| Barren demonic ridden lands? Robotic horses? Bishounen silent Hero? Ostracized maiden with the mini-skirt? Damn this is old-school, much better than its successor; Amon Saga (same art director, includes supposedly D's cameo). Vampire Hunter D is no matter what, considered the first anime movie to spark interest amonst a wider international audience. The session for the first Series of the Month Discussion is now open ^_^ How do you people regard the animation quality compared to the other 80's anime/cartoon titles? |
TCHaosOct 2, 2008 7:31 AM
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| yes I agree with you on the cliches... although its a movie there is no explanation why D has a face demon on his left hand? It reminded me of that priest in Inu Yasha (vortex for a hand)...The ending was typical for some western cowboy with the desperado riding off into the sunset. And because its japanese they needed a reminder of that so the hero yields a katana-style sword. The 'yanking-pendant-yet-incidently-revealing-breast' move was commendable; totally MTV awards standard. When I think about the plot... man its too simple; but there just isn't any further character setting (background) to make it more engaging. 5.5 in my book :) WAS it me or did D's hat shadow never leave his face? It seemed like he was constantly wearing a zorro mask xD |
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| I bought this anime on dvd, I don't know, I think more than a year ago, and I watched it back then. I didn't watch it again now, because, well even though I bought it on dvd, it's not really something to watch a second time ^_^; The only thing I remember from this movie is that I was laughing the whole time. I know it was supposed to be horror, but it's so old it all looked really funny. The only moment I was scared was when it looked like he was gonna bite the girl. |
| ooooh i watched this a long time ago. i remember i liked it. have to get myself a copy soon. |
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szoku said: ooooh i watched this a long time ago. i remember i liked it. have to get myself a copy soon. i would just download it .. im not sure its worth a full on purchase :S |
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| I actually would have never watched this if it hadn't been for one of my friends. Generally I don't want to have anything to do with vampires, there about the most cheezily cliched thing anyone ever writes about. VHD though managed to do very well by me and I've now read most of the books. With the content present in the novel I really wish VHD had ended up a OVA (or a full anime following the novels) because the movie definately suffers from the missing content. I really like the animation for the movie, and it stands as one of my more favorite anime movies. |
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| well can someone enlighten me why on earth D has a face for a left hand? doesnt seem very vampire-ish to me |
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| Left Hand is a symbiote that was a demi-monster in the service of Dracula (a certain someones father) some time ago. Its a parasite that's unique among his race. The Vampires in the VHD universe are different then vampiress of D&D, Anne Rice, or the actual mythological creature. Possessing high levels of technology and bio-science the vampires are responsible for most of the unearthly creatures and such that reside on the post-apoc earth. The weaknesses and abilities of vampires throughout VHD are also widely different from other sources, and usually differ between individuals (D and Dracula being prime examples). |
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| Hideyuki Kikuchi seems to have an obsession with Dracula, he's even written a novel about Dracula in Fuedal Japan. DnD is actually pretty well known among some older Japanese, did you know that Record of Lodoss War is based of the creators favored DnD characters? The thing with vampires is there can be no true copyright on them being a cryptozoological creature and a legend. Anne Rice be damned she tries to copyright them (I created Vampires! Durrrrr) but alas she is an airhead. I've never heard of Liches being in movies, but I'm sure theres some B-movie horror flick with something thats kind of like a lich :) |
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| I've never been one to get into all that D&D and stuff like that, too many rules and too much of a learning curve. I stopped playing Magic the Gathering so many years ago because there were too many stupid rules and you couldn't use your older cards. (I mean come on, if I can summon a 5000/5000 Krakklen or whatever it was called with trample and prot red/black plus over 10000 hp for myself, I should be able to win right?) |
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