As the movie started I was amazed at the level and clarity of detail. I liked how the film started out by not explaining everything but I really expected more on Saya's background at some point.

The action was great and very realistic and I like how it was left in doubt as to whether Saya has any special powers or whether she's just a very efficient killing machine. She was a strong female lead who obviously didn't take any crap.

As another reviewer noted, the running time listed includes the time spent on an overly-long documentary on the making of the movie. I could have done with a little less "behind the scenes" and more story, I was surprised when the credits started to roll.

I don't regret buying the DVD but the movie didn't come anywhere near the amount of resolution I was expecting. That's plot resolution, not graphics, the animation is fantastic.

When you sit down to view Blood: the Last Vampire, the style and setting of this gothic noir anime grabs you instantly. Using a mixture of animation cells and computer-generated backgrounds, this is an effortlessly stylized visual breakthrough that hopefully will launch future endeavors in the style.

The problem with this particular film, though, is that it is far, far too short. At just over forty minutes filmed length, the story of a strange girl called Saya that seems to be some sort of vampire slayer barely gets the ball rolling on the enigmas behind this girl, the organization she works for, and the beasts she vows to slay before fading into the end credits. This makes you sit back, blinking at all the dazzling visual beauty that went into this well-crafted film, and wonder, 'what next?' Hopefully, there will be further adventures of Saya and the dingy, grimy world she lives in, each as well-designed as this one was, though with much more payoff.

All in all, worth looking at if only to see what the future of animation might look like.