History Manga / BloodBlockadeBattlefront

''Kekkai Sensen'' (translated as ''Bloodline Battlefront''), officially titled in the west as ''Blood Blockade Battlefront'', is a manga created by Yasuhiro Nightow, [[HeAlsoDid the creator]] of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}''. It received an anime adaptation from ''Creator/StudioBONES'' in [[{{Spring 2015 Anime}} Spring 2015]].

After a long delay, its finale finally aired in October 2015. The anime was hugely popular in Japan, leading to the announcement of a second season set to air in 2017 and titled ''Kekkai Sensen & BEYOND'' a.k.a ''Blood Blockade Battlefront and Beyond''.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Klaus' fighting style involves creating crosses from his blood, and when he seals Blood Breeds they turn into one.

* AlliterativeName: The English name for the series, ''Blood Blockade Battlefront'' certainly is. Taken even further with the sequel names for both the anime and manga ("BBB & Beyond" and "BBB Back 2 Back" respectively). Averted with the Japanese name, ''Kekkai Sensen'', though considering that the series takes place in New York, one has to wonder if the sequel titles were deliberately chosen to build on the English alliteration.
* AllThereInTheManual: The anime is great, but barely touches on the most of the characters with some just making one appearance through most of it's short run (despite all appearing in the DancingTheme). If you want more information, you have to read the manga. The second season places more focus on the supporting characters; with Steven, Chain, Gilbert, and K.K. all receiving ADayInTheLimelight.

* RealityEnsues: Zapp tries to haze Zed by bringing him to a sushi restaurant expecting him to freak out due to him being part fish. Zed's perfectly fine with it and points out that creatures in the sea normally eat other creatures from the sea. [[spoiler: Though in the end, he admits he does not eat fish, but he did not want to fall for Zapp's obvious hazing.]]
** Chain defeats a massive man in a drinking contest (the same one who mugged Leo earlier and she noticed, but did not intervene), seeming without effort; [[spoiler:cue TheStinger showing her hunched over the toilet with a massive hangover the next morning puking her guts out.]]

** TheStinger of "Bratatat Mom" shows that Chain's son and the daughter of the [[spoiler:Blood Breed]] are now in contact with each other on [[Website/{{Facebook}} Lacebook.]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: The anime is great, but barely touches on the most of the characters with some just making one appearance through most of it's short run (despite all appearing in the DancePartyEnding). If you want more information, you have to read the manga. The second season places more focus on the supporting characters; with Steven, Chain, Gilbert, and K.K. all receiving ADayInTheLimelight.

** At the end of season 2, Leo uses a bottle of Jack Dani's, a clear stand in for Jack Daniels with the distinctive bottle to go with it.
** A FreezeFrameBonus on Chain's phone in season 2 episode 7 shows that her phone is using [[Website/{{Google}} Noogle]] Maps.

* GratuitousEnglish: K.K.'s 954 Blood Bullet Art in the original Japanese dub.
** Also, the opening for the second season, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_16vOCt-sYk fake town baby]].

%%* GratuitousEnglish: K.K.'s 954 Blood Bullet Art in the original Japanese dub.

%%* GratuitousGerman: Klaus with his Brain Grid Blood Battle Technique.
%%* GratuitousLatin: Dr. Luciana Estavez, reflecting her medical training.
%%* GratuitousSpanish: Stephen A. Starphase's Esmerelda Blood Freeze Style.

* RunningGag: Dianne's Diner gets destroyed repeatedly, with Vivian, the waitress, horrified every time it happens.

* VagueAge: Neyka's age is hard to pin down. In season 1, she looks like a young girl, in season 2 her facial features are a bit more mature, but it's hard to say. But in the manga, she goes to a bar to hang out with friends by herself, so it's hard to say how old she actually is. Especially because she barely shows up in the anime.

* RealityEnsues: Zapp tries to haze Zed by bringing him to a sushi restaurant expecting him to freak out due to him being part fish. Zed's perfectly fine with it and points out that creatures in the sea normally eat other creatures from the sea.
** Chain defeats a mountain of a man in a drinking contest, apparently effortlessly; [[spoiler:cue TheStinger showing her hunched over the toilet with a massive hangover the next morning puking her guts out.]]

* HowWeGotHere: Episode 10 starts with Leo and Zapp crying tears of joy over burgers at Dianne's Diner, but before they can eat the restaurant gets destroyed by a giant object with thousands of monsters outside the restaurant. Cue opening credits. Most of the rest of the episode shows Leo, Zapp, and Zed's misadventures in trying to find a restaurant they can all agree on that isn't insane or murderous with Klaus and Steven investigating a potential threat as the B plot which happens to be said monsters.

* IKnowYourTrueName: Blood Breed, or more traditional vampires, cannot stand being called out by their real names since doing so is apparently linked to how you defeat them.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The credits of the final episode shows the aftermath of a climatic battle.

* FantasticRacism: While most humans in Hellsalem's Lot don't mind the Otherworlders, people on the outside are so afraid of them that many chain restaurants and the like pulled out of the city en masse out of the fear that images of Otherworlders with their products would lead to bad PR. There's also a cordoned off humans-only area of the city that's indistinguishable from how New York was originally, complete with a roof that keeps the fog out and projects a blue sky. This is all despite the fact the overwhelming majority of Otherworlders are completely harmless.

** Near the end of episode 9 of the second season, Zapp gives Chain a massive dressing down for being unavailable during a potentially ''world'' ending crisis (she was on a drinking bender with her 4 fellow werewolves) which Chain is extremely embarrassed about, letting Zapp harass her about it without complaint. Only Leo reveals that Zapp missed it too for an even worse reason (he was in the hospital for basically trying to mug an random stranger, during which time he sexually harassed multiple nurses who filed complaints). The last shot of Chain in the episode is her looking very angry. Then in the after credits stinger, Zapp was sent to the hospital again, having been beaten to a pulp. The only evidence is that [[{{Revenge}} there is markings from 5 pairs of hands.]]

** You never see the front of it, but in the final episode of season 2, Leo uses a bottle of what's clearly supposed to be Jack Daniels as a weapon.

** AltumVidetur: Dr. Luciana Estavez, reflecting her medical training.
** GratuitousEnglish: K.K.'s 954 Blood Bullet Art in the original Japanese dub.
** GratuitousGerman: Klaus with his Brain Grid Blood Battle Technique.
** GratuitousSpanish: Stephen A. Starphase's Esmerelda Blood Freeze Style.