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Vampire Hunter D

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Kaneto Shiozawa (Actor), Michael McConnohie (Actor), Carl Macek (Director), Rated:

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D, a haunted half-human, half-vampire warrior, wanders the countryside of a feudalistic future, hunting his own kind while battling his own evil nature. Like a rogue samurai, the silent, solitary hero wanders into a small hamlet terrorized by the all-powerful Count, a monstrous vampire lord, and his demonic minions from a castle that casts a long shadow over the countryside. The Count has claimed the human Doris (who wields a mean cutlass herself) as his bride. D becomes her protector and--when she's captured by the Count's shape-shifting minions--her savior. Designed in slashes and sharp, angular images and directed with abrupt explosions of lightning-fast action, Vampire Hunter D is violent and bloody in the mode of a samurai adventure. The sleek D is appropriately dark and quiet, cutting a mysterious figure, while the Count is a veritable demon of a vampire, a supernaturally powerful monster whose appetites know no bounds. The undercurrent of sexuality never spills over into the sadistic vein of so many "adults only" thrillers, but it is recommended for mature audiences.

The DVD features both English and Japanese language soundtracks with optional English subtitles. It also has a documentary featurette, deleted footage, and an artwork gallery by Amano among its supplements. --Sean Axmaker

Special features

Never-before-seen footage of the Making of Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D, the Video Game Preview
The Trailer for the New Theatrical Movie
Original Artwork Gallery by Amano

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Actors: Kaneto Shiozawa, Michael McConnohie, Steve Bulen, Kirk Thornton, Yoshiko Sakakibara
Directors: Carl Macek, Toyoo Ashida
Format: Multiple Formats, Animated, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition
Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
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Studio: Urban Vision
DVD Release Date: October 17, 2000
Run Time: 80 minutes
Average Customer Review: 359 customer reviews
ASIN: B00004Y7JH
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,561 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #790 in Movies & TV > DVD > Fantasy
- #831 in Movies & TV > DVD > Anime
- #1209 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction

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PernXX

A great classic anime

December 27, 2011

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I first seen this movie on the sci-fi channel one saturday and it got me hooked on all sorts of anime.

The plot is in the distant future vampire's and other creatures rule the night and now a young woman is bitten byt a powerful Vampire and to save her own "Soul" She finds a hunter of vampires she finds one that is half vampire and half human the one known as D.

This story jumps rather quickly and moves fast but you still get absorbed but the dark nature and how scary this movie can actualy be.

The voice acting and graphics are dated.

Over all this is a great classic Horor anime movie and you will enjoy all the many diffrent parts of it.
It dose have brief nudity, strong language and graphic violence so don't let the kids watch this.

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You're a vampire hunter

February 2, 2007

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"Vampire Hunter D" is a pretty deserving anime classic -- moody hero, gothic atmosphere, and buckets of blood.

While the animation is a bit dated, the solid direction and creepy story are more than enough to compensate. This dark, gloomy adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi's novels is a postapocalyptic cowboy/vampire story... with a twist. And boy, is it a twist.

Farm girl Doris is bitten by the ancient Count Lee (named after Christopher Lee), and is in danger of turning into a vampire herself. But fortunately she encounters D, a silent vampire hunter who agrees to protect her and her little brother from the Count and his underlings.

But Doris gets kidnapped despite D's efforts, and D sneaks into the castle and battles past mutants and snake-women to rescue Doris. But that isn't the end of the conflict -- Lee is determined to have Doris for his new wife, and D is just as determined to destroy the malign old vampire.

"Vampire Hunter D" looks a little dated to modern anime fans -- kind of smudgy and stiff (look at D's weird stabbing scene). Fortunately, the story more than makes up for this -- basically it's an old western, but with monsters, vampires, and cyborg horses.

The whole thing is very dark and shadowy, even in prim little towns, up until the final scenes when we finally see some sun. The storyline moves pretty slowly for awhile, but speeds up rapidly when Doris is abducted the second time, right up to the earthshattering finale.

It's also peppered with some solid fight scenes, as well as the gore: severed limbs, electric whips, exploding heads, flying organs and literal gushers of blood. While the tone is quite grim, some of the dialogue is pretty funny ("For the first time in one hundred years I haven't been bored once!"). Including everything said by Left Hand, the hilarious parasite in D's... left hand.

D himself is an enigma for most of the movie -- repressed, quiet, kind to kids, but with a hidden vampiric side that only turns up occasionally. It takes careful attention to figure out who this "dampeel" is. And while Doris could have been a bit tougher, she comes across very realistically as a young girl in a terrifying situation.

"Vampire Hunter D" is a postapocalyptic goth movie, with a likably taciturn hero,a timeless storyline, and a lot of graphic anime violence.

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Frank

As Good As I Remembered it

August 17, 2013

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I first watched VHD back in 2002 when I was a senior in High School. I remember it as a fast paced pretty awesome viewing so when I purchased VHD recently (a few days ago) my expectations were high and I'm happy to say my second time go around hasn't been disappointing. How to describe this movie? It's kind of a cross between John Carpenter's The Thing meets Akira thrown in with Pale Rider. The movie itself is nothing short of true art. I love the gothic setting and old western feeling coupled with characters that aren't to over blown (perhaps with the exceptions of the "bloody countess" and the trio from the Barbarois). I suppose I'm weird, though, in my taste in movies. I like slow take your time set-ups with plenty of still sets. VHD is like this and one of my favorite scenes is when D is dug in the ground and it's raining outside, the movie isn't afraid to go against the grain of contemporary American movies and show you the scenery and let you get a glimpse of whats going on inside the characters heads. Overall their is to much to say about VHD in one review, suffice it to say if you want to spend about two hours of your time and not have your intelligence wasted, I'd recommend this one. A btw it certainly has it's scary moments.

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Bradley Helton

An Anime Classic!

July 4, 2016

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If you're a fan of anime you have to check out this classic masterpiece. The Vampire bounty hunter with a talking hand! I can remember watching this on Sci-Fi channel when I was a kid and I loved it, now as an adult I'm happy to have been able to add this to my anime collection and relive those great memories.

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Jessica M. Sobarzo

The Anime is great the English dubbed is not the original and is ...

April 1, 2017

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The Anime is great the English dubbed is not the original and is quite lacking. Let down for anyone who grew up watching the originals

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William J. Fox

Okay Anime.

October 9, 2001

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Although not the best anime in the world, it is one of those anime that you have to see. Why you ask? Well, because it is just one of those animes that well... It's one of the essentials. You can't say that you are a true anime fan unless you've seen films like Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Ninja Scroll, and Evangellion. They're just essential.
Like I said this is not the best anime in the world, the storyline is a bit awkward, and the animation is not that great (better than the early Captain Harlock, but no Eva).
I guess I am saying find one of your anime freak friends who can get you a copy. Once your anime collection reaches the size of mine, then you start acctually buying things like Vampire Hunter D.

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