“Otaku vampire Staz vows to resurrect a human girl to visit Japan, joined by quirky allies.”
Blood Lad
ブラッドラッド
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Synopsis
Otaku vampire Staz vows to resurrect a human girl to visit Japan, joined by quirky allies.
Staz Charlie Blood is a powerful vampire who rules the Eastern district of Demon World. According to rumors, he is a bloodthirsty and merciless monster, but in reality, Staz is just an otaku obsessed with Japanese culture and completely uninterested in human blood. Leaving the management of his territory to his underlings, Staz spends his days lazing around, indulging in anime, manga, and games. When Fuyumi Yanagi, a Japanese girl, accidentally wanders through a portal leading into the demon world, Staz is overjoyed. But just as he is starting to feel an unusual attraction to her, his territory is attacked, resulting in Fuyumi's untimely death. She turns into a wandering ghost and the crestfallen Staz vows to resurrect her as this would mean being able to travel to the human world, something he has always dreamed of. Blood Lad follows Staz and Fuyumi, soon joined by the spatial magician Bell and the half-werewolf Wolf, as they travel to find a magic that can bring humans back to life.
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Community consensus
Derived from 80 sampled reviews
What 80 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
4.8 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 3.3
↓ 0.90
Running avg · Sep 2013 → Jan 2026
- 8 “Blood Lad delivers a torrent of spot-on anime and video-game references that keep the laughs coming every single episode, balanced with just-right moe and ecchi seasoning and adrenaline-pumping...”
- 10 “blood lad is the worst anime I have ever seen. the story is extremely boring. i felt like sleeping every time someone I put this anime on. nothing was at all interesting, the story had me sleeping...”
- 7 “Honestly a great anime to watch as a fist time a anime watcher. Its a bit funny, lude, and serious with characters you'll actually care about by the end for the most part. It's short and to the...”
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- Format 10 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 00m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2013 – Sep 2013 Summer 2013
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6556 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- flying DOG Producer
Licensed by
- VIZ Media Licensor