Kyûketsuki hantâ D (1985) (V)

Directors:

Toyoo Ashida
Carl Macek

Writers:

Yasushi Hirano (writer)
Hideyuki Kikuchi (novel)

Release Date:

26 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Demon | Future | Vampirism | Werewolf

Cast

Kaneto Shiozawa	...	D
Michael McConnohie	...	D (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Bulen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lara Cody	...	Lamika (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Doris Rumm (English version) (voice)
Seizô Katô	...	Count Magnus Lee
Satoko Kifuji	...	Lamika
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Dr. Feringo
Steve Kramer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Joyce Kurtz	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Reiganse (voice: English version)
Edie Mirman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yasuo Muramatsu	...	Roman
Ichirô Nagai	...	D's Left Hand, Narration
Shinya Ôtaki		(as Susumu Kotaki)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Younger snake sister
Kazuyuki Sogabe	...	Rei Ginsei
Kazumi Tanaka	...	O'Reilly
Kirk Thornton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Keiko Toda	...	Dan Rumm
Kan Tokumaru	...	Danton
Michie Tomizawa	...	Doris Rumm (voice)
Jeff Winkless	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tom Wyner	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kazuko Yanaga	...	Older snake sister
Yûsaku Yara	...	Greco

Also Known As:

Vampire Hunter D (USA)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

CBS Sony Group Inc.

Trivia:

The character, Count Magnus Lee, is named as an homage to Christopher Lee who played Dracula in a long series of Hammer Films.

Quotes:

D: You and your kind do not belong among the living. You are nothing but visitors from the past, shadows from the world of darkness.
Count Magnus Lee: World of darkness?
D: You and your kind should go back to where you belong! Back to the abyss! Of Oblivion!
Count Magnus Lee: A challenger. How amusing.

Movie Connections:

References Yojimbo (1961)

This movie Kicks

I first saw this anime on the USA channel when I was 13 and it introduced me to the world of anime. Every since that fateful day I have been watching anime; and I still find this film to be one of the best anime films I've ever seen. So what does the film have. An awesome gothic tale, a kick butt main character, who is cool and taciturn yet surprisingly sensitive. Even if you don't like Japanese animation you may like this movie, it being in the same vein as Blade and John Carpenter's Vampires. The film is dark, violent, and ultra-hip, I suggest it to anyone who wants to get into Japanese animation. A+