Blood Soul - Recommendations

• TV (12 eps)
• 2006

Mochizuki Jirou, the Silver Blade, is an Old Blood. Ten years ago he fought the Kowloon Children, beings who were a threat to mankind and to vampires, in the Holy War. In the present, Jirou is trying to get to the Special Zone, a place where vampires and humans live alongside each other, with his brother; their guide is Mimiko Katsuragi, mediator for humans and vampires. But the brothers soon discover that the surviving Kowloon Children can also gain access to the Special Zone – if they receive an invite from a Royal within it. Who invited the Kowloon Children, and will Jirou be able to defeat them once more?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2010

Nightmares creep into the waking hours as Mina Tepes, childlike Queen of the damned, shockingly appears on live television to announce her plans for a colony where her blood-sucking brethren can live in peace. As pandemonium engulfs the globe, Mina reconnects with a handsome face from her past: Akira, a brooding beast whose link to the queen is both powerful and mysterious. Together, Mina and Akira will bare their fangs and fight against an ancient evil. And though the Queen and her ferocious werewolf minions vow that no human blood will be spilled, there are others of her kind who yearn to sink their teeth into innocent flesh. Can Akira maintain his fleeting link to the realm of the living while battling to protect this ruthless and royal beauty? Only one thing is certain. The world’s not ready for her reign.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2018

• TV (12 eps)
• 2003

With a past shrouded in mystery and a blank memory, Shiki Tohno seems to be just another "average high school student". That is, until he nearly kills a female vampire with his secret deadly ability to "see the lines". His journey to unlock the secrets of the Tohno family and unbury his own lost memories has only just begun, and now he must also help the woman, Arcueid Brunestud, find a lethal phantom named Roa, and kill it using his ability.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2021

It's 1923, and vampires have existed for quite a while. But now, the number of vampires is increasing. and a mysterious, artificial blood source called Ascra has appeared. The Japanese government, in turn, creates “Code Zero,” a unit within the army tasked with taking down the vampiric forces. And what better way to track vampires than by using vampires? Created by Lieutenant General Nakajima, this unit has historically been in the business of information war, but has been re-assigned to solve the vampire crisis. It's up to Code Zero and the S-class vampire Deffrot to investigate this increase and put a stop to it before society crumbles.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2016

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.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1980

The bloodthirsty Dracula has fled his castle in Transylvania and arrived in Boston, where he steals the would-be bride of Satan from an evil cult. However, he's instantly stricken with love and is unable to kill her, ultimately producing a son, Janus. Now, Dracula has a number of beings after his life including Drake, a human ancestor of Dracula; a pair of vampire hunters who're out for revenge; and even Satan himself. Will the tragic Dracula live to suck blood another day, or leave his son fatherless?

• Web (5 eps)
• 2022

Two girls from different backgrounds, Momo and Fine, meet by chance. A story about an unlikely friendship between human and vampire race that intertwines with the power of music.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2015

Second-year student Ritsuka Tachibana has the perfect school-to-life balance, but all of that’s thrown into chaos when she discovers that several of her handsome male classmates are actually demons in disguise.

• OVA (6 eps)
• 1996 - 1997

As a child, Inaho always loved listening to stories of her grandmother's immortality -- gained from a strange device known as the O-part. As a young adult, Inaho is finally ready to fulfill her dream: to find the O-part and gain immortality, just like her grandmother! But where can the O-part be found? Fortunately for Inaho, she has made a blood-pact with Mosquiton, a 1/4th vampire with a knack for servitude, and a nose for trouble. Joined by Mosquiton's ex-wife and two cohorts, the search for the O-part begins! That is, if the world isn't destroyed first...