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Blood Lad
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Iori Nomizu
Yanagi Fuyumi
10 eps
Sarah Emi Bridcutt
Hydra Bell
10 eps
Ryota Osaka
Blood Charlie Staz
10 eps
Ryohei Kimura
Blood D. Braz
17 eps
Yuuka Nanri
Blood T Liz
17 eps
Taichi Komesu
Deku (voice)
5 eps
Kazutomi Yamamoto
Mimic Yoshida (voice)
5 eps
Eiji Miyashita
Yaburi Nawabari (voice)
1 eps
Eiichiro Tokumoto
Fuyumi's Father (voice)
2 eps
Mariko Honda
Mayu (voice)
1 eps
Saeko Zogo
Sakurako (voice)
1 eps
Chiwa Saito
Mamejirou (voice)
7 eps
Kenichirou Matsuda
Oniqlo Shopkeeper (voice)
3 eps
Takuma Terashima
Wolf (voice)
5 eps
Shuusaku Shirakawa
Kiji (voice)
2 eps
Kenji Roa
Tobi (voice)
2 eps
Tetsu Inada
Franken Stein (voice)
4 eps
Koji Yusa
Papladon Akim (voice)
2 eps
Masumi Asano
Beros (voice)
3 eps
Yuki Kaji
Nell Hydra (voice)
3 eps
Daisuke Kishio
Goyle (voice)
2 eps
Kotono Mitsuishi
Neyn Hydra (voice)
2 eps
Norio Wakamoto
Wolf Daddy (voice)
1 eps
Keiji Fujiwara
Heads Hydra (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Blood Lad actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Blood Lad reads strongest on World Building, Spectacle and Bingeability.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Staz is a vampire from the surreal "Demon World", and Fuyumi, an ordinary girl, accidentally wanders into the Demon World through a portal. Subsequently after meeting each other, Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ghost, causing Staz to take responsibility and pledge to help bring her back to life.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
She's a Skeleton Now
Staz Charlie Blood is a powerful vampire with a huge love for Japanese anime and games. When a young schoolgirl named Fuyumi wanders into his territory, Staz cannot hide his excitement at meeting a living human from his favorite culture.
- Directed by Tomonari Tanaka
S01E03
You Had It All Along
Staz and Fuyumi head out to West Demon World in search of the Book of Human Resurrection, where they are greeted by Wolf, the territory boss in charge of that area.
- Directed by Sekiju Sekino
S01E06
That's Friendship
Staz arrives in North Demon World where Wolf is engaged in a fierce battle with the Artificial Demon Akim Papradon. Taking over the fight for his weakened friend, Staz decides to make use of his restored magic power.
S01E04
To Demon World Acropolis
A reluctant Staz visits Demon World Acropolis to seek his older brother, Braz D. Bloods, the author of the Book of Human Resurrection and the only one who can decipher it.
S01E05
Unindentified Demon Object
While being incarcerated in Liz’s Toy Box, Staz receives a visit from his brother Braz, who offers him a deal: in exchange for giving him the knowledge of human resurrection, Staz must destroy a monster that is rampaging across the Demon World.
- Directed by Toshiki Hirano
S01E02
Back Home, But Not Really
Staz’s dream of visiting Japan finally comes true when he escorts Fuyumi back to the human world. But Fuyumi, now a ghost, is not too thrilled with Staz disrupting her once peaceful human life.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Takashi ImamotoProducer
- Hiromichi OishiProducer
- Takeshi YasudaExecutive Producer
Direction
- Sekiju SekinoDirector
- Tomonari TanakaDirector
- Toshiki HiranoDirector
Cinematography
- Shinichiro TateDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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