Vampire Hunter D Reviews

This film kept me glued to my seat - again, but not with the action that LOTR did, but with stomach lurching horror. This is the thrid anime film I have seen and probably the best, with Spirited Away coming in a close second. I think that if you're looking for something to watch at night with all the lights down, then you should get this film. But wait, all you've heard me saying is about the horror!!! There is an excellent storyline in there aswell and also a good commentary. I found that the storyline is what made me not want to miss another second.

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Very dissapointing... cheese central

I had been looking forward to this film for ages, what a let down!

The animation is poor, the music is painfully cheesey and the story could have been writen completely on the back of a fag packet - rent it not.

Cheese!!

Though the english dubbing can be somewhat of an interferance to the dramatisation of the film, its highly full of CHEESE... it seems Toyoo Ashida and Carl Macek have no quarm with just getting straight to the point of what they mean, but at the same time try and keep a bit of suspense and intertwining plotlines to keep the audience riveted.

The first scene establishes the film as gothic, with the cliche gothic castle of count Magnus Lee against the moon.....and later the tradgic, macabre hero in D...who is a halfling himself therefore there lies both good and evil inside of him, the great use of shadows and blue/grey tinting too many scenes continues to emphasise this too...if you like gothic cinema, you'll have a field day with Vampire Hunter D.

The animation isn't the best quailty...but the film was made in 1985... and yer, it looks like an 80s animation.

Classic anime

Absolutely great film, great characters throughout. They should get a big budget and make this into a live action blockbuster!

Not a scratch on the latest incarnation of Vampire Hunter D (Bloodlust) - poor animation and lack of decent storyline really let this movie down. And the lack of an original Japanese language soundtrack on this dvd was a heavy blow to this hardcore anime fan. Not much to recommend it really...

A good example of Eastern Manga animation. OK the story is a bit poor and the dubbing is fairly bad, but the overall impression of the film is not bad at all. All female characters wander around with their underwear showing which is a little odd to say the least given the peril they are all in. Nice little animation this - worth a squint.

Classic Anime

A good example of old school manga that may not have aged well thanks to limited animatation and poor dubbing but still has the key elements; buxom damsel in distress, twisted monsters and plenty of wounds gushing jets of blood. Little is made of the setting or story but I'm waiting on Bloodlust to perhaps offer more.

Watch this before Vampire Hunter D 2

It's early, it's not particularly well drawn, and in places it's downright silly. However, if you want to get to grips with the second D film (which is superb) you may as well plod through this amateurish blood-fest.

Alright !!!!!

The animation is not that great but it is alright for me and I enjoyed the story since my husband loves vampire. Hmmmmmm now i know why he does....he he its fun movie but it could have been animated a lot better. Cheers!!!

avrage vampire

this film should be great. normaly i love this stuff. i dont know y but this one feels laking. its like watch van dan instead of brue willis. watch 'blood last vampire'or (if u can get it) 'devilman'instead.