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Summary: It Doesn't Bite, That Much I Can Say
Review: Dark, compelling, mysterious, and just plain awesome. And I don't even like anime. Take it from me, a person who is sick and tired of both anime and people who like anime. This movie rocks. It is truly mezmerizing to watch.
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Summary: Anime at its best
Review: D, Gundam Wing, and Dragon Ball Z are the only reasons I give anime any credit. Tenchi Muyo and Sailor Moon being why i discredit anime. D is a classic that I saw as a kid and while it has nudity in it (absolutley STUPID for cartoons to have unless its comical) the artwork, story, and feel of it all made me have to own it. This is by no means for children and I believe I was a little young to see it when I did (13ish). But if your looking for great artwork (by hand!), good story, and fun characters, then pick this product up.
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Summary: Great idea, but abysmal animation
Review: This was a very disappointing experience. Although the storyline is one that could have been turned into a great piece of anime, the simple fact is that you would be as well off quickly flipping through the pages of a comic book. The animation is unanimated, and dull looking beyond belief. The DVD presents a nice picture, but nothing that special, since the source material is not good to begin with. That the plot has so much potential, makes this an even more disappointing experience. Stick with the subtitles--the spoken English translation is not very good and the people doing the dubbing are a poor replacement for the original Japanese. I can only add that anime has come a long way since this was made, and anime shouldn't be judged on the basis of this very uninspiring visual experience.
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Summary: D the Samurai Vampire Slayer. This is very good stuff.
Review: For those of us who remember the martial arts classic "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires," this video is a joyous discovery. Martial arts has become a part of killing vampires because of the success of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but having a samurai hunting Dracula and his kind is a quantum leap forward. This is what "Blade" could have been (and the influence is pretty obvious). The Anime aspect is just an additional bonus.
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Summary: classic anime
Review: Vampire Hunter D was released in 1985 and is certainly a classic. One of the extras on the DVD showed the animators sitting in a small room creating each frame by hand. When compared to modern animation such as Ninja Scroll, Ghost In The Shell or Titan AE, this movie seems quite dated. However, the story is well done and the plot becomes quite tense at times. Lots of blood and strange creatures/mutants and the ending battle between D and the head vampire is great. While not the best animation I've ever seen, this is a classic movie for any anime DVD collection.
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Summary: A Dark Gem
Review: This Anime film is a classic of its genre. It's atmospheric, beautifully done, with a basic story-line. Set in a distant future, country-girl Doris hires the forbidding and mysterious Vampire Hunter D to kill the evil Count Magnus Lee who's bitten her. It has some more great characters - the Count's imperious daughter is especially entertaining -, lots of mutant beasties, and blood and gore. The story rises above the usual battle between good and evil with the complex nature of D. Perhaps the animation now seems dated, but it's an entertaining film in its own right, and you don't have to especially be a fan of the Anime genre to be mesmerized by it.
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Summary: I was expecting a lot better.
Review: From all the rave reviews I've read about this movie, I was expecting a lot better. I was envisioning this wicked vampire hunter wading through legions of lesser vampires to get at the count. I was expecting a huge body count and rivers of blood. What I got was D, who was definitely well designed, fighting a bunch of freaky mutants. What's that all about? He's a vampire hunter, not a mutant hunter. You would think that a vampire aristocrat would have vampire bodyguards.There are other small complaints that I have: 1) When did the vampire hunter ever introduce himself as D? I didn't see it, but, all of a sudden, everyone's calling him D. 2) Why does the little boy call him brother? I didn't get it. 3) They didn't explain the world very well...if it wasn't for the blurb on the box, I wouldn't have known that vampires had taken over the world after a war. 4) Was the dialogue really cheesy as it was written or was it just bad translation for the subtitles? Finally, the animation seemed very mediocre. The effects were kind of lame (especially lines representing wind and the close ups of people when they're on their horses...they should be swaying, but it's like they're sitting in a chair in their living room). After seeing animation in such films as NINJA SCROLL and GHOST IN THE SHELL, I think this movie could have been much better animation-wise. As a tangent to the production of the movie, I think the music that they selected was pretty inappropriate...it should have been dark and brooding, but it reminded me of music from RANMA 1/2. Despite its shortcomings, the story was pretty interesting and the characters were all well designed. I think the telling of the story could have been a lot better and the film as a whole had a lot of weaknesses. I enjoyed watching it, but not as much as I'd hoped.
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: Vampire Hunter D is one of the best movies (let alone animes) I have ever seen. Every time I watch this movie (17+ times) I appreciate its nuances more and more. The storyline is simple and the animation is decent. So what makes this such a good movie, you ask? A powerful confliction of good and evil is shown through D. The storyline is pretty basic when considered alone, but in this movie it is used as a tool for portraying this confliction. Upon close observation, many things in this movie that seem to be just pointless or trivial in fact contribute to the theme more. Also, I personally became intrigued by the question the movie seems to pose of who D actually is (watch closely, as the obvious answer subsequent to the viewing of this movie is contradicted within the movie by a few quotes). An excellent movie, I suggest that anybody with an interest in more than "pretty colors" and explosions (although there is some of that in here too) views this movie.
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Summary: A classic in Anime now on DVD
Review: Quite possibley the greatest anime ever made it has everything good animation, good storyline, and tons of gore and mayhem. Set in the distant future vampires and monsters have overrun the earth and no hope is in sight till one day a lone hunter by the name of D arives, riding a cyborg horse, carrying a powerful sword, and also carrying a deep dark secret. He must save Dorris from the clutches of Count Magnus Lee and rid the world of the monsters reign of terror with the help of his left hand which has a mind and voice of its own Vampire Hunter D is a legend in anime and should be enjoyed by all.
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Summary: Finally On DVD
Review: I saw this movie in a VHS format a month ago and after the viewing I jumped on the net to find the DVD version. It's a wonderful story with great analogy about social stratification using vampires as vechile for message delivery. The animation is quick and sharp for something released in the early ninties. I can't comment on sound based upon an old VHS tape compared to the abilities of DVD. We'll have to wait and see. Awesome story with very exciting Heros and Villians. The story is about a local vampire deciding to take a bride. The story moves along based upon action scenes as vampires and assorted monster & demons plotting to ascertain the chosen bride for their master, and the only line of defense the girl has is a lone Vampire Hunter. Besides a legion of evil to contend with the Hunter has to also deal with girl who has already been bitten by evil. The Vampire Hunter is used as the action hero of the story but also as a emotinal hero. His past in the end reveals how the prejudices of the other character are flawed by misconceptions about power and wealth. The vampire legions are also doomed to fail by internal stife about the worthiness of the bride for the Master Vampire. Leading the internal fighting is the Vampire Master's daughter. Her sense of class blurs her judgement and when she meets the Hunter she is then humbled by the truth. I can't give away the ending but for those who has suffered with the VHS version I would like to say we are counting the day to add this to our collection.
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