Frances Chung
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Kamila Bell
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Sam Awl
I have watched a ton of movies and read/watched manga series and my review is based on a cumulative assessment of truly beautiful movies I have watched till date. Here is what I think about the movie:My goodness! To think this genre was originally written in 1970s, seems like all modern vampire movies, action and even manga series are rip off from this original legendary movie! What a concept of a movie! So, very amazing! This movie is evenly paced for most of the time even during the most tense and action packed situations. They just apply a concept and rest just follows through, like a time continuum. I love the eerie aura created within the movie. How a mysterious character wins your heart and continues doing so throughout the movie. Great story, great dialogues, action, animation, thrill, suspense and climax. Enjoyed watching every scene to the last! Loved it! I highly recommend it to everyone who is either bored of or new to Manga! Thrill of adrenaline rush and mental stimulation guaranteed!
throbert
This anime was a complete letdown. Weak story, no characters. The characters are camp. Like the whole movie was a parody or spoof. If it is, I'm sorry I've misunderstood... I heard from VHD so much and I thought that I'll have fun watching it, but the truth is, it was a waste of time. Whoever gives a score above 5 for it remains a mystery for me. Kids, maybe? The fight scenes of "D" are pointless, he swings the sword and everybody dies, there's no logic between the scenes. The plot is predictable, you know what happens next from the 1st minute on. I'm writing still this review because I have to wright 10 lines, but the truth is there's nothing to write about here. I like (some) anime because it makes me think about things like "what it is to be human", "what an artificial life would be" and many other things, but in this case I finished empty headed.
Rectangular_businessman
I must confess that I never understood all the hype about the original "Vampire Hunter D" movie: In my opinion, that movie was boring and poorly made, having very bad animation (Even for the time when it was made) clichéd characters, a generic plot which failed to deliver any sort of entertainment…Fortunately this new animated film(done by the same director of "Ninja Scroll") success in every single aspect where the previous "Vampire Hunter D" anime film failed: The animation is good, the designs are cool and stylish, the characters are interesting and better developed (Not like the annoying cardboard characters from the other movie) being also highly entertaining from the beginning to the end. The music is more than adequate, fitting very well for the atmosphere of each scene, capturing all the Gothic-western and post apocalyptic elements from the story.Even when the plot isn't something incredibly deep or complex, it still works very well.Personally, I think that this movie is much better than the other "Vampire Hunter D" movie in every single aspect. I highly recommend it.
airdzboi_2560
As a fairly new fan of the anime genre, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was the first Anime flick i bought and i didn't expect much of it but, damn! was i surprised at the end of it! The story tells of a young Vampire Noble, Meier Link (young in the vampire world) that abducts a rich, innocent girl(Charlotte). To retrieve the girl, her family call on D, the famous Dunpeal Hunter who is known for his reserved yet ruthless nature and his impressive number of successful missions but to ensure the hunt is a quick one, her brother hires the Marcus Bros. a notorious band of brothers known for their unique individual skills and fearless approach to hunting vampires. The two parties race relentlessly to retrieve the girl in order to receive the huge bounty placed on Meier Link's head.As the story pans out, the hunt becomes more and more dangerous, with deadly obstacles standing in the way of the hunters, the real story behind the abduction and D's personal mission to retrieve the girl.The movie is great for those looking to explore or is new to the Anime genre and is watchable for anyone looking for suspense, violence and a bit of drama in there as well as a great soundtrack backing it.
