Anime Review of Trinity Blood

"Trinity Blood" is one of the more recent series of Japanese anime that details the relationships between humans and vampires. The setting of Trinity Blood takes place in the far future. This time setting is about nine-hundred years into the future putting the time frame of the thirtieth century at least. Trinity Blood has a very interesting story behind the series as Earth is recovering from an apocalyptic war nine centuries prior to the current setting. It said that civilization was destroyed and humanity had finally reestablished itself.

In terms of dealing with vampires, Trinity Blood looks to be a futuristic version of "Hellsing" a popular Japanese anime title also dealing with vampires. It somewhat mirrors that of Hellsing because people could get turned into vampires and ghouls by the simple implantation of a special chip. In the case of Trinity Blood, the technology that created vampires known as the Methuselah are created as a result of nano-machine technology discovered on the planet Mars. Somehow, it looks to be reminiscent of the movie "Species II" where the alien DNA used to create Sil was found on Mars. But, Trinity Blood wasn't cheesy like Species II.

Two races of beings were created: Crusniks and the Methuselah. The colonists returned to Earth and the war broke out. The main character is named Abel Nightroad who is a Crusnik. While the Methuselah feed on the blood of humans, the Crusniks feed on the blood of vampires. This tends to serve as some sort of balance to keep the vampires in check. However there are only four Crusniks. There are many things in Trinity Blood that are similar in Hellsing.