Vampire anime started in 1985 with Vampire Hunter D, a Japanese fantasy horror based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's light novels. Set in the year 12,090 AD, in a post-nuclear holocaust, a young woman hires ...

Plenty of D To Adapt What makes the fact that there are only two Vampire Hunter D anime projects all the more surprising is how many stories have been printed focusing on Dracula’s son.

The Vampire Hunter D OVA is going to appear in movie theaters in April 2025 as part of a promotion to celebrate the novel, manga, and anime. This adaptation first launched in 1985 in Japan.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s action-goth masterpiece ‘Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust’ was meant to be the film that proved action anime could work on the big screen in North America.