Some Trivia From Kekkai Sensen

Some Trivia from Kekkai Sensen

Posting on behave of my friend singlemaker, who doesn’t have a Tumblr account. Credits goes to him for finding these, I only did the translation for him.

Added external link to the pictures for better viewing of the details.

Here are some interesting trivia from Kekkai Sensen by the animation team. The story takes place in what used to be New York City, so the animation team actually put in quite a number of real world references in the anime. This is a bit of a long post, so please bear with us.

In Episode 2, when Leo was looking at the pizza delivery route: take note at the two store names highlighted on the map.

http://i.imgur.com/zZytR4X.jpg

Turn the map 90 degrees clockwise.

http://i.imgur.com/3iWuB8t.jpg

And let’s take a look at Houston Street in real life.

http://i.imgur.com/K3mibPn.jpg

Notice the similarities between the street and store names.

Names used in anime　　　Names in reality Elsabeth Street　　　　　　  Elizabeth Street Miggy’s Good Food                Siggy’s Good Food Tamo & George                      Tom & Jerry’s Moss Street                            Mott Street BarBarian                               BarBossa Mulbetty Street                       Mulberry Street Latayette Street                      Lafayette Street

There are many stores between Mulbetty and Latayette that share similarities. If you have time you can try looking them up.

The pizza place that Leo works at is most likely the Domino’s on E. Houston Street. It’s also obvious because when Leo was ringing up the door bell, he stated that he’s from “Dogimo” Pizza.

http://i.imgur.com/QrEkpTR.jpg

As for Leo’s first pizza delivery stop, notice the name Kurowycky on the windows. This is actually the name of a meat store that used to be in East Village. Unfortunately the place is no longer in business. But you can still find the listing page here.

In Episode 5, the scene where Zapp and Leo are chatting at the side of the street.

http://i.imgur.com/f96kDRQ.jpg

It’s actually the street scene from 191 E Houston St. Notice the TALHAMA GROCERY store sign.

http://i.imgur.com/JhQn3rq.jpg

When Libra members are getting ready for the fight, you see the map of where everyone’s stationed. Noticed the pond right underneath the “Predicted Course” bar on the top. You can tell by the shape, that’s the pond from Central Park.

http://i.imgur.com/x3f4I0p.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JAomiSW.png

Though, if you take a look on google map, you’ll see that the city map doesn’t actually match. The street in real life doesn’t veer off like it does in Hellsalem’s Lot. But the references are there.

There are actually a lot more details and references in the anime (and yes, Singalemaker actually compiled them for each episode). If we have time we might do more posts on this.

Nightow’s Comments

First round of Nightow’s comments from B5. Second round here

( from this point on POV= Nightow)

Klaus:

The Reinherz family itself is not a family of Blood-breed hunters. They are an extremely aristocratic family with an incredible amount of prestige even among the “outside world”. Klaus is the third son. He has 2 older brothers and one older sister. Because of a certain “trigger” only Klaus became a vampire hunter. Because of this, the Reinherz house is now backing Fang Hunters. There seems to be an important reason Klaus has to wear glasses as well as why he calls Abrams “teacher”. I am thinking about various settings about his past. His face is intense despite having idealistic thoughts that are laughable. 

Leo:

In simple terms Leo is the “viewer” He is in the role of watching HL from the public view point so his name is “Watch”. He is also the ‘reactionist” to make him more relatable. In a place full of unusual people and things I would call his role fairly important.  I was inspired by Peter Parker of Sam Raimi’s Spider Man. He gives pictures that he can’t sell to a newspaper company. Leo’s parents are alive. His father is quiet and serious while his Mother is quite spunky. His family is the community leader. Leo’s camera is second-hand (used). 

Zapp

was created out of a necessity for a “ransacker” to help move the story. If the story only has characters of a certain nature, the story will calm down and won’t move, so it is very handy. Regarding the design, I just sketched a character that came naturally to me. Zapp is also a character with a mysterious past isn’t he? Why is he able to use blood techniques? Perhaps it was necessary for survival. He is basically “rootless grass” living off of women. He is really lazy. He seems to insist on smoking on cigars. 

Steven: 

I figured Libra would need a quick-witted worker. His relationship with Klaus is like Yin and Yang. Despite his soft smile he is always guarded. While terrifying when facing enemies, as a friend there are not any men that are so dependable. The two have been acquainted since quite young. I originally thought of a character with scars on his face because I wanted to parody the name “Scarface” （スカーフィいズ） to  “Starphase”（スターフィイズ）. The tattoo starts at the neck and spreads throughout his body. It extends from the neck and uses his feet as attack sites via the heart.

Chain:

 Libra’s “red-pointer”. I designed her after my usual modal of woman.  She was inspired by Yoko Makai and her role in “SP” (something about a Metropolitan Police Force Guard Division 4).  In my first idea of Blood Blockade Battlefront, Klaus is a vampire, Gilbert is a mummy man so I thought to have another famous creature by adding a “were wolf” (lol). Regarding the werewolf and their abilities, there are various “settings” that have not been explored yet. Specifically about things related to Chains “father”. She was a member of the wolf bureau although it seems that’s second-hand since she’s joined Libra.                                                               

Steven: Don't let chain fool you, she's not that scary. She used to do ballet.

Zapp: No way.

Chain: Which gave me the physical skills I need to strangle you with my feet.

Kekkai Sensen (血界戦線)

The scene continues from last month’s Spoon 2Di Magazine (Amazon Japan | US), with the members of Libra stopping at Dianne’s Diner for a quick bite to eat after shopping. Animation director and key animator Koichi Hayashi (林宏一) is once again the artist.