That’s right!  The same Blade that spawned a movie and a television series is coming back as an ANIME released by Marvel!  “Blade” was originally a character from the Tomb of Dracula comic book series.   

Marvel.com has the official announcement that:

“the show has found a home at G4 and will air the premiere episode on Friday, January 13th at 11pm ET/PT with new episodes following for 12 straight weeks.”

Harold Perrineau is set to play the role of Blade.  The series is being officially described as follows:

Blade’s mother was bitten by a vampire while pregnant, imbuing her unborn son with vampire strength and a thirst for blood, but without the vulnerability to sunlight. A master of weaponry with a desire to avenge the death of his mother, Blade finds himself in Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia in an effort to take down the evil villain, Deacon Frost. With vampire hunter Makoto at his side, they will stop at nothing to destroy Existence, a vampire organization with roots deeply embedded in Asia.

I’m a huge fan of anime, so this news is particularly awesome in my opinion.  I just wish Wesley Snipes could have done the voice work for the character…  That may be asking a bit much though (considering he is prison currently).

Anyway, here’s a trailer that got posted a couple months back and is a pretty good preview of things to come!  Check it out: