Blade (Season 1)

His Name Is Blade (Episode 1) 5.5

Writer: Kenta Fukasaku

Air date: 2011-07-01

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: A nightclub is used by vampires to trap unsuspecting guests and feed on them. Just as the feast is about to start, Blade arrives looking for the ancient vampire who long ago infected his mother - Deacon Frost. However, he gets company.

A Night for the Living, A Mourning for the Dead (Episode 2) 5.5

Writer: Kenta Fukasaku

Air date: 2011-07-08

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Sakomizu, a middle-aged police detective in Osaka, is troubled by a recent series of missing Southeast Asian women. After he meets up with Blade, they discover that the chief of police is helping to provide local vampires with human blood.

Dead on Arrival (Episode 3) 5.5

Air date: 2011-07-15

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Aboard a cargo ship heading for the Philippines, Blade departs Kobe Harbor hot on Deacon Frost's trail. Makoto, a young human female vampire hunter, is also on the ship. She seeks vengeance and her target is - Blade.

That Was Then, This Is Now (Episode 4) 5.5

Air date: 2011-07-22

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Determined to rescue his mentor, Van Hesling, from the clutches of a pack of Mandurago vampires, Blade tracks him to a local slum in the Philippines. He also remembers his difficult childhood and the time he met his undead mother.

The Island of Fire (Episode 5) 5.5

Air date: 2011-07-29

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Siquijor Island, the location of an Existence research facility, is home to the Berdugo tribe who have used white magic to keep vampires under control since ancient times. Against the wishes of the Berdugo, Blade and Makoto set out in search for Frost's facility.

Bad Blood (Episode 6) 5.5

Air date: 2011-08-05

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: A small village in Sumatra has been taken over by Frost's people. The men are forced to work in his silver mine, while all the women have been turned into vampires. The local medicine man believes he can cure them, but Blade doubts that.

Claws and Blades (Episode 7) 5.5

Air date: 2011-08-12

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Blade and Makoto arrive in the lawless island city of Madripoor, where the weapons factory that Frost's men use to melt silver is located, and are instantly attacked by them. That's when Blade's old friend shows up - Wolverine.

Old Wounds, Fresh Blood (Episode 8) 5.5

Air date: 2011-08-19

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: In the jungles of Vietnam, Blade is attacked by a band of vampire ninjas led by Kikyo Mikage, an amoral master samurai with mutant powers similar to Wolverine's. G.I. Stan Davis, a victim of secret US weapons program, helps Blade.

The Bond (Episode 9) 5.5

Air date: 2011-08-26

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Blade has no choice but to fight the mutant assassin, Kikyo Mikage. While fighting, they remember the time when they were studying sword fighting together under the same master. However, their old master suddenly appears - now a vampire.

Sins of the Father (Episode 10) 5.5

Air date: 2011-09-09

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Captured Blade is taken to the Existence research lab known as 'The Factory', in Cambodia, to be experimented on by Deacon Frost who divulges his own tragic personal history, twisted motives and awful ambitions. Makoto finds them.

The Last Sunset (Episode 11) 5.5

Air date: 2011-09-16

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: While in captivity and pushed to his limits, Blade struggles to regain control of himself as his allies attempt a daring rescue. Ironically, this gets Frost closer to his goal and Blade loses a friend. The vampire council is next.

The Final Glory of Deacon Frost (Episode 12) 5.5

Writer: Kenta Fukasaku

Air date: 2011-09-23

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Blade invades Amaurot, the City of Vampires and headquarters of Existence, while cutting his way through anything that stands between him and now evolved Deacon Frost. Frost's monstrosities fight back, but Blade gets surprise help.