Blade / Iron Man / Wolverine / X-Men (DVD) 2015-12-23 (from $179.00)

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) 
Yūta Takamura (ep 8) 
Unit Director:
Chie Yamashiro (ED) 
migmi (OP) 
Original creator:
Bruce Jones (Noah van Helsing; uncredited) 
Gene Colan 
John Romita (Wolverine; uncredited) 
Len Wein (Wolverine; uncredited) 
Marv Wolfman 
Robert Rodi (Noah van Helsing; uncredited) 
Roy Thomas (Wolverine; uncredited) 
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 
Jirō Kanai (ep 5) 
Kanako Maru (ep 7) 
Kazuya Saitō (ep 1) 
Kenji Kodama (ep 2) 
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 1, 7) 
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 12) 
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 8)  (Anime R) 
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 Song (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) 
Seizō Katō 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  (eps 8, 11) 
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Gang (ep 7) 
Tōru Nara as Drunk (ep 1) 
Tōru Ōkawa as Hayate (ep 1) 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Ikeda 
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. 
Broadcaster:
G4 
Sci-Fi Channel Australia 
Viceland (USA) 
Internet Streaming:
Crackle  (Expired) 
CTV (Canada) 
Production: Marvel Studios 
French staff
French cast
(none)
Erwin Grunspan as Blade (Éric Brooks)  

Audrey D'Hulstere as Makoto 
Jean-Michel Vovk as Van Helsing 
Philippe Resimont as Deacon Frost 
Pierre Lognay as Kikyo 

Alexandre Crépet as Hideka 
Claudio Dos Santos as Stan Davis (ep 8) 
David Manet as Ladu 
Delphine Moriau as Carol 
France Bastoen as Tara Brooks 
Ioanna Gkizas as Une policière, Danas 
Jean-Daniel Nicodème as Sakomizu (ep 2) 
Jean-Marc Delhausse as Hayate, Saragi 
Karim Barras as Wolverine 
Olivier Cuvelier as Hagibis 
Patrick Waleffe as Caprian McRay 
Philippe Allard as Agus 
Raphaëlle Bruneau as Erik Brooks (enfant) 
Robert Dubois as Tanba Yagyu (ep 9) 
Sébastien Hebrant as Lucius Isaac 
Sophie Landresse as Mattes 
Stéphane Pelzer as Tanaka 
Tony Beck as Lord Howard 

French companies
(none)
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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