Kekkai Sensen (anime)

Blood Blockade Battlefront (血界戦線, Kekkai Sensen) is a TV series, produced by Bones and based on the manga Kekkai Sensen (manga) by Yasuhiro Nightow. It has a second season named Blood Blockade Battlefront and Beyond.

Blood Blockade Battlefront centers around the crime fighting organization "Libra" and their battles in Hellsalem's Lot, formerly known as New York City. Hellsalem's Lot was created when a portal to the "Beyond" opened, becoming a paranormal melting pot of monsters, magic and the everyday mundane life, and it is up to Libra to clear the streets of trouble and prevent the horrors of this city from spreading to the outside world.

Staff

 * Animation Studio: Bones
 * Director: Rie Matsumoto (first season); Shigehito Takayanagi (second season)
 * Series Composition: Kazunao Furuya ; (unknown for second season)
 * Character Design: Toshihiro Kawamoto
 * Art Direction: Shinji Kimura (first season); Jun`ichi Higashi (second season)

Cast

 * Phil Parsons as Klaus Von Reinherz
 * Aaron Dismuke as Leonard Watch
 * Ian Sinclair as Zapp Renfro
 * Trina Nishimura as Chain Sumeragi
 * Monica Rial as Sonic Speed Monkey
 * Stephanie Young as K.K.
 * J. Michael Tatum as Steven A. Starphase
 * Mike McFarland & Orion Pitts as Gilbert F. Altstein
 * Alex Organ (Season 1), Christopher Wehkamp (Season 2) as Zed O'Brien
 * Josh Grelle as Femt
 * Mike McFarland as Dog Hummer
 * Orion Pitts as Deldro Brody
 * Mark Stoddard as Blitz T. Abrams
 * Major Attaway (Season 1), Ray Hurd (Season 2) as Patrick
 * Sarah Wiedenheft as Michella Watch
 * Megan Emerick as White,
 * Micah Solusod as Black
 * Lindsay Seidel as Vivian
 * Alexis Tipton as Neyka
 * Tia Ballard as Aligura
 * Kenny Green as Don Arlelelle Eruca Fulgrouche
 * Alison Viktorin as Amagranoff Luozontam Ouv Lee Neji
 * R. Bruce Elliott as Raju Jugei Shizuyoshi
 * Justin Cook as Lieutenant Daniel Low
 * Jamie Marchi as Angelica (A.K.A. Chain Sumeragi)
 * Duncan Brannan as Elder
 * Chris Hury and Jessica Cavanagh as Benjamin Macbeth
 * Master
 * Theodora

Music

 * Opening Theme:
 * "Hello, World!" by Bump of Chicken (Episodes 2-12)
 * "Fake Town Baby" by Unison Square Garden (Episodes 13-24)
 * Ending Theme:
 * "Sugar Song and Bitter Step" by Unison Square Garden (Episode 2-12)
 * "Step Up Love" by Daoko and Okamura Yasuyuki (Episodes 13-24)

Trailers
