Bloodivores

60 years ago, a strange case of insomnia struck the population, forcing them to stay awake for more than a full week. The victims, completely sleep deprived, all went mad. To cure this illness, a new medicine was produced, but the side effects turned the patients into vampires. Humanity went to war against this new species and triumphed, but some of the vampires managed to survive. Born from a Human and a Vampire, the main character Mi Liu, "The Child of Hope," is to represent the new hope that will connect the two species. Ringleader of a bank robbery, Mi Liu is arrested and transferred to a special prison of the National Defense Agency that monitors Vampires. Trying to break free with Anji, Mi Liu is attacked by strange monsters and he finds out that the prison location corresponds to the birthplace of Vampires, the old capital "Blue Town." Why are Vampires trapped in Blue Town? What are those strange monsters attacking them? Our heroes must fight to solve those mysteries.

(Source: Emon via ANN)

Mi, Liu Main

Akabane, Kenji Japanese

Zo, Anji Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Chen, Fong Main

Ichiki, Mitsuhiro Japanese

Win, Chao Main

Yamaguchi, Shouhei Japanese

Yaya Supporting

Nakada, Arisa Japanese

Lee, Shin Supporting

Satou, Takuya Japanese

Shimon, Guching Supporting

Moriya, Satomi Japanese

Lou, Yao Supporting

Hayami, Show Japanese

Rod Supporting

Shundou, Mitsutoshi Japanese

Mi, Tenju Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Ishida, Takahisa Producer, Editing

Mili Theme Song Performance

siraph Theme Song Performance

Umino, Yoshimi Art Director

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Feb 23, 2017

freyikari

Recommended

I gave this anime 9/10 and i think it deserves much more then other people gave that anime only because they score high only the "mainstream".
In my opinion anime have really interesting plot and its good variation about "vampires". Yes bloodivores are basically more science related vampires. Anime is based on Chinese manhwa and i dint read it so i cant and i will not score this anime based on how "true" it is to it paper original. Story is great trust me only sad thing is it doesn't advance that much and ends in "cliffhanger" so the second season maybe will be made.
Animation ... is really god but its not beast I've seen, would be great if characters and background would have more details. And if we speak about characters they are really good, maybe not so awesome deep but they have they story and secrets.
Sound and music in this anime is medicore, dont get me wrong its not annoying its just not getting "into ear".
I really enjoyed this anime and i think its one of better anime in last season so just try.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 17, 2016

alchemist11

Mixed Feelings

Bloodivores is a decent POS based on a Chinese manhua with superb art and animation.

While many people are quick to judge on calling this anime one of the worst creations and adaptations simply because of its source material (somewhat racial undertone, no?) and relatively unknown producer, I found the anime enjoyable at times.

Let's be frank, Bloodivores is a full-fledged, whole season anime production that is a Chinese-Japanese collaboration of many more projects, hopefully, to come. Outside of Art, Sound and Animation, the anime doesn't live up to any expectations and falls far short, of I think, even the suits at Haoliners. It really has a ... terrible story, with little to no character development that has led me to give this a 4 on the enjoyment scale and a 6 overall.

After the first episode, I did a bit of research on the source material to see how well it compares to the anime and based on several chapters, the manhua's story is at fault for the terrible story in the animation. There is no cohesion nor character build-up or back-story and anime actually tried to provide that with original content and pace. The story itself in both versions, while pretty much the same, is not original or bring something new that hasn't been seen before.

The one aspect of the manhua and the anime which has remained consistent is the Art. Surprisingly, it is equal if not better to the current art styles of the anime and manga industry. One would think because it is a manhua, the artist would put a Chinese spin similar to well-known manhua like Bowling King, but the artist took a different direction.

Due to the art style which caters favourably to both the Chinese and Japanese market, I believe Haoliners took on the project while Tencent (one of the largest Chinese investment companies that has a foot in everything from video games like League of Legends to social media and IM) marketed it to both the Chinese and Japanese anime industries.

Given the current state of the Japanese anime industry where studios are literally scrambling to find the next big thing, running out of original ideas and trying to avoid producing sequels and adapting bad manga (because some manga artists refuse to sell-out), we will be seeing more Chinese and Japanese collaborative works in the same vein as Bloodivores that will hopefully have better stories and characters. Bloodivores, I think is test-bed to better works from the Chinese anime industry and I really hope to see more.

P.S. I know they can produce quality anime as we've seen in their films, but we desperately need seasonal anime that can live up to those standards.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 29, 2016

Darynlxm

Not Recommended

I decided to watch this anime based on the plot listed on CrunchyRoll, and seriously regret that decision. The plot, from the description, seemed fairly interesting, but boy did they drop the ball on this anime.

~~~ SPOILERS POSSIBLY~~~

Lets start with the characters;

Mi Lui: Generic "badass" with a winning personality. He's so predictable its sad. He also seems to be able to make these leaps in logic that make no sense unless you were the writer of this character.

Anji: The tits of the operation. That's it. She has large tits and is almost entirely useless.

Chen Fong: Doesn't wear a shirt. Cries a lot. ... Looks like a girl.

Lee Shin: An assassin who's afraid of women? What?

Yaya: Introduced to be... cute? I think? Nothing cute about her. She's annoying and unnecessary to the plot.

The plot:

What even is a plot? That's the question I assume the creator of this dumpster heap asked himself before penning this trash. He takes elements that COULD be interesting and then ignores what MAKES them interesting.

Magic holographic computer that has info about where the characters are? Used twice. Only used the second time to ham-fist the ending into place.

Bomb collars that detonate if you kill another person but give you one more day to live if you kill a monster? Never really touched on.

The MC's trying to save the orphanage they grew up in by robbing a bank? The orphanage has been closed for a while now and the director died. But whatever.

The prison is a destroyed city displaced in time? MC figures that out in the first day. Also; no explanation why.

Vampires? Lets make them less interesting than Twilight's vampires!

The quality of the animation is fine, I suppose. Its pretty much what you'd expect of an anime from the 2010's + time. There are moments when it seems the animation is 'off,' like they just could get the animation to match the scene properly.

In the end, don't watch this anime. Just, don't. Save yourself the time and watch something that's worth it. I hope and pray this anime dies in with the first season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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