The Vlad Love has received a new preview, visual, and commentary from executive director Mamoru Oshii ( Ghost in the Shell ). The 12-episode supernatural comedy premieres December 18.
Commentary by Mamoru Oshii
I wanted to do “Girl-Meets-Girl” in a serious way. It's about human connection. That’s why it’s about “blood”. There are some words, like “blood ties” and “blood friends,” but I wanted to do a story about blood seriously. So they are “vampires.” Sucking blood can be a symbolic act, but in many ways, I wanted to make a symbolic “blood” story. And dealing with vampires is a story about a different culture at the same time. It is a different culture, the so-called “Jingai” (Inhuman Existence). They are human, but not human. They are the sacrifice for another person as a kind of destiny, and they are also the existence that can only be lived at the expense of another person. This is a story of a meeting of different existences and how they are connected. When it comes to the blood story, it tends to be dark, but I wanted to do it in a somewhat light-hearted way.
Vlad Love was scheduled to debut in the middle of the year, but was suspended due to COVID-19 . Meanwhile, a special edition of the anime's first episode will air for free on official YouTube channel on December 18.
Synopsis
Mitsugu Bamba is a high school student who thinks it's important to donate blood. She frequently visits a blood bank to donate, despite always being treated poorly by the nurse. One day, she meets a beautiful girl who appears to be a foreigner at the blood bank. The pale girl looks like she's going to faint at any moment, but then she starts destroying the blood bank. The girl loses consciousness and Mitsugu takes her home...
Vlad Love will have 12 episodes. Featuring Mamoru Oshii as general director and screenwriter, along with Junju Nishimura as director at Production IG and Drive . Kenji Kawai is in charge of the soundtrack.
Source: Crunchyroll
