Rent Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
3.7 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
- The enigmatic Vampire Hunter known only as D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a human woman named Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, have been hired for the same bounty. D must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time. Despised by Vampires for his profession and by Humans for the blood in his veins, D relentlessly pursues his prey, little expecting where his journey will ultimately take him, as long buried secrets resurface once more.
- Directors:
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Producers:
- Masao Maruyama, Takayuki Nagasawa, Mataichirô Yamamoto
- Voiced By:
- Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee, Michael McShane, Julia Fletcher, Matt McKenzie, John DiMaggio, Alex Fernandez, Jack Fletcher, John Hostetter, Dwight Schultz, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, John DeMita, Debi Derryberry, Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirô Nagai, Kôichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara, Emi Shinohara
- Writers:
- Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Ellen Moore, Jack Fletcher, Brian Irving
- Studio:
- Anime Ltd
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Children & Family
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/07/2018
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes Featurette
- Storyboard to Screen Featurette
- Art Gallery
- TV Spots
- Trailers
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Reviews (1) of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Chapter Fifteen of Something - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust review by griggs
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust comes with a massive reputation, and yet I spent most of the runtime trying to work out what was going on.
The gothic world-building is genuinely impressive, and the character designs have real visual ambition. The trouble is, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust drops you into what feels like chapter fifteen of a much longer novel — vampires, mutants, bounty hunters, psychic powers, sci-fi technology — and assumes you’ll keep up. D himself is more icon than character: a brooding silhouette borrowed from a mythology I was apparently meant to have read already. Leila and the Marcus Brothers are considerably more interesting, which probably tells you something.
The action scenes look busy rather than exciting, and the animation, while technically impressive, frequently defeated me. The atmosphere works. Emotionally it leaves you cold.
Maybe this makes more sense if you’re already fluent in anime grammar. If not, this probably isn’t the place to start.
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