Blood Blockade Battlefront

Blood Blockade Battlefront (Japanese: 血界戦線, Hepburn: Kekkai Sensen, lit., "Bloodline Battlefront") is a Japanese shōnen manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. The story takes place around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch. He gets 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. Leonardo then moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot. There he joins an organization known as Libra. The organization fights many monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.

Blood Blockade Battlefront
血界戦線 (Kekkai Sensen)
Genre	Action, comedy, science fiction[1]
Manga
Written by	Yasuhiro Nightow
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump SQ19
Original run	2009 – 2015
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back
Written by	Yasuhiro Nightow
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump SQ Crown (2015–2018) Jump SQ Rise (2018–present)
Original run	2015 – present
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Rie Matsumoto
Written by	Kazunao Furuya
Music by	Taisei Iwasaki
Studio	Bones
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK Anime Limited
Original network	MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11
English network	SEA Aniplus Asia
Original run	April 4, 2015 – October 4, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Rie Matsumoto
Written by	Kazunao Furuya
Music by	Taisei Iwasaki
Studio	Bones
Released	June 3, 2016
Runtime	25 minutes
Anime television series
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
Directed by	Shigehito Takayanagi
Written by	Yasuko Kamo
Music by	Taisei Iwasaki
Studio	Bones
Licensed by	AUS/NA Funimation
Original network	MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11
English network	SEA Aniplus Asia
Original run	October 7, 2017 – December 23, 2017
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
Directed by	Shigehito Takayanagi
Music by	Taisei Iwasaki
Studio	Bones
Released	July 4, 2018
Runtime	24 minutes

An anime based on this manga by Bones premiered in early 2015. Funimation licensed the series for streaming in North America. A second season aired from October to December 2017.

The series was sixth in the category "Sound" and fourth in the category "Theme Song" for "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" in the Newtype preliminary awards for 2015. Sonic, a monkey in the show, ranked first in the category "Best Mascot".^[2]