Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale (2017)

Anecdotes

Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story is a 2017 Japanese action horror film directed by Shutaro Oku and written by Junichi Fujisaku based on the 2011 anime television series Blood-C, co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. Distributed by NEGA, Asura Girl is set in the pre-World War II era before the events of Blood-C; in the universe Blood-C, humanity is secretly preyed upon by a race called the Elder Bairns, whose feeding is kept under control by an ancient agreement called Shrovetide. Asura Girl follows the backstory for Ran, and a bloody conflict between a small village and Special Political Police force.

Production

In January 2017, it was announced that a live-action film adaptation for Blood-C was in the works, with a brand new story that acted as a prequel to the series. Shutaro Oku from Nega Design Works directed the film at NEGA, who also directed Blood-C: The Last Mind stage play (2015).

Majority of the cast from Blood-C: The Last Mind stage play returned to Asura Girl to play different characters, while Kaede Aono, Kanon Miyahara, Eiji Takigawa, Keisuke Minami, and Asami Yoshikawa reprised their respective roles as Ran, Saya Kisaragi, Tadayoshi Kisaragi, Fumito Nanahara and Yūka Amino. Arata Furuta and Naoya Gomoto joined the cast as Amakatsu and Akayama respectively. Kaito Ishikawa was announced as a narrator for the film.

Kaede Aono, the lead actress of the film, confirmed that the principal photography took place from June to December 2016.

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