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Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 80 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

DIRECTION
Director: Toyoo Ashida

ANIMATION
Character Designer: Yoshitaka Amano

MUSIC
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

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.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributors: Manga (MANV1011)
DVD Distributors: Manga (MANG2011)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Streamline Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1993
May

3: UK - video release (Manga (MANV1011))

2003
June

2: UK - DVD release Manga (MANG2011)

LINKS

REMAKE
Vampire Hunter D
(2000)

SEE ALSO
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Dracula (1931)
White Zombie (1932)
Yureiyashiki no Kyofu: Chi O Suu Ningyoo (1970)
Scanners (1981)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Blade (1998)

KEYWORDS

vampires, animation, anime, the future

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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