"Vampire Hunter D" may be an indulgent relic of the old world. Kikuchi understood that any kind of pulp contrivance was acceptable with a strong enough character leading the way. A tall man with long hair, a hat and a cloak, and a weird little parasite living in his hand. Put aside the threadbare animation and story of the first "Vampire Hunter D" film, and the hero remains. But while I would put many of those works ahead of 1985's "Vampire Hunter D," there's something to be said for the scrappy confidence of the 1985 original. When Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride. With Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seiz Kat, Satoko Kifuji. Successive anime would borrow, directly or indirectly, from D's "anything goes" school of world-building. ISBN : 9DLVampireHunterD Content Rating: Ages 18+ Genre: Fantasy 'Finally, I'm able to deliver the travels and travails of D not only in letters, but in sounds and spoken word For all of the longtime fans, and for all of the fans that will appear in years to come, I think you certainly have a lot to be excited about. Vampire Hunter D: Directed by Toyoo Ashida. The vampire castle, whose collapse purges the sky of storm clouds. Doris's farm, riddled with tech and surrounded by crosses to ward off evil. A wasteland of crumbling cities stalked by lizards. The film is packed with cool environments, rendered skillfully by the background artists. Just as D is the gunslinger who must live and die alone, he is also the masterless ronin whose successes heighten his own loneliness.įor me, the world of "Vampire Hunter D" remains its strongest trait. On a night five days after the Count Magnus Lee had harmlessly tasted the blood of Doris Lang and chosen her to be his next wife, she hires a vampire hunter by. It's a potent device that further connects the story with Westerns and even samurai dramas. By hunting vampires across the planet, D is hastening his own obsolescence.
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As powerful as they might be, they are relics of an old world that is halfway in the grave already. Vampire Hunter D plus Blood Lust DVD Movie 2: Blood Lust: Audio:English only. As we learn at the end of the film, vampires are on the verge of extinction. Even more than the vampires, the combination of gothic architecture, sprawling technology, and freakish monsters is likely the single most influential aspect of "Vampire Hunter D."ĭespite its indulgences, "Vampire Hunter D" takes care to preserve the thematic heft of the vampire archetype. Kikuchi simply takes for granted that since D is the coolest person alive, he must live in a world that lives up to his billing. No explanation is ever given as to what made the world this way. The characters ride on cyborg horses, vampires exhibit psychic powers, and the landscape overflows with crumbling buildings and rusted metal. It's a post-apocalyptic Western, set in the year 12,090 AD. But "Vampire Hunter D" isn't just a Western.
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