TV Show Details
Air Date:January 5th, 2002
Last Air Date:March 30th, 2002
Network:tvk
Status:Ended
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Television Kanagawa
HATU: Vampire Syndrome (2002)
TV Showtvk
Scripted
Plot
The protagonist, high school student Akira Sakaguchi (played by Atsushi Harada), desires a normal human life, yet he is a vampire who cannot survive without consuming human blood. The series depicts the various human relationships surrounding Akira.
It faced accusations of plagiarism for bearing striking similarities to Kazumasa Hirai's novel “The Wolf's Crest,” leading Hirai to publicly criticize Naoyuki Tomomatsu, who served as both screenwriter and director for this work.