![]() This redub has attracted some ire from some due to the cult status of the original dub, not helped by the fact that, unlike most Sentai redubs, the original dub is not included on their release. The film was released on Augon Blu-ray and DVD with a new English dub. On April 16, 2015, Sentai Filmworks announced their license to the film in North America for digital and home video release. In 2000, Urban Vision Entertainment, the US production partner and distributor of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, re-released the OVA on a ‘Special Edition’ bilingual DVD on October 17 containing the original Japanese audio and a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix of the Streamline dub, as well as releasing dubbed and subtitled versions of the film on VHS. Vampire Hunter D is considered a flagship title for Streamline, and was marketed in the US as ‘the first animated horror film for adults.’ The film was also shown several times on American television during the 1990s, including on TBS, Cartoon Network and the Sci-Fi Channel. (And whether that was done in part to placate US censors or audiences, I obviously can’t say, but it was a nice change from Kawajiri).The film was originally released in English by Streamline Pictures, and was shown on the fine-arts theatrical circuit in the US in August 1992 and later released on VHS on March 26, 1993. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is also something of a tragic love story and so if you’re looking for the kinda crass sexual content sometimes found in his other films, you won’t get it here. I think Bloodlust is not as much a gore-fest either, and perhaps it’s even somewhat toned down for Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who was behind Ninja Scroll, Wicked City etc. Vampire Hunter D is a 1985 Japanese science fantasy horror3 OVA film produced by Ashi Productions, in association with Epic/Sony Records, CBS/Sony Group Inc. On almost every level this adaptation is superior to the 1985 one, though in a way it’s not as bold, nor do we get the same feel for D as a character this time around. 01:34 The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure Anime's 2nd Video Reveals More Cast & Staff. (It’s not until later that we meet the real Vampires once again the arrogant noble-types). ![]() The opening alone feels like a lesson in establishing both setting and mood – but it soon leads to the main plot – the rescue mission of a maiden ensnared by a vampire, and then it’s straight to the first impressive fight sequence as D and competing bounty hunters rip through some of the shambling zombie-type vampires. Vampire Hunter D featuring Kaneto Shiozawa and Michie Tomizawa is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see. There’s not a lot of time for character development either, but the scene-setting and atmosphere-building (via the creepy OST and the beautifully gothic visuals) aren’t ignored by any stretch. ![]() There’s still room to breathe and reflect here and there, and plenty of fighting and gore, but the pacing is brisk as D seeks his bounty through increasingly grim scenes. ![]() I like it because it’s more functional in terms of a descriptor – since the film is kinda one long chase sequence. ![]() Instead, the source material probably has a more accurate title perhaps – the third novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi’s series that makes up the key aspects of the movie was called Demon Deathchase. ![]()
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