Trinity Blood Eps 1-3

Okay so it's been a while, but I thought I'd just bite the bullet and start blogging the few Anime I have watched.

So I'll start with Trinity Blood which was the Anime we watched over the holidays and then over January.

Armageddon has occurred on the planet and the earth has been invaded by a species that came in the darkness, A definite war of the worlds so to speak were humans (Terrans) are pitted against Vampires.

This is all we really know up front before jumping right into Trinity Blood. We meet Abel Nightroad, an underpaid, traveling priest who is on his way to Rome on a ship called The Tristan when it is overtaken by a vampire. The series appears to be a mix between Trigun and Hellsing and Father Abel is both the comic relief as well as a force to be reckoned with. In the form of Crusnik 02, Father Abel is a monster among monsters (He is the one that sucks the blood out of the vampires - ironic, isn't it?). He works for the Vatican but after we meet the child pope, who appears to be scared of his own shadow, we realize that there is a definite power struggle in the Vatican between Sister Catherine (the pope's sister), who is trying to negotiate peace between the Terrans and the Vampires, and the Pope's brother (I forget his name because he is such a maget), who hates all things Vampire.

Sister Catherine has a slew of gorgeous priests at her beck and call and they all seem to have their peculiarity including an android priest nicknamed Gunslinger who is known for his assassin ways. Quite a crew I must say!


During the next mission we discover that Abel has a few secrets of his own, when a young girl found in a den of vampires probes his mind with her particular 'gift'. She is a witch with the power of Contact Telepathy which enables her to bend peoples will and have them do whatever she wants. The only one she cannot manipulate is Tre (GunSlinger) who has no will since he is an android.When Miss Eris (the young witch) gets kidnapped by Vampires to use as a weapon Tres and Abel kick butt! I must say I'm impressed as hell at the way Abel just sucks up all the vampire blood! It's wicked cool!


This series keeps introducing us to very interesting characters. Esther is a gun wielding nun who doesn't appear too happy with her role in the murder of a local police officer. The town of Istvan is located between the Vampire Empire and the Vatican, so maintaining a peaceful environ is important for continued relations between Metoselah's (the vampire race) and the Terrans.The town is controlled by Lord Gyula who ordered the murder of the Mother superior of the church in which Esther was raised. This is why she is hell bent on revenge. Deitrich, who works as a technician for Gyula appears to be her ally but there is something just not right with him. He appears to be manipulative. Abel arrives in town to serve the dual purpose of replacing the Mother Superior (temporarily) and to discover where the Star of Istvan is. We believe that the Star is Esther since she has a huge star birthmark but Gyula seems to have some gadget that he will use to summon the star? Deitrich gets killed by the local police when they come to get Esther for the murder of the local cop, and Abel gets arrested too to assure that he can go with her.

Regardless of what Abel is upto, he is a funny guy! He's always dirt broke and starving!!
Another thing about this series.. The Animation is absolutely Fabulous!! Some scenes appear to be CG but they're not. I'm impressed like hell!