*Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust* Made Me Cry SO MUCH😭

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    Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust Made Me Cry SO MUCH😭

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  • @A-TOP-11
    @A-TOP-11 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    The ending is bittersweet but seeing D smile at the little girl and glad that Leila has people caring and coming to her funeral is really beautiful. Way better than the 1985 version and one of the best vampire anime I’ve seen.

    • @laniakeas92
      @laniakeas92 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Well 1985 version vaguely describes events of another vampire hunter D novel. Just to be precise

    • @fko3143
      @fko3143 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I liked watching both but the difference in visual upgrades is very noticable.

    • @TheMikeyC
      @TheMikeyC หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He smiled at the end in the original from 1985 as well….

  • @RichardM1366
    @RichardM1366 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    This is true classic anime. The old days had a considerable amount of gore in their movies. The artwork and plot is well done. It is definitely worth a view.

    • @riveraharper8166
      @riveraharper8166 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This and Ghost in the Shell are my favourite anime movies.
      So beautifully drawn 90s style.

  • @AokiDono
    @AokiDono 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    D strikes me as the kind of person who would keep a pinky promise for eternity

    • @MauZangetsu
      @MauZangetsu หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And you'll be right. Because he cares.

    • @blacky8987
      @blacky8987 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that is the only think he can do as an inmortal being.

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    Vampire Hunter D is the most underrated and unappreciated addition to the vampire genre and really needs more recognition in entertainment media.

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes maybe

    • @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps
      @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      According to Wikipedia the books "have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, making Vampire Hunter D one of the best-selling book series in history."

  • @kevinnorwood8782
    @kevinnorwood8782 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    What's particularly funny about the scene of D flicking pebbles to distract the security system of the resting house is that he didn't even NEED to do that. The amulet he's wearing actually makes him INVISIBLE to those security systems.

    • @KiviKiddo
      @KiviKiddo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      From the novels I start to get the feeling, that D is doing some things just because. He can do it much easier, but he makes it difficult for some reason... I prefer to think he is just bored and like to take a different approach)))

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That and the fact there are crosses in the movie are inconsistent with the lore of the novels but I think it’s fine personally it’s also much cooler to have him flick pebbles to distract the system rather than it be deactivated

    • @moastlee
      @moastlee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I like to think that, yes he has the highest clearance from the amulet, but he is still half human and thus the system will still react to that (I remember there is one book mentions this but don't remember which), especially when there is another nobel staying there, so by flicking pebbles he finds a way to bypass that part. Lol just guessing

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@moastlee Kikuchi has mostly left it vague and up to interpretation on the nature of the pendant only that it deactivates noble facility security systems

    • @MITAKA9
      @MITAKA9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KiviKiddo Sounds like a souls-like tryhard, but your character is one of the bosses.

  • @forestsmith1892
    @forestsmith1892 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Actually, if Charlotte had truly been dead beyond saving Meier would have killed himself. But Charlotte had been bitten by a vampire, so as long as Meier baptizes her with his blood, she'll be resurrected as a full blooded Vampire and they can be together. Hence why he left with her on the ship.

    • @dogewood5499
      @dogewood5499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That, or she was truly dead (for a couple of hours at least), and he was going to preserve her body in suspended animation at the City of Night and Distant Stars located on the dark side of the Moon.

    • @kuro6001
      @kuro6001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Except Meier would never want Charlotte to be a Vampire

  • @whoisyouranime
    @whoisyouranime ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Dunpeal was mistranslated. It's supposed to be Dhampir. Whoever did that obviously did not read the VHD books or know what the half breeds are called in VHD world.

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tbf you gotta give them a break the movie came out in 2000 and the first English release of Volume 1 of Vampire Hunter D was like in 2005 and only happened because of Kevin Leahy being an English Teacher in Japan and he happened to be a fan of the work who approached Kikuchi about his own fan translations
      their is a huge disparity between japanese and english releases even today the newest English release for Gold Fiend is being pushed back to next year in May 2024 let alone all the other Kikuchi books that are simply not available in English
      Theirs like 13-14 untranslated novels of Vampire Hunter D

    • @dmraven
      @dmraven 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@michaelcrabbe3722Well, the original translated name from the first movie in English dub was "Dhanpir" (very similar to the proper name Dhampir). Logically you would believe after 15 years it would be recognized as "Dhampir." Instead they changed it in English to "Dunpeal", totally different and even worse.
      Vampire Hunter D: Blood Lust, was also officially released in only English dub (not Japanese) only Japanese sub. That makes it even more strange with the added 15 years and name change.

    • @brucewayne2558
      @brucewayne2558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@michaelcrabbe3722
      Are you talking about the first book or movie? Because I watched the first movie in English in the mid 90's.

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dmraven that’s cause the way they say Dhampire phonetically sounds more like Dhunpeal would be my guess when it comes to Japanese

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brucewayne2558 the first Book at least in terms of the English translation release came out in 2005 the original Japanese release came out in the 80’s though

  • @kobarsos82
    @kobarsos82 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    This is still possibly the most gorgeous vampire film ever made. The action is topnotch, the art design and direction is unparalleled and the story and style is so good that its simply unbelievable what they made in 2000. Its awe-inspiring. So many filmmakers have tried to make vampire films, but none come close to this perfection and they always mess up one way or the other with tropes and stuff, making predictable, mediocre films. They cant even come close to this.
    And its so underrated so few people even know about it. And the anime medium is so perfect for this too. You can't do this stuff with live action. I literally HAVE to watch this every few years. Its just TOO good.

    • @volkanozcan80
      @volkanozcan80 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      not to mention soundtrack also

    • @kobarsos82
      @kobarsos82 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed!@@volkanozcan80

  • @jaredhayes7199
    @jaredhayes7199 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    at first when I watched this movie I felt like D as the main character lacked luster but after finishing the movie and some time to mull it over in my head it felt like a rather accurate representation of a immortal being who's lived many life times. it shows in how little he interacts with the other character as he would have had countless life times of interaction and building relationships only to watch what the outcome always is, at least when it comes to humans. it forms a special kind of isolations which gets shown really well I felt.

  • @Postchaps
    @Postchaps 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    If you rewatch the intro you see all the debris from the "spaceships" that the vampires used. Obviously indicating that there is no paradise and that they all just died up there. Beautiful.

    • @dogewood5499
      @dogewood5499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      It was an ancient satellite / space-station the Nobility (pureblooded Vampires) built long ago in order to fend off an Extraterrestrial threat: yeah, there’s not only mention of Cthulhu (Count Dracula defeated him back to sleep solo one time) but Aliens, too.
      Remember, “Vampire Hunter D” is not only Sci-Fi Horror / Action, it’s a complete homage to all forms of Classic film which encompasses the Gothic Horror and even Wild West / Weird Western genre.
      I always kinda wanted “Vampire Hunter D’s” version of Aliens to literally be Xenomorphs. Wouldn’t that be killer?

    • @itpugil
      @itpugil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@dogewood5499 the heck, I found out last night that Dracula in this universe beat a Cthulhu-like entity, but there are aliens here too??!?!

    • @mirdraco
      @mirdraco 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@itpugil Yeah, you should read the novels. Vampires here are op beings which can kill human cities and towns. In the past, they were an advanced techno race using humans as food. Humans rebelled and drove them to hide behind the dark side of the moon or in space ships. There were alien attacks, eldritch horror attacks and different interdimensional beings who attacked earth. Think of cyberpunk vampires fighting aliens, cthulhu, cyborgs and other beings.

    • @itpugil
      @itpugil 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mirdracoyes sir! I started with demon death chase several days back but will get back to it when I finish work. I was looming around the comments section of VHD videos here on youtube and I was amazed about its world building. Was only limited to 2 of its animated movies. I even thought hellsing alucard would mop him, seems that isn't the case.

    • @mirdraco
      @mirdraco 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@itpugil It's gets pretty intense in the end hahaha, I won't spoil it, it was wild, like neon genesis evangelion wild lol

  • @AndragonLea
    @AndragonLea 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    What I love the most about this movie is that it is so episodic. You get introduced to a rich, fascinating world full of characters that could all have been the protagonists of their own movie, have an adventure and leave.
    It just feels like there is so much more to discover. Like that world is going on somewhere, waiting.

  • @dogewood5499
    @dogewood5499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Man, the scene that gets me the most aside from the very ending with Leila’s granddaughter finally meeting D at her funeral was the one with Polk, the old Horse Engineer who sells D his new steed: when he mentioned that he was one of those kidnapped kids hit me like a brick.
    A very big brick and it hit straight at my feelings… 😢

  • @bigboss6867
    @bigboss6867 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My cousin grew up watching old school Toonami with me and my older bro. After I introduced her to this flick, she texted me back with, "YOU BASTARD! YOU MADE ME CRY TO PIECES!"

  • @Dhaem16
    @Dhaem16 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I forgot how GREAT the animation in this one looks

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This movie was one of the best anime films I watched growing up. It surprises me that after Bloodlust, we never god anymore screen followups to the Vampire Hunter D franchise.

  • @michaelcrabbe3722
    @michaelcrabbe3722 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    D is an amalgamation of western, science fiction, horror and Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy, folklore and occult science
    taking place in the year 12,090 AD
    After a nuclear holocaust in like the 1990's or so dubbed as the Nuclear war of which reset human civilization and after 300 years humans reverted back to a more middle/dark ages society and it was then that the Vampires of old mythology long forgotten emerge from their coffins and crypts seemingly predicting the self assured destruction of humanity and using it as their chance to take the reigns of this new world armed with the technology the babes of a new human race had long forgotten
    The Vampires enter this new Dark Future as "The Nobility" which is what they're reffered to in the books developing and highly advance technological society eventually though around 5000 years into their rule they began to show signs of decline.
    Now Nobles stll exst but in much fewer numbers but they're touch on the earth shows as with their advanced science and technology they recreated mythological monsters like werewolves, dragons, and even developed other chimera's and beastiaries to terrorize the peasentry humans the likes of which infest the frontier and the villages that dot the frontier which are split into sectors
    D by the way is rumored to be around 10,000 years old

    • @g0dhand310
      @g0dhand310 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The world that Hideyuki Kikuchi build with the Vampire Hunter D universe is one of my favorite si-fi universes that exists the unique genre mashup is genius and the crazy stuff that happen there like the vampire war vs aliens or the story and ambiguity regarding the Sacred Ancestor (that is heavily implied but never outright stated to be D's father) and the downfall of the vampire civilization just to name a few.
      The only gripe I got with Kikuchi's light novels is that his actual writing is atrocious. The characters are mostly horribly written (especially his women characters) and the stories never properly end or are structured so weirdly that reading them is just headache inducing. I stopped in the middle of Volume 13 because after all theses novels the stark realization hit me that Kikuchi will not improve, that this is his "style" of writing and as much as I love the world of D that was when I was done.

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@g0dhand310
      I’ve heard a lot of critics about Kikuchi’s prose and I agree it can be a bit superfluous in its over-elegance. I think as an author, he works well within sizeable novel-length stories. I remember the stretch of novels that were split up into parts were very long and just action-dense and felt padded as stories. The man is a very prolific writer; he writes multiple books yearly, and you get a sense that he’s constantly generating ideas for stories and adding them in without thinking about the overall structure or pace of the story. That's why simpler, straightforward D stories that are consolidated into single novels have been my favorites in the series. Even multiple-part stories like Pale Fallen Angel or Mysterious Journey to the North Sea can feel stretched of a good idea, so stuff like Raiser of Gales, Tale of the Dead Town, or Pilgrimage of the Sacred and Profane are amongst my favorites in the series.
      As for the female characters, my one criticism was in volume 3 where I feel like Leila’s arc of “getting married” sounded strange. In book 3, Leila is raped by her brothers and made into a cold killer, but in helping D at his weakest and protecting him, she finds a redemption from the cutthroat world of a hunter that she felt binded to it's like her soul returns something that went away when Grove mounted her after all her brothers. It doesn’t really make sense for the end of her arc to be “now that the Markus clan are dead,” I’m gonna go marry that dude from a couple towns back. Not to mention D’s attitude about women shouldn’t be Hunters is strange, considering Doris from book 1 is a badass, and there are tons of dangerous female warriors in the universe. Otherwise, I don’t have much of a problem with Kikuchi’s female characters. If this is about a lot of the rape in these books, I don’t think it’s out of place in the setting, and it’s always depicted as really vile and evil, which is apt.
      Iriya the Berserker, Granny Viper, Tae, Doris, Miska, Lina, and Elena are all pretty good female characters for me. Not all of them really fall into Damsel roles; some of them are quite adept and skilled. Some of them are quite archetypal like the bullheaded girls Kikuchi likes to write about. That being said, my main problem with some of the novels is the gross amount of action that takes priority. I get it’s an action series, but I always preferred the adventure or lore and ancillary characters that tag along for the ride rather than D facing opponents he’ll obviously cut down. Kikuchi goes out of his way to build opponents up for D just to show off D’s strength, and it’s not that compelling when I’m not quite attached to the villain, and simply making him impossibly strong is not enough for me.
      The stuff I like about D is the mystery and the characters that accompany D, learning about the world and the history across a fractured frontier amidst the twilight of a declining race, and D’s place being in neither, making him suitable for being a lens to view the best and worst of both sides of this conflict.

  • @nicolelorrayne7448
    @nicolelorrayne7448 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love the universe of vampire hunter d, the film is a work of art, they changed many things from the book to suit the film, but the essence is the same, in the books we can understand more about d and how he thinks, in the books there is more scenes that are very heavy and show things crudely, I hope more people know about it D through your video, kisses from Brasil s2

  • @okami36
    @okami36 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Love this movie. Based on the 4th book, Demon Death Chase. I first saw this one in the theater. A bunch of us went down to Boston to see it, all dressed up in various cosplay. I put together a Vash the Stampede outfit.

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Tale of The Dead Town is number 4 Deathchase is 3 in the series but yeah it’s funny cause the movie feels more akin to the later book plots in terms of pacing despite it having book 3’s plot

    • @brucewayne2558
      @brucewayne2558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      3rd book

  • @w0rm45
    @w0rm45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    when the old man helps D with the horse. loyalty and trust can get you far in this world .

  • @pchan0368
    @pchan0368 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I feel like what makes the characters so complex is how all of them, D, Leila, Mier Link, etc, were all prisoners of who they are. Mier is a prisoner of his own bloodlust, Leila is a prisoner of her own grief, and D is a prisoner of his kind. He's forsaken as a vampire and by his own kind, being a hunter. Mier and Leila choosing to walk away from who they feel like they were destined to be forever is powerful stuff.

  • @PaigeReed-uy9we
    @PaigeReed-uy9we 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This is my favorite animated movie of all time. Both Western and Eastern. It is a masterpiece that touched me deeply. Charlotte and Meier Link are one of all my time fav fictional couples of time.

    • @MrOnetedify
      @MrOnetedify 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      same.. i would include Redline aswell..masterpieces.

  • @michaelcrabbe3722
    @michaelcrabbe3722 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Minor Nitpicking of the film is that one of the big lore points is how due to a nuclear war that wipes out most humans regressing them to medieval society they’ve forgotten how to deal with Vampires and after Vampires took over they also attempted to psychologically suppress any knowledge forcefully
    It’s one of the reasons why Vampire Hunters are extremely cutthroat warriors cause the normal safeguards against Vampires have been buried by time and oppression
    So the fact that there are crosses is kinda weird

    • @Warvvolf
      @Warvvolf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like that letter that ended with a... t

  • @garreonlefay6703
    @garreonlefay6703 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So to summarize. The Dracula of VHD is different from Bram Stoker's.
    The Sacred Ancestor, this version of Dracula, predates humanity. Once humanity appeared on Earth he decided to make it so the Nobles, aka Vampires, went into the shadows.
    For thousands of years they observed humanity until a nuclear war that was dubbed The Holocaust in which....well, human society ended fucked. The Vampires had seized all the resources needed for humanity to reconstruc society, and humanity, after hundreds of years, was reduced back to tribalistic societies.
    Once that happened the Nobles and Sacred Ancestor swooped in and took control.

    • @dogewood5499
      @dogewood5499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You are correct that he predated Humanity as a Fallen Angel (or possibly later a Nephilim mentioned in the Book of Genesis) but, he still filled the role of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” canonically, as he lied about his ancestry in order to blend into his respective Transylvanian society.
      He had the power to assume the form of a wolf, a horde of rats, or a bat (even his own coachman and gatekeeper and the damn fog), he was a master shape-shifter, and it goes without saying that he also assumed the role of his own father and he before him all the way back to the beginning.
      Remember in the novel, it was mentioned that he never married nor had any interest in the fairer sex (until eventually meeting Mina the Fair) that was…

  • @CrimKazanawa
    @CrimKazanawa ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The animation studio, I believe, is Madhouse. They're known for their insane quality.

  • @4catsarmy149
    @4catsarmy149 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yeah, this is one of those you can watch over and over again. Watching your reaction to this is like probably my 10th time watching it again and still I enjoy it.

  • @MauZangetsu
    @MauZangetsu หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Even with a never-ending life of battle and bloodshed, what strikes me the most about *D* is his indomitable will and humanity. Not a human, but not a monster either, just an unsung hero.

  • @Khazuki_
    @Khazuki_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I'm so glad to see another Bloodlust reaction on YT, there's not enough.

  • @carl_royce_canti
    @carl_royce_canti 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "one of the films I can watch over and over again". Yup, I've been rewatching this over and over again as well. The animation is still excellent, the flow of the story is perfect and the dubbing is so good as well.
    The characters are well written especially for the pan of the film. The part where they use Grove as their "secret weapon" is my favorite 😄

  • @LazyScoutJace
    @LazyScoutJace 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember my brother having me watch this in theaters back in '00 when I was in the 6th grade. I was absolutely stunned and have been a huge fan of Vampire Hunter D ever since! It's one of my ultimate all time favorite movies and it makes me so happy seeing someone else enjoy it as well. Wonderful video!

  • @johnsmith-mi2uc
    @johnsmith-mi2uc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "I feel bad for grove" ...should I break her innocence over what the 3 bros are actually like in the book and how they got their abilities or strengths?

    • @Tserrof_513
      @Tserrof_513 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rip the band aid off…they were rapists. They all took turns with Leila in the novel, and have NO redeeming value whatsoever. Even killing fellow hunters in order to make sure they were the only business in town so to speak.

  • @TheNeojanus1
    @TheNeojanus1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes! I love that you found this movie. I'm a big fan of the books series. It's pulpy as hell but I i love D and I love the lore of the world

  • @brunogoncalves1879
    @brunogoncalves1879 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I also cry, falling into lamentation with a genuine and real cry, to the point of having a proficient catharsis.

  • @sadtragedy20
    @sadtragedy20 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If you really liked this animation style, you should check out Ninja Scroll. Another classic anime and you can see how Vampire Hunter D shaped up to be like this.

    • @jh5131
      @jh5131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I definitely 2nd Ninja Scroll

    • @crisalcantara7671
      @crisalcantara7671 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I heard that the the same creator made ninja scroll

    • @shenglongisback4688
      @shenglongisback4688 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@crisalcantara7671yup same production company

  • @fko3143
    @fko3143 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The secret behind the succes of the anime is because it originally was a novel. This is why the script of Bloodlust is so rich.

    • @Warvvolf
      @Warvvolf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Still don't know why is was called Bloodlust instead of Demon Death Chase.

  • @Zentron
    @Zentron ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This shows the difference between a production being designed as a movie from the outset and one being converted into a movie. The original Vampire Hunter D production should have stayed as a two-parter like it was intended, it wouldn't have felt so disjointed if they had put in the parts they had to leave out for the new run time.
    This was such a great movie, it's a shame many have never had it on their radar, it's especially great to watch at this time of the year.
    Also, I recommend the Highlander anime!

  • @brainzter
    @brainzter ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As much as I like this film, Leila is the same voice actor for Bobby hill so I can't watch it without saying "damnit Bobby" multiple times

    • @dininelbourne
      @dininelbourne 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hate you so much for this.

  • @danielrowan4716
    @danielrowan4716 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It was a joy to watch you watch this movie for the first time. I saw it first when it originally came out so this was like a nostalgia trip for me. Thank you for that.

  • @robertbonfante5991
    @robertbonfante5991 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I came across Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust sometime in the early 2Ks. It was towards the tail end of my weebo phase and while I was still into anime, I was starting to outgrow it. I forgot what motivated me to see it -- I was familiar with the original Vampire Hunter D but wasn't super impressed with it. But Bloodlust blew me away. I own the VHS - one of the last VHS tapes I ever bought and shared it with as many friends as I could.
    I consider Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust as one of the best vampire stories I've ever seen, anime or live action. It definitely doesn't get enough love by reactors, so I am glad you have decided to see it.
    Other anime that hits in the feels in a similar way to this: if you haven't seen Spirited Away, go watch that - it is a masterpiece. I also recommend Tenchi Muyo in Love. I'm not a big fan of the series (shonen is not my thing) but there's something bittersweet and poignant about the story to that movie that gets me. You just have to get past the silly moments and some of the inside jokes.

  • @legionbeast
    @legionbeast 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So some story clarification. D is the son of Dracula and a mortal woman who Dracula actually loved. It's implied that Dracula knew that Vampires couldn't be dominating forever and that coexisting with humans was the true future, but the other nobles didn't accept his ways and as the years went on, even outright twisted his will. The story of this countess shows one such noble who was so obsessed with her bloodlust that Dracula himself murdered her out of sheer disgust over her disregard for human lives.
    D is implied to either have had training from hell or even had genetic manipulation at a young age to become as powerful as he is and he harbors intense hatred for Dracula and his travels have a passive overarching mission to try and find him.

  • @juangooseman
    @juangooseman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    GLAD TO SEE THIS CLASSIC GETTING SOME LOVE AND ATTENTION AGAIN. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SEEING NINJA SCROLL

  • @カフェ宇宙-p3o
    @カフェ宇宙-p3o ปีที่แล้ว +10

    この作品をとても気に入ってくれたようで嬉しいです
    この作品のバンパイアの王はブラド伯爵がベースのドラキュラ伯爵とは別の存在のようです
    Dという名前からドラキュラ伯爵の頭文字を取ったように感じますが
    バンパイアの王の名前も頭文字がDなだけでドラキュラという名前ではないかもしれません
    とにかく別人だと感じますね?
    悪人と善人ですから
    バンパイアの王は多分Dに似た顔立ちでDのような人格者でしょう
    そしてDという名前も恐らく頭文字で
    本当はちゃんとした名前があって
    Dというのは便宜上の記号として頭文字を使ってるのでしょう
    それは彼自身がバンパイアを絶滅させるという悲しすぎる目標を持つから
    もはや自分を消してその目的に進んでいるからかもしれません
    僕はあなたがgroveを好きになったことがとてもあなたがかわいい女性だと思いました
    というより話が通じやすい女性に思います
    女性の中には理解不能な男性の趣味の人も居ますから
    正直この作品は恐らく日本アニメ界でも3本の指に入るほど良い作品です
    あとの二本はジブリかもしれませんが…
    「風の谷のナウシカ」はもう見ましたか?
    古い作品なので意外と見てない人が居ますね
    「ルパン三世カリオストロの城」も意外と見ていない人が居る日本アニメの最高傑作です
    例えば今作の美術面は一作目と二作目で全く違いましたが
    2作品を見ることでとても理解が深まったと思います
    その意味で「メガゾーン23」も面白いですよ
    一作目と二作目で美術が全く違います
    そして一作目と二作目を両方見ると完結する作品なので
    そこもバンパイアハンターDに似ているかも
    メガゾーン23の一作目と二作目は次の年に上映されたとても近い年の作品ですが
    実は一作目の時点でキャラクターデザインが古いデザインになっていた時代で
    二作目は時代と美術がマッチした作品です
    Dの場合かなり時間が空いてますが
    メガゾーン23を見ると80年代前半と80年代中盤のアニメ美術の方向の変化を感じられて
    その延長線上にDの二作目もあると感じられます
    80年代の日本はたった5年で以前のものが古くなるような
    とてつもなく目まぐるしい時代でした
    あまりにも楽しい時代でしたよ
    私は多くの名作日本アニメを劇場で見たのでとても幸せな世代ですね
    その中でも風の谷のナウシカを劇場で見たことがとても嬉しいです

  • @lmoore3rd
    @lmoore3rd หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I saw it originally released in a Seattle theater my reaction to the odd ending was "fly little castle...fly for love". 😆

  • @ethenallen1388
    @ethenallen1388 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As I understand it, Mier loved Charlett for her humanity, and turning her into a vampire would have destroyed that. I like to think that her spirit lived on after her body died and was able to go with him to the stars where they found peace together.
    D hadn't been contracted to kill Mier, only to either get Charlett back or make sure she was dead. He must have noticed her ring bouncing along the floor and decided he had no quarrel with Mier, so he let him leave with her body.
    It is sad how Grove died, but I think he would have been happy to know Leila had found peace, had a family and that there were people to place flowers on her grave.

  • @lowserver2
    @lowserver2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    one of the best animated movies ever

  • @M4gl4d
    @M4gl4d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou for an honest reaction. Pretty hard to find people that can actually feel empathy for the loss of other people, much less the idea of other people.

  • @はぁとピヨピヨラブにゅうにゅう
    @はぁとピヨピヨラブにゅうにゅう 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    この作品は私が最も好きなアニメ映画のうちの一つです。どの場面も作画に重みがあり絵画のようで美しく、OSTも雰囲気があり素晴らしい。
    This is one of my favorite anime movie. Each scene has a weight in the drawing and is beautiful like a painting, and the OST is also amazing.

  • @Rycel2001
    @Rycel2001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bloodlust is an instance where I believe the adaptation is better than the source material. The third Vampire Hunter D novel, "Demon Deathchase", is much, MUCH darker and tragic than the film: Leila's story is more gut-wrenching because the Marcus brothers are absolute scum (involving her in a history of SA, including Groveck), Carmilla doesn't exist in the book and the spaceship Meyerling and the Daughter are seeking is just a broken down ruin that can't fly, and Borgoff ends up killing Meyer as he dies after which the Daughter takes her own life in grief (a much more Romeo & Juliet type of ending).
    All in all, Bloodlust is less oppressive of a story and even with a similarly tragic ending it feels more romantic and less of a downer overall.
    P.S. The bit with the Barbarois Elder hitting on D is actually something of an established fact in this world. D is supposedly such a beautiful creature that everyone (yes, EVERYONE) is enamored with him to some extent.
    P.P.S. Also, I'm sorry to have to tell you that D's bad luck with horses is something of a running gag in the series, always losing them in one way or another. Heck, one of the books even starts with D carrying his saddle in the middle of nowhere because he's lost it before the story even begins.

  • @Black-Rat
    @Black-Rat 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful movie, having wonderful, the final made me have shed tear when Meier and Charlotte were finally in that ship heaving for the stars, even as a man, incredibly perfect for having a Halloween party....

  • @RetroRanter
    @RetroRanter หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vampire Hunter D is awesome the original had a special place in my heart but bloodlust, with the better, condensed story, the beautiful art and animation style of Yoshiaki Kawajiri is just perfect.
    I miss his style of anime SO much.
    Amazing reaction, subbed instantly 💜

  • @timalice-2833
    @timalice-2833 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The muzzle in Mashira’s, the werewolf’s, stomach is a symbolic organism from a species called countenanced carbuncle. It’s the same species as D’s left hand.
    Vlad Dracula III Tepes was the basis for Count Dracula. The historical figure died in the late 15th century and the book by Bram Stoker was from the late 19th century. This series takes play over 10 millennia in the future from us, but Vlad Tepes is the Vampire King in here.
    I loved this movie but then red the novel and has a hard time getting into the series again because it was so messed up. Like in here Layla is not related to the Marcus brothers but in the novel she is their biological sister and they regularly SA her. 🤢 I could not stay away forever. He’s one of my favorite characters.

  • @MrCageCat
    @MrCageCat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This movie is one of those rare sequels that surpasses the original film in every way possible. Great reaction ❤

  • @koca987
    @koca987 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Manga is darker for example what brothers did to Leila really make you happy each of them die and she got some happy ending, but both manga and movie are epic.

  • @D.O.P.E-TV
    @D.O.P.E-TV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been waiting for Warner Bros or Universal Films to turn it into a movie. Vampire Hunter D is a great swords man.

  • @KatieandTyler
    @KatieandTyler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The art style is grittier. I think that's what you were grasping for. I'm glad you loved it as much as I did!

  • @LoneWolfHustle
    @LoneWolfHustle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Both VHD 1 and 2 are two of my favorite animes ever.

  • @K.O.pro_
    @K.O.pro_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You might like Fatal Fury The Motion Picture. Another classic 90s anime with an emotional ending. And no depictions of animals being harmed either 😉

    • @stevensatanson
      @stevensatanson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fatal Fury was top tier, I put it right up there with the Street Fighter anime movie

    • @crisalcantara7671
      @crisalcantara7671 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stevensatansondid you mean street fighter 2 the animated movie 😮😮

    • @stevensatanson
      @stevensatanson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@crisalcantara7671 yes that's exactly what it's called, a.k.a. the only good street fighter animation ever created (that I'm aware of)

  • @Warvvolf
    @Warvvolf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Feeling cool with the Marcus brothers and then reading Demon Death Chase is a gut punch.

  • @retroryu
    @retroryu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's one of my old favorites.

  • @brucewayne2558
    @brucewayne2558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first movie is adapted from the first novel only. Bloodlust is adapted from the third novel "demon death chase".

  • @none11ification
    @none11ification 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the most beautifully animated timeless classics from my childhood. Enjoy and look up the making of it. Oh and about "Grove".......look up the literature and you'll change your mind about him 😂

  • @borntoclimb7116
    @borntoclimb7116 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im here because there is a remix of the song "Moonlight Shadow" and in the music video are scenes from this anime movie.

  • @Priss933
    @Priss933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vampire Hunter D - A Bite Of Hope - rocket launching

  • @anubisftn
    @anubisftn ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG I'm SO happy you did this one as well. I loved it so much as well!

  • @Thedesertguy75
    @Thedesertguy75 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ahh the artwork in this is top tier . Legendary anime....did anyone else notice the similar art style in ninja scroll?

  • @steamavila1818
    @steamavila1818 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    youtube algorithm its right on point today! haven't seen this anime in so many years, now I got the urge to re-watch once again xD

  • @etc5xx
    @etc5xx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy, did not expect you to react to one of my favourite movies

  • @gto7795
    @gto7795 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the review of the movie, Ive rewatched this movie probably around 50 throughout the years! its one of my fave anime movies

  • @stoicoutrider2788
    @stoicoutrider2788 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know this vid is 8 months old and this will likely not get seen, but another anime movie with a pretty similar, beautiful artstyle is Ninja Scroll

  • @S_047
    @S_047 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lol you wouldn't feel so bad about the Marcus brothers getting killed if you knew how they all ... "Used" Leila on the regular.

    • @ethenallen1388
      @ethenallen1388 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got the impression that Kyle at least was trying to get his filthy hands on Leila. Does the manga confirm that the others were doing so as well? And that they were succeeding?

    • @S_047
      @S_047 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ethenallen1388 all 4 of them yes.

  • @TheWindcrow
    @TheWindcrow ปีที่แล้ว +1

    V! You would love an anime that's underrated. It's called "Claymore".

  • @robluxipiech4033
    @robluxipiech4033 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I loved ur Interpretation lol, awesome, such funny lol, subbed

  • @soluna2252
    @soluna2252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is a different time i think for D (he can become thousands of years old, so this may be a couple hundreds or thousands of years in the future or past (feels future but i'm not sure it is).

  • @SuperPilotti
    @SuperPilotti ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been waiting for this reaction since the first one came out and oh boy do I like this movie! Probably my favorite anime movie of all and it is so nice to see you enjoy it aswell. The artstyle is so much better here and oh gosh this is just the best! Nice reaction!

  • @Priss933
    @Priss933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust OST Track 26 The Promise - scene with the little girl

  • @koushikbhattacharjee6762
    @koushikbhattacharjee6762 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a true Classic Anime movie in 90s

  • @Ciffer-1998
    @Ciffer-1998 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    34:10 yea indeed because we love to coexist with our food

  • @kristinapatton193
    @kristinapatton193 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The term Dhampire was mistranslated for this film, leading to dunpeal. Dhampire is the correct term

  • @laniakeas92
    @laniakeas92 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don't wanna know what these "caring" brothers were doing to Leyla in the novel/manga :0
    Also, she has long hair in the manga.
    Manga drawing style looks even more beautiful, so you might take a look :3

  • @Lazrael32
    @Lazrael32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is also a ps1 video game based off of this movie which is based off of the book. weirdly there is some belief that Alucard from Symphony of the Night was heavily inspired by D.

  • @LoboGaming86
    @LoboGaming86 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s a great anime.. I wish they would remake or make a series

  • @lapinblanc9971
    @lapinblanc9971 ปีที่แล้ว

    You may be Like "Ghost in the shell Individual eleven"
    And GTIS "the laughing man"
    Very good anime

  • @brucewayne2558
    @brucewayne2558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are 13 of the novels out on audiobook. They are dramatized.

  • @brunogoncalves1879
    @brunogoncalves1879 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have a good time that almost a year right in which you sent this really incredibly joyful video in a real way for another anime from 2001 an ova animated film really perfect, my f Favorite of the story genre... And I don't know why but you remind me of a mix of Leila and Charlotte, it's my opinion, the hair, the face, everything, congratulations

  • @UAVfoundMYdad
    @UAVfoundMYdad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They sell non cybernetic horses for more than 300k IRL haha. She said inflation.

  • @Lost7one
    @Lost7one 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great to see reactions to one of the coolest movies ever made but it is close to criminal to not watch it with the original japanese audio

  • @Alex.P1
    @Alex.P1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For another visually stunning anime I would recommend watching the two Karas films.

  • @Hector-pj9me
    @Hector-pj9me 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    D father is not Maier its actually Count Dracula, the vampire king.

    • @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps
      @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think V was talking about Mayer, Left Hand mentioned that D's father killed Carmilla's body a long time ago.

  • @onii-san3851
    @onii-san3851 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    22:39 this is the best part honestly so funny hahahahaha

  • @kocsiska15
    @kocsiska15 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the movie, and I read the book (3rd volume) and the story there for the girls is far less... good... which explains their affection towards the cold but fair blood consumers... I recommend reading the books.

  • @ИгорьПроскуряков-т7е
    @ИгорьПроскуряков-т7е 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Это так-то вторая часть. есть ещё первая часть 80ых годов.

  • @ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique
    @ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damg. Didn’t know D could roast people 🤣

  • @joeclarke7982
    @joeclarke7982 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn't there like 20 or so books in the Vampire Hunter D series? I believe theres some manga too but its a shame it all hasn't been translated into English as of yet

  • @brianjones6721
    @brianjones6721 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    7:55

  • @LifeAnimeGaming
    @LifeAnimeGaming หลายเดือนก่อน

    The horses are robots/ cyborgs. If that gives you some comfort

  • @jl2696
    @jl2696 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey thanks for your review VKunime. I'm not sure what you mean by "condensing books into one movie" because the 1985 anime is based solely off book 1 of the series whereas Bloodlust was based off book 3: "Demon Deathchase".
    As for Bloodlust, this is one of the few instances where the movie was better than the book. While the movie follows the book 80% of the way, Carmilla is not present in the book, and there are way more instances of rape, violence towards women, and the overall tone of the book is depressing. This all leads up to, in my opinion, a dreary letdown of an ending whereas the movie ended on a hopeful note.

  • @PureYang0
    @PureYang0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is awesome, I also watched your Vampire Hunter D original reaction and when it comes to the voice acting sounding "cheesy" to you, I can only say that english dubbed voice acting has evolved tremendously over the past few decades... However had you watched that movie back in the 80s or early 90s, you'd have a different experience because english voice acting in most cartoons was even worse. The voice acting could be considered great for it's time but it's hard to articulate that to people from todays time period.
    In the 90s we used to say that Vampire Hunter D was one of the hidden treats of the anime world. Bloodlust definitely expanded on what the first one introduced though and I really enjoyed both your reactions to it.

  • @Fosellar
    @Fosellar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    By far the best AOT episode in the playlist. LOL

  • @Helloutherex
    @Helloutherex ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man I love this movie but why do they always change the script in dubs I hate the changes

    • @michaelcrabbe3722
      @michaelcrabbe3722 ปีที่แล้ว

      they looked at the Japanese English Romanji of Dhampire which looks like Dhunpeal or something to that effect is what I've heard though it could just be hearsay of a kind

  • @-Kay-09
    @-Kay-09 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If u knew anime movie like that you’re a G

  • @Kaledrums
    @Kaledrums 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So glad you watched this.