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Vampire Hunter D Directors: Carl Macek, Toyoo Ashida Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Format: Color, Animated, Dolby Audience Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes Studio: Urban Vision Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-10-17 Buy from Amazon |
 "A Bloody Fest"This movie gives all vampire fans a blood and gore fest. Although it becomes slow at times, the overall story is dynamic and entertaining. If you liked Darkstalkers 1, 2, 3 and 4, you'll love Vampire Hunter D. Great animation and a fair good story.  "One of the best Japanese Animated films of all time"A combination of chilling horror, twisted with an imaginative sci-fi edge, Vampire Hunter D is one of the most exceptional works ever to come out of the Japanese Anime genre. Lined with some beautifully crafted imagery and animation, ( Not to mention some scenes with incredibly intense violence) this film is a treat for all the senses. Even though the style and film techniques seem somewhat dated (1985 picture), it is still worth the viewing for anyone interested in a good action packed gothic thriller. The plot is somewhat simple. In the far future, humans are reduced back to a menial feudal system in which vampires become the ruling class, and subject the humans as slaves. One of the local girls in a village, Doris becomes targeted by Count Magnus Lee, the local ruling vampire. In distress she hires a vampire hunter known only as "D", to protect her. Graphic, but visually stunning film. Not recomended for children, but use viewer discretion. "The centerpiece of my anime collection!"Vampire Hunter D is great. Although the animation looks a little dated nowadays, you can't really fault the skill that went into the drawings and it's never looked better than on this DVD release. I won't go into detail about the story, save to say it's relativley straight forward hero stuff, but is nicely handled, with some cool, original ideas. There's plenty of action to keep you interested and the music is also excellent. The voice acting is, as always, great on the original japanese track and lousy if you choose to watch in english. If you've already seen the dub and thought it was okay, you might like the original version a lot better - I did. Infact, I like it more each time I watch it. The extra features barely justify the 'special edition' tag, but even so, the 'making of' documentary was highly interesting and the modesty of the director was really amazing. "One of the must have classics!"This Anime, along with Bubble Gum Crisis, Akira, Legend of the Overfiend, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll, is one of the must have movies. You can't go wrong by buying this film. It takes place in a futuristic environment with a dark, gothic (under)tone. For those that think that all vampires are evil, guess again! The transfer to DVD is very well done, making this a great entry-film to Anime. One of the big advantages of putting all of these films on DVD is obvious, you can listen to the English dub(amateurs)...sorry...until you get accustomed to listening in Japanese and reading the subtitles. Try using English in both audio as well as subtitles and you'll see why we prefer the subs... As far as the plot, heheheheh, buy the movie! You won't regret it, enjoy! "One of the best anime's I've ever seen"Vampire Hunter D was the first anime movie I ever bought and one of the first I've ever seen. Hard to believe the it's over 15 years old, and the dated animation shows it, but thats only a minor gripe. The movie's moody atmosphere and dark, gothic design really set it apart from other anime's, and D is one of the best anime heroes I've ever seen. Combine that with the all out bloodfest and an actually good storyline, Vampire Hunter D is an all time classic. |
