Among anime's most engaging vampire films, there's one that often gets overshadowed despite the fact that it forever shifted expectations about what a vampire story could look like. Blood: The Last Vampire represents a fascinating convergence of talent that would go on to define Production I.G. It's one of the rare anime vampire stories that feels genuinely tense. Blood: The Last Vampire later spawned novels, manga, games, the sprawling Blood+ television series, and eventually a live-action adaptation, yet there's still something singular about the original film. While there are countless anime projects covering vampires, Blood: The Last Vampire remains the leanest and arguably the most unnerving of the bunch.