Trinity Blood is a fiction. Its genre is 'light novel', originally created in Japanese publishing industry, popular in Japan and Korea.
The definition of 'light novel' is; a lightly-read fiction, which is popular among readers of their 10s and 20s, a large proportion of it being conversations and anime-style art works.
This genre of fiction pursues fun more than reality, of which the writer enjoys articulating the creative games, manga, anime-like world. Thus, people can read this kind of fiction with less hesitation and thinking.
Also, light novels have their own specific brands when they are released to market. For instance, seed novel and J-novel are 'light novel' brand names under certain publishing houses.
In marketing point of view, one volume of the series can be a detecting means to figure out how successful it can be. (as light novel usually includes development and conclusion in each volume)
They can be easily made into anime, and games since they have beautiful art works already included in the fiction. In Japan, it was even easier to try this media-mix with light novels, because there were already a lot of novelized animes and games in the market. It is different now that 'light novel' comes before anime/games, whereas before then, it has been the opposite way(anime made into fiction).
Compared to other genres, books are cheaper and lighter(in weight). Also the unique manga characters on the front page allure customers to buy more of those books. In the end, they would spend more money, just to buy the whole series of it.(One series contains over 7 or 8 volumes in average)
: Suzumiya Haruhi series, Slayers, Maria-sama ga miteru, Chrome Shelled Regios, Infinite Stratos, Shakugan no Shana, The Familiar of Zero, Trinity blood, Full Metal Panic, Toradora!, etc
<Trinity Blood> Anime Opening Theme
Remember, this anime was made after the 'light novel' <Trinity Blood> was published, not the other way around.
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