First of all, what is Trinity Blood?
It's a novel by Yoshida Sunao about a future earth where the last remaining inhabitable place on earth is the European continent. The Western part of the continent is inhabited primarily by Terrans (or normal humans) led by the Vatican pope and its high council. The Eastern part is inhabited by the Methuselah (or 'vampires') led by an ancient empress.
The novels primarily tackle the exploits of Abel Nightroad, a vatican priest, against renegade Methuselah forces with the complete destruction of earth as its primary goal. Yes, the vampires are not actually all bad to begin with. The novels on a large scale basis, tackles the conflict and politics from the different nations of the Terrans and Methuselah plus the original events leading to "Armageddon" leaving the world in such a state that only the European continent was the one left standing.
An anime was released regarding the conflict between the nations much to our delight. ^^
But much to our chagrin, Yoshida Sunao died shortly after the anime was announced. It left the story (the complete story) in a state where the final conflict between Abel Nightroad and the primary forces bent on total annihilation of earth is for all intents and purposes, unresolved.
I have read the translation of Yoshida's final work, The Trinity Blood Canon, where everything is revealed - the vampirism, the Armageddon, plus (here's the kicker) an outline of the story detailing the events after where the anime left off. It's still pretty much a long story and can be basis for atleast one more season of Trinity Blood TV. And it also leaves room for an OVA or movie regarding the story of Armageddon and the origins of the Nightroads.
The entire Trinity Blood story is excellent. If you've watched the anime, it's only the surface of a much more deeper story. And for a jaded reader / viewer like me where 'suspension of disbelief' can only get you so far, I can only say that if a translation of the novels come out I'd be one of the first to buy the hardbounds. hehe.
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I happened upon your blog doing a TB search. :)
As another fan of the Trinity Blood epic in it's various forms, I must agree that the story is excellent. I myself am hoping that the novels are translated into english. I've seen the anime and keep up with the manga, but the novels are the end all of the entire story and contain so much more. Unfortunately the only source of the information contained in the novels I receive through partial translations and summaries and character summations.
BTW - there is another author, who is finishing the novelization based on the remaining notes and the canon. The name current slips my mind at the moment.
wow, can't wait for them to finish the anime! i wonder if the novels will be translated in english soon...
Hi,
thank you for dropping by and giving us that wonderful piece of news! ^^
And hopefully with the release of the additional material in the Western world, they'd finally stop comparing TB with other anime and this is another story altogether. With only the original author notes coupled with the first two novels; it makes a world as complete and diverse as that of Middle Earth or Krynn. Not all anime are that epic in scope.
true, true. still you can'r deny that there really are certain aspects that can be identified with other anime. in any case, anime/manga is an incestous world anyway, so it need not be a bad thing =)
i wish they'd release the novels in english. they left out A LOT in the anime, amazing as it was.
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