Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Absolutely Fantastic

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I absolutely adore this gory movie and like, it was just awesome! The animation and everything was just brilliant. Although I do have admit, at the beginning where the girls white horse gets killed by a demon really is traumatizing a bit. I would definitely suggest to people who are horse lovers, to keep away from this. I think Vampire Hunter D is just every girls dream to be with, he just has that charm about him that make me wish I was his girl regardless if he was a cartoon ahaha! I wish himself and Doris really got together in the end, like they did admit they love one another. Although he just wanted to be just a casual vampire hunter and not have love get in the way!This is really the best anime I've ever seen in a while and it deserves a 9/10, it is just ecstatic!

13 Years Before Wesley Snipes Would Star In The Hit Vampire Hunter Movie Blade The Japs Had Made A Movie Of Their Own Vampire Hunter: D. I Have Only Just Discovered This Series When I Saw The Sequel For The First Time 2 Nights Ago And I Honestly Was Blown Away, Within 2 Days I've Found The Original.D Is Hired To Kill A Vampire That Has Bitten His Employer, A Young Girl.The One Huge Problem This Has Is That I Could Only See The Dub, Unlike All Dubs This One Is Descent (Behold The First Movie With A Good English Dub).D Is Also A Very Interesting Character (Which Is Why I Was Drawn To The Series) And The Voice Actor That Plays Him Wasn't Bad.Overall I Suggest A Viewing To Fans Of Vampire Movies In The Vein Of Blade And Underworld.

Based on a series of best-selling novels by Japanese Horror author Hideyuki Kikuchi, this 1985 direct-to-video animated feature has been a cult favorite among Anime fans. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where vampires and mutants have overrun a human world, VAMPIRE HUNTER D begins on a dark night with a deftly choreographed action scene. Here we see Doris Lang, a courageous werewolf hunter's daughter stalking her gardens in pursuit of a T-Rex like monster with sharp teeth and scarlet eyes. Chasing it into the forest on horseback, Doris finds herself face to face with an even more imposing threat--a hulking, shadowy vampire, who introduces himself as Count Magnus Lee (in a rather corny monologue which exists only in the English version). Naturally, the bloodthirsty aristocrat takes a drink from our heroine's jugular vein.The following day, Doris encounters a lone figure on a cyborg horse--a vampire hunter known as D. Desperately, she hires him. The rest of the movie involves D doing everything in his power to slay the evil count to save Doris from an eternal life as a walking undead. Meanwhile, Doris must protect her impulsive little brother, Dan, and fend off the advances of an unwelcome suitor, the arrogant mayor's son Greco. Matters are further complicated when D also has to deal with Lamika, Count Lee's jealous daughter, and the ambitious Ray Ginsay, a deadly noble wanna-be who will do anything to earn his master's favor. During all this, Doris falls madly in love with D--but it turns out that her rescuer (surprise) is half-vampire himself. (This explains why his left hand has a creepy-looking face that can talk to its master or even suck up nasty creatures.) The concept is sound, but this movie's execution may turn off viewers expecting a multi-faceted story and flashy visuals. The plot, while otherwise apt, borders too much on predictable; even a chilling sequence where Ray Ginsay paralyzes and (temporarily) murders D by way of using an essence-draining candle loses its impact because we already know that our hero will eventually prevail. The character designs were by Yoshitaka Amano, best known from the ever-popular FINAL FANTASY videogames, but his stylistic illustrations are sadly compromised by the simplistic and flat animation. The backgrounds, although dark and appropriately imaginative, lack detail and the cel count is very choppy. It is important to note, however, that all the animation defects are simply attributed to the fact that this was made in 1985, a time when Japanese Anime productions were mostly made on the cheap. Even still, it does leave a B-grade stench on the product.This same B-movie quality also applies to the audio aspects of the picture. Although the sound effects are appropriately haunting and scary, at times they do sound cheesy, particularly the synthesizer sound effects when Count Lee sends rays from his eyes. The musical score from TM Network's Tetsuya Komuro is fittingly epic and sometimes spooky, although it is obviously driven by dated-sounding electronic instruments.As far as vocal acting is concerned, the English dub, produced in 1992 by Carl Macek's Streamline Pictures, does not feature anything in the way of memorable or convincing vocals. With the exception of Edie Mirman as Lamika, who brings a sultry arrogance to her role and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Barbara Goodson as Doris (who is decent, but sometimes she comes across as bland) the rest of the performances range from dull (D sounds too much like a radio announcer) to lackluster (Dan, in particular, sounds more like a woman than a boy). Other factors which bring down the dub are the cheesy Transylvanian accents and the even more lame writing (in addition to that aforementioned monologue delivered by Count Lee, there are other groan-worthy lines, most of them uttered by D's left hand). Regrettably, this does not mean that the Japanese version is any better. While D is decently voiced, Doris, Dan, and Lamika all have shrill, irritating voices in the native language track which actually sound worse in many scenes than in the dub. In other words, neither language track is remarkable, nor easy to recommend over.All these faults aside, VAMPIRE HUNTER D *is* a good story. In spite of its aforementioned predictability (some might argue this movie was tailor-made for Western audiences), VAMPIRE HUNTER D delves into some complex issues: D's inner struggle to resist his own instincts when Doris makes sexual advances on him and his inability to express his true compassion to others results from some very human emotions. It is also intriguing to discover that the villainous Count Lee's actions are motivated mostly by the desire for sport rather than malice. The action and fight sequences are also skillfully choreographed in the style of a samurai-slasher. Sadly, the routine execution does weigh down the movie's potential.It's also important to note that this movie has its share of graphic violence--there are quite a bit of gory swordfights, resulting with stabbing, amputating, or slicing in half; toward the end where one character's head explodes. While all this may sound pretty extreme for squeamish viewers, the cheap production values actually make the violence less gruesome and more campy, making it easier to sit through than most bloodfests. There are also a few very inoffensive nude scenes. Even so, this is a movie best appreciated by an adult audience; parents should think twice before considering showing this to children.VAMPIRE HUNTER D is a good film, but it's not what I would consider one of the all-time greats. For a more meaty and complex treatment of the story, Yoshiaki Kawajiri's BLOODLUST should be a more viable route.

This was one of the first Asian animation films I ever saw and really caugth my attention at the time and as such remains one of my personal favourites despite a few faults.Not as epic as the likes of Akira, Vampire Hunter D is none the less a fine piece of animation with an interesting post-apocalyptic setting that takes it's cues from Dracula, Frankenstein etc rather than the cyberpunk of William Gibson et al. 'D' is a very interesting character and an easy comparison is a character such as Blade. Dark brooding and with plenty of past history D wanders the country fighting for good against a tide of evil including vampires and werewolves.There's plenty of action and blood although the plot loses its way at times it remains good fun throughout. As with most anime the English voice characterisations are not the best at times and probably original language with subtitles is the best bet.Vampire killing fun 7/10