Meesa sick today. I guess the good news is that I have time to think up some RPG stuff. The bad news is that it's all going to be written through the filter of a drug induced haze.
Last year (I think), I discovered some really kewl "gothic" anime style art. I soon found out this art was from an anime called Trinity Blood. Searching for more information I discovered this show was about Vatican priests who ranged from being swordmasters, to robots, to super-beings fighting Vampires. The art looked great. The atmosphere sounded like it was dripping with a sort of cybergothpunk kewlness. And how can you miss with a story like that?
So, I bought the anime. Overall, I was a bit disappointed. It never worked up the atmosphere the art pieces exuded. Plus, the baroque detail of the art vanished in the anime. The theme of Vatican vs Vampires was still there, but it almost immediately devolved into the typical anime trope of generic reluctant superbeing against generic omni-evil superbeing.
You can see the contrast between the artwork and the actual look of the anime here:
Trinity Blood Characters with cool remix version of Vampire Killer from Castlevania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-YrIaGIjWY
It does have one kickass piece of music of its own. The piano version of "Broken Wings"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWMMsdIyLD4
Even though it disappointed, Trinity Blood is a very gamable type of idea. A team of "priests" (the religious overtones are pure window dressing) with various super abilities seek out and destroy vampire plots against humanity. Along the way they must deal with corruption and politics in their own organization. And...
Well, come on. It's about too kewl 4 skewl vampire hunters. What more do you want?
I don't think I'd want to do it as a straight adaptation of the show, although I believe you could certainly support a game based on that alone. What comes to my mind is something akin to a mix of Dark Heresy with John Carpenter's Vampires. There's also Trinity Blood's broad similarities to Silent Mobius. Mix in some of Rifts: Vampire Kingdoms, and there might be something epic hiding in there.
Either that, or the dope is typing.
Tags: Vampires Anime
