Blood Blockade Battlefront
Blood Blockade Battlefront (Japanese: 血界戦線, Hepburn: Kekkai Sensen, lit., "Bloodline Battlefront") is a Japanese shōnen manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. The story takes place around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch. He gets 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. Leonardo then moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot. There he joins an organization known as Libra. The organization fights many monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
| Blood Blockade Battlefront | |
| 血界戦線 (Kekkai Sensen) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, comedy, science fiction[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Nightow |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Jump SQ19 |
| Original run | 2009 – 2015 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Manga | |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back | |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Nightow |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Jump SQ Crown (2015–2018) Jump SQ Rise (2018–present) |
| Original run | 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Rie Matsumoto |
| Written by | Kazunao Furuya |
| Music by | Taisei Iwasaki |
| Studio | Bones |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 4, 2015 – October 4, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Rie Matsumoto |
| Written by | Kazunao Furuya |
| Music by | Taisei Iwasaki |
| Studio | Bones |
| Released | June 3, 2016 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | |
| Directed by | Shigehito Takayanagi |
| Written by | Yasuko Kamo |
| Music by | Taisei Iwasaki |
| Studio | Bones |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 7, 2017 – December 23, 2017 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | |
| Directed by | Shigehito Takayanagi |
| Music by | Taisei Iwasaki |
| Studio | Bones |
| Released | July 4, 2018 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
An anime based on this manga by Bones premiered in early 2015. Funimation licensed the series for streaming in North America. A second season aired from October to December 2017.
The series was sixth in the category "Sound" and fourth in the category "Theme Song" for "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" in the Newtype preliminary awards for 2015. Sonic, a monkey in the show, ranked first in the category "Best Mascot".[2]
References
change- ↑ "Blood Blockade Battlefront". Funimation. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Preliminary Results for 2015 Newtype Awards Are In". Anime News Network. September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
