C&C - Trinity Blood - "Flight Night" [9/8]

[The Landstander]

New anime w00t

[ClockStomper]

Second half of the episode wouldn't load. Oh well, Bleach didn't get onto the fix at all.

[v1cious]

i didn't think this could be worse than the japanese version, but they managed surpass my expectations. the dub sounds like a bad high school play. i mean geez, could they overract any more?

[Zyzzybalubah]

Only saw the first half, but i liked most of what I saw. Jessica's dad kept acting so nervous around her, that was kind of weird. I guess I'll have to try catching TB & Bleach in it's full airings tonight (at least tape them.)

[oofadoofa]

Is this the talkback for tonight's episode? Or should somebody create a new thread?

[Nobuyuki sama]

Is this the talkback for tonight's episode?
Yes.


Or should somebody create a new thread?
No.

[Pacman729]

I think I'll watch it. To see what it is like.

[Animeforever'04]

gah they shortened the opening XD

[Obi]

Well so far this wasn't what I'd expected.

Edit: Abel looks like a cross between Jin, Kabuto, and Vash.

[Space Cadet]

Abel reminds me of Vash so far.

[Obi]

Kid pope!

Holo nun!

[peacebyanymeans]

The Pope is a teenager?

[Classic Speedy]

I swear, Greg Ayres seems to use the exact same voice in almost every show he's in. The same "nervous teenager"-style voice. Other than that, I don't really have a problem with the voices so far. But then, I've never heard the original Japanese either.

[Timmay]

Well that certainly was a bloody opener.

[.Automatisch]

This is the most retarded thing I've watched on TV... Since forever.

[Space Cadet]

This is earning it's TV-MA-V.


Edit: Am I the only one who likes Chris Sabat's deep, serious voice?

[Obi]

Yeah, now...wait..........what.

Dang it, this show keeps changing from what I expect it to be.

[Beat]

It's different, but different doesn't = good.

[Scirel]

To be completely honest I don`t see any huge negatives here warranting the brutal criticism some people here are giving it. I really didn`t expect that twist, and at first thought Abel was a "vash" type but they really surprised me.

[ChibiGoku]

Ooh... Blood Gush.

[peacebyanymeans]

This show is dubbed by FUNimation?

[Space Cadet]

It's different, but different doesn't = good.
Why am I not surprised you would say this?:shrug:



This show is dubbed by FUNimation?

Uh, yeah. You didn't recognize the voices?

[livingfruitvirus]

Why are they flying Dethklok's airship?

[Paul_Cousins]

Oh my, this guy is a cross between Vash and Vampire Hunter D. :cool: This was a good intro episode, I look forward to the rest of the series.

[v1cious]

To be completely hoenst I don`t see any huge negatives here warranting the brutal criticism some people here are giving it. I really didn`t expect that twist, and at first thought Abel was a "vash" type but they really surprised me.
oh just wait... this is actually one the better episodes of the series, and that's not saying much.

[peacebyanymeans]

Uh, yeah. You didn't recognize the voices?

Not really... and I would normally from a FUNi dub. :sweat:

[Obi]

Why am I not surprised you would say this?:shrug:


For once I agree with him. :p

Pretty bland. It certainly looks nice and clean, but there wasn't anything particularly interesting about it.

[Beat]

Why are they flying Dethklok's airship?

Because the only power that can truly defeat vampires is METAL!

[Demonic Raven]

A little bit of Trigun, a little bit of Hellsing. On it's own, it's not bad though.

I loved the bloody scene, and the fact that he's a vampire among vampires was a pretty good twist. I also liked the scene where the pilots are murdered, if only for the music.

Kind of average-ish. There is potential for it to pick up, and lets hope it does.

7/10

[Scirel]

I just need to know one thing, is the ending a WTF ending or a clear one.

[v1cious]

I just need to know one thing, is the ending a WTF ending or a clear one.

think Berserk

[Maestro]

I hope he isn't too much like Vash. I hate Vash

[Railith]

I haven't seen much of this show, but I kinda like the first episode. The only bad thing is that it has a vibe of a witch hunter robin type of slow ploding story that might happen in later episodes.

[Carlos]

The episode was alright. It was a little bit slow in parts, but the fights were pretty good.

I did like the dub cast. I thought Troy Baker did a good job as Abel and Amber Cotton's voice was cute for Jessica. Eric Vale was awesome though.

[Kazamuki]

well, this is a very interesting show. I like the concept (even it it is as old school as vampires) and like the others have been saying, its all very hellsing/trigun esk. I saw also some gungrave but that might just be because I have been watching that recently...

funny thing: the first time I saw abel (sp?) AKA the vampire eater I could have sworn it was lord -HAIL- ilpalazzo (oh god the spelling) from Excel Saga! haha, laughed a bit on that one. thought they did good on the dubs, not TOO cheesy, altho I have no reference to how it sounded in Japanese.

all in all, it will be a good filler while I wait for bleach to air! XD

[FireStarterLE]

i dont see anything wrong thus far with this show. It seems pretty cool to me, got the "hero" putting on a clueless face infront of "firends" and goes more serious on his enemies.

Doesnt Eric Vale seem to be better at doing villian voices, i dont know he just seems to sound better when it's a bad guy

All these Church References, [AS] definitely is the only place for this one

[Kazamuki]

All these Church References, [AS] definitely is the only place for this one

heck yeah, I see that. seems like the show does a good job of kinda insulting that kind of "rely on religion to do what ever you want" thing

[Scirel]

IMO, this episode was pretty well paced and I enjoyed it a lot. I honestly haven`t been suprised by something on TV in a long time.

However, the style and theme of the show could lend itself very easily to becoming a WHR-like snoozeville.

[Pacman729]

Well, seeing as how this is the first one, I think it so far seems good. So, I may watch more.

[Kitschensyngk]

Hard to believe that Trinity Blood comes from the same studio that gave us Hellsing. It certainly looks better drawn and animated.

[The Man in Black]

I'm getting a very good vibe from this show.

Thumbs Up.

[Kazamuki]

so..uh, what would the genre be for this show? fantasy/sci-fi/action? question for those who have seen more: does the style stay about the same as this first episode?

[Captain Highwind]

I like the voice, but the main character's fallin' into that Kenshin/Vash doofus-turn-super-sharpshooter that could really use a little thinking outside the box to make him stand out from being a cardboard cutout.

Animation's squeaky-clean perfect though. Does it stay like this for the remainder of the series?

[PickHut]

Not a bad episode. Though, the start was somewhat predictable, I just kept on guessing when the bloodbath was gonna begin ("Oh, the woman is gonna get her head chopped off, right?" "Someone is gonna crash through the window and kill everyone?" etc). Couldn't find much wrong here, but I guess if I have to nitpick, not much really happened.

I give FN a B.

[Hyper Shadow X]

Abel reminds me of Vash plus that weapon he used was sweet.

[Fresh V]

Cool show. The music's awesome, the voices are good, and the action scenes rock. I've only seen the first two episodes subbed, so I hope it keeps up this awesomeness.

[Captain Zechs]

I liked this show, even though it seemed a tad...slow, I thought but yeah its certainly enough to keep me watching.

[Duke]

For those who get Trigun and Hellsing vibes...well...I'll let the review do the talking:

http://news.toonzone.net/images/2006-04/splash_trinity.jpg (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=10079)

[tb4000]

The heroes in these things either act one of three ways - constantly stoic, goofy at times and stoic and heroic at others, or always in a pissy bad mood and eager to fight. Abel falls into the second category.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

You know when I first heard about Trinity Blood I didn't expect it to end up as... well generic as it did. I mean the animation seemed great and the concept of vampires fighting the catholics after a post apolytic war looked really interesting. Well the animation is still good and the concept is still interesting but not very well executed. We already got the "sideline politics from the what appears to be corrput guy influening the weakened ruler overseen by someone who has the country/orgiinzations's best ideas in mind" and then you have the main plot of the goofy guy (Abel in this case) revealed to be some bad ass killer. I did like how he utterley owned the vampire and he did have nice interaction with Jessica but the whole goofball hero angle has already been played in Trigun and I don't want really see it played out again. Yeah there's potential but I hope that it's found before people start turning off the series (then again I thought the same thing could be said for Eureka Seven which thankfully didn't seem to happen when it started getting interesting).

[v1cious]

For those who get Trigun and Hellsing vibes...well...I'll let the review do the talking:

http://news.toonzone.net/images/2006-04/splash_trinity.jpg (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=10079)

is this based on the entire series? cause i have a strong feeling it's not.

[Duke]

is this based on the entire series? cause i have a strong feeling it's not.
Considering it was reveiwed in April...

[The Myst]

Holy ****. That's awesome.

To quote Nathan Explosion, "brutal".


Because the only power that can truly defeat vampires is METAL!

MEEEEEETTTTTAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jedah Dohma]

Well, I liked it. Maybe my liking for anything with vampires? Dunno.

A good debut. I enjoyed the action and the gore factor.

Eric Vale does a much better job voicing villain characters. The dub is very good.

Looking forward to next week's.

8/10 for this episode.

[dawnyoshi]

So I was watching a bloodier episode 6 of Trigun tonight at midnight. Who'd of thought? :)

The characters sans the priest were really, really bland. And the priest is a little cliche. The animation design is a little too generic, but it's pretty smooth. The soundtrack is impressive, and the plot and action should definitely be able to hold attention. It's a decent start, despite the boring ass characters.

[Karl Olson]

Considering it was reveiwed in April...

Yeah, I kinda saw the first episode dubbed before well, everyone here but Lance. I also followed on that when I ended up with the first 4 episodes dubbed (spoilers folks):
http://news.toonzone.net/images/2006-05/splash-trinity.jpg (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=10403)

/Funimation is so nice.
//Haven't seen the whole show, but I intend too, cause I enjoy it. :)

[email2003]

For those who get Trigun and Hellsing vibes...well...I'll let the review do the talking:

http://news.toonzone.net/images/2006-04/splash_trinity.jpg (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=10079)
Well I hated Trigun and I never seen Hellsing, but I'll give this series a shot. I liked what I saw so far after one episode. The animation is good and the art on these characters are sharp. I hope the story is good and doesn't die out like,...................cough...................Eureka 7.:sweat:

[Hades]

Man, the first episode is still as cool as I remember it, but then it all goes downhill from there.

[Nftnat]

So, two new animes to keep track of, and three animes with new episodes every Saturday night. It hasn't been this good since the glory days of FMA and GITS. Wait, that was just last year, right? Paranoia Agent and S-Cry-Ed were also sehr gut, as they say.

I've got to say up front I have my reservations about Trinity Blood. Vampire stuff does something to me. I've never seen Dracula or any of the other classics (except part of that '70's Frank Langella thingy), or any of the novels by Anne Rice, etc. The one time I read through a vampire story on the net, when I came to the actual deed I blacked out within seconds. I was lucky to have made it to my bed in time, and that was it the rest of that night. I haven't dared to venture too closely since, and every time I even sent out a feeler I had bad feelings. Vampire stuff just has that effect on me. Therefore, I approach this with some measure of trepidation. I will give it a chance, but I make no promises.

So they take some stuff from the Bible (Armageddon), but then they take liberties. No millennium here. Centuries later we have a world where the Reformation apparently never took place, and it's the catholic church against the vampires. We're not going to have descendants of Harker and Helsing here are we?

Thirteen spoonfuls, I guess he's not superstitious.

Vow of poverty or not, you'd think the church could provide him a food allowance, although we don't know what he does with his monthly stipend, to be fair.

Those spoonfuls of sugar look an awful lot like cubes.

That Father is goofy such as one only finds in anime; I'm guessing he's going to be either very spiritual, or a kick-ass fighter when it comes down to it, or both.

I remember now! He's like a male Millie Thompkins from Trigun! But I've never seen Millie as deadly serious as this guy is going to be, even when she's firing that burp gun.

And we have blood!

The master code, ooh, Matrix-y.

Those pilots, sir, aren't doing anything, not anything at all; but you don't know that.

The hunt's not so thrilling to the hunted, you know.

Londinium, Kingdom of Albion = London, United Kingdom / England.

One of the cardinals - the pope's most trusted advisor - is his own sister? And how old is this pope, a teenager?

Addendum: Wouldn't you know it, the '98 copy of the Guinness Book of World Records I have doesn't have anything on record age for religious leaders. I've checked under pope and papal, nothing. Maybe it has a web site and I could ask.

Addendum II: I checked Guinness from '71, and it seems the youngest Pope on record was Benedict IX. At the beginning of his first of three terms (only time that's happened, as opposed to numerous Orthodox patriarchs serving two or three terms) in 1032, he was 11 or 12, although the official record will only say that he was of extreme youth. He was 28 at the end of his last term, in 1048. This has been another, Useless Fact. (Hey, something I managed to bring over from the old WBC boards! Yay me!) Oh, and the current Guinness books don't measure up to the old ones, not nearly as many records.

Does Albion (England) still have its own church? I wonder if Protestants and other denominations like my Baptists still exist.

This could be the most powerful papal sibling since Lucretia Borgia, sister to Pope Alexander VI. (I won't go into his illegitimate children at this time, maybe not later either)

Count Albert of Mainz, how medeival. I need to check, but I think I remember Mainz being important in the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy Roman Empire, etc. Yeah, I'm definitely remembering an Archbishop of Mainz.

Goofy priest who's not what he seems, check. Stewardess who yearns to be a pilot and is to get her chance under extreme conditions, check.

Wow, this father is like Blade, isn't he?

What's that group? It sounded like Rosicrucians.

Well yeah, the least he can do is pray for him. Deus Irae and all that.

Hmm, the priest and Jessica seem kind of close in the end credits. I wonder if there's still a vow of chastity.

Catch y'all on the flip side in the Bleach thread.

[Kagetsu]

I came into this one with the preconception "anime can't do decent vampires". Then they mix in the Catholic Church,,, another theme they have trouble dealing with. Top it off with their strange loveafair with derigibles that couldn't possibly fly and it's a recipie for disaster.

I never liked Trigun mostly because it didn't make any sense and had terrible flow.

So far the characters seem flat and uninteresting, reminding me of Wolf's Rain. if someone shows up with some real intellligence, it could be saved. With Eureka7 and Bleach surrounding it, I'll most likely see it to the end,,, maybe it will get better?

[K-S-O]

I have to say that the character designs of this show are wicked awesome!

The show is like a mix between Trigun and Hellsing what with the vampires and happy main character who gets serious when he needs to. This concept is related to my interests.

[HG Revolution]

I like this show. Most animes that have aired on AS have either been very confusing (The Big O), very stupid (Milk-Chan), or very boring (Wolf's Rain), but this show has avoided all of those traps. It's not a masterpiece... yet, but if the plot develops like Trigun did it could turn out pretty awesome. The animation is spectacular for a TV production; it ranks up there with some of the most stunning OAVs and the SFX were theatrical quality. Awesome action, a good dub, and an OK plot all add up to an overall B+ grade.

[Master Moron]

I'm surprised that there were wacky facial expressions in this show. From the ads I thought this would be a more serious show.

[TheGLIVEN]

I'm surprised that there were wacky facial expressions in this show. From the ads I thought this would be a more serious show.
I was too.

It's been said before, but the Father looked like Jin, Vash, and one other anime guy that I can't remember.

Can't wait for the next ep! :sweat:

[James Bester]

That was a lot better than I expected. I expected a show like Ghost in The Shell or Wolf's Rain, but instead it ended up being a fun show where you could watch it without being lost in the plot. It's been a while since Adult Swim put on a show like that. I definitely didn't expect Abel to go badass like that. I kind of freaked out when he took the vampire's heart out of his chest and broke it open. First he was cut in half with a whip, and then his heart is ripped straight out? That has to be one of the most painful deaths you can recieve.

Anyway, great episode. With this and Bleach on, I guess I'm back to watching Adult Swim on Saturdays.

[tb4000]

From still pictures you would expect Abel to be this disciplined, cold, calculating hero who only has his mind on the hunt.

[Zyzzybalubah]

Not bad. Hellsing it's not, but from the designs you can't really expect that, lol.

The fight on the airplane was pretty cool. I'm not sure what to think of Able yet.

[Nimarmo]

Seems pretty bland and uninspired. Plus the pacing was terrible -- and I don't understand all the comments about it being too slow (other than the intro). Everything just whizzed by, mainly because everything was so banal it couldn't hold the attention.

3/10

[Scirel]

Seems pretty bland and uninspired. Plus the pacing was terrible -- and I don't understand all the comments about it being too slow (other than the intro). Everything just whizzed by, mainly because everything was so banal it couldn't hold the attention.

3/10

wha? you said the pacing was both fast and bad? aren`t those mutually exclusive?

IIRC bad pacing=slow pacing.

[Nimarmo]

wha? you said the pacing was both fast and bad? aren`t those mutually exclusive?

IIRC bad pacing=slow pacing.
Sorry, I was unclear. The OP was slow, boring, and too long. The actual show was too fast, or seemed too fast because nothing could capture attention.

And bad pacing can be slow or fast. Bad pacing is any pacing not appropriate for what's going on. Too much was introduced in this episode too fast. Which might be all right if any of it was original or just interesting or clever in any way, but this episode was just a machine gun of bland.

If the writers/director had taken their time, spent a little longer establishing different elements of the story, maybe they could have shown how this isn't just some banal vampire schlock. I'm guessing they didn't do this because Trinity Blood IS just some banal vampire schlock. Either way, it fails as a first episode.

[purplehairedwonder]

Contrary to popular opinion (it seems), I liked it. I love the style and the angle the plot takes; I'm intruiged by all the directions that this could go; I thought the dub was pretty good (Eric Vale was especially awesome); Abel going badass was pretty awesome as well. I liked it and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next.

9/10

[Czar Gato]

I actually liked Trinity Blood better than I did Bleach, which was a surprise; I wasn't expecting much from this. I liked the character designs in particular as they sort of remind me of the Castlevania games, as did some aspects of the atmosphere. I also found the priest character- Abel, right?- endearing, though I thought him revealing his true identity when he did seemed a bit rushed. The pope being a kid and having a female cardinal as an associate was weird, but of course this is anime we're talking about here. Overall, I'd give it a 7/10- definitely not perfect, but I found it enjoyable enough to continue watching for the time being.

[Marvin Tikvah]

This was a pretty good first episode in my mind. Not too much happened, but the fight scenes made up for it. Like many have said here, the animation was excellent and the voice acting was nice. The story can go anywhere from here so I'm definitely tuning in to see where it goes next.

[KoKo]

The only thing so far that's caught my attention is Abel's true identity. Never heard of something like that before.

[Scirel]

Sorry, I was unclear. The OP was slow, boring, and too long. The actual show was too fast, or seemed too fast because nothing could capture attention.

And bad pacing can be slow or fast. Bad pacing is any pacing not appropriate for what's going on. Too much was introduced in this episode too fast. Which might be all right if any of it was original or just interesting or clever in any way, but this episode was just a machine gun of bland.

If the writers/director had taken their time, spent a little longer establishing different elements of the story, maybe they could have shown how this isn't just some banal vampire schlock. I'm guessing they didn't do this because Trinity Blood IS just some banal vampire schlock. Either way, it fails as a first episode.

So what kind of pacing would have bene right? You wanted to it to be slowly paced because this kind of show usually is?

IMO, it wasn`t too fast. If anything, it was slow in the beginning. Even thought GITS moves very slowly I can barely keep up with what is going on because of the jargon. Here, I was able to keep up with everything and wasn`t really confused at any point as to what was going on, which was a major surprise on something this serious which usually have very confusing setups.

as for originality, it's a vampire setup. you can only do so much with it. For me, I`ve never seen a post-apocalyptic vampire show.

[Space Cadet]

Looks like Scirel has become Trinity Blood's defender.:anime:

[Nobuyuki sama]

as for originality, it's a vampire setup. you can only do so much with it. For me, I`ve never seen a post-apocalyptic vampire show.
Then you should watch the Vampire Hunter D movies at your earliest opportunity. :)

[Scirel]

Then you should watch the Vampire Hunter D movies at your earliest opportunity. :)

Movie =/= series.

Blood/+ takes place in the 60's, so don`t try mentioning that either.

The reason I`m defending it is because it has done away with most of people's complaints about AS anime by being not confusing, having good animation, and having a main charachter who isn`t depressed and/or gloomy.

If the next few episodes suck and have nothing to do with any kind of developing story(abel going after random vampires in one shots each ep), then I`ll take this back, but from this episode, it seems like it may be good. If this was a 52 episode show I would be more worried, but at 26, it's harder to screw things up because you have less time to jerk around.

[Vallen Valiant]

That was a lot better than I expected. I expected a show like Ghost in The Shell or Wolf's Rain, but instead it ended up being a fun show where you could watch it without being lost in the plot. It's been a while since Adult Swim put on a show like that. I definitely didn't expect Abel to go badass like that. I kind of freaked out when he took the vampire's heart out of his chest and broke it open. First he was cut in half with a whip, and then his heart is ripped straight out? That has to be one of the most painful deaths you can recieve.

Anyway, great episode. With this and Bleach on, I guess I'm back to watching Adult Swim on Saturdays.

Actually, Abel forced the vampire to rip and crush his own heart.:D
And that's not a whip; its a scythe made of blood.

[James Bester]

Uh, my mistake:sweat:

[Hades]

So far the characters seem flat and uninteresting, reminding me of Wolf's Rain. if someone shows up with some real intellligence, it could be saved. With Eureka7 and Bleach surrounding it, I'll most likely see it to the end,,, maybe it will get better?

No, Wolf's Rain makes Trinity Blood look like Ed Edd and Eddy.

Anyway, I gave up on Eureka 7, but I have yet to watch Bleach.

[Nobuyuki sama]

Movie =/= series.
No, really? :eek:


Blood/+ takes place in the 60's, so don`t try mentioning that either.

I wasn't going to, since I don't think it's post-apocalyptic. :p

[Scirel]

No, really? :eek:


I wasn't going to, since I don't think it's post-apocalyptic. :p

I only said that since I said I had never seen a post apocalyptic vampire show; VHD is 2 movies, not a show.

[JohnCrichton]

Uh.. holy crap! O__O

Looks like Adult Swim has snagged me for the long haul. If this show can keep up what it did in this first episode, you can count me in.

[Khurath]

(First time watching this in any language)

I was really digging this until Abel revealed that he was some sort of super-vampire. That... was sort of a huge letdown. I was hoping he'd be some sort of actual human who went around beating vampires with either A) magic B) some sort of amazing weapon-skills or C) amazing Batman-esque plans (or some combination of the above). Instead... well, he's a vampire too. Hopefully this series has some capable non-vampire fighters at some point, or else things may get silly. I am rather curious to see how the humans who can slay vampires actually do it in this show, so hopefully we shall get to see.

My only other complaint was that there were a few somewhat confusing moments at the Vatican, trying to determine who everyone was, what their positions were, and what the relationships between them were all at once. I do not think I managed to pick up the names of any of the higher-ups there.

As for the rest, I would say I liked what I saw. Interesting character and environment designs, nice ambient music, and overall good VA work. Worth following for at least a few more episodes.

[JTurner954]

I liked it. Since vampire stories in general bore me, it was refreshing to see a vamp with some personality ( I want more than "blah ... I want to suck your blood ... blah"). Since none of the characters were hard to hear, the voice acting was good (I don't judge character voices based on how they look).

Funimation has a good track record with picking up good shows so I have faith in this becoming yet another one.

Summary: B-/B


My ratings for AS 2006 thus far: Metalocalypse > Trinity Blood > Crayon Shin Chan

[Zechs]

It's ok I'll have to see more before I can make a call on it.

[KWKeller]

Having seen the entire series a while back, rewatching the first episode reminded me of why I didn't care for it, it was just a random (and predictable) adventure. The first and second episodes seem to be mainly about introducing Abel Nightroad and the characters at the Vatican. It isn't until episode three and the introduction of Sister Esther that the plot gets going (and, in my opinion, doesn't get all that interesting until episode eleven). It's also interesting seeing everyone call them "vampires" in this episode, as later on in the series, it is said that "vampire" is an insult (they prefer to call themselves "Methuselahs"). Father Nightroad also seems rather out of sorts in this episode, forcing the vampire to kill himself, when in later episodes he acts more like Vash (which comes back to bite him, badly). Still, Father Nightroad's dub voice is good; I only hope that Esther's voice fits her.

[Freedom Fighter]

You can blame AS for only uploading the first half of the episode on the Fix, because having to watch that half again on Saturday night before getting to the second half, sadly, put me to sleep. So it's their fault if I check out on this show next week.

From what I did see in the first half, though, interesting enough. Funny... 'Bleach' gave off Ichigo = Yusuke comparisons, this gave off Abel = Vash. I thought Jessica was cute enough; too bad she had to get mixed up with everything that happened on the bridge.

After that, I'm pretty much drawing a blank. I saw Abel start to fight the vampire, then I was in and out a couple of times, and then somehow I ended up at the end aware that the duo had survived.

No grade this week, to be fair... let's try again next week.

[Hades]

Hold off, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust makes Trinity Blood look like a smurf in story, animation, AND characters. Oh, plus the music is fantastic. Sadly, I cna't say the same for the original VHD movie, as that is just... crap (especially after you read the novel).

[Zechs]

The Pope is a teenager?In anime eveybody's a teenager.

[ChaosMeowth]

Pretty boring to me. I don't know of future episodes make it any better, but this has to be the worst 'first' episode I've ever seen.

And all a vampire has is a pussy arm blade? Please.


1/10

[Scirel]

In anime eveybody's a teenager.

either that or very old.

There are only 3 ages in anime; Kids, teenagers-young 20s, and wise old people. ages go from 1-29, then after 29 comes 60 and on. :P

[silvanoir]

It looked beautiful...but the polt, blah. It was a lot like Trigun for the first part of it, and I like Trigun. Then he switches to Alucard mode at the end. It didn't gel with me. I have seen the vampire-who-fights-vampires too many times as well. Vampire Hunter D, Blade, Alucard, Angel, etc.

I'll try not to judge by the first ep, as things I hate at first I sometimes end up liking. We'll see.

[Rolling Cloud]

No, Wolf's Rain makes Trinity Blood look like Ed Edd and Eddy.

Anyway, I gave up on Eureka 7, but I have yet to watch Bleach.

Why???????????? Eureka's just getting good! I mean, there are 30 more episodes, but the end is worth waiting for.

[Vallen Valiant]

So they take some stuff from the Bible (Armageddon), but then they take liberties. No millennium here. Centuries later we have a world where the Reformation apparently never took place, and it's the catholic church against the vampires. We're not going to have descendants of Harker and Helsing here are we?
No Reformation?

It appears someone wasn't paying attention...:p

The reason why Cardinal Caterina refused to shoot the airship down with a missile was because the ship came from, and belonged to, Britain. (Known as "Kingdom of Albion" in the show) The ship was said to be from "Londium", the old Roman name for the city of London.

She also pointed out that it would cause recent diplomatic efforts to fall apart should that ship suffers a horrible fate.

If you put two and two together, it should not be too hard to imagine that the Protestant movement, specifically the Church of England, is still alive and well in this apocalyptic future. Further, they are a sufficiently serious force both politically and militarily for the Vatican to think twice before offending them.

The vampire must have counted on this... The Rose Knights (Rosen Creuz) knew the Vatican has enough anti-air defenses to protect itself from a falling airship, so they chose a ship full of Protestants as their projectile of choice. Even if they fail by being shot down, the diplomatic damage done by the exploding ship will be worth the death of one vampire.

(This would be like hijacking a plane full of Chinese businessmen for attacks on US soil; the plane would be shot down, but China will give USA a taste of political hell for months afterwards.)

[LoneToonman]

Well that certainly was a bloody opener.

If it's animated. Not talking about the real world here folks...:D

[Punisher]

It was better than Bleach, that's for sure. A whole more interesting.

[uhhuhioi]

Father Nightroad also seems rather out of sorts in this episode, forcing the vampire to kill himself, when in later episodes he acts more like Vash (which comes back to bite him, badly).
Keller, I don't think Abel killed that vampire but Dietrich: The Puppet Master

[Paul_Cousins]

It looked beautiful...but the polt, blah. It was a lot like Trigun for the first part of it, and I like Trigun. Then he switches to Alucard mode at the end. It didn't gel with me. I have seen the vampire-who-fights-vampires too many times as well. Vampire Hunter D, Blade, Alucard, Angel, etc.True, but at least Abel is polite and doesn't act like a cold loner or a complete jerk when he is talking to people.

[Crash]

I was really digging this until Abel revealed that he was some sort of super-vampire. That... was sort of a huge letdown. I was hoping he'd be some sort of actual human who went around beating vampires with either A) magic B) some sort of amazing weapon-skills or C) amazing Batman-esque plans (or some combination of the above). Instead... well, he's a vampire too. Hopefully this series has some capable non-vampire fighters at some point, or else things may get silly. I am rather curious to see how the humans who can slay vampires actually do it in this show, so hopefully we shall get to see.

Ditto. That was a big letdown. Especially since I thought that the bumbling nice guy act (with faith that things would be okay) was a great fit for a priest.

Heh. Don't mess with the Holy See! And is it wrong for me to hope that they've brought back the Spanish Inquisition to hunt down vampires? Just to hear someone say "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" right before a delivering beatdown...

[Anyone00]

Heh. Don't mess with the Holy See! And is it wrong for me to hope that they've brought back the Spanish Inquisition to hunt down vampires? Just to hear someone say "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" right before a delivering beatdown...

Actually nobody expects the Jamaican Inquisition; they're tools are fear, surprise, and jerk chicken.

There was much more to the Inquisition than just the Spanish Inquisition; it was a regular office of the Vatican for hundreds of years.

I think the Inquisition in this show is just the Vatican's normal military force and not a bunch of guys who dislodge shoulders and get confessions 24 hours later.