Anime Profile: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Title | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | |
Released | 1 movie (105 minutes) | 1 movie (105 minutes) | |
Dates | 2001 | 2001 | |
Company | Urban Vision/Madhouse/Filmlink Intl/Vampire Hunter D Committee | Urban Vision/Madhouse/Filmlink Intl/Vampire Hunter D Committee | |
Producer | Mata Yamamoto | Mata Yamamoto | |
Creator | Hideyuki Kikuchi, Asahi Sonorama | Hideyuki Kikuchi, Asahi Sonorama | |
Director | Yoshiaka Kawajiri | Yoshiaka Kawajiri | |
Genre | Action, Horror | Action, Horror | |
Related | Vampire Hunter D | Vampire Hunter D | |
Characters | Benge | Benge | |
· · · | Borgoff Marcus | Borgoff Marcus | |
· · · | Charlotte Elbourne | Charlotte Elbourne | |
· · · | Countess Carmilla | Countess Carmilla | |
· · · | -- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
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Characters: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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Benge | Benge | Kyle Marcus | Kyle Marcus | |
Borgoff Marcus | Borgoff Marcus | Leila | Leila | |
Charlotte Elbourne | Charlotte Elbourne | Mashira | Mashira | |
Countess Carmilla | Countess Carmilla | Meier Link | Meier Link | |
D | D | Nolt Marcus | Nolt Marcus | |
Grove | Grove | Caroline ⊕ | Caroline ⊕ |
Description: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
The gothic horror of the far future comes to life once again with Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
D is hired by the Elbourne family to rescue the innocent Charlotte, who was kidnapped in the dead of night by the vampire Meier Link. D is warned, though, that he has competition: the Marcus Brothers, who are themselves not alone in their endeavor to retrieve Charlotte. For both, their task is to bring Charlotte back to them: alive if human... dead if changed.
In the course of this latest hunt, though, the half-vampire hunter wrestles with two separate situations. First, it seems that Charlotte is actually a willing participant in this abduction. Second, there is a woman who travels with the Marcus brothers, whose life is drowned in the blood of vampires... yet D can sense the potential to restore some semblance of life in this woman. As D himself continues to fight his vampire heritage, he also struggles to, if not stop the bloodbath, at least to not leave everything a tragedy.
Note: This film, though anime, was produced for the American screen.
Description: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
In a distant future vampires and humans are opposed through a series of quarrels and each other's intolerance and prejudices. In this retro-sci-fi world, some are devoted to rid the humans of troublesome vampires and halfbloods (or 'Dunpeals'). One of them is an outcast, feared for his origins yet unknown to most. His name is D. He is hired by a rich count to retrieve his daughter, believed to have been abducted by a certain Meier Link. Not being the only bounty hunter on the job, D must hurry to fulfill his mission...
This movie, directed by Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll, Monster City, Manie-Manie, Hi No Tori), is the most recent adaptation of D's story (originally a novel). And the result is a no-brainer action pic like none before it! Even though this is no story-telling wonder, it does boast the most astounding visuals in any anime to date. I know that fancy visuals don't save a sinking ship (remember the awful Titan A.E., anyone?), but this comes loaded with action-packed scenes that range from Coppola-style (remember the count? the duchess in this film is MUCH cooler) to blazing ninja-style battles and even some western clichés! Having seen the film in World Première at the Brussels Fantasy Film Festival earlier this year, I can testify of it's visual beauty; a feast for the senses like no other!