Japan, 1985
80m, colour
A Japanese animated horror film directed by Toyoo Ashida.
Plot Summary
In the far future, The Earth is ruled by vampires and humans are little better than cattle. A young girl calls on the services of the vampire hunter D – she’s been bitten by a vampire lord and to prevent her from becoming one of the undead, D must track down the perpetrator and despatch him. And time is running out.
Credits
Crew
Director: Toyoo Ashida
Character Designer: Yoshitaka Amano
Music: Tetsuya Komuro
Voices
Kaneto Shiozawa (D the vampire hunter)
Seizô Katô (Count Magnus Lee)
Motomu Kiyokawa (Dr Peringo)
Yoshiko Sakakibara (Lamia)
Kazuyuki Sogabe (Reiginsei)
Keiko Toda (Dan Rumm)
Kan Tokumaru (Danton)
Michie Tomizawa (Doris Rumm)
Kazuko Yanaga (Lamia)
English language version voices
Michael McConnohie (D the vampire hunter)
Steve Bulen
Lara Cody
Barbara Goodson
Steve Kramer
Joyce Kurtz
Kerrigan Mahan
Edie Mirman
Kirk Thornton
Jeff Winkless
Tom Wyner
Alternative Titles
Vampire Hunter D
Links
Remake
Vampire Hunter D (2000)
See also
Blade (1998)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Dracula (1931)
Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Scanners (1981)
Yureiyashiki no Kyofu: Chi O Suu Ningyoo (1970)
White Zombie (1932)
References
Books
- 500 Essential Cult Movies: The Ultimate Guide by Jennifer Eiss with J.P. Rutter and Steve White p.157 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart pp.109-110
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.538
- The Werewolf Filmography by Bryan Senn p.342-343
