Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust is a gothic horror adventure anime film, originally released theatrically in 2001, based on the third book in the Vampire Hunter D series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

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.

To add to this first outing, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is also worth checking out, as the animation from Studio Madhouse is such that the dark film still holds up to this day in the same respects.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2001, R, 105 min. Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Starring John DiMaggio, Matt McKenzie, Pamela Segall, Julia Fletcher, Wendee Lee, John ...

This week’s selection comes from Vulture editor Eric Vilas-Boas, who will begin his screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust on Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m. ET. Head to Vulture’s Twitter to ...

Long a favorite with Japanimation aficionados, Vampire Hunter D is based on the third of Hideyuki Kikuchi's novels about a futuristic human-vampire hybrid warrior.

The Action-Goth Masterpiece That Never Got Its DueThe ahead-of-its-time epic Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was meant to be the movie that proved action anime could work on the big screen in America ...