Black Blood Brothers

"Black Blood Brothers" is a 12 episode long anime that follows the story of an old blood vampire by the name of Jiro.  Jiro fought in a war called the Hong Kong crusades an earned himself a reputation as a great warrior, now he is heading to Japan with his little brother Kotaro, to a place known as the Special Zone.

This anime starts out with very little of the main character or the villains he is fighting being explained at all.  At the beginning of each episode the show takes a quick look into Jiro's past and then continues with the current day events.  As the show goes on still very little is explained about why things are the way the are now or how they got there.

The action scenes in this series are actually very good and thrilling.  The characters in this series are also very likable and rich with personality and enthusiasm.

The plot had a good idea going for it but just simply failed on the delivery/explanation on were they were coming from with it.  Honestly the only thing that makes this series  decent is the characters, the action and that attempt at a storyline.  But at the same time the sketchy storyline is were this anime fell apart.    

Good:
-Great characters with very likable personalities!!!
-Awesome action scenes

Bad:
-Plot not really explained
-Past of characters which basically says "this is why the plot is the way it is now" never explained

Scully Rating: 6.5 out of 10     

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