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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 |
 "One of the best around "Vampires and their mutant friends rule the night and it is the job of various vampire hunters to try and stop them. About the only Anime I will ever watch very good, while not the best, Bloodlust has that distinction, I have to remember that without the original there would be no Bloodlust so I have to have respect for Vampire Hunter D. So if you watched the movie and are a fan fine but now you have to get Bloodlust. "It's okay but something bugs me"I think this movie, along with the BloodLust edition are a little over-rated. Yes, I agree that it has superb graphics, artwork and action sequence. But something about the plot bugs me and nobody here has really mention it. As you all know, D is a vampire hunter, who himself is half vampire and half human. I believe his mother was the human. He comes in to rescue Doris from the nearly invicible Magnus Lee (which I think is a very cool name). Two things bugs me about this series. One is that D is constantly talking about eliminating all the vampires. Well, he is vampire too (he doesn't have reflections when he looks in the mirror, so he's probably more vampire than human). So when all the other vampires are eliminated, does he just wander around feeling redeemed? I think there is a sense of hypocrisy in his philosophy, don't you think? Also, you have to remember that not all vampires are bad, just like not all humans are good (Bloodlust talks about this). D is too absolute in his belief, thinking that all vampires are bad, which I think is sickening. A story that puts everything in black-and-white doesn't deserve 5 stars. Lastly, my major criticism is that D is too powerful. How can a young hybrid (it doesn't matter if he's the descendent of Dracula, because he'll still have only 1/2 his power) be more powerful than a 10,000 year old vampire king?! In this movie, there's a holy candle that can severly weaken a vampire. When D is confronted with it, he falls to his knee, but when Magnus Lee saw the candle, he could destroy it by staring at it! That shows how incredibly powerful Magnus Lee is, but D can overmatched him, which makes no sense! If they changed the storyline so that D was able to out-smart Magnus with some ingenious thinking or trick, it would be easier to swallow. How you guys who give 5 stars with all these major flaws (especially that last one I mention) and simple plotline is beyond me! I do admit that this is a classic, so I'll give it 4 stars. "CLASSIC. PERIOD"This was the very first anime I seen about 12 years ago. I watched it recently and still enjoy it. I'm not going to spoil it, so I'll be brief. It has action and gore. A good story,vampires,mutants and a host of other creatures. The animation is good even by todays standards. If you like vampires,lots of blood and fighting this is for you. Also pick up Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. You won't be disappointed.  "Classic Anime"A Vampire Hunter that is half human and half vampire stalks his undead kin. This classic anime came a decade before Buffy and Blade made the idea trendy. The story balances bloody hardcore violence with, well, more bloody hardcore violence. Vampire Hunter D balances other samurai ethics such as valor, honor and earnest persistance as he hunts his enemies. This is a great classic intro to the genre.  "Had High hopes but over rated"After all of my friends telling me how great this was I finally picked it up and watched it. It feel really sluggish and (yes I realize it is old) the animation seemed poor. Overall it was very boring, and left me disapointed. |
