![]() ![]() Not only are they really gorgeous, but you get some pictures of your favorite anime characters that it would be difficult to get any other way. I have been thinking about Trinity Blood recently because I just picked up an artbook by Nakajima Atsuko, the character designer not only for Trinity Blood, but also for Princess, Princess and You're Under Arrest. The series has a relatively unique plot, and to top it off, all my favorite characters survive the series. The music is outstanding, one of my favorite soundtracks. The characters, done by Nakajima Atsuko, are gorgeous. This is one of those series that has all the elements that make me put it on my great anime list. There are several interesting plot twists beyond this basic story, but this gets the gist of it. Abel and Ester's comrades and their vampire counterparts in the Empire make up the cast, along with various members of the Order. The story follows the efforts of Abel Nightroad and Ester, a priest and a sister, to make contact with the Empire and try to create a more lasting peace than the current simmering stalemate. Also a third underground faction, the Rosenkreutz Order, wants the two groups to destroy each other so that the Order can create a new world. Certain factions within each group want reconciliation between the two, or want annihilation of the other group, depending on the faction. The two main Powers in existence at the time of the story are the human-based Church (with a capital Ch), and the vampire's Empire. They don't refer to themselves as "vampires" of course, but are called that by the humans whom they prey upon and whom they mainly consider a distinctly lower life form. They are probably originally extraterrestrial because our sun harms them, but the series doesn't spend any excess time going into this background. The population has destroyed itself in some manner and concomitant with that, or shortly afterward, the "vampires" appeared. Just to give a very brief story summary, the setting is post-apocalyptic. ![]() Plus they don't kill off any of my favorite characters although they do throw in a token death. The third factor in it's favor is a pretty unique plot and world view. I would have to say that it's definitely a vampire series with a twist though. Add to that, it's a vampire series, and of course it will be one of my favorites. I didn't realize that an anime series was going to be developed from it when I started collecting the manga. ![]() It's the first series that was made from a manga after I had already bought the manga. Trinity Blood is an anime series that I have a soft spot for. ![]()
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