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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 |
 "You know, it's funny..."You know, it's funny when I read a negative review and hear something like "shamelessly following where all have gone before" or "D doesn't attempt to go any further than the clich?" or anything similar to that. What those people don't realize is that D is the clich?. All those so called great vampire characters today were built upon the knowledge of the old Original vampire characters. D is one of the best of those Originals. This anime is not much compared to what today can offer in terms of story depth and quality animation, but for something that is about 19 years old, this is pretty damn good. Vampire Hunter D is something that you can only label as a classic.  "Could have been better..."...now, before you people jump me with random weapons, listen to what I have to say. This movie has several good things about it and an equal number of bad, so three is a fair rating. I'll start with what is good about it. Pros: A unique storyline. (This was one of the first really well known and liked vampire animes. Many series evolved from this father of them all) Interesting characters. (D was my favorite, by far, but the others had a truly human nature, which made them appealing) Vicious vampires. (Well, yeah.) Lotsa blood. (For those who like it) Cons: Lotsa blood. (For those who don't like it) Gritty color quality. (Maybe it was intentional) Gritty sound quality. (Maybe it was intentional) Ridiculous costumes. (Doris seriously needed more clothes!) Pathetically bad dubbing and voice actors. (Really, it's kinda sad...) An ending that makes you sigh, and not in a good way. (Very cliched...) Well, overall, this movie is worth seeing and maybe worth buying. It just had (in my opinion) poor color and animation, but a storyline that somewhat redeemed it. See it SUBTITLED, not dubbed. Analysis: Worth buying, but see it before you waste your money.  "My favorite anime"Vampire Hunter D, as you can tell by my title, is my favorite animated feature to come out of Japan. The storyline, as well as the atmoshphere, is rich and intriguing (the Castlevania games "borrowed" heavily from this movie.) My only gripe is that the animation is incredebily dark--making some scenes hard to make out (like when D falls into the catacombs,) so that's why I only gave it 4 stars. Be warned, though: there's blood, cursing, and nudity, so if you're offended by any of those, Vampire Hunter D won't be for you. "Anime Classic finally on DVD. What a great transfer!"Vampire Hunter D. . . this is a film in which I tend to judge other anime films against. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Vampire Hunter D are the Fab Four of the Anime Universe. You simply cannot go wrong by buying this film. Lots of futuristic action with a major Goth theme to it. You would swear that this was taking place in the dark ages during some parts of this film, but then you see the technology that they have in the future. . . WOW. That's all I can say. WOW. Do yourself a huge favor: See this movie! And with it coming out on DVD, how could it possibly get any better? By the way, even if you don't fully apreciate Japanese animation, this is still one of the greatest vampire action movies of all time. If you want to see an example of what great japanese anime is all about, then there are just a few films that you truly must see: AKIRA, Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, and Vampire Hunter D. This is truly a classic film. Enjoy. fin "Not bad"I watched Bloodlust before this and I must admit that one of the only reasons I didn't turn this anime off after the first five minutes was because of that. I'm glad I didn't though. Vampire Hunter D does start of pretty slow but once the action starts the film is hard to turn off. The story is an interesting one and I can't help wonder if Blade wasn't influenced somewhat by this anime. I suggest that if you're not sure whether to buy this or not to first purchase Bloodlust-the "sequel" and if you enjoy that then to buy this. |
