Official Blade The Vampire Hunter Thread

Has his original sin been reveal yet?

Not yet, it's coming up in the next Might Avengers

@jonny_anonymous: Really?
I thought it was going to be it's own comic. That explains why I couldn't find it's release date. I've been trying to figure this out for days.

Question for you guys. I know that Marvel teamed up with a totally independent company to make the Blade Anime, but couldn't Marvel still try to team up gain to make a second season? I thought the Blade Anime was done rather well and has the potential for multiple seasons. Did it not do well financially or something? I feel like most people who watched it liked it

I loved it!1 I even loved the tv series

@phantom1527: I wouldn't be against it. The part where it left off made way for Blade to be soon going up against the vampire council.

@phantom1527: @daredevil21134: @blackwind: I liked the anime, but I didn't love it. It had pros and cons.

Pros

• Its a f-ckin Blade anime!!! :)
• The emphasis on his swordplay was very welcome. The lil bit of origin sprinkled in was also nice
• Makoto was a solid secondary character and brought an interesting dynamic between Blade and herself
• The various types of "vampires" that were showcased in the anime
• The animation itself was pretty solid.
• Mikage Kikyo was cool as a sort of rival to Blade

Cons

• Deacon Frost was whooping Blade's ass way to f-cking much for my taste. Blade isn't unbeatable but Frost is just a some old guy who became a vampire essentially.
• Shoehorning Wolverine into the Blade anime. Leave Blade to himself. Having these two know each other on a first name isn't a bad idea but it was unnecessary. The anime Wolverine just didn't feel completely right either. He just didn't come off as the badass from the comics or the cartoon.
• Makoto and Blade's friendship could've been developed more it seemed to just appear randomly and then be ended abruptly
• The episodes felt too disjointed like the transition and progression of the journey didn't feel connected in my opinion
• I do not like bald Blade at all. Its too generic of a look and I feel the animators in anime never seem to animate black people right. They always seem a little off. The younger Blade (in his 20s?)with the low cut looked cool though I must admit.
• Blade's vest looked like a belly shirt, as in it didn't cover his entire midsection. A tad nitpicky but idc it don't look right and I don't like it dammit.
• The dog fighting monsters was just too absurd for my taste. Like wtf

I have to agree

Muy Bueno amigo :)

@jonny_anonymous: @daredevil21134: I had a thought about swords AGAIN. The ebony blade would be an awesome additional to his arsenal. If he cant get that I would love for him to get Grasscutter from Gorgon. Blade running around with a red katana would be awesome. Plus I want him to whoop Gorgon's ass. (I know he has a ton of bs feats and such that make Blade beating him unlikely) I think it would be a helluva fight though.

Dane Whitman is not giving up that sword lol. Gorgon vs Blade...... if he looks at Blade he can turn him to stone lol....that will be a really tough fight

@daredevil21134: Pardon my French, but F-CK dane Whitman lol. I thought Gorgon had to make eye contact?

@oscuro: Not directly

Not sure. Black Knight is cool though lol

@daredevil21134: Im sure he is cool just want my man Blade to get some nice wins and feat under his belt. And a nice sword to match lol

He doesn't need to look directly in to someones eyes to turn them to stone, just in there direction

@jonny_anonymous: That son of a bitch! Thanks for educating me sir. So much for that idea lol

@oscuro: Wolverine was in all four anime. So that was not necessarily the fault of the Blade anime.

I did have a problem with bow strong Frost was. I sort of tried to justify it though that since he is an artificial vampire maybe he continuously upgrades himself.

Also I would sort of like him to somehow acquire a sword that allows him to do what the Wordsword did. Be super effective on monsters and possibly be able to cut things like ghosts.

@blackwind: I like wolverine but that really annoys me. He doesn't need to be in everything. I agree with you on the sword point. It always seems like he is wielding normal swords, but everything he cuts seems to die just fine.

@oscuro: Personally I justify it by "swords don't cut people, techniques cut people."

@blackwind: I justify it as "swords don't cut people/monsters/demons, half vampire n-ggas with katanas kill people/monsters/demons."

I think the contract Marvel had with Madhouse was for 1 season of each respective title (Wolverine, Ironman, X-Men and Blade), but only time will tell whether they go with another season.

If he had Grasscutter it would be f@ckin great, but I also don't see it happening.

The ebony blade was already wielded by BP and I think it was a bit of a gimmick simply because the sword was black... Black guy and black sword, catch my drift ^^

I think blade is too cool to fall for the typical racial stereotyping that other characters fall into. He said himself that "When your undead as long as I have been, race doesn't count for much".

Personally I would like the idea of giving Blade his own unique mythical/supernatural/demonic sword, but as @blackwind said:

@dhampyre: Well Blade was once a bit of a Soul Brotha in the 70s. But that was just then style of the time.

As far as Blade and race go, I do believe I have seen him making a black joke to Doom. Not as funny as it could have been though.

Since Blade was around in the early 1900s, I really do pity the racist who talked to him the wrong way if he was ever in the American south. Wait...not I don't.

@blackwind: I thought his original look was kind of silly even though it fit the time period in a Blaxploitation kind of way. I like his current look and it needs to stay that way more or less.

@jonny_anonymous: @dhampyre: @oscuro: In Mighty Avengers Blade also seems to be allied with Kaluu, who was the rival of the Ancient One.

How does everyone feel about this? I think it is a good contact for him to have. Ewing is adding some interesting aspects to the character.

@blackwind: Im down with it. It makes sense for Blade to be well known in the magical/supernatural realms. Theyre doing a great job so far

Agreed. As for a sword I think he should just use his Sword of the Daywalker but have it blessed or something.

I agree about Blade having a presence in the supernatural community, it definitely adds to his story.

Ha, the blaxplotation Blade was cringe worthy... I guess it comes down to the writers discretion, but I personally think the current version of Blade would be more interesting if he isn't defined by his skin colour.

@dhampyre: True. I think Blade is too old to be worried about things like that.

Anyway I do not think he should have some Odin Sword type of thing. But something of good material that's super effective on the supernatural would work fine for me.

@dhampyre: @blackwind: @jonny_anonymous

I agree. I think the sword of the Daywalker is legit so im fine with it. My thing is that his sword should be unique to him since he is unique. So if they take his movie sword and put it in the comics im down. Adamantium silver vibranium whatever the case may be.

What did you guys think about the whole Blade's dad bein white thing? I thought it was stupid as f-ck. It was poorly thought out and executed. I envisioned his dad as irrelevant

@oscuro: From what I heard, Marc Guggenheim got all his Blade info from the internet.

I mean sure I can live with Blade being born a Daywalker instead of that junk with Morbius' bite changing him. But he tried to make Blade half white almost definitely to make him more relateable. And that was just absolutely fail. It was so unnecessary. And at this point in his life I doubt Blade cares about his father.

Stupid idea. Its why Guggenheim's run is largely ignored.

Also! I hear Marvel thought since Guggenheim did a good run in Wolverine they thought, ""Hey! Blade and Wolverine are really alike! Maybe he can do the same for Blade!" And it turned out no, they aren't really alike.

@blackwind: The funny thing is my first encounter with Blade was on the Spiderman animated series on Fox. On that he was a half breed born from a white (vampire) father and a black (human) mother. I personally don't have nor had any issues with it then or now. The problem arises when you take a character who in canon clearly identifies as black, that fans would identify as black and make him half white for no apparent reason. I have no respect for Guggenheim or Marvel for this crap. I completely agree that at the ripe young (dhamphir) age of 80 something he doesn't have any daddy issues. That whole crap is nonexistent in my world. It sits right next to Blade Trinity in the Abyss.

@blackwind: @dhampyre: @oscuro: I would love for them to tell some stories set in Blade's past. Like I want to know what he was doing in the 1950s, I would love it if he was fighting with the Kray Twins or something at the time.

@jonny_anonymous:

Agreed Blade Origins needs to happen

@oscuro: It could be interesting to see the hot headed Blade again who stabs first and asks questions never.

Yeah lol. I prefer a happy medium. Like he gets stabby when there is no info to gather lol

@jonny_anonymous: : @oscuro: @blackwind:

@daredevil21134: The more Blade focused Mighty Avengers the better.

@jonny_anonymous: I agree

Badass

@jonny_anonymous: @oscuro: @daredevil21134: Who are those in the background?

Ewing seriously gets Blade. Marvel needs to give the character to him.

He sure does

So Blade fighting fire breathing were-chickens. Awesome or insane?

Awesomely insane lol

@jonny_anonymous: @daredevil21134: @oscuro: So apparently Blade fought were-rhinoceroses.

@blackwind: Haha yea I would have loved to have seen that.

A fire breathing humanoid chicken? That sounds like Blaziken to me.

@dhampyre: @oscuro: @jonny_anonymous: Since everybody and they're mother has adamantium, vibranium, carbondium weapons, armor and whatever, of Blade were to get his own, specialized weapon, I'd like it to be some supernatural forged sword.

Kaluu is a rival of the Ancient One. Why isn't he hooking Blade up?

@blackwind: lol Blaziken vs Blade. That is a very good question. That plain katana he is using is pretty nice I must admit. Maybe Kaluu is stingy with the magical goodies. Do you have a profile on comicbookresources? I was googling for Blade pics and click on a link to a Blade appreciation thread. Someone on there was call Black Wind and it seemed like to big a coincidence.