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Sony
Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached an agreement
with Aniplex.
SPTI
has acquired the television and home video distribution rights
for the Japanese anime series Blood Plus in Asia (outside
of Japan), Latin America, North America, Australia and New
Zealand.
The
series, which will consist of 50 episodes, will be offered
at NATPE 2006 in Las Vegas. The event kicks off tomorrow.
Distribution on DVD for the series will be handled by Sony
Pictures Home Entertainment
Based
on anime video title Blood the Last Vampire, Blood Plus focusses
on the ongoing conflict between two groups: the evil Chiropterans,
bat-like monsters with super-human strength and speed that
can change their appearance to look like and infiltrate the
humans upon whom they prey, and the Red Shield, a secret organisation
whose goal is to track down and exterminate the Chiropterans.
Amidst
this chaos is an unlikely heroine, a mysterious high-school
girl with little recollection of her past, living a peaceful
life with her family, unaware that at one time she was a great
warrior who battled the Chiropterans. The Red Shield turns
to her, and her sword, in their battle against the Chiropterans.
The
series premiered in Japan in October 2005, where it aired
on Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System.
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