Vampire Hunter D VHS Video

Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
VHS Video

This is a theatrical animated film adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi's popular novel Vampire Hunter D, with character designs by Yoshitaka Amano. After the final war, the Nobles, or vampires, reigned supreme over humanity. Those who challenged these vampires came to be known as hunters.

Vampire Hunter D (English title: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust) is an animated film produced by the Japanese animation company Madhouse. This work is based on the third novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D series, D-Yō-satsu-kō. Set in the distant future where vampires known as Nobles exist, it depicts the battle between vampire hunters, including D, and one of the Nobles, Meier Link.

Producer: Iichiro Yamamoto
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Story: Vampire Hunter Series D-Yō-satsu-kō by Hideyuki Kikuchi (Published by Asahi Sonorama)
Character Design: Yoshitaka Amano
Producers: Masao Maruyama, Takayuki Nagasawa
Animation Directors: Yutaka Minowa, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Tsuneo Abe
Mechanical Animation Director: Ayumi Naka Mori
Art Director: Yuji Ikebata
Director of Photography: Jin Yamaguchi
Animation Production: Madhouse
Production: Film Link International

(Original Japanese Version)
D... Hideyuki Tanaka
Left Hand... Ichiro Nagai
Meier Link... Kōichi Yamadera
Layla... Megumi Hayashibara
Charlotte... Megumi Shinohara
Borgoff... Yusaku Yara
Kyle... Hōchū Ōtsuka
Grove... Toshihiko Seki
Nord... Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
Elder Barbaroi... Chikao Ōtsuka
Polk... Takeshi Aono
John Elbern... Genmu Kiyokawa
Alan Elbern... Kōji Tsujitani
Mashira... Ryūtarō Narishima
Caroline... Yōko Sawai
Benge... Keiji Fujiwara
Lady... Chiharu Suzuka
Young Layla... Akiko Yajima
Sheriff... Chikahiro Kobayashi
Girl (Layla's Granddaughter)... Mika Kanai
Catholic priest... Unshō Ishizuka
Carmilla... Minari Maeda