The anime 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 on December 18.
Comment by Mamoru Oshii
I wanted to do a “Girl-Meets-Girl” story 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 it’s “vampires.” Sucking blood can be a symbolic act, but in many ways, I wanted to do a symbolic “blood” story. And dealing with vampires is a story about a different culture at the same time. It’s a different culture, the so-called “Jingai” (Inhuman Existence). They are human, but not human. They are 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 an encounter between 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 lighthearted way.
Vlad Love was scheduled to premiere in the middle of the year, but was suspended due to COVID-19 . However, a special edition of the anime's first episode will air for free on official YouTube channel on December 18th.
Synopsis
Mitsugu Bamba is a high school student who believes donating blood is important. She frequently visits a blood bank to donate, despite always being treated poorly by the nurse. One day, she encounters a beautiful girl who appears to be a foreigner at the blood bank. The pale girl looks like she's about to faint at any moment, but instead, she starts destroying the blood bank. The girl loses consciousness, and Mitsugu takes her home…
Vlad Love will have 12 episodes. Mamoru Oshii is the 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