G4 has been enjoying some success airing the anime versions of X-Men, Wolverine and Iron Man, so it only seems natural for the channel to the anime version of Blade that has been on our radar for a while now. Both Marvel and G4 announced today the series’ premiere date and offered details as to what we can expect.
Blade will kick off Friday, January 13 at 11pm.
Here’s the lowdown from Marvel: Harold Perrineau voices Eric Brooks, the supernatural Daywalker known as Blade, making his animated series debut with more action, terrifying villains and bloodthirsty monsters than you’ve ever seen before. Following in the steps of other hit Marvel anime series, Blade offers viewers 12 half-hour weekly episodes destined to leave you wanting more, exclusively on G4.
Perrineau you may recognize from Lost or 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.
The plot crunch for the series goes like this: Blade’s mother was bitten by a vampire while pregnant, imbuing her unborn son with vampire strength and a thirst for blood, but without the vulnerability to sunlight. A master of weaponry with a desire to avenge the death of his mother, Blade finds himself in Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia in an effort to take down the evil villain, Deacon Frost. With vampire hunter Makoto at his side, they will stop at nothing to destroy Existence, a vampire organization with roots deeply embedded in Asia.
Source: Marvel
