Kaneto Shiozawa, Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

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Unrated, 80 min.

Directed by: Carl Macek, Toyoo Ashida

Release Date: January 1, 1985

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DVD Release Date: October 17, 2000

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  • September 28, 2009
    As a "dark future science-fiction romance" Vampire Hunter D is set in the year 12,090 A.D., in a post-nuclear holocaust world where vampires, mutants and demons "slither through a world of darkness" (in the words of the film's opening introduction)...

    The film has great voic...( read more)e-acting performances especially in regards to the title character, D. It was ground-breaking in that it effectively brought together elements of Gothic horror and dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction in a classic Western motif...
  • August 12, 2007
    ..............
  • April 12, 2007
    The later one was better.
  • January 25, 2007
    Compared to the remake, this is just God-awful. Violent, shitty and stupid, this is what gives anime a bad name.
  • December 15, 2006
    A much-derided manga, Vampire Hunter D is an adequate ampire picture.
    The story concerns a half-caste hunter who travels to a small hamlet to rid them of the thrall of a demonic Count. Such is the characterisation of D that this feels very much like a Samurai film, not to mentio...( read more)n the stylistic action sequences.
    The plot is intruiging for a while, but more or less falls away in its account of a vampire bloodline. The animation has not dated brilliantly, especially considering that the likes of Akira still survive nearly twenty years hence.
    The real manga influence is regarding the time period; though the village and its inhabitants seem to evoke a medieval era, there still exists the more outlandish technology that befits the growth of cyberpunk via Manga studios.
    Imperfect, but a worthwhile anime.
  • November 21, 2009
    Anime are great to watch. This is quite surreal!!
  • November 17, 2009
    its a classic thats why it rocks
  • October 29, 2009
    The movie has a nice gothic and dark athmospher and a nice story. D is a good caracter. Not the best anime i've seen but still watchable and I understand why it's a classic. The english voice cast could have done a better work... People say the 2001 movie is better, I'll find out...( read more) in a couple of days.
  • October 15, 2009
    Very brilliantly animated gorefest of a horror film. Lots of disturbing moments and scares, but it's a beautiful and haunting horror film. When I was really young, I used to watch this at night and fall asleep to the music.
  • September 22, 2009
    This was good, the girl always go for D.

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  • reverendbizarre
    August 15, 2008
    Yes there is. It came out in 1985, not 1993.
  • ThrghAGlassDarkly
    June 21, 2007
    I think that was a typo the release date.
  • ikicka55
    September 4, 2006
    This movie is the best! I'm not sure why it says it's released in 1993 though, I have the vhs of it and it says it was made in 1985. Oh well, great movie ^_^ (And not suprisingly better then the sequel but the sequel is the freakin best too)

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