Blood +: Part Two

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I can honestly say that Blood+ Part II is among my favorite anime ever, just behind Wolf's Rain. I bought both Part I & II back in 2009 and just never got around to writing review, but there's no time like the present so here goes!!! For the sake of time and my sanity, I'm going to assume that everyone has seen Part I. If you haven't seen it yet and need a good review, E.A. Solinas wrote a great one under the Part I Box Set page here on Amazon.In Part II, we see a new version of Saya, resigned to her fate and a series that is obviously racing towards its climax. Whereas sometimes Part I seemed a bit ponderous, most of Part II (with the exception of a couple of episodes) is packed with more battles, intrigue, secrets you won't even see coming, betrayal, blood, and thankfully MUCH less Kai (seriously if I had to hear that boy scream "SAAAAYYYYAAA one more time it was not going to end well for him, even if he is just a cartoon). All the secrets and conspiracies of the first 26 episodes begin to be answered and a whole slew of newer and much crazier secrets and conspiracies arise to take their place. This isn't a show that ends with a lot of unanswered questions. You may not like the answers to the questions, or you may find the way they get to the answers completely confusing, but at least you don't feel cheated. Less like Lost and more like the X Files when that show was good.Part II is all about confrontations... Saya and Diva, Haji and Amshel, Haji and Solomon, David and himself, the Schiff vs. Diva and her Chevaliers... and best of all - the confrontation between Saya and Haji. Confrontation is the core of this season - confronting your demons and putting the past behind you so that you can live in the present. Let me tell ya, without trying to spoil your dinner with too much dessert, the Haji/Solomon, Haji/Amshel & Saya/Haji confrontations are worth the price of the box set. Seriously.As for the DVDs, yes, Sony rushed them. The extras are minimal at best. There are interviews but only with the Japanese cast and crew which is interesting, but the English dub on this anime is really great for the most part. A lot of these English actors also worked on anime like Ghost in the Shell and Wolf's Rain. The subtitles are a direct English translation, which is lazy in my opinion. And yes, the final scene after the credits is only in Japanese. Lazy, but thank heaven they included it at all.The music is great. Diva's theme is outstanding. It reminds me a bit of that aria from The Fifth Element. My favorite of the themes is the opening from season 2 (there are 4 seasons even though there are only 2 box sets). This is one of two sound tracks that I own - the other being both sound tracks by Yoko Kanno for Wolf's Rain.So, to sum up, in my opinion Blood+ is a fantastic anime and more than worth your time. Part II is much more intense than Part I. It's a very well balanced show. It's a great action show, a great love story, beautiful animation, pretty well written, and beautiful music. My complaints are: that I'd like a real English subtitle track; I wish they'd fix the final scene so that it's in English; since the series was so popular, I'd like to see some really good extras aimed at the American market; and last but not least, despite the bluray controversy, I'd really like to see it on bluray since Sony owns both the series and the technology.*** One last note on the Blood+ series*** If you haven't seen it and you're considering buying it without watching it, I suggest getting a free trial to Netflix first. It's part of their streaming service if you're a member. You get like 10 days with your free trial. Hopefully, you'll be able to get far enough into the series to figure out if you really want it or not because buying the box sets for both Blood+ I & II is really expensive. Trust me.Hope my review helps! :)

If you have seen the first half then this is a must see. Many questions are answered..Who the Schiff are and how they came about. Why Saya was killing everybody in Vietnam 30 years ago. What was the promise Haji made to Saya. As with the first half of the series the music(execellent) makes the mood and the animation remains true from start to finish of the series. There are twists to keep interested. This half takes you to Paris,London and New York on Saya's quest to kill Diva. I will not tell you what happens as you need to see it for yourself. I hate reading reviews that give away to much of the story. There is no real nudity/fan service and next to zero foul language. Fight scenes are great and still a far amount of Blood. This is the same style box set as the fist half. You get a total of 5 DVD's (full screen format) in 3 thin-pak DVD's-one on each side. Also you get Manga sampler and a knit hat,instead of a T-Shirt. Extras..only on disc 5 which is interviews and a few previews of Live Action movies. When you watch the Writer/Director interview you get the feeling that he wants to do more of Blood +. Even though it is rather expensive I highly recommend this entire series. In the product discription it says "Languages-JAPANESE" I ordered from AMAZON and mine has both ENGLISH & JAPANESE and as far as the subtitles I had English and French(did not check the French). When it comes to the subtitles the English version is pretty much word for word with the voice overs. Also there are still no English credits as was the first half....for me all those things are minor...still an Excellent show!!

well, finaly they release the 2nd part of blood+, my fave anime, but i think that they were in a hurry to get it done, while overall it is good, there were a few things that dod bother me, 1. they left the previews and the final part of the final episode in japanese with english subs, while i have no problem with watching it that way, i kinda just would have liked to see it in english as well, 2. i dunno if it was just me, but when i had to change the language to enlgish and turn subs off, again no problem watching it in japanese but its just the way i watch it the 1st time, and there seemed to be long pauses at the begining of each episode and after break, unless it was just me, also the interviews are kinda messed up, the translator (sp?) seems boring and i dont think he is translating everything right and also, this is the 2nd part, so why do some of the questions seem like they dunno about 2nd part at all, well if you love blood+ you should get this for sure, but they are a few minor problems to those who want their anime expierence to be perfect, like melike i said, it seems they were in kind of a hurry to get it outand one last thing, they labeled the final episode name wrong, yes it is correct in the english translation, but the true name is Nan-kuru-nai-sah

For those who have not watched the first season and are considering this series, the second half is a continuation of the main story from season 1. What I love about this show is the level of depth each character has put into their story's. That's what makes this a 50 episode series. If you like a lot of development in your story and characters, this will not disappoint. There are no filler episodes, all are relevant to the plot and entertaining. Blood + follows a fairly heart wrenching story line and the ending is (for the most part) satisfying and happy. The series does put the audience through an emotional roller coaster to say the least. It's action packed, great characters and lots of depth to the plot. One of my all time favorites.