worthy of mythological status. Vampire hunter D is orgasmic in its' display of visual animated vampire slaying over the top fighting plus witchcraft eye candy- seeing this under the influence of heavy mind altering substances could wind up being downright spiritual since this is so intensely well depicted and intensely graphic.Vampire hunter D is our quiet talking wildly slaughtering Vampire Bounty Hunter- but he as a Dampire - a half vampire - so he is the lonely anti-hero warrior persona ever so popular in anime films- with a flash of his sword he can leave scores of men shooting blood from their lopped off appendages.D, as he is called runs into some competition in trying to track down the girl that it is his job to return to her family at all costs- this creates competition, tension and a romantic moment or two as well- very rich characters, lots of intense, superb witchcraft animations of ancient spells and such- this movie is a work of art!!-One funny thing- if you can read German- is to read the note the vampire reads in the carriage- and compare it to the speech of the English dub voice-over.

Hi, I am big fan Anime. I have watched them many years. The VHS is the original Color, and Version of this Film. you must watch out for Bootleg, Yes. When sealed - And it says Authentic, its usually 100% real. Sorry could not reply to other personals message, Due to me not having Verified Account. -- DVD is Remastered Version, Colors a little different, Darker, less shimmers. etc. Still very awesome, some like remaster versions more, I prefer Original, example * Akira * the dub in original 80's version, very awesome. New version, very plain. Kudos to the actors tho. Watch out for Bootlegs, I deal with them often because I deal with imports.

For a long time this used to be one of my least favorite anime. I still don't like this at all, but I no longer think this is the worst anime ever made: Now I know that dubious honor belongs to stuff like "Demon Lord Dante" or "Genma Wars". Or "Duel Masters". Or "Dinosaur King". Or any other anime series that tries to be the new Pokémon/YugiohAnyway,I still found this to be a terrible movie: The character designs have potential, but are very poorly animated. The plot is extremely basic, being something one would expect from a cheesy B movie, something that would have been tolerable if it wasn't for the dull and uninteresting characters, with can be easily described as a combination of tired clichés that were done to death even by the time when this movie was made.While I don't think that every single movie should have complex or entirely original plots, I consider that at least should have some interesting elements or at least some entertainment value. This didn't have any of that.."Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust" is much better than this in every possible way.

I have seen both Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust and I must say that Bloodlust is a must see and must have. Unfortunately the first movie is the worst anime I have ever seen. The sound is awful even on DVD. The animation is really weak, the voice acting sucks big time, and the lines are totally uninspired. The characters are drawn really badly - all the women have big heads, like they are geniuses or something and look very "manly". There is absolutely nothing that I liked in this anime. The thing that I hate most was the annoying laughter of the characters. They were saying something stupid and then they always laughed. It was very annoying.If you want to see nice anime go for Bloodlust, not this one.