![]() ![]() ![]() If you’ve never seen this movie, now is the time…it holds up so well considering its age. The music combined with lovely animation, buckets of blood, great voice acting & an exciting plot makes Vampire Hunter D an anime to remember. This movie wouldn’t be complete without the incredible score that accompanies it. It’s fantastically gothic with moments of flourish that fit every scene, every moment. However, my favourite thing about Vampire Hunter D is the music. Has anyone bought the Japanese audio/English subtitled version of Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust I've watched a few clips from it and from what little I've seen, like the Japanese dialogue better. It’s more the massive amount of blood that is split that gives this the ‘adult’ feel, it is relentless! Humans must now battle a variety of monsters that hide in the grass and slink in the trees. Humans are now dominated by vampires who keep werewolves and mutants to protect them. The violence & gore is stellar stuff & certain scenes will stick with you long after (such as the Snake Women of Midwich’s section).īeing an adult anime it does have its fair share of nudity but its tame stuff here (topless women). Ten thousand years ago, there was a war between humans and supernatural monsters, and the monsters won. It has such a compelling story with excellent voice acting & it never feels hammy nor does it appear over-blown. I’m not much of an anime fan but Vampire Hunter D changed that, it is an incredible movie filled with imaginative monsters. A half human, half vampire with royal blood running through his veins (that reveal at the end of the movie is utterly fantastic).Ĭount Magnus Lee & his servants are very powerful & it is going to take everything D has to stop him making Doris his bride. He is more then just a normal vampire hunter he is a ‘dhampir’. ![]() After she spurns the Mayor’s son’s advances he reveals that she has been touched by the Count to the entire town making her an outcast along with her younger brother, Dan.ĭ promises to protect Doris & kill the Count. Skip to main content A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. Sometime later Doris hires a vampire hunter named D to protect her from the Count. Its the summer of D babyTrev and Piss watch Vampire Hunter D (1985) and discuss extremely aesthetic bodily bifurcations, cyborg horses, and hanging a. His only form of entertainment is to take a human bride, something he plans to do with Doris. Magnus Lee is 10,000 years old & bored with undead life. Set in 12, 090 AD the world is a dangerous place filled with all manner of beasties including vampire lords & werewolves.ĭoris Lang, while out hunting, is attacked by Count Magnus Lee who has returned to his castle after an undetermined amount of time away. The most amazing thing about re-watching Vampire Hunter D for the first time in years was the realisation that this anime came out in 1985! That makes it 31 years old as of 2016 & it still looks & sounds utterly amazing. ![]()
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